The Science Faction Podcast

Recorded May 13th, 2015 This episode contains:“Funny anecdote here,” Devon’s trip to Hawaii, manta ray night diving, plankton attracted to light Pop-Sci: NASA and squid robots, NASA funding new ideas, soft robot squid pros and cons, mermaids, critic robots http://io9.com/nasa-is-considering-the-use-of-soft-robotic-squids-to-e-1703592055 Nature-watch: Bird migration and climate change, weather affects seeds in turn affecting bird migration, bird irruptions…

  Recorded May 5th, 2015   This episode contains: Cinco de Mayo, Revenge of the 5th, Han Cholo, something about the French, the true meaning of Cinco de Mayo, new format:   Pop Sci: iPhone case pulls energy out of thin air, skeptical radar, “quantum,” energy from radio waves, built-in efficiency http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2015/05/05/iphone-case-pulls-power-out-of-thin-air-says-maker/ Today in Space: astrophysics…

Recorded Aptril 29th, 2015 This episode contains: R2 with rockets, fans put X-Wing in space, Yellowstone, super volcano, other volcanoes, judgement day (Terminator), cloning dinosaurs for oil, Steven’s Jurassic Park story,  video gamer brains, stronger brain connections, amateur gamers v expert, AVG, different types of video games, Portal, Assassins Creed, British settlers, Genghis Khan, Sacajawea,…

Recorded April 22nd, 2015 This episode contains: Star Wars 7 trailer, 88 million people watched the trailer, line from Return of the Jedi, “and my… sister has it,” Star Wars BS Podcast Network Special, depositions, psychiatric workers’ compensation claims, why people hate lawyers, so much in space, X-Files coming back, exo-planets, detecting planets with direct…

Recorded April 15th, 2015 This episode contains: Tax day, Rolled Spine Podcast shout out, Hawkeye, mega-cavitations, K1 – K3 scale, we are a K1 civilization, on our way to K2, Dyson sphere, harnessing all power of a galaxy, thermodynamics, mid-inferred wavelength output, no evidence of K3 civilizations in study of 100,000 galaxies, no K3 in…

Recorded April 8th, 2015 This episode contains: Outlets in airports, R2-D2 dome lighting, Astromech.net, plastic v. metal droid, Pure BS Twitter, R2 drive systems, tank driving, ultra fast aluminum battery, metallic pouch of hot chocolate, hot chocolate = energy, lithium-ion batteries, safer batteries, airlines ban boxes of batteries on commercial flights, pros of aluminum, Earth’s surface,…

This episode contains: Devon working out, Devon’s physique vs the rest of BSPN, Alien Isolation, Ripley’s daughter, directors cut of Aliens, Blade Runner directors cut, game play for Alien Isolation, games tipins to the movies, where are all the Aliens in the game, Steven loves this game because it’s boring, Alien reproduction on societal structure,…

Recorded March 25th, 2015 This episode contains: Devon hasn’t had candy since October 15, 2013, La Fondue, fondue desserts, cheese and beer, homemade chicken pop pie (recipe below), quinoa kale salad, rice in Asia, rice for breakfast, reduce calories in rice by cooking with coconut oil and refrigerating for 12 hours, types of starches, 10%…

Recorded March 18th, 2015 This episode contains: Sub-orbital asteroid, hanging out over the weekend, Munchkin: gateway game, serious board gaming, X-Wing game, Expanded Universe ships, Shadows of the Empire, YT-2400, pilot stats, total point squads, large ships, no one to play with, 3-D printers, cost of printers, quality of 3-D printed objects, new 3-D printer…

Recorded March 11th, 2015 This episode contains: Black cats, Devon’s dog—Zoe, dog training, humane choke collars, life-sized fake dog, Milky Way Galaxy, Snickers Galaxy, Thee Musketeers Galaxy, Baby Rush Galaxy, Butterfinger Galaxy, our galaxy is 50% larger then previously thought,  galactic north v. north of the galactic plane, hard to study our own galaxy because…