where science meets fact meets fiction

  • Episode 133: Another Year Down the Drain

    Episode 133: Another Year Down the Drain

    This episode contains: We weren’t going to, but what the hell, it’s easy so we did a 2016 review ep! We inevitably talk about celebrity deaths and the orange menace set to take office in a few weeks. Devon reminds us the nightmare has only just begun but also that some good things happened this…

  • Episode 132: Fat Man Felonies

    Episode 132: Fat Man Felonies

      This episode contains: We spread holiday cheer, perhaps a little late, and question the ethics of mistletoe to kick off this ep! Devon then tells us how he will handle the Santa thing when he has kids and Steven tells of a new idea on how to tell kids the truth about Santa. We…

  • Episode 131: Rogue One

    Episode 131: Rogue One

    There’s a new Star Wars movie so we forgo the science and just nerd the hell out! We rank the movie on our patented five star scale, then jump into a very SPOILER filled review. We discuss how Rogue One sets up A New Hope, how it compares to The Force Awakens and that awesome…

  • Episode 130: Violent Delights, Violent Ends

    Episode 130: Violent Delights, Violent Ends

    It’s the week of December 13, 2016 and Devon is back from Mexico to tell us about his honeymoon, scuba diving, drinking and all. Steven then reminisces about gifts Devon got him during a trip to Europe. Devon talks a bit more about his struggles with scuba diving. Steven assures Devon that getting sick in…

  • Episode 129: The Mormons, the Nauvoo and You

    Episode 129: The Mormons, the Nauvoo and You

    This episode contains: After only a few days of rest, our plucky heroes get back on the mic to once again to talk science and science fiction into your ears. Steven talks about how  much “dadding” he’s been doing, and Devon is getting ready for a trip to Mexico. We don’t talk about the WestWorld…

  • Episode 128: The Science Hole

    Episode 128: The Science Hole

    Thus episode contains: Chatting off air, Hailee Steinfeld, trip to Mexico, scuba diving, honeymoon, bad at vacations, cashing out vacation time, working fast, worrying about work, work begets more work, Big (movie), not working too hard, technology has made us more productive Geology Rocks! Earth’s deepest water, 620 miles is far?, how deep is the…

  • Episode 127: Where’s the Shire?

    Episode 127: Where’s the Shire?

    This episode contains: Super special guest Miles Greb,  we talk about the impending release of the second issue of After the Gold Rush, his new graphic novel Clovis and it’s non-talking sloth. Steven gives a favorable review of the second issue of After the Gold Rush and tries to not spoil anything, but kinda has…

  • Episode 126: Post-Election Blues

    Episode 126: Post-Election Blues

    This episode contains: Devon crashes all the Canadian websites, post-election show, the election was not close, poll methodology, Why were the polls wrong? Conservatives, punk votes, Trump was really a 3rd party, people really hate Hillary, Trump needs our help Robot Overlords: Google AI, Starcraft 2, high scores are going away, Super Time Force, Starcraft…

  • Episode 125: Put some Money on the Cubbies

    Episode 125: Put some Money on the Cubbies

    This episode contains: World Series game 7, Steven does not understand baseball, curse of the goat, offensive sports mascots, even non-baseball fans would have liked game 7, presidential predictions, Unnamed Science: Fossilized dinosaur brains, Steven explains fossilization, dinosaur Jesus, World Series update, pickled brains, What did they find in the dinosaur brain? Dinosaurs brains were bigger…

  • Episode 124: Upvote Us

    Episode 124: Upvote Us

    This episode contains: Back to back episodes, look at our different faces, Cavalia, Cirque de Sole for horses, curtain wrappings, dressage, Devon may have had a fever dream, no heavy drinking, Halloween Haunt, Devon has no fear, Steven and Devon are too analytical for haunted houses, who did Negan kill? Black Mirror, bad poker players,…