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The Science Jerks: Real Science, Real Comedians, Real Funny

Boardwalk Audio

Scientifically speaking the funniest podcast on the internet [citation needed]. On every episode of The Science Jerks, co-hosts Ciaccio and Chan bring in a guest comedian to help them take a deep look at the cutting-edge world of science and technology. They analyze current science news with barely-researched, gleeful abandon, often diving recklessly off the philosophical deep end, but more often than not devolving into tangents about sci-fi, film, politics, comics, culture and music.

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01:33:31

205: The Science Jerks Holiday Special with Nicole...

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2016/12/22

Nicole Villela (@itchybrained) from the TBToonz podcast joins us to talk about what we want for the holidays and what we could possibly look forward to in the darkly impending new year. Listen to her podcast at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tbtoonz/id1167309760?mt=2 Cute Animals: http://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-identified-that-mysterious-metallic-sound-coming-from-the-mariana-trench http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/new-species-mekong-snakes-bats/ Holiday gift Ideas:

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00:49:48

204: Stacy Rumaker on Parkinson's Cures in Your Guts,...

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2016/12/15

Stacy Rumaker (@StacyRumaker, The Night Cap With Stacy Rumaker, The Dick and The Dame) returns to chat with us about how Parkinson's Disease might originate from unhappy gut bacteria, why a hormone in Platypuses and Echidna might help Diabetes, and what happens now that the US government is getting into the climate change denial business. GUT BUGS CAUSE PARKINSONS https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231024-100-parkinsons-disease-may-start-in-the-gut-and-travel-to-the-brain/ PLATYPI V

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01:00:18

203: Stacy Rumaker on Memory Implants, Baleen Whale...

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2016/12/08

Stacy Rumaker (@StacyRumaker, The Night Cap With Stacy Rumaker, The Dick and The Dame) joins us to discuss The Black Mirror episode that is memory implant research, how baleen whales lost their teeth and why tornados are multiplying. MEMORY IMPLANTS, WHAT COULD GO WRONG? https://www.wired.com/2016/12/neuroscientist-whos-building-better-memory-humans/ BALEEN WHALES REALLY USED TO SUCK https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/11/161130131131.htm TORNADOES ARE MULTIPLYING AND WE DON'T KNOW

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01:02:15

202: Josh Simpson on How Life Finds a Way, Pluto's...

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2016/12/01

Josh Simpson (@MrJoshSimpson) from The Meat Improv podcast on @BoardwalkAudio returns to chat with us about new evidence that life might have sprung up many times on Earth, why Pluto is lopsided, and why being humble is a better life strategy than bragging. LIFE FINDS A WAY https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23130870-200-life-evolves-so-easily-that-it-started-not-once-but-many-times/ PLUTO IS WAY MORE INTERESTING THAN WE GIVE IT CREDIT

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01:03:11

201: Josh Simpson on Human Gene Editing, Flying Cars...

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2016/11/24

Josh Simpson (@MrJoshSimpson) from The Meat Improv podcast on @BoardwalkAudio joins us to discuss the pros and cons of the Chinese government's plan to test CRISPR gene editing techniques on humans with cancer, how a new autonomous drove might actually be the flying car we've always wanted, and the first planned tests of possible asteroid deflection systems. Plus Sara Clarke (instagram:@sarasmirks) brings us a new