Trackside Science

Science Firings part 2 (EXPLICIT)

The moronic, mean-spirited and illegal assault on US government scientists continues.

(52) Salute to Government Scientists

To those recently, and illegally, fired. Contains some strong language, because that is 100% appropriate.

(51) Science from Australia!

Episode 51 - Our Down Under connection! In 2021 we got an email from a listener from New Zealand working in Australia as a Physics Science Communicator. It took years to get over the shock that someone we didn't already know was actually listening to us, but we did and now he is here! Drinks Jeff - Folgers Rob - Austin Eastciders Errol - Hop Nation Brewing The Dish (2000) - IMDb Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org...

(50) International Podcast Day

Remember how you waited anxiously as a kid for it to come? Not having to go to school on that day? Family from all over pulling into the driveway with gifts and food for the International Podcast Day celebration? Yah, we don’t either. #internationalpodcastday Alcohol Jeff - Southern Tier Brewing Imperial Pumking Ale Rob - Canada Dry Black Cherry Sparkling Seltzer Water Podcasts we mentioned Deviant Criminology - https://deviantcriminology.squarespace.com Hot Shot Wake Up - https://thehotshotwake...

Impromptu Science (49)

No plan or pre-recording preparation whatsoever…the difference between dentists & endodontists… old microscopes… Rob’s home office inspection… regulation of medical data.. college graduation in state prisons.. pubpeer.com… problematic paper screener … ( https://www.irit.fr/~Guillaume.Cabanac/problematic-paper-screener )... Jeff’s anxiety about teaching in the federal prison (update, students were nice but it was way more difficult teaching there than the state prison) RIP Vanessa, Rob’s form...

(48) Science Video Game - PhD Simulator

We relive the highs and lows of graduate school through a spot-on video game. PhD Simulator - A Text-Based Game by Mianzhi Wang (wmz.ninja) Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Jeff - Dekalb County’s fine tap water Rob - Shark Jumper IPA Night Shift Brewing Sounds & Music Front Bumper - combination of: A rapper in trouble - after he made a bad joke! by fmceretta (freesound.org) Team Masaka - Sad Moan - by Team...

(47) What connects you to science?

Episode 47 - What connects you to science? Rob’s a conference guy, he likes interacting with people. Jeff’s a reading-papers-in-a-quiet-house kind of guy. Rob likes the cutting edge while Jeff gravitates towards the arcane. Rob’s beer is bigger than Jeff’s. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Rob - Flemington Fog Juicy Hazy India Pale IPA , Flemington NJ Jeff - Fluffiest Otter Stout , Sandy Springs GA Sounds &amp...

(46) ChatGPT: good for a fart joke?

Is it a Promethean kind of thing? An end of the world thing? It’s definitely a protecting people with Fecal Incontinence kind of thing. It’s definitely not able to cite it’s sources. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Rob - Be Hoppy Indian Pale Ale Wormtown Brewery Worcester, Mass Jeff - Gates of Smordor Stout Westbrook Brewing Mount Pleasant South Carolina Sounds & Music Spike Jones - The Tennessee Waltz Pa...

Not a secret Chinese bioweapons facility

(45) Has Money Destroyed Science?

Should we pay scientists to speak? What do people in prison think about paid experts? Is the United Federation of Planets communist? Does getting paid fat stax help your work/life balance? Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Jeff - Dragon’s Milk Rob - Fifty Million Dollar Man Double IPA Sounds & Music InspectorJ - door-front-opening, Letsmakemuffins - footsteps echo hall, SpaceJoe Coins Drop - 8, Johnnie_Holi...

Virus: Reading Promedmail - Polish Cats & Bird Flu

If you are at all interested in stuff like this, take a look at https://promedmail.org/

(44) Is it a calling, or just a job?

In August of 2022 we had special guest Dr. Peter Haugen on to talk about work identity. By the end, we are just sappy Dads who miss our kids being little. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Dr. Haugen - Gin & Tonic Rob - Equilibrium Brewing - Strata Outta the Laboratory Triple India Pale Ale JEff - Orpheus Brewing - Do or Die Chocolate Imperial Stout Dr. Amy Wrezniewski Sounds & Music The game show theme...

(43) We were burned out Spring 2021

This one was recorded during the Spring Semester of 2021 and sat on my hard drive for a while. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Bearded Flannel Cat India Pale Ale - Sunken Silo Big F’in Stout - Scofflaw Sounds Effects (all from FreeSound) wanderful.flac by Timbre Light Bulb Pops.mp3 by CGEffex Wood burning in the stove by smand Digital glitch_018.wav by Alien XXX 20100320.slide.projector.wav by dobroide Projec...

(42) Citizen Science Tools for Bioinformatics (that are free!)

Both of us have done a bit of citizen science over the years, and here are some very high-tech freely available tools that you can use too! We are serious about our offer to show anyone how to use these, just email us at tracksidescience@gmail.com . Enjoy! Music & Sounds Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org) Alcohol 2018 La Crema Pinot Noir Escape from Reality Double Hopped Pale Ale Free Online Citizen Science Tools NCBI Virus ...

