The SciManDan Podcast

Wolife6020 joined us this week to chat flying and flat Earthers. What a legend!You can find his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Wolfie6020Have a great Xmas and we'll see you again in January

Author Marcus Chown joined me this week to discuss his brilliant books and the plight of the misinformation pandemic.The Ascent of Gravity: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ascent-Gravity-Understand-Explains-Everything-ebook/dp/B01JM9PR52/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ascent+of+gravity&qid=1637135735&qsid=262-1729873-0057205&sr=8-1&sres=147460188X%2CB005BMN446%2C0141984961%2CB08ZXSFZB2%2C0571366716%2C0241985617%2C0241957354%2CB00DWLK8LA%2CB06W9KBZ2Z%2CB007KMP4JI%2CB09GJS7RX2%2CB08DDF8878%2CB00ADNP0Y0%2C0367263335%2CB0956JPVF5%2CB00CYGFW60Breakthrough: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Breakthrough-Spectacular-scientific-discovery-particle/dp/0571366716/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=breakthrough+marcus+chown&qid=1637135775&qsid=262-1729873-0057205&sr=8-1&sres=0571366716%2CB07DPV381C%2C0571250599%2CB00VAPIYNY%2CB004GGUG9Y%2CB08BJB4GCT%2CB005NHQ054&srpt=ABIS_BOOKYou can find Marcus on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/marcuschownThanks for listening

Volcanologist and science communicator extraordinaire Dr Janine Krippner joined us this week on the podcast as we discuss the wonderful science that is volcanology as well as some of the conspiracy theories surrounding it. She also faces off against Catz in Guess the Scientist.Here is Janine's Twitter: https://twitter.com/janinekrippnerHere is her blog: http://inthecompanyofvolcanoes.blogspot.com/And her website: http://janinekrippner.weebly.com/Thank you all for listening

Conspiracy theory psychological expert Alex Olshansky joined us this week to chat about the psychology of conspiracy theories and how he got on chatting with those pesky flat Earthers at their own conference!You can find Alex on twitter here: https://twitter.com/AlexOlshanskyThank you all for listening!

Spanners & Matt join us once again in our "Science of" series, this time chatting Back to the Future. It became less of a science thing and more of a nostalgia thing as we went on. You can find Spanners & Matt over at www.missedapex.netAnd on Twitter as @spannersready and @ mattpt55Thanks for listening everyone

Just a quick one this week as I discuss the current state of Flat Earth and a new video project.As always thanks for listening!

The wonderful Jim Browning joined me this week to talk about his very admirable cause of trying to stop those awful telephone scammers in their tracks. We chat about how he does it, and some of the more popular scams to watch out for as well as his experiences with those pesky conspiracy theorists. Jim's channel can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/c/JimBrowningWatch him expose these scammers, it really is brilliant!

Gav from the brilliant Slow Mo Guys joined us this week to talk about his fantastic channel and of course THAT video of the spinning ball with water on, which the flat Earthers always use. He also faces off against Catz in The Scientist Game.You can find the Slow Mo Guys here: https://www.youtube.com/user/theslowmoguysThank you all for listening!

TikTok debunker Alexander Steward joined us this week on the podcast to talk about his rise on the short video platform, as well as all the conspiracies he's come across. And he faces off against Catz in the scientist game!You can find him here on TokTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@awrstewart?lang=enAnd here on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/awrstewart/And here is his YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AWRStewartThanks for listening everyone!

Cody from Cody's Lab joined us this week to talk about how he got his start on YouTube and all of the epic things he does on his channel.

You can find his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/theCodyReeder

And Twitter here: https://twitter.com/CodysLab

Thanks for listening everyone