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Month: May 2020

  • Episode 300: Fouch and Twizpipe

    Episode 300: Fouch and Twizpipe

    This episode contains: Welcome Devon back to the podcast after his paternity leave…but don’t get too excited, he’s only back because this is our 300th episode! We talk kids, Simpsons and other importance milestones. Fracking Gorram Dren: Repeating the “F” word can improve threshold for pain during an ice water challenge. A recent study found…

  • Episode 299: Giving Blood for Science

    Episode 299: Giving Blood for Science

    This episode contains: Steven and Ben talk about napping and salad. Don’t worry, we get to the science pretty quick. This Week in Space: ESO instrument finds closest Black Hole to Earth. There’s a black hole so close to Earth you can “see” it with your naked eye and it’s part of a trinary system.…

  • Episode 298: A Gigaton of Dumb

    Episode 298: A Gigaton of Dumb

    This episode contains: Steven’s mind is a void and Ben is getting back to his other, other job, book publishing. https://penciledin.com/ All We Are is Dust in the Wind, Dude: Exoplanet disappears in recent Hubble observations. The exoplanet that we have been observing in the Fomalhaut system is now gone. It is theorized that it…

  • Episode 297: Adherence to the Organic

    Episode 297: Adherence to the Organic

    This episode contains: Birth announcement! Devon and Jen had a healthy baby boy, Elliot Liam Craft. Congrats! Ben tells us of his adventures in Minecraft with his son. Steven answers questions about the moon landing that his daughter has. This Week In Space: Geologists have created the first comprehensive geologic map of the Moon. They pieced…