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The Science Pawdcast

Jason and Kris Zackowskitwitter.com

The Science Pawdcast breaks down the latest science happening in the human world AND the pet world. 
Each episode will also bring you a guest to enthral you with their area of knowledge.
You'll learn, be captivated, and laugh along with host Jason Zackowski. 
Pets and Science, it's the pawfect mix. 

You'll also get episodes of PetChat which are the live shows from social audio. 
PetChat is a live community gathering updates about the animals in our life, but also the animals in the wonderful community that supports us!


Heart and Hope.

Science and Shenanigans. 

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Episodes

SciChat: Fusion with Fusion Engineer Alyssa Hayes

Send us a text This is a recording of our live SciChat show that runs Tuesday at 9PM Eastern on Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and The Paw Pack. On this week's SciChat we do a deep dive into the power of fusion, some issues it may have, and the safety and regulation of the nuclear power industry. It's a great discussion, and some audience members asked some really great questions too. Alyssa's Links: Twitter Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundr...

Feb 12, 20231 hr 12 min

Season 5 Episode 1: Darkness Death, Pet Parents, and Dr. Doug Mader The Vet at Noah's Ark

Send us a text We are BACK! WOW 5 SEASONS! Thanks for helping on this journey, we hope this show is worth the wait while the Zackowski's took some much needed time off in January for mental health. In Science news we break down a study that found the night sky is losing the darkness faster than we thought...why is that a bad thing, and what can we do about it? In Pet Science we talk about how a study found there were FOUR types of pet parents...which one are you!? Our guest in Ask an Expert is t...

Feb 09, 20231 hr 8 minSeason 5Ep. 1

Scichat with Planetary Science Daria Pidhorodetska

Send us a text Do you want a conversation that is OUT OF THIS WORLD? Then tune in to this recording with Planetary Science Daria Pidhorodetska. We chat about the MINDBLOWING new data coming out of the JWST about far off worlds and the possibility of life there, here and everywhere in our galaxy. It's so exciting! Check it out! Scichat Live: Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and grow with us - tune in to SciChat Tuesdays at 7PM Mountain Time on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and The Paw Pa...

Feb 04, 20231 hr 4 min

Scichat with STEM Storyteller and author Dr. Malika Grayson

Send us a text Join us for an exciting episode of SciChat, where we'll be exploring the importance of representation in science with our special guest, Dr. Grayson. As a captivating storyteller, Dr. Grayson is sure to inspire and educate us with their insights on this crucial topic. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and grow with us - tune in to SciChat Tuesdays at 7PM Mountain Time on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and The Paw Pack. You won't want to miss it! (and if you do, we have the ...

Jan 26, 20231 hr 6 min

Pet Chat January 14th- BUNSEN FINDS A MOOSELEG!!!

Send us a text This is a recording from our live show Pet Chat which runs every Saturday at 8PM Eastern or 6PM Mountain time. In this Pet Chat we talk about how Bunsen found YET ANOTHER MOOSELEG. There are more Pet Stories in the show too! Enjoy! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel- all with Printful- one of the highest quality companies we could find! www.bunsenbernerbmd.com Sign up for our Week...

Jan 26, 20231 hr 12 min

PetChat: January 6th 2023 - Happy New Year and Bunsen and Beaker deliver letters to kids!

Send us a text This is a recording from our live show Pet Chat which runs every Saturday at 8PM Eastern or 6PM Mountain time. In this Pet Chat we break down our wonderful time just before Christmas taking Bunsen and Beaker into classrooms delivering letters from Santa back to little kids! We also got Brian in from Wisdom to talk about his awesome farm! More Pet Stories are also in the show! Enjoy! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of differen...

Jan 24, 20231 hr 16 min

SciChat with Biologist and Catnip Expert Dr Sebastiaan Bol

Send us a text This is a recording of our live show: SciChat which you can find at 7PM Mountain time on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and The Paw Pack. We had a fun but also passionate discussion with the amazing Dr. Sebastiaan Bol about cats, catnip, cat health, and cat care. If you love cats, this show is for you! Dr. Bol's Links: https://mastodon.online/@cowboycatranch https://www.cowboycatranch.org/index.html Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundre...

