This week, Matt and the gang talk to a sociology expert about Utah’s new parenting law and why Matt’s kids think he’s an embarrassing dad! Matt, Roger and listeners recap old movie scenes that could be potentially embarrassing. At 4 am, Matt does a final report on China’s falling space lab. Later on, Matt talks about the Virginia woman that gave Donald Trump’s motorcade the bird and got fired over it. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3488759/3488759_2018-04-07-115359.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D3765.mp3  

Author and psychologist Nancy Segal says NASA’s twin study on astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly came up with the idea themselves to test genetics in space travel.  Segal describes this as a “simple and elegant experiment.” NASA’s study concluded that space affects how genes are expressed. For example, NASA concluded that 93 percent of Scott Kelly’s genes returned to normal after a year, but 7 percent of his gene expression was changed after he returned to Earth. Segal says space travel […]

Money expert and computer scientist Sean Worthington joins the Matt Bubala Show to discuss bitcoin and the future of digital currency.  He is the author of Beyond Bitcoin: The Future of Digital Currency , where he discusses monetary systems. Worthington explains how past transactions cannot be deleted, so it tracks money from person to person. This process helps track how much the public is adding to the economy. Bitcoin had some highs and lows this year and Worthington explains to listeners why. […]

This Easter weekend, Matt Bubala chats with listeners and Roger Badesch on a variety of topics. At 2:30, he chats with a psychologist and author, Nancy Segal on space genes and NASA’s study on twin astronauts. Later on, he talks about the future of cryptocurrency with Sean Worthington. Bubala also discusses the Pope’s statement claiming that Hell doesn’t exist and what it all means.  Matt, Roger and listeners share their thoughts on baseball, the Loyola Ramblers, Roseanne and Mindhunter. The crew also wishes Orion Samuelson […]

Senior writer for space.com, Mike Wall joins The Matt Bubala Show to talk about Stephen Hawking’s theory about the multiverse, or the idea that our universe is one of many universes.  A Smooth Exit from Eternal Inflation was released just ten days before Hawking’s death. Walls explains the thoughts on the Big Bang, which is the expansion of space-time that occurred at the creation of the universe. Some scientists believe this multiverse has happened multiple times, creating an infinite number of […]

Chris Gebhardt of nasaspaceflight.com joins the Matt Bubala Show to talk about Tiangong-1, China’s falling space lab. This estimate went from a nine day window to a four day window, where the most likely day will be April 1.  The time of day is uncertain, but if it happens at night, it’s possible to see a fireball in the sky. Gebhardt says Tiangong-1 is China’s first space station prototype, since they are not part of the International Space Program. This space station […]

This weekend, Matt Bubala is joined by space writer Mike Hall to talk about Stephen Hawking’s last paper, which was released a few days before his death. Later on, Bubala and listeners talk about the recent dangers of traveling to Mexico after American families have mysteriously died while on vacation. Yesterday, a news article was released that an Iowa couple and their two children were found dead in the condo they were staying at.  Chris Gebhardt joins the show once […]

Chinese space lab Tiangong-1 could possibly hit the Midwest this coming week. To predict the likelihood of this happening, Matt Bubala promised to buy his listeners and newsman Roger Badesch a taco if it the spacecraft lands in Arlington Heights, Illinois. In the past, other food chain places like Taco Bell have offered similar deals. Arlington Heights was a random map pick from producer Jess Raines. Rules for this contest are mentioned in the podcast. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3483180/3483180_2018-03-24-135220.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D3765.mp3

On this St. Patrick’s Day, Matt Bubala is joined by author Joy Press to talk about how women are changing television. Later on, Roger Badesch talks about his dislike of using credit cards. Roger, Matt and listeners talk about Stormy Daniels, Andrew McCabe, Jared Kushner and The Trump family. http://serve.castfire.com/audio/3480444/3480444_2018-03-17-193044.64kmono.mp3?ad_params=zones%3DPreroll%7Cstation_id%3D3765.mp3

Author Joy Press joins The Matt Bubala Show to talk about her new book, Stealing the Show: How Women Are Revolutionizing Television. Press talks about the Golden Age of television with the impact of Netflix and the development of women characters.       Press says the anti-hero moment for women is huge in the Golden Age era. She explains that “female characters were limited in what they were allowed to do on television.” Over the years, shows like Breaking Bad, Weeds […]