Alex and Nikhil talk to Bryce Allen Bagley from Stanford University about his research in biophysics and his brief stint as a WWI playwright. Molly also has severe technical difficulties *cough* ahem.
Dr. Ed Vargo, chair of urban entomology at Texas A&M, joins a packed house to talk about cockroaches, killing cockroaches, cockroaches some more, fire ants, and beer.
We're joined by James Carucci, professor of biology at St Johns River State College in Florida, to talk about teaching, Florida Man (and Woman!), cockroaches, and cats. We even do a bit of standup with Dr. Carucci and Warren!
We talk to Darren Christopher Pereira from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom about music, boxing, MMA fighting, and saving the whales. Nikhil and Molly also cyberbully Alex and we sift through Mr. Pereira's social media accounts.
Alex, Molly, Iliana, and Warren discuss kids' toys, Teddy Ruxpin, homemade gene editing, and we preview our upcoming interviews for the next two weeks. Ugh, Mondays.
Iliana joins Alex and Molly to talk about her experience as a science student in Venezuela and Molly struggles to make it through the podcast after a rough workout.
Patrick joins the show to save the day, we listen to previously recorded sound from Alex's two appearances on the Dan Lebatard Show's Local Hour, and we talk about Disney plus and the new Star Wars series, The Mandalorian.