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- Ep. 51 Racist Experiments
Hi Everyone, hope you are all staying safe during this pandemic. We are continuing our series on the long intertwining history of race, racism, and science. In this episode, the third of four*, we discuss some specific examples of racist scientific misconduct: things like the Tuskegee Experiment and the treatment of Henrietta Lacks and her family.
*We went so long on this episode that we split it in two, with the second part on Racism and IQ coming out on Friday, so look forward to hearing Sean and Nathan rant about that shit for like 40 minutes.
This episode features a promo for Podcast Review Day, a day to review your favorite podcasts on https://www.podchaser.com/ or Apple Podcasts or wherever! It happens on the 8th of every month. Learn more on twitter @PodRevDay or at https://www.stephfuccio.com/podrevday.html
Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Reach out if you'd like to talk things through. Stay safe out there everyone!
References:
- https://www.wired.com/story/the-speculum-finally-gets-a-modern-redesign/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563360/
- https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/04/j-marion-sims/558248
- https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/timeline.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_Haute_prison_experiments
54 min - Ep. 50 Eugenics and Human Genetics
Hi Everyone, hope you are all staying safe during this pandemic. For our 50th full episode, we are continuing our series on the long intertwining history of race, racism, and science. In this episode, the second of three, we discuss racist science in the 20th and 21st century by focusing on eugenics and human genetics. Next time we will talk about specific examples of racist scientific misconduct and racism in IQ.
This episode features a promo for Planthropology, a science podcast centered around plants! Find them on twitter at @Planthropology_ and https://www.planthropologypod.com/
Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Reach out if you'd like to talk things through. Stay safe out there everyone!
References:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2973272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2757926/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watson#Comments_on_race
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/opinion/sunday/genetics-race.html
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev-soc-060116-053403#_i23
https://www.vox.com/2018/4/10/17182692/bell-curve-charles-murray-policy-wrong
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/does-the-bell-curve-ring-true-a-closer-look-at-a-grim-portrait-of-american-society/#:~:text=While%20critics%20of%20The%20Bell,difference%20and%20the%20argument%20that
1 hr 10 min - Ep. 49 Racism in Science
Hi Everyone, hope you are all staying safe during this pandemic. The murder of Black people like Breonna Taylor and George Floyd has led to a lot of discussion here at Petri Dish about what we could do with our platform. We decided one of the things we could do was inform our listeners about the long intertwining history of race, racism, and science. In this episode, the first of three, we discuss the early history of modern conceptions of race, going back to the 17th century. Next time we will be discussing eugenics and human genetics.
This episode features a promo for SipNSci, a comedic science podcast centered around Black scientists, some drinks, and a whole lot of science. Find them at @SipNScipod.
Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Reach out if you'd like to talk things through. Stay safe out there everyone!
References:
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9780470753514.fmatter
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00033790.2013.785022
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/30053821.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ae5d7d92922ed4be635c43acbfa3a2332
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2151154/
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/johann-blumenbach-and-classification-human-races
- https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001071
- https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2007008
53 min - Ep. 48 Sun and Skin
On this, the final skin episode of our four-part (!) series, Sean and Nathan speak again with skin scientist Matilde Miranda about skin aging and the affect sunlight has on your skin! Learn about what SPF and UV Index means, the different kinds of UV light, and how to pick a nice sunscreen to reduce your chances of getting skin cancer.
Featuring a promo for an upcoming podcast Talking Bugs, an entomology podcast! check it out on twitter @SixLeggedAggie and https://sixleggedaggie.com/
Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Reach out if you'd like to talk things through. Stay safe out there everyone!
