High Proof Podcast

High Proof Podcast


Latest Episodes

The Final Cast
November 06, 2017

This is it, guys. It’s been a good run, but this project has come to an end! Bye all, Ryan Price and Joel Eisenhofer Advertisements

Sports Metrics
September 26, 2017

Joel and Ryan talk about developments in sports medicine that allow us to enhance athletic ability to unheard-of levels! Check us out at facebook.com/highproofpodcast. Write us at highproofpodcast@gmail.com Advertisements

Are Cats a Liquid or a Solid? 2017 Ig Nobels in Review
September 19, 2017

It’s that time of year again–the Ig Nobels have been released! In this thrilling episode we talk about female penises, liquid cats, scratching the wrong side of your body, and didgeridoos. As always, check us out on Facebook at https://www.fac

Social Media – Vice or Virtue?
September 14, 2017

  Ryan and Joel take on social media. Ryan basically thinks that social media is a scourge that functions to further alienate people. Joel is a bit more reasonable and can see some good in it!

Season 3 Episode 8 – Interview with Sean Horan
September 05, 2017

In this podcast, Joel and Ryan interview Ryan’s colleague Sean Horan, currently a PhD student in mathematics at UC Irvine. Sean came to biology from a mostly mathematics/data analysis background. We talk about Sean’s research, where mathematic

The Importance of Animal Models with Bethany Wagner
August 30, 2017

In this cast, Ryan flies solo and interviews the irrepressible Bethany Wagner. They discuss the challenges–ethical, legal, and personal–of working with animals in order to model human disease. Though these models allow insights often impossibl

Eclipses et Cetera
August 22, 2017

  This week, Joel and Ryan discuss the Great American Eclipse and why it will blow your eyes out, teaching biology, and whether numbers are like, real, man.  

Interview with Dan Zollinger, circa Spring 2016
August 15, 2017

In this blast-from-the-past interview, Ryan and Joel interview Dan Zollinger, who was at the time a post-doctoral scholar at UCSF. We discuss how myelin, the insulating material around the long part of a neuron, is implicated in several neurological disea

Interview With Benjamin Stecher
August 08, 2017

Joel and Ryan interview Benjamin Stecher, who maintains the blog tmrwedition.com. Benjamin was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at a young age and now travels the world learning about cutting-edge research from the scientists on the front lines of

13 Reasons Why and To the Bone: Controversial Depictions in Media
August 01, 2017

Joel and Ryan start off talking about the recent Netflix content To the Bone and 13 Reasons Why. These shows tackle controversial topics (anorexia and suicide respectively) and some schools have had interventions for students to warn against the shows or