Jan 19, 20231 hr 20 min

SciChat with Developmental Biologist Dr. Haley Barlow

Send us a text We have guest Dr. Haley Barlow who enthusiastically teaches us that we are all made of tubes. Your heart? TUBES. Your kidneys? TUBES? TUBES TUBES TUBES! Learn more by listening this this lively discussion! SciChat Live: Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn and grow with us - tune in to SciChat Tuesdays at 7PM Mountain Time on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and The Paw Pack. You won't want to miss it! (and if you do, we have the recording!) Dr. Haley Barlow's links: https://twi...

Jan 17, 20231 hr 6 min

SciChat with Immunologist Dr Yane Valdez Tejeira

Send us a text This is a recording of our live show: SciChat which you can find at 7PM Mountain time on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and The Paw Pack. What a fun chat with the exciting and energetic Dr Yane Valdez Tejeira! If you don't get bamboolzed and excited about the immune system after this interview, well I don't know what we can do for you! Seriously, dendritic cells are super weird! Dr. Valdez's links: https://twitter.com/YaneValdezT https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanet-vt/ Bunsen and Beake...

Jan 12, 202345 min

Scichat with Criminalist Lela Perriello and Detective Lisa King

Send us a text Get ready for an action-packed episode of SciChat, where we're bringing on two experts in the field of law enforcement to blow your mind. First up, we have Lela Perriello, who will be sharing the inside scoop on how she collects evidence to catch the bad guys. Then, we have detective Lisa King joining us to talk about how she uses that evidence to bring justice to victims. These conversations may be tough, but we're grateful to have Lela and Lisa on the front lines, working tirele...

Jan 10, 20231 hr 11 min

SciChat with Food Scientist Dr Gail Barnes

Send us a text This is a recording of our live show: SciChat which you can find at 7PM Mountain time on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and The Paw Pack. Dr. Barnes has an amazing discussion with us about all things food chemistry and food engineering. We have a fun conversation about how her little "milk box" beat out a GIANT company (That might rhyme with Bloke or Sepsi) at a food technology show. Dr. Gail Barnes' links: https://twitter.com/ZAGrrl http://www.drgailbarnes.com/ Bunsen and Beaker Lin...

Jan 08, 20231 hr 17 min

SciChat: Year in Review with Kris and Jason

Send us a text This is a recording of our live show: SciChat which you can find at 7PM Mountain time on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and The Paw Pack. Kris and Jason of The Bunsen and Beaker account break down the top science stories of the year. Some were profound and possibly history changing and some were wacky, silly, and wholesome. If you want to hear what happened in 2022, check out this recording! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of di...

Jan 06, 20231 hr 18 min

PetChat December 11th: Bunsen is the Grinch for the Advent Treats

Send us a text This is a recording from our live show Pet Chat which runs every Saturday at 8PM Eastern or 6PM Mountain time. In this Pet Chat we talk about how Kris is enjoying shooting the Advent videos (and Ginger is the surprise star) as well Bunsen did something embarrassing which almost wrecked the whole month long video shoot! More Pet Stories are also in the show! Enjoy! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of d...

Jan 06, 20231 hr 4 min

PetChat November 26th: Bunsen does not want to mess with Ginger AT ALL and she ESCAPES.

Send us a text This is a recording from our live show Pet Chat which runs every Saturday at 8PM Eastern or 6PM Mountain time. In this Pet Chat we talk about how much Ginger has begun to rule our house and Ginger escapes and the whole family mobilizes to find her. She's safe! More Pet Stories are also in the show! Enjoy! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel- all with Printful- one of the highest qu...

Jan 06, 20231 hr 17 min

SciChat: Dr. Neuro on Infectious Disease and Gaming!

Send us a text This is a recording of our live show: SciChat which you can find at 7PM Mountain time on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and The Paw Pack. We spoke to Dr. Neuro about disease, the pandemic, but also some of his hobbies which includes gaming! A great Q and A part at the end rounded out the interview! Dr. Neuro's links: https://twitter.com/Neurofourier https://www.twitch.tv/dr_neuro Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different comb...

