Charts & Hearts

We are back this week talking about the very niche, very on brand for maybe only us, 1980s TV show Danger Bay! Show Notes: –River Otters –YouTube Playlist

We are back with Penguins of Madagascar (the movie), so naturally we spend most of our time talking about Octopuses! ???? Show Notes: –Leopard Seals –Penguins in Antarctica –Octopuses –The Anthropocene Reviewed Podcast Episode

We are back! And talking about Galaxy Quest – the most perfect of movies…except that it doesn’t have a lot of science, oops Show Notes -Beryllium: from the movie, from reality –Thermians

Who knew we’d have so much to talk about in a Hallmark movie? It’s You, Me and the Christmas Trees– full of trees and Hallmark smaltchz and SCIENCE ????????????‍???????? Show Notes: –Evergreen Trees –Evergreen diseases –History of Christmas Trees –Xylem and Phloem

We headed off to Narnia this week for some animal talk and a lot of ranting about the patriarchy-sorry not sorry. It’s The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (book version). Show Notes: –Faun –Paperback Crush –Eurasian Beavers –Beaver Dams

We are back talking about pigs and dogs and James Cromwell with Babe! Show Notes: –Border Collies –Pigs –Domesticated Pigs –Animals Who Adopt Other Animals

We are back with Contact????️ A very good, accurate space movie that has very little biology in it but sometimes that’s ok! Show Notes: –Cancer in space –Arecibo Observatory –SETI and Contact

It’s spoooooooooky time and Sigourney Weaver month so of course we’re doing Ghostbusters! (the 1984 original and the 2016 reboot) Show Notes: –the science behind Ghostbusters –Mucus –Hagfish slime –Bio electricity in hearts –Electric Eels –Discrediting Scientists –Ignaz Semmelweis

It’s Sigourney Weaver month! We are talking about conservation, Gorillas and our extreme love for Sigourney in Gorillas in the Mist! Show Notes –Dian Fossey biography –Primates –Apes –Gorilla Sub Species –Conservation

We are back in the final frontier our latest episode talking about Janeway being a badass and viruses (I know, you just cant get enough)-its Macrocosom Show Notes -The World of Viruses: https://hmsc.harvard.edu/world-viruses