An Everyday Dissection

What if we told you that there are both way more GMOs and way less GMO products on our shelves than most people think there are? Nick and Ellie dive into the different types of genetic modification in crops from long-term agricultural practices like selective breeding to new technologies like CRISPR. We also discuss the real villains of GMOs: utility patents and agricultural monopolies. 

An Everyday Dissection can be found on twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno). Special thanks to Madeline Henrickson for lending her agricultural expertise to help us write this episode!

Want to read more about GMOs and the agricultural practices behind them? Start with https://gmoanswers.com/, a website constructed by a large collective of agricultural experts. 

Nick and Ellie visit Hannah and Katelyn of the Enraged podcast to talk about Rosalind Franklin and other stories of research scooped by white men, known as the "Matilda effect." This episode is also available at the Enraged podcast, which can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/enraged-podcast/id1538065507.

An Everyday Dissection can be found on twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).

Hi everyone, unfortunately we’ve had some major technical difficulties that led to the loss of a bunch of our audio, including the episode that would have been released tomorrow. We’re sorry for the delay in our episode release, but we’ll be rerecording our episode on GMOs and releasing it next Saturday, May 15. We’ll return to our regular release date, May 22nd, for our season finale episode on black holes featuring an interview with astrophysicist Issac Ward. We are so excited to share these episodes with you soon, thanks for tuning in.

How did we get a rocket to the moon in 1969? Why can't we get back to the moon in 2021? And whatever happened to space shuttles? This week, Nick and Ellie discuss the past, present and future of humans in space travel and the technological ebbs and flows of rocketry. 

An Everyday Dissection can be found on twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).

Nick and Ellie discuss potential breakthroughs in anti-aging technologies from the biology of giant clams, opossums, and lobsters. We discuss the work and life of former lion tamer and current professor Dr. Steven Austad and whether living as a lobster would be a worthy price of immortality.

An Everyday Dissection can be found on twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).

How did giraffes get long necks? Are plants secretly communists? What does epigenetics have to do with WandaVision? Nick and Ellie ponder these questions and more in this episode on the theories of Lamark and Darwin, as well as Trofim Lysenko, one of the worst scientists in history.

An Everyday Dissection can be found on twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).

Super curious about epigenetics? Check out this lecture from Dr. Lydia Wassink on the basics of epigenetics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvvJb8HwZL8 

Want to learn more about the life and legacy of 'scientist' Trofim Lysenko? 

A summary of Lysenko's work and its modern Renaissance: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/12/trofim-lysenko-soviet-union-russia/548786/

Recent correspondance on Lysenko's work: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41431-019-0422-5

Nick and Ellie bake cookies and talk about the chemical reactions that occur in cookies, bread, and pastries to create our favorite baked goods. This episode features the inventor of the chocolate chip cookie, screaming yeast, farting cookies, and other essential baking components!

Have a favorite baking recipe and want to share it with us? An Everyday Dissection can be found on twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).

Solar panels, wind turbines, nuclear power. The way humans get the energy to run our world is going to change drastically in the near future. Nick and Ellie discuss the shift away from a world powered by coal, bats, and Joe Biden.

An Everyday Dissection can be found on twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast.This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).

Want to learn more? Check out the Department of Energy's website on alternative energy here: https://www.energy.gov/science-innovation/clean-energy

Want to watch the Chernobyl scene with the colorful signs that explain everything? Find it on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmIEI4ky-Zc 

Nick and Ellie discuss the history of the Bone Wars, as well as the importance of Jeff Goldblum in the field of paleontology and the Pluto of dinosaur species. 

An Everyday Dissection can be found on twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast.This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).