The Sub Standard Model

The Sub Standard Model

By Henry Leitch & Sam PickettComedyScienceImprovNatural Sciences
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The Sub Standard Model episodes

  • Beards Are Weird

    Why do we have beards? Ok, more specifically, why does Henry have a beard? What does this say about the human species? What does this say about Henry as a man?

    All this and more, on the substandard model.

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    "On this sciencey show, we answer the questions you never thought to ask, did not want to ask and did not ask."

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    22 min
  • We Are Back!

    After an oh so brief hiatus, the boys in bed are back with a cheeky update on university science life. Though we have both faced hardships untold, is there still a light at the end of the educational tunnel?

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    18 min
  • E29: Anti Matter Chatter

    You all remember Frozen Muon Testicles. No? Thank god, because today we've decided to basically rehash one of our old episodes in order to hopefully do the subject matter more justice than we were capable of 6 months previous.

    Dedicated to Erasto Bartholomeo Mpemba (1950–2023)

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    37 min
  • E28: Fast Ass Grass

    A spirited chat about nature's most interesting tubes: Bamboo.

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    18 min
  • Henry's Crystal Math Adventure

    Yesterday, Henry spent a day of ecstasy in a crystallography lab and you lucky folks get to hear all about it.

    Prepare to gain a deeper understanding of x-ray diffraction, unit cells, orbitals and the golden ratio among other chemistry-related goodies.

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    30 min
  • E27: Irrational Petal Schematics

    Why are all Plants following this pattern? Are we really the way for the universe to observe itself?

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    30 min
  • E26: Lazarus Owl Sticks

    Where do animals go when they become extinct? And can they come back?

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    38 min
  • E25: Screaming Silica Birds

    What caused the mysterious Monterey Bay attack that inspired Hitchcock's "The Birds"?

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    24 min
  • E24: Persistent Historical Trauma

    Are your phobias a trickle-down from the trauma of your ancestors?

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    24 min
  • E23: The Hemocyanin Scandal

    Why do we bleed Horseshoe Crabs dry?

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    23 min

About The Sub Standard Model

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This is a subjectively comedic podcast by scientists for scientists.


"On this sciencey show, we answer the questions you never thought to ask, did not want to ask and did not…