Jan 06, 20231 hr 31 min

PetChat: The Last PetChat of 2022! Bunsen and Beaker are set to be Santa Paws for Little Kids

Send us a text Wow. When we started PetChat we didn't know that we would create a show that hundreds of people would tune into across multiple social audio sites and then even more would listen to the replay. Thank you so much for coming on this journey with us. In this episode we wish everyone a happy holiday and outline the totally wholesome activity that Bunsen and Beaker will do in delivering letters from Santa back to the little kids. Pet Chat Live? Tune in to our WACKY live show of PetChat...

Jan 06, 20231 hr 52 min

Season 4 Episode 41: Smart phones and kids, Cat History, and Dr. Ivis Gore on Radiochemistry!

Send us a text It's the last podcast episode of 2022 and Season 4! Thanks for listening to us week after week! On the show we chat about how smart phones and tablets could be affecting kids AND how scientists may have pinpointed where house cats came from! Our expert guest is Dr. Ivis Gore, a radiochemist who does a great job of breaking down literally ALCHEMY into a story we can understand. The family section is back, and it's a heartfelt one. Stay warm friends! Dr. Gore's Links: https://twitte...

Dec 23, 20221 hr 12 minSeason 4Ep. 41

SciChat with Dr. Emily Fairfax: All about Beavers!

Send us a text This is a recording of our live show on social audio called "SciChat!" It runs at 9PM Eastern/7PM Mountain Time on Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and our Paw Pack Community. This week we have Beaver expert Dr. Emily Fairfax! It was an amazing conversation about beavers and how critical they are to the ecosystems of North America! Emily on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyFairfax Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of differe...

Dec 19, 20221 hr 10 min

Pet Chat November 19th: Live From The Paw Pack and ALPACA/LLAMA STORIES!

Send us a text This is a recording from our live show Pet Chat which runs every Saturday at 8PM Eastern or 6PM Mountain time. In this Pet Chat we talk about how we are successfully running our audio show from our Community Site- The Paw Pack Plus! We also had Donna Craig speak about her amazing trip Peru and meeting Llamas and Alpacas. More Pet Stories are also in the show! Enjoy! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of...

Dec 19, 20221 hr 28 min

Season 4 Episode 40: Fusion, Stress, and Dr. Torah Kachur on Genetics!

Send us a text On The Science Pawdcast this week, we break down the FUSION STORY! It's exciting and ground breaking...but I do feel we are a ways off of it being scaled up to something useful. In Pet Science News we look at at study that found the stress level of humans mimicked the stress levels in dogs, but not the other way around..so humans can cause dog stress! Wow! In Ask an Expert, we have lecturer and genetics wizz/radio host Dr. Torah Kachur to chat about running a national science segm...

Dec 16, 202253 minSeason 4Ep. 40

SciChat: Dr. One Pagan on Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins!

Send us a text This is a recording form our LIVE show called SCI CHAT on Social Audio every Tuesday evening at 7PM Mountain Time. You can find it on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and our very own PAW PACK. This episode we were lucky enough to have Dr. One Pagan stop by to tell us all about his work into Planarian and also his intriguing book about how the animal kingdom MAY partake in psychoactive substances like humans do! https://baldscientist.com/ Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker ...

Dec 11, 20221 hr 6 min

Pet Chat: November 12th - MOOSE STORIES and The Bunsen Stuffie!

Send us a text This is a recording of our popular social audio show PET CHAT which runs every Saturday evening at 6PM Mountain Time. You can listen on Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse, Wisdom, or our very own PAW PACK! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel- all with Printful- one of the highest quality companies we could find! www.bunsenbernerbmd.com Sign up for our Weekly Newsletter! https://www.getrevue...

Dec 11, 20221 hr 28 min

Season 4 Episode 39: PFAS is BAD, Psychopath Cats, and Animal Interaction Scientist Dr. Kerri Rodriguez

Send us a text Thanks for letting us take the week off last week! While we love doing the podcast, both Kris and I have busy day jobs and in the stretch to Christmas, things come up! We hope you love the show today! We breakdown a report on PFAS and why it's worse than we thought. We also take a skeptical viewpoint of a study that concluded cats can be psychopaths. Our guest in "Ask an Expert" is Dr. Kerri Rodriguez an animal/human interaction scientist, and her research into the human animal bo...