References:
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1586/17469872.2.6.753
- https://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/melan.html
- http://gco.iarc.fr/today/data/factsheets/cancers/16-Melanoma-of-skin-fact-sheet.pdf
- http://gco.iarc.fr/today/data/factsheets/cancers/17-Non-melanoma-skin-cancer-fact-sheet.pdf
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/phpp.12214
- https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00417
- https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine/2015/05/what-does-spf-stand-for/index.htm
- https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2004RG000155
- https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/uviguide.pdf
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28718005
- https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-advances-new-proposed-regulation-make-sure-sunscreens-are-safe-and-effective
- https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/report/the-trouble-with-sunscreen-chemicals/
54 min - Ep. 47 Science of Trippin' Balls
This week Nathan and Sean talk about psychedelic drugs, specifically classical psychedelics like psilocybin and LSD. How do they work? What do they actually do to your brain? Can they be repurposed for more than making you see crazy stuff? Listen in! Stay safe out there, everyone.
Featuring a promo for The Unexceptionals, an interview podcast! Check it out on twitter @_unexceptionals
Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Support us for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/petridish. Thanks!
References:
- https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdf/S0960-9822(11)01198-5.pdf
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22750845
- https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/jn.1999.82.6.2989
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168010211020074
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301051111003164
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1409828/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0028390812002651
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627307000281
- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2015.00225/full
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269881116675513
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/210962
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0269881116675512
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215036616300657
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0269881114565144
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4086777/
- https://journals.lww.com/psychopharmacology/FullText/2016/02000/Antidepressant_Effects_of_a_Single_Dose_of.13.aspx
- https://www.nature.com/articles/npp201784
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0924977X15000097
50 min - Ep. 46.5 Bonus Minisode: COVID and Kawasaki
Take care of yourselves out there, everyone. Racism is real and Black people have suffered the brutality of racist systems for their entire lives.
This week's bonus episode is about Kawasaki Disease and the atypical Kawasaki that appears to be manifesting in children during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Reach out if you'd like to talk things through.
References:
- https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/03/16/peds.2020-0702.1
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/apa.15270
- https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.03.20028423v3
- https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.11.20098459v1
- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31103-X/fulltext
- https://www.onlinejacc.org/content/67/14/1738.abstract
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11926-020-0882-1
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124202191000045
- https://heart.bmj.com/content/106/6/411.abstract
- https://www.onlinejacc.org/content/28/1/253.abstract
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1809480/
- https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD011188.pub2/full
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-017-2937-5
- https://journals.lww.com/jclinrheum/Citation/2020/03000/Severe_Late_Onset_Kawasaki_Disease_Successfully.19.aspx
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4720480/
- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31103-X/fulltext
- https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.10.20097394v1.full.pdf
- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9913(20)30137-5/fulltext
- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31094-1/fulltext
References got truncated, check on patreon for the full list.
35 min - Ep. 46 Science of Sick
What actually happens when you get infected with something? What are the steps your body goes through to protect you? Why do so many illnesses have "flu-like" symptoms? Find out this week as Sean and Nathan dive into the SCIENCE OF SICK(ness)!
We recorded this episode a while ago, so it does not make reference to current (US) events. We here at Petri Dish support protesters and the cause they represent -- an end to racial discrimination against Black people, an end to police brutality, and a restructuring of the USA to a more equitable and equal society. Black lives matter! Thank you everyone, for listening.
Featuring a promo for Jolly Green Scientists, an upcoming science podcast! Check out the hosts on twitter @SixLeggedAggie and @Planthropology_
Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Support us for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/petridish. Thanks!
References:
- https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2018/mt/c7mt00341b
- https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0172236
- https://www.pnas.org/content/114/26/6806.short
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981609/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6047205/
- https://science.sciencemag.org/content/353/6306/1393
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786079/
- https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-92336-9_9
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1074761318304953?via%3Dihub
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S147330990570270X
- https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-7643-9912-2_2
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3378761/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23356301/
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3553670/
- https://respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12931-019-1120-0
- https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1164/rccm.200805-670OC
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00408-015-9808-5
47 min - Ep. 45 Some Super Special Cephalopods
This week we talk about some specific cephalopods and how weird/cool they are! Giant squids! Blue-ringed octopuses! Bigfin squids, argonauts, nautiloids, and more! Get your fill of these funky folks under the sea!
