Steve and Caleb are backthis week with another episode of The Beaker Report. This show starts out silly with some reminiscing about Saturday morning cartoons and which X-Men were the guys favorites. The guys then get into some automobile history and talk about electric cars. Steve talks about how he would like to convert a car to electric. Steve talks about how conversions could be an affordable way to get off of the need to use fuel.

Next, the guys get into the concerns of job automation and the argument mentioned for the idea of a universal basic income. The guys discuss some of the ideas of Andrew Yang who is running for president in 2020 on this idea.

Finally, the guys end with the weekly dose of science. The discuss some ecology and Steve gives some updates on his recent work.