(41) Hereditary Periodic Fever Syndromes

An interview with the acclaimed geneticist Dr Robert Pyatt about a set of diseases that is coming up in acclaimed educator Dr Jeff Mahr's class.

(40) Eight Science Books

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Booze: Chocolate Moon Pie Stout, Naked River Brewing La Grange Point India Pale Ale, Flounder’s Brewing Books: The Last Stargazers, by Emily Levesque Sister, Maiden, Monster, by Lucy Snyder Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, by Steve Brusatte The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi Bright Galaxies Dark Matter & Beyond, the Life of Vera Rubin, By Ashley...

(39) Stiff Science 3

Because everyone is constantly dying. Also,we suck at virtual rochambeau. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Rex Golliath - Cabernet Sauvignon Redrum Double Milk Stout (couldn’t find the brewery) Richard Lewonton (Mar 29, 1929 – Jul 4, 2021) - Geneticist John Trojanowski (Dec 17, 1946 – Feb 8, 2022) - Neuroscientist & dedicated partner Donald Caspar (Jan 8, 1927 - Nov 27, 2021) - Structural...

(38) Free Fireworks - Science Research

Can two words in the title change the number of downloads of an episode? We discuss downloads, podcast ratings and then decide to try a little experiment. Errol, I am eternally sorry that I forgot your name! Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol: Rob - Hefeweizen by Flounder Brewing Jeff - Cafe Stout by Prohibition Brewery Sounds: Front bumper - Rubber duck small 1 by ermfilm, fireworks 3b...

(37) Science Writing

Rob hates it, Jeff loves it, and no one should publish their research in Hustler. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol: Rob - Hop Valley Bubblestash IPAwith CryoHops Jeff - Rex Goliath Cabernet Savignon Sounds: Front bumper - 8 Bit Circus Music by bone666138 (Freesound.org) Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)...

(36) Welcome Back

Rob & Jeff return to talk scientifically about their old man health problems. Plus, what happened to 2021?

Science Fairs (35)

Episode 35 - Science Fairs (Rob hates them) This episode sat on my hard drive for a year, I apologize. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol: Neshaminy Creek Brewing Cheap Box Wine - unidentified, but I’m sure you can find some on your own Sounds (Freesound.org): coaster 01.aiff by martian New_Recordingstatefair.mp3 by fkunze Carnival and Crowd Ambiance by Ev-Dawg Polka by Triciclo Circus ...

Virus Questions (5) - UK variant - more infectious, more severe

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience This Week in Virology ( link ) NERVTAG paper ( link ) English Robot Text-to-speech engine ( link )

(34) The state of journalism with Lou Harry

Lou is a writer and journalist who works with the Society of Professional Journalists and gives some of the most insightful and interesting analysis of journalism today. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Links: Lou Harry’s website ( here ) Society for Professional Journalism ( here ) Drinks: Kroger Brand coffee ( here ) Blueberry Tea ( here ) Sounds (Freesound.org): Running by Juandamb Office/...

Virus Questions (4) Is the mutant coronavirus more dangerous?

Probably not, but that shouldn't change what you are doing now. Nextstrain Twitter ( here ) This Week in Virology ( here )

(33) The COVID-19 Vaccines

What's in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine and why is a third of the population fatigued? Ethanol: Dragon’s Milk, New Holland ( here ) Eye of the Storm Sitra, Jersey Cyclone Brewing ( here ) 1798 Brewery Okracoke ( here ) Science: Pfizer FDA EUA briefing document ( here ) Moderna FDA EUA briefing document ( here ) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System ( here ) Sounds (from freesound.org): freight09dec.wav by Heigh-hoo Locomotive 3 Approach Idle Exit.wav by patchen...

Virus special - Does the vaccine prevent infection?

The answer might surprise us. Pfizer FDA EUA briefing document: link Pfizer FDA EUA meeting: link Moderna FDA EUA briefing document: link Moderna FDA EUA meeting: link VAERS: link

(32) Back in the Saddle?

Just a short little episode to let you know we are back. We think. An Exploration of the Structure of Effective Apologies ( link ) - Paywall.... sorry?

Virus special - -Is COVID-19 more like 1918 flu or 1957 flu?

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(32) COVID-19 vaccine will be available at 12:32AM on Aug 17 2021

Wherein Rob and Jeff do an experiment to see how quickly beer and red wine will degrade vaccine knowledge. Jeff uses disabled squirrels and broken-down cars as analogies for attenuated virus vaccines. Rob tries to pin Jeff down on SARSCoV2 vaccine predictions for 2020. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Drinks: Peter Cellers Comic Red Wine ( here ) Neshamany Creek In Denial Lager ( here ) Links...

Virus Questions (3) - Cheaper, less sensitive virus tests?

Email your virus questions to virusquestions@gmail.com Links: This Week in Virology episode #640 ( here ) Abbot ID Now ( here ) English robot generator ( here )