The Weekly Weinersmith
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Podcast Description
Weekly podcast in which Kelly and Zach Weinersmith discuss current science and geek topics.
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Episode 25: Dr. Ryan Earley and "Why are there males"? | On this week's episode Kelly and Zach talk to Dr. Ryan Earley about why so many species reproduce sexually rather than asexually. We then talk to Elizabeth Lee and Robert Denton, whose #SciFund projects focus on animals with uncommon reproductive systems. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 24: Dr. Jennifer Sheridan and tropical conservation | This week Zach and Kelly talk to Dr. Jennifer Sheridan about her research on the impacts of oil palm farming on amphibian populations in Borneo. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 23: Dr. Sanna Sokolow and biological control of schistosomiasis | This week Zach and Kelly interview Dr. Sanna Sokolow, a post-doc in UCSB's Ecological Parasitology Lab and Projet Crevette scientist. Sanna talks about her research on the use of freshwater prawns to control schistosomiasis in West Africa. | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 22: Zach's guest appearance on The Titanium Physicists | This week Zach and Kelly take a break due to ROFLCon and field work, respectively. Instead of a new Weekly Weinersmith episode, we present to you Zach's appearance on our sister's podcast, The Titanium Physicists! | 5/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 21: GERD and Scientific Reproducibility and Retractions | This week Zach and Kelly talk about the surprising lack of scientific evidence supporting the lifestyle changes suggested by doctors to people with gastroesophageal reflux disease (AKA acid reflux disease). Elizabeth Iorn's blog post on Science Exchange starts a discussion on the importance of reproducibility in scientific research, and factors explaining the recent rise in retractions of scientific articles. | 4/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 20: Dr. Bruce Lipschultz and Daniel Brunner on Fusion Research | Kelly and Zach talk to MIT's Dr. Bruce Lipschultz and Daniel Brunner about fusion, Alcator C-Mod, and the future of fusion research in the United States. | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 19: Munger on Economics | This week Kelly and Zach talk to Dr. Michael Munger about Chilean politics, modeling in economics, and areas where economists and the general public tend to disagree. | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 18: Nodding Disease and Traveling LIfe | This week Zach and Kelly talk about nodding disease and a simulation looking at the potential for transfer of life between planets. | 3/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 17: Dr. R. Douglas Fields and "The Other Brain" | This week Kelly and Zach speak with Dr. R. Douglas Fields about his book "The Other Brain". | 3/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 16: Science Exchange and Dr. Elizabeth Iorns | Zach and Kelly interview Dr. Elizabeth Iorns about Science Exchange, an online marketplace connecting scientists and laypeople to research facilities. | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 15: Horizontal gene transfer and aggressive winners | Zach and Kelly discuss another amazing case of horizontal gene transfer, and a study exploring whether winners or losers are more aggressive. | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 14: The Elsevier Boycott | Zach and Kelly discuss the recent boycott of the publishing groupElsevier. | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 13: Aaron, Anaplasia, and Attacking (Cancer) | This week Zach and Kelly interview Aaron Sabolch about the future of cancer treatment. | 2/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 12: Slime, Slugs, and Slutty Genes | Zach and Kelly have emerged triumphant from their move across the country, and are ready to get their geek on! This week's episode discusses a sea slug that can photosynthesize, and a slime mold that can find the shortest path through a maze. Woah. | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 11: Weinersmiths, W.E.I.R.D., and W.R.O.uN.G | This week Zach and Kelly catch up on their recent adventures, and discuss the predominance of W.E.I.R.D. (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) subjects in psychology studies. | 1/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 10: Punching, Personality, and P values | This week Zach and Kelly talk about brain punching, stinky personalities, and gliomas. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 9: Rats, Rider, and Reich | This week Zach and Kelly talk about the awesome stuff they've been learning lately, and Henry Reich of Minute Physics drops in to talk about popular science media and science education! | 11/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 8: Killgrove, Craniums, and Crowdfunding | This week Kelly and Zach talk to Dr. Kristina Killgrove about what she has learned about ancient Roman culture by studying the bones of ancient Romans. | 11/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 7: Sean, Supercolliders, and the Standard Model | This week Kelly and Zach talk to Dr. Sean Carroll about the arrow of time, dark energy, and education. | 11/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 6: Zen, Zombies, and Ziplessness | This week Kelly and Zach talk to Dr. Zen Faulkes about zombie shrimp, puzzlingly slow crayfish, and his upcoming field expedition (which you can help fund!). | 11/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 5: Peters, Printing, and Polymers | This week Kelly and Zach talk to Ben Peters of MIT's Media Lab about 3-D printing! | 11/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 4: Barnhart, Biofuel, and Baseloads | This week Kelly and Zach talk to Dr. Charlie Barnhart about energy! | 10/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 3: Bacteria, Butts, and Brains | This week Zach and Kelly discuss why the trillions of bacteria living in and on your body are good, bad, and, sometimes, gross. | 10/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 2: Plait, P(l)uns, and Planets | This week Zach and Kelly talk to blogger, author, and astronomer Phil Plait about the Jame Web Space Telescope and funding for space research. | 10/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 1a: Mushrooms, revisited | Kelly and Zach revisit the mushroom story from episode 1, but this time with an expert! | 10/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 1: Manuscripts, mushrooms, and methylation | Zach and Kelly discuss open access journals, bad science on potentially good drugs, and why your mom should have held you more. | 10/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 26 Episodes |
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Fun, Smart, and informative! Get your science on!
Great podcast by champions of the webcomic and parasite world! You don't have to be experts on any of the subjects they cover to follow along; the style of discussion is fairly open to any willing to learn more about the world and, well, everything.
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