Mid-Thrust

By midthrustpodcast

Welcome to Mid-Thrust!

This is the place where two almost scientists try to get a grip on various scientific and not-so-scientific topics. If you wanted your random discussions supplemented with some... more

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How many episodes does Mid-Thrust have?

The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.

Mid-Thrust episodes:

December 07, 2020 Ep7: Going critical
What is a critical period in the biological sense? This time we delve deep into a discussion about what it means to adapt to your environment.

Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy
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1h 2min
October 27, 2020 Ep6: Just a side fling
Should you always be focused on the goal? In today’s podcast we discuss the merits of side projects and how a changing scientific landscape may encourage them like never before.

Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy

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1h 3min
September 16, 2020 Ep5: Extreme living
What does it mean to be an extremophile? Today we talk about life at the extreme conditions on our planet and why it evolved the way it did.

Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy

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1h 6min
July 08, 2020 Ep4: Evolution revolution
Today we are revisiting a topic discussed in private, namely the limits, next stages of human evolution and how we could cheat our way forward.

Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy

“Money analogy” for instrumental convergence originally by Robert Miles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeecOKBus3Q

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1h 22min
June 08, 2020 Ep3: Clickbaity Science
We ponder whether scientific communication requires a new media outlet and discuss what ethical responsibilities we have to the audience.
Final of three initial episodes.

Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy

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49min
June 08, 2020 Ep2: Automation imagination
This time we talk about the effects of technological progress on the nature of scientific thought.
Second of three initial episodes.

Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy

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1h 10min
June 08, 2020 Ep1: Are you mid thrust?
In this inaugural episode we discuss what it means to be a human being in a constant state of change and whether life can ever truly be brought to a standstill.
First of three initial episodes.

Intro music: “Just Give It Time” by Pierce Murphy
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43min

FAQs about Mid-Thrust:

How many episodes does Mid-Thrust have?

The podcast currently has 7 episodes available.