Two Brad For You

Senior staff writer at VICE Shayla Love was kind enough to join the show to discuss her work covering the psychedelics beat. Shayla writes feature articles on many topics that fall under the umbrellas of science, psychology, health and the mind and she is consistently finding unique and important angles of the psychedelic movement that need to be talked about, including the commodification and com...

The panel of regular citizens is back to talk only Canadian politics this episode. They touch on the Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding carbon pricing, the fight everyone strategy of the Alberta Conservatives and the fight brewing within the federal Conservative party. Are they pitching too big a tent and where did those barnacles come from??? As always please rate and subscribe wherever y...

Brad, aka Flash, is here with some Friday afternoon thoughts on two overly politicized corona issues, the lab leak scenario and the harm from lockdowns. Spoiler alert, there is no definitive answer so get ready to sit on some fence. Stick around for some intriguing Ebola news at the end as well. As always please rate and subscribe wherever you get podcasts and get in touch on Twitter or Instagram...

It was a pleasure to host veterinary parasitologist and friend of the show Martin Nielsen for a discussion on science communication from an academic perspective. Lessons learned, challenges, issues with pre-print publishing, restoring faith in expertise and much more. Follow Martin on Twitter, @MartinKNielsen and Youtube, Martin K Nielsen Equine Parasitology . As always please rate and subscribe w...

Both Brads are back in the saddle after a short hiatus to answer a listener question about the new coronavirus variants, discuss some interesting findings in Ebola survivors and speculate on what it might mean for long haul COVID cases. Plus, Brad introduces us to a new bio-fueled rocket company that aims to be the Uber of space flight. As always please rate and subscribe wherever you get podcasts...

The regular, ordinary Two Brad For Politics panel assembled early in this New Year filled with....let's say Christmas cheer. The discussion ranged from shambolic styles of governance, focusing on our home province of Alberta, to whether the spend, spend, spend Federal Liberals in Canada will face and ultimately win a spring election. The guys also gave their picks for 2020's winners and losers as...

Happy New Year listeners and many thanks for your support for another year. In this New Year's episode Brad and Brad discuss how to view what was challenging year for all in a more positive light. For better or worse 2020 was dominated by science and some incredible breakthroughs were made out of necessity, but there is also a real opportunity to make some positive changes in our lives and in soci...

Brad, aka Flash, is here to give you the real talk concerning coronavirus vaccines. What we know, what we don't and of course, how safe are they? He breaks down some of the concerns listeners and friends have expressed about how quickly these were developed and the new mRNA technology behind them. Follow, subscribe, rate and comment wherever you get podcasts. You can also reach out to us on Twitte...

The great Jay Ingram returns to the show to talk about his latest book The Science of Why 5 and for a discussion on science communication in a pandemic. Jay is a long-time science communicator, broadcaster, author and host of two iconic, Canadian science programs, Quirks and Quarks on CBC Radio and Daily Planet on Discovery Channel Canada. Now, aside from authoring books Jay does live shows, somet...

Hamish Tweed, technical diving instructor and team lead for the Deep Glass Sponge Research Team (@deepglasssponge on Instagram/Facebook) joined to talk about their efforts to document the rare glass sponge reefs off the coast of British Colombia. Hamish was the subject of the documentary Moonless Oasis (check out episode 15 of TBFY In Conversation) and continued the conversation about these amazin...

This episode has a family connection as Brad's brother Darrell, a ten year vet of teaching, joins to talk about social media use in adolescents and mental health. Darrell provides an in classroom perspective of how kids are growing up with technology and the discussion covers many aspects of the research into youth mental health. Things like social media of course, but also the decline in play beh...

The full panel of regular, everyday normal Canadians assembled to milk the last bits of content from the Trump administration and engage in a lively conversation about the potential slow creep of populism, Trumpism and truth defying rhetoric into Canada. They also touched on how the new US administration might tackle the appalling coronavirus situation and struggle to maintain solidarity within th...

Noemi Weis, an award-winning filmmaker joins us to talk about her latest documentary Connecting The Dots, a film about the global youth mental health crisis. It was a great chat and it's an important topic. Please check out their website connectingthedotsfilm.com to join the global screening and roundtable on Nov 19th or to host your own screening. You can also follow on Instagram and Facebook, @c...

The Brads reunite to talk about the new strain of corona found in Denmark and explain why that has the Danish government culling 17 million mink. They also discuss a proposal from one bioethicist arguing we should considered paying people to get vaccines. Finally, Brad provides a recap of the Nobel prize wins for physics, medicine and chemistry.

Filmmakers Nate Slaco and Bryce Zimmerman join the show to talk about their new documentary Moonless Oasis. The film follows a group of citizen scientists as they attempt to document the habitat of the rare glass sponge. These sea creatures were once thought extinct but have been discovered off the West Coast of Canada. Nate and Bryce talk about the sponges, the dedication of the crew who at times...

The panel of regular, ordinary dudes who like to talk politics reconvened for this spur of the moment discussion about the upcoming American election. Coleman and Steve lay out their pre-election thoughts and talk about polling, Supreme Court decisions and past precedents. As well as, how to deal with uncredible stories emanating from Rudy Giuliani’s trousers, social media and the reach of platfor...

An anthropologists view of an Ebola epidemic. Sarah Bell, PhD candidate at Oxford Brookes University joined to chat about her work researching how messaging around the consumption of "bush meat" affected people's behavior and perceptions of the epidemic. Her work is very relevant to the conspiracy theories and misinformation we are seeing with COVID and we touched on that and the Pan Verus Project...

The panel of everyday, regular guys is back, minus one, to talk politics in Canada and of course the US. The summer in Canada that saw a WE scandal and a new Conservative party leader elected was covered. Plus, scandal alert! That new leader Erin O'Toole is younger than Justin Trudeau. And of course, we talked extensively about the, to put it politely, situation unfolding in world superpower and r...

Flash is here to update the race for the coronavirus vaccine and he has a few new tricks up his podcasting sleeve. The importance of completing Phase 3 trials is covered, we're looking at you Russia, and so is the new technology that the front-runners are employing; the adenovirus and mRNA vaccines. Brad explains how these work and what they mean for vaccine production going forward. He also touch...

The cool west coast guys are back! Jared and Robby join to talk about everything cyborg. We cover the usual talk of robot limbs and tails, but also things like enhanced skin and attempts to hack into the biological communication networks of cells. 

Another classic TBFY here as both Brads are present and talking about disease. This episode has a short Ebola update, news about a disturbing find in malaria populations, more research into the origins of SARS-2 and finally a chat about Space X's lesser known project. 

We are back from vacay with an update on COVID and COVID transmission via kids all in the context of schools opening. Flash goes over a large study about transmission from Korea and the thoughts on this work from two trusted experts in the field. 

Flash is again on his own doing the hard work of addressing listener concerns right before he takes off for a week of vacation. This episode breaks down the data regarding COVID-19 illness and transmission among kids in the context of re-opening schools. Spoiler, there is some positive signs. Also, a new segment is introduced. The vaccine races!! What is the status of coronavirus vaccines, who's i...

This episode is a response to a listener question! That's right we're digging into the mailbag and answering a question regarding the science behind products claiming to protect you from harmful cellphone radiation. Spoiler, there is nothing to protect you from but to find out why and for tips on how to sniff out dubious claims listen on listener!

Good friends of the show Jared in Vancouver and Coleman in Edmonton joined to talk about corona tracking apps and the re-launch of professional sport. While that was accomplished numerous dunks on the US also occurred. Largely, for their failures of leadership and failure to contain the coronavirus outbreak, which of course will impact the ability of North America to hold sporting events.