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Episode #223: Chris Field and Katharine Mach (Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford)

Chris Field and Katharine Mach from the Carnegie Institution for Science – Department of Global Ecology at Stanford join the show. We discuss how the recent Paris talks have shaped the climate change discussion and what needs to happen moving

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Posted in Environment, Episodes, International, Interviews, Politics, Science

Episode #211: Gwendolyn Womack (“The Memory Painter”)

Gwendolyn Womack (“The Memory Painter”) joins the show. We discuss her fascinating novel that features a love story spanning thousands of years across the globe.   Show Notes You can purchase The Memory Painter wherever books are sold. More information

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Posted in Authors, Books, Episodes, Fiction, Interviews, Science

Episode #177: Kevin Kelly

Kevin Kelly (co-founder of Wired, “Cool Tools: A Catalog of Possibilities”) joins the show. We discuss what exactly a cool tool is and how it can be beneficial to everyday life. We also examine Kevin’s background with technology and what

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Episode #162: Lee Billings

Lee Billings (“Five Billion Years of Solitude: The Search for Life Among the Stars”) joins the show. We discuss the fascinating history of Earth as well as the ongoing search for other planets in the solar system. Show Notes You

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Episode #156: Scott Weems

Scott Weems (Cognitive Neuroscientist, “Ha! The Science of When We Laugh and Why”) joins the show. We discuss Scott’s research on humor and why it serves so many important functions in our day-to-day lives.   Show Notes You can purchase

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Episode #149: Gregory Zuckerman

Gregory Zuckerman (Wall Street Journal, “The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of The New Billionaire Wildcatters”) joins the show. We discuss a group of people who risked their careers to prove the world wrong.     Show Notes The Frackers

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Posted in Authors, Books, Business, Environment, Episodes, Finance, Interviews, Politics, Science

Episode #147: Tyrell Cannon, Justin Piasecki

Tyrell Cannon (“Speculative Relationships: A Sci-fi Romance Comics Anthology”) joins the show. We discuss the artist’s upcoming science fiction romance anthology as well as some of his ongoing projects.     Show Notes You can help find out more information

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Posted in Comics, Episodes, Interviews, Movies, Science, Television

Episode #138: Andy Weir

Andy Weir (“The Martian”) joins the show. We discuss his critically acclaimed new novel that features an astronaut on Mars. Stranded and completely alone.   Show Notes You can purchase The Martian wherever books are sold. More information about Andy

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Episode #132: Simon Singh

Simon Singh (“The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets”) joins the show. Everyone knows The Simpsons is one of the most successful shows of all time. Now learn about the impressive mathematical and scientific backgrounds of the earliest writers of the

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Episode #114: Monte Reel

Monte Reel (“Between Man and Beast: An Unlikely Explorer, the Evolution Debates, and the African Adventure that Took the Victorian World by Storm”) joins the show. We discuss the exciting story of an unsuspecting explorer stumbling into a fiery debate.

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