Biobang! The Digital Naturalism Podcast

Andy accidentally hops off the DIVA as it travels through the panama canal and ends up stuck in a strange place filled with biologists and weirdness! Giant crystal statues of John Muir’s tears welcome him to gamboa along with guest Alexandra Hedgpeth. She talks about her fascinating research with carbon dating soil, and we go into topics such as how the horrors of nuclear weapons became a surprisingly useful biological tool. Then we are greeted by the Muse of all Scientists, Existential Dread, who helps us (?) question everything.

They plug:

PARCHED Panama research group

https://www.instagram.com/parched.panama/

Valerie Milici’s instagram

https://www.instagram.com/ecologically_yours/

Hosts:

Andy Quitmeyer

Featuring:

Alex Hedgpeth, Existential Dread (Valerie Milici)

Music by:

Dj Dez (https://dezmediah.bandcamp.com/album/beep-boop)

and JPOM (https://jpom.bandcamp.com/)

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Andy, Tasneem, and Yannick say goodbye to Dinacon, and set sail for new adventures, they head towards Africa, but who knows where the next Dinacon will be located? Meanwhile they chat with Artist, Architect, and Professor, Madeline Schwartzman about putting robotic nature on your face, they chat with the Island’s consciousness, The Tide stops by, and Yannick pokes through Space+Time! Apologies for sound quality, the island seemed to have been going through some tectonic movements, and kept releasing background “burping noises.”

They plug:

Madeline Schwartzman’s new books- “See Yourself X” https://www.amazon.com/See-Yourself-Human-Futures-Expanded/dp/1910433225

“See Yourself Sensing”

-Fighting Single Use Plastic / Upcycling

-Being One

-The Diva Marine Learning Lab – www.divamarine.com https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/vessel-for-inquiry-a-marine-learning-lab-pilot#/

-The Second Digital Naturalism Conference! Dinacon 2!

Hosts:

Tasneem Khan

Andy Quitmeyer

Featuring:

Yannick Mazy, Madeline Schwartzman, the Island, Koh Lon (Dani Hoogendijk), The Tide (Umeed Mistry)

Music by:

Dj Dez (https://dezmediah.bandcamp.com/album/beep-boop)

and JPOM (https://jpom.bandcamp.com/)

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Mount your horse, and ride up to our lighthouse. We talk to Valerie Harris about wildlife cancer research and her upcoming project the cancer van! Meanwhile a light jumper from Barcelona warns us about future wars and microplastics, and a governmental employee who crochets underwater for fish.

They plug:

The Cancer Van https://twitter.com/valeriekharris

Designing yourself to fit in the environment

and

Makers and designers to make better products for fish out of upcycled materials

Hosts:

Tasneem Khan

Andy Quitmeyer

Featuring:

Valerie Harris, Luis Fraguada, Elizabeth Bigger, Hanegg (Hannah Perner-Wilson), Segment with Grace Wong

Music by:

Dj Dez (https://dezmediah.bandcamp.com/album/beep-boop)

and JPOM (https://jpom.bandcamp.com/)

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Recording from our canopy blimp, we report on life above the jungle floor with a couple roboticists. Michael Candy (http://michaelcandy.com) talks about his tree climbing robot (tree yabbie), David Bowen stops by on a drone piloted by a plant, and we are greeted by the idea of a dumpling.

They plug:

Australian Plugs

drone plant pilots

plugging into the minds of people

Hosts:

Tasneem Khan

Andy Quitmeyer

Featuring:

Michael Candy, David Bowen, The Idea of a Dumpling (Ahac Meden), Grace (Fossilized Balut)

Music by:

Dj Dez (https://dezmediah.bandcamp.com/album/beep-boop)

and JPOM (https://jpom.bandcamp.com/)

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Enjoy this “Bioblip” mini-podcast that starts off a new segment on our podcast where Grace answers all your pressing questions about dinacon!

In this episode she will tell you about what daily nightlife is at the digital naturalism conference!

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We broadcast from our high tech Bathysphere observing the creatures of the deep.

We talk undersea augmented reality vs ecosexuality with Adam Zaretsky, get a visit from hermit crab concerned about holes, and explore concepts of being and undulating with a guest reincarnating telekinetic creature.

They plug:

Korean Internet Trends by Jennifer Katanyoutanant

Sensory Deprivation via filling ALL your orifices

Hellbenders

And Breathing

Hosts:

Tasneem Khan

Andy Quitmeyer

Featuring:

Adam Zaretsky, Hermes (Jennifer Katanyoutanant), Wowoo (Tordo Sanchez)

Music by:

Dj Dez (https://dezmediah.bandcamp.com/album/beep-boop)

and JPOM (https://jpom.bandcamp.com/)

and Kira Decoudres as the Bathysphere.

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Our conference gets shipwrecked into a mangrove forest where we meet Brian Huang formerly of Sparkfun and now a teacher at Strive Prep Excel’s program. Deke Weaver (www.unreliablebestiary.org), new media performance professor from University of Illinois, crawls out from under Brian’s foot. They talk fostering empathy, animals and performance art, hacking, cyborg citizen science, webbed feet, and get a visit from a 300 year old Tiger.

Russian party boats keep buzzing by, they have a Weaving-themed “pokin it,” (30:41) and the group chats about making excellent civet cat cuisine.

Hosts:

Tasneem Khan

Andy Quitmeyer

Featuring:

Brian Huang, Deke Weaver, and Tiger

Music by:

Dj Dez (https://dezmediah.bandcamp.com/album/beep-boop)

and JPOM (https://jpom.bandcamp.com/)

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Our second episode recorded in the dinaBunker hiding from a crazy storm! Features Shreyasi Kar talking about interactive tech, Dennis Ang crafting instruments to be played by nature, and Xerafina, the classic thailand archetype of the expat psychonaut war-machine developer!

Plus a classic “Pokin it” question: baby squids??

Hosts:

Tasneem Khan

Andy Quitmeyer

Featuring:

Shreyasi Kar, Dennis Ang, and Xerafina

Music by:

Dj Dez (https://dezmediah.bandcamp.com/album/beep-boop)

and JPOM (https://jpom.bandcamp.com/)

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This week’s podcast we discuss cells, snakes, ecosystem, foraging technology, and merperson tinder dating.

Hosts:

Tasneem Khan

Andy Quitmeyer

Featuring:

Pearl Ryder,  Craig Durkin, and Gus

Music by:

Dj Dez (https://dezmediah.bandcamp.com/album/beep-boop)

and JPOM (https://jpom.bandcamp.com/)

You can also get it on itunes:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/biobang-the-digital-naturalism-podcast/id1393912055