Applied Science

Matt McDannell is the owner and one of the artists at "Mostly Harmless" Tattoo Shop in Cortland, NY. He teaches me all about tattoos and tattooing, and after a bit, we meander into talking about the 90's. Check out Matt's work @get_rad_tattoos on Instagram and elsewhere. Make an appointment with Matt today! Opening Song - "Radio (Instrumental)" by Rancid.

Among other things, Marisa Hunter is a certified Erotic Blueprint coach and educator. She sat with us to talk about sex and pleasure, and offered some words of encouragement for each of us to relentlessly pursue our own pleasure. Marisa is a local friend so we actually got to record in person, which was sweet. Find out your EROTIC BLUEPRINT TYPE at: https://surveyanyplace.com/s/eroticblueprint%20 Intro Song: “Let’s talk about Sex” by Salt-n-Pepa (weird karaoke version).

You might think that by “Life”, I mean, like, “Biogenesis.” But no. Mike Garcia is the singer of a hot new band out of Long Island called “The Rook”. Check them out! @therookband … He is also a huge nerd and a lawyer and an accountant and a mythology aficionado, but we somehow managed not to get to any of that in our 90 minutes. We catch up about being dads, the PR-NY connection, and honestly we reminisce alot about the music scene on Long Island from ‘93-‘03. Opening songs “Why Can’t We Have More” and “Haunt This Town” by The Rook. Check them out!

Shantée Ayala Rosario is a PhD student at UCLA studying Neuroscience. She documents her journey - and the journey of others - on a variety of social media accounts and websites, because a tour of the campus from someone who’s getting paid by the school only scratches the surface of what the process is actually like. Check out her stuff @sciencefailuresoul on Instagram, Youtube, and elsewhere! Intro song: “The Periodic Table” by Cut Chemist

Steve Wood is a former Zoologist who now works in Health & Human Services. We sat down and discussed the animals that live in his area (which is a similar group to the ones that lived in my old area), and a few that live elsewhere. You can see his photos of these animals on Instagram @thebackyardzoologist. Intro Song: “Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division.

“Vitamin Deana” is a brilliant friend who has her Ph.D in Biomedical Science. She joined me to talk about Nutrition and being Vegan, and some current news in the world of food science. We also talk about people’s relationship with popular science today, and her own educational journey.

0:00 Intro

5:16 Deana’s Journey

32:30 Topics in Veggie/Vegan

59:29 Break

61:40 “Vegan Tax”?

68:50 More Topics in Veggie

Intro Song: “Civilized Man” by Shelter

Sara is back! We keep the conversation going, and even manage to remember what we were just talking about (usually). We talk about more buttholes, grammar, food, and ocean life. Intro Song: “Got it Twisted” by Mobb Deep.

Sara Suzanne is an Animal Science extraordinaire, a Carribbean tour coordinator, a master chicken nurse and caretaker, a Marine Biology/SCUBA/snorkel/freedive enthusiast, and a member of my pandemic bubble. I gave her a homework assignment to read up on a recent science headlines about Dinosaur buttholes (cloaca if you nasty). We talk about other animals’ buttholes, too, and even some other parts of animals. And Squigglevision. And some other stuff. Dig it! The intro music is: “She Blinded me with Science” by 8 Bit Universe, a Tribute to Thomas Dolby. Check them out at Bandcamp, iTunes, etc!

Just Yogi this week, rounding up some of the most interesting (and bizarre) science stories from recent weeks. Didn't want to focus on Mars and Covid too much, so we got them out of the way briefly in the beginning.  

0:00 - Intro 

1:38 - Mars, Perseverance, Rocks 

5:12 - Covid-19: J&J, Telomeres 

8:04 - Zoom Exhaustion 

12:25 - Magnetic Field Mini-Flip 

23:43 - Try Anchor.fm 

25:19 - Nikola Truck Company 

26:42 - How dogs came to the Americas 

30:10 - Technology Lightning Round 

31:41 - Warm Water Flow in the Atlantic 

34:08 - Outro

Josh has been a good friend for nearly 3 decades. He teaches Writing and Literature in Denver (but he's a NYer). We talk about a variety of topics, but focus on Games (and Gaming) and the human mind (including how we learn, why we like the things we do, mental health, etc).  

Some background: I've given Josh (and others) crap about D&D for many years, and here we really get into an analysis of why some people like it and others don't. Also get into video games, having kids, etc. Life, bro. 

Josh is what I would call a “Bibliophile” or “Literati”, and he uses a lot of big words; I commend him on his patience when talking to a math/science guy like me.  

Lastly: Yeah, this is a really long episode. I thought about splitting it into two, but decided to leave it as one. I do suggest you take it in pieces of a size that work for you.  

Intro song - “Knowledge” by Operation Ivy