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Month: August 2021

  • Episode 363: A Thomas Riker Situation

    Episode 363: A Thomas Riker Situation

    This episode contains: We talk about how crazy of a weep we’ve been having. Ben’s son broke his arm, Steven went to a high school reunion and for some reason we’re still teaching cursive writing in schools. That is a Spicy Meatball: Humans just generated nuclear energy akin to a star. What can humanity accomplish…

  • Episode 362: Space: It is what it is

    Episode 362: Space: It is what it is

    This episode contains: Steven is not a robot, Devon saw some co-workers, and Ben is reading. Onward to science! This Week in Space: The space station incident was far worse than NASA admitted, Russia’s newly-docked Nauka module accidentally fired its thrusters. NASA flight director Zebulon Scoville had to declare a spacecraft emergency. Everyone is fine…

  • Episode 361: Devon’s Achilles Heel

    Episode 361: Devon’s Achilles Heel

    This episode contains: Devon’s opens up about a delicate operation he had performed, as well as something about himself that he has never told anyone, not even his wife! Now Wouldn’t You, Barracuda: Giant sea bass are thriving in Mexican waters. Scientific research that found giant sea bass to be critically endangered stopped at the…

  • Episode 360: Tom Paris Commemorative Edition

    Episode 360: Tom Paris Commemorative Edition

    This episode contains: We start this episode with quite a ramble. We cover Homestar Runner, the age of the internet, spotify, restaurants closing for covid, Mr. DNA, youtube comment sections, Devon committing 0 murders, and the delta variant. It takes us too long to get to the science. I would have gotten away with it,…