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Month: December 2014

  • Episode 032: Venus and Mars Colonies/Star Trek Fan Content

    Recorded December 22, 2014 This episode contains: Ben lawless, Xmas, evil santa, NORAD, deceiving kids, Harry Potter, wonder as a kid, parenting, memories of Xmas, Quantum mechanics of Santa, Elf on the Shelf, spying on kids, secular guilt, lethargic FTL, cloud cities on Venus, temperatures on Venus, new ways to get to Mars, Hohmann transfer,…

  • Episode 031: Bleeping Origins

    Edited 12/17/2014 This episode contains: dirty dozen, William Devon Craft, Esq. jumping right in, pants gangsters, geekery of choice, FTL, Science Fiction and Science Fantasy, Star Trek breaking ground, winner of the non-contest: JB!, Swiss cheese pervert incarcerated, terrible puns, Wacko of the Week: Amou Haji, not bathing, smoking animal poo-poo, five cigarettes, eating rotten…

  • Episode 030 Best of First 20 Episodes

    Edited December 11, 2014 Total Recall, Devon’s ending to Total Recall, life’s a dream, Skynet evil?, robot voice, T2, evidence based science, cherry picking data, preliminary studies, Devon’s forehead and jaw, we were in a band, it’s all about that bass, tonal discrimination, electrical sensors, brain scans, Come Sail Away, friend genetics, Dorst corrects us,…

  • Episode 029: Orion/Star Wars Episode 7 Trailer

    Episode 029: Orion/Star Wars Episode 7 Trailer

    Recorded December 3, 2014. This episode contains: Ben Dorst from the Pure BS Podcast, Science from 0 to 10, Ben’s rank, Devon’s rank, Distance to the moon, Orion Spacecraft, Space elevators, Apollo Space Program, Next president’s space policy, Average tax payer, Star Wars Episode 7 trailer, Camping out for movies, Storm Troopers, The Empire continues,…