More Research Required

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More Research Required episodes

  • 15. Behaving Monstrously: Analyzing the Interaction Between Cat-Dog and Vampire-Werewolf Preferences
    https://archive.org/download/MonsterMash_201710/monster%20mash.mp3

    Abby and Amy get spooky and ask: do people who prefer vampires to werewolves prefer cats to dogs?  Discussion topics include: Twilight and Teen Wolf, house fires, and t h e  o m i n o u s  L a t i n  w h i s p e r s .

    Our music is Marie Curie by The Crypts!, from the album Discover Science.

    More Research Required is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://moreresearchrequired.wordpress.com/

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  • 14. Leaving the Bathroom: A Longitudinal Study of Perceptions of Gender on Gender-Restricted and Mixed Gender Campuses
    https://archive.org/download/gender_201709/gender.mp3

    (cw: mentions of transphobia)

    Abby and Amy start to ask: do gender neutral bathrooms effect college students’ perceptions of gender? And then they ask something completely different instead. Discussion topics include: the plural of data, reading way too much about bodily fluids, and the potential uses for college endowments.

    Our gender theory reading list, provided by a Friend of the Podcast, is:

    Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules of Gender and Conformity by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
    Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer by Riki Wilchins
    Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women, and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
    Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
    Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
    Whipping Girl by Julia Serano

    Our music is Marie Curie by The Crypts!, from the album Discover Science.

    More Research Required is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://moreresearchrequired.wordpress.com/

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  • 13. Which One Art?: A Comparative Method for Making Objective Aesthetic Judgements
    https://ia601509.us.archive.org/12/items/WhichOneArt/which%20one%20art.mp3

    Abby and Amy put on a definitive air of ennui and ask: are people with better eyesight better at art? Discussion topics include: crafting a nuanced and all-encompassing definition of art, surprise math, and an ancient curse that forces co-hosts to inhabit each other’s bodies.

    Our music is Marie Curie by The Crypts!, from the album Discover Science.

    More Research Required is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://moreresearchrequired.wordpress.com/

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  • 12. Poisoning the Minds of Children Everywhere
    https://archive.org/download/PoisoningTheMindsOfChildrenEverywhere/poisoning%20the%20minds%20of%20children%20everywhere.mp3

    Abby and Amy get a little blue and ask: does the language you use to curse make you stronger? Discussion topics include: polite conversation in WWI, remembering the Ice Bucket Challenge, and calling the police for cussin’.

    Our music is Marie Curie by The Crypts!, from the album Discover Science.

    More Research Required is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://moreresearchrequired.wordpress.com/

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  • 11. Field Research: Chicago, IL
    https://ia601501.us.archive.org/5/items/FieldResearchChicago/field%20research%20chicago.mp3

    Abby and Amy meet up IRL with three research questions, two glasses of wine, and one microphone for this Chicago-themed minisode. Discussion topics include: pizza allegiances, Midwestern politeness, and second cities.

    Our music is Marie Curie by The Crypts!, from the album Discover Science.

    More Research Required is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://moreresearchrequired.wordpress.com/

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  • 10. The Illumeowti
    https://archive.org/download/meownifesto/meownifesto_final.mp3

    Abby and Amy engage in one of the most heated debates of our time to ask: do cat people like dogs more than dog people like cats? Discussion topics include: the anti-cat agenda, Milgram 2: The Sequel to the Milgram Experiments, and 2001 film classic Cats & Dogs.

    Our music is Marie Curie by The Crypts!, from the album Discover Science.

    More Research Required is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://moreresearchrequired.wordpress.com/

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  • 09. Try Not to Mess with Texas
    https://ia801500.us.archive.org/30/items/09TryNotToMessWithTexasV2SlightlyEditedByAbby/09%20try%20not%20to%20mess%20with%20texas%20v2%20slightly%20edited%20by%20abby.mp3

    Abby and Amy spend an exhausted post-Fourth of July episode asking: are there demographics that influence levels of state and city pride? Discussion topics include firework appreciation strategies, mercilessly trashing New York and other beloved American institutions, and Bog Hole, Texas.

    Our music is Marie Curie by The Crypts!, from the album Discover Science.

    More Research Required is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://moreresearchrequired.wordpress.com/

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  • 08. Dad Jokes & the Dadly Dads Who Tell Them
    https://archive.org/download/DadJokesAndTheDadlyDadsWhoTellThem/Dad%20Jokes%20and%20the%20Dadly%20Dads%20Who%20Tell%20Them.mp3

    Abby and Amy get into the Father’s Day spirit to ask: are dads really the hardest kind of person to buy gifts for? Discussion topics include Gender Points, highly invasive testing, and dad jokes so potent that they jeopardize the very survival of the hosts’ working relationship.

    Our music is Marie Curie by The Crypts!, from the album Discover Science.

    More Research Required is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://moreresearchrequired.wordpress.com/

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  • 07. Fantasy Robot Cartography
    https://ia601501.us.archive.org/30/items/Episode07_201706/episode%2007.mp3

    Abby and Amy set out on an expedition to discover: are the maps in fantasy novels always just Europe? Discussion topics include literature in translation, Warrior Cats as a high fantasy series, and robots(!).

    Our music is Marie Curie by The Crypts!, from the album Discover Science.

    More Research Required is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://moreresearchrequired.wordpress.com/

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  • 06. Venus in Retrograde, Pluto in the Friendzone
    https://archive.org/download/06B.VenusInRetrogradePlutoInTheFriendzone/06B.%20Venus%20in%20Retrograde%20Pluto%20in%20the%20Friendzone.mp3

    Abby and Amy consult the heavens to find an answer to the question: if you have the traits widely associated with your horoscope, are you more likely to believe in astrology? Discussion topics include Astrology Is Real, Astrology is Fake, and Omacron, the thirteenth star sign.

    You can find out more about misuse of research methods and Daryl Bem at https://redux.slate.com/cover-stories/2017/05/daryl-bem-proved-esp-is-real-showed-science-is-broken.html.

    Our music is Marie Curie by The Crypts!, from the album Discover Science.

    More Research Required is made with Jetpack Podcast. Full show notes and every episode at https://moreresearchrequired.wordpress.com/

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More Research Required is a biweekly podcast where two liberal arts college grads design all the research studies that no one will pay them to do. Updates every other Sunday night.