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SIO438: That's Absurd Please Elaborate
March 28, 2024

I'm joined by Trace and Julian from the podcast, That's Absurd Please Elaborate! It's an incredibly fun and cool science show where they take questions that might seem weird or crazy but answer them u

SIO437: Zoë Schiffer on Elon Musk's Twitter Takeover
March 26, 2024

Elon Musk accidentally buying Twitter and then ruining it is a story so absurd and wild that someone should write a book about it. Lucky for us, Zo Schiffer has! It's called Extremely Hardcore, and i

SIO436: They’re Retconning George Floyd’s Murder, but Radley Balko Is Fighting Back
March 21, 2024

Radley Balko is the guest today as we discuss the Right's efforts to retcon George Floyd's murder and Derek Chauvin's responsibility in a "documentary" from Alpha News, The Fall of Minneapolis. We wal

SIO435: The Radical Idea That We Shouldn’t Work Ourselves to Death
March 19, 2024

Senator Bernie Sanders introduced to change the standard 40-hour workweek to 32 hours with no loss in pay and held a on March 14th. Naturally the right doesn't love this. But what do the studies say

SIO434: Biden Is Failing On Israel-Palestine. So What Do We Do?
March 14, 2024

It feels like this comes up precisely every 4 years, but once again I find myself having to point out that the way to make things better isn't to make them worse. That math just doesn't work. But what

SIO433: The Robot at the End of the Universe
March 12, 2024

We're focusing in on some sci-fi with Dr. Bryan Gillis, astrophysicist to the stars! We take you through one of Ted Chiang's incredible short stories, , and Dr. Gillis teaches us about entropy and the

SIO432: How 13 Reasons Why Killed Kids
March 04, 2024

CW: Discussion of suicide; please skip this episode if it's better for your mental health After a long hiatus, Dr. Alan Smerbeck AKA Stormy Decisis is back to cover a topic we've been talking about di

SIO431: The Em Drive Is Supposed To Be Impossible. So Why Did Experiments Say It Worked?
February 29, 2024

Dr. Bryan Gillis is back to walk us through a space travel concept that would have upended Physics as we know it if it had worked. But, wait a second - turns out there were quite a number of studies t

SIO430: Real or Bullshit: Quantum Products Edition!
February 27, 2024

Quantum Anne is back! She had a fantastic idea to quiz us all on some quantum products she has come across. Here's the thing though, mixed into the bull shit is the real stuff that she actually uses i

SIO429: Artists Punished More Than Scientists for Same Misconduct
February 25, 2024

This was a really fun one! and join to walk us through their findings from a series of studies in their recent , which explored the differences in how artists and scientists are punished following n