Featuring a promo for Thorndale, an actual play podcast! Check them out at https://www.thornvalepodcast.com/ and on twitter @ThornvaleCast
Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Support us for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/petridish. Thanks!
References:
- https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/octopus-chronicles/unusual-offshore-octopods-the-weapon-wielding-blanket-octopus-video/
- https://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/211/12/1992.full.pdf
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-squid-fly/
- https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/21/science/when-giant-squids-mate-it-s-a-stab-in-the-dark.html
- https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2011.0680
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4U0vG2bxy0
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00227-003-1285-3
43 min - Ep. 44 Octopuseses: Ink, Camo, and Smarts
This episode is about cephalopods! Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish! All the jabronis! This is actually a two-parter. In this episode we're talking about cephalopod blood, eyes, ink, camo, and intelligence! Next time we are going to be talking about specific cephalopods that we think are particularly weird and cool!
Featuring a promo for Planthropology, a podcast about plants! Check them out on twitter @planthropology_ and online at planthropologypod.com
Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Support us for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/petridish. Thanks!
References:
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3730353/
- https://www.nature.com/articles/srep04256
- https://jeb.biologists.org/content/212/14/2133
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4052311/
- https://jeb.biologists.org/content/207/11/1759
- https://www.nature.com/scitable/topicpage/cephalopod-camouflage-cells-and-organs-of-the-144048968/
- https://www.pnas.org/content/111/36/12998.full
- https://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6360/210
- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01686/full
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_giant_axon
- https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190456757.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190456757-e-29
- https://oxfordre.com/neuroscience/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264086.001.0001/acrefore-9780190264086-e-181
- https://www.pnas.org/content/117/15/8524.full
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534718302672
52 min - Ep. 43 Prions: Mad Cows and Mad Proteins
This episode is about the causative agent for mad cow disease, scrapie, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob -- prions! It's not a bacteria, it's not a fungus, it isn't even a virus! No, it is a little protein encoded in our own genome! Find out how there can be an infectious disease caused by a misfolded protein.
Featuring a promo for Lit Gaming Arena Podcast! Check them out on twitter @litgamingarena and online at https://litgamingarena.com/
Email us at petridishpod -at- gmail.com. On twitter @dishpodcast and instagram @petridishpodcast. Support us for as little as $1 a month at patreon.com/petridish. Thanks!
References:
- https://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/3/1/a006833.full
- https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-017-0375-5
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12035-019-1510-9
- https://cshperspectives.cshlp.org/content/9/1/a023671.full
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sji.12854
- https://rupress.org/jem/article/79/2/137/4753/STUDIES-ON-THE-CHEMICAL-NATURE-OF-THE-SUBSTANCE
- https://science.sciencemag.org/content/216/4542/136.abstract
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-018-0011-4
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19336896.2019.1704612
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-36700-w
- https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article/doi/10.1093/brain/awaa078/5821469
- https://www.nature.com/articles/nature20415
- https://neurolrespract.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42466-019-0039-8
- https://www.cell.com/trends/neurosciences/pdf/S0166-2236(10)00055-X.pdf
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6959295/
- https://www.jbc.org/content/294/18/7128.full
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0962892413000111
- https://www.nature.com/articles/mp201784
- https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1007283
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Profane, insane, and 100% primo science, Petri Dish is a no-BS podcast that explores the wildest subjects in modern science with clarity and evil joy.
Hosted by Sean Allen, a Nanoparticle/Immunology Researcher, and Nathan Allen, his "screenwriter" brother, Petri Dish fuses hard science with a freewheeling and madcap conversational style.
Cannabinoids, Plague, Cats, the dreaded Candiru, and the even more dreaded Covid-19: all these and more are dissected with intellect and irreverence, dropping every week.
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