Dec 10, 202250 min

Scichat: Dr. Amritha Mallikarjun on COVID sniffing Dogs!

Send us a text This is a recording form our LIVE show called SCI CHAT on Social Audio every Tuesday evening at 7PM Mountain Time. You can find it on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom, and our very own PAW PACK. This episode we were lucky enough to have Dr. Amritha Mallikarjun stop by to tell us all about her study into training dogs to sniff out COIVD but also wasting disease in deer. It's so awesome! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different c...

Dec 04, 20221 hr 26 min

Pet Chat November 5th: The Zackowski's win TWO SOCIAL AUDIO AWARDS!

Send us a text This is a recording of our popular social audio show PET CHAT which runs every Saturday evening at 6PM Mountain Time. You can listen on Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse, Wisdom, or our very own PAW PACK! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel- all with Printful- one of the highest quality companies we could find! www.bunsenbernerbmd.com Our Spaces Sponsor: Bark and Beyond Supply https://bark...

Dec 04, 20221 hr 30 min

Season 4 Episode 38: Black Hole Sun, Dog Brains, and Eddie Guo on Robotic Suits!

Send us a text Sorry about the delay! We were SO busy packing stuffies that the podcast was delayed a bit! In Science News we have an exciting story about a SUPER CLOSE black hole! Don't worry- it's not a threat to us! In Pet Science we look at some fun research about dog brains! Our Guest in Ask an Expert is Medical Student Eddie Guo who caught our eye after showcasing this super cool robotic suit that helps people who can't walk..walk! We get in to the whole thing! Eddie on Linkedin! https://w...

Nov 28, 20221 hr 4 min

SciChat with Anthropologist Neil Kaplan-Kelly: The History of Peace!

Send us a text This is a recording of our live show SCICHAT which runs at 9PM EASTERN every Tuesday on Twitter Spaces, Clubhouse, Wisdom and The Paw Pack. We had SUCH an amazing discussion with a scientist of a different type! PHD candidate Neil Kaplan-Kelly gave us an amazing history lesson about the violence but then peace which has occurred in Ireland. As a Canadian, we knew there was some unrest and stuff that happened in Ireland, but it was sobering to hear an expert speak on it. Neil was a...

Nov 27, 20221 hr 5 min

Pet Chat from October 15th: A touching Guest Story about getting a Puppy!

Send us a text Pet Chat is our live audio show. This is a recording from October 15th. A touching story from this show is Cerra who speaks about getting a puppy. You can tune in live every Saturday at 8PM Eastern on Twitter, Clubhouse, Wisdom or The Paw Pack. Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of designs and apparel- all with Printful- one of the highest quality companies we could find! www.bunsenbernerbmd.com Our Spa...

Nov 27, 20221 hr 12 min

Season 4 Episode 37: Stupid DST, Pet All The Dogs, and Dr. Shelly Volsche on Laughing Dogs

Send us a text A bit delayed, but this show is SO FUN! We have a story where Dadguy really lets everyone know how he feels about Stupid Daylight Savings Time. It isn't glowing. In Pet Science we have another study that looks at the pawsitive effects of dogs on humans, this time around the action of petting them vs a stuffie! Our guest in Ask an Expert is Dr. Shelly Volsche who BLEW us away with her research into something called the dog "play" pant OR laugh! OMG so wholesome! We also give you an...

Nov 19, 20221 hr 5 minSeason 4Ep. 37

Pet Chat October 8th with Special Guest John Rush

Send us a text We were so lucky to have former football player John Rush with us as a guest on Pet Chat. John is a thoughtful and caring dog dad that works to raise money for shelters and underrepresented groups. We chatted about his two giant dogs, Bone and Bailey, doing hundreds of squats for charity and...toilet paper! Guests joined in to ask John questions, it was so much fun! Bunsen and Beaker Links: The Bunsen and Beaker Website has adorable merch with hundreds of different combinations of...

Nov 12, 20221 hr 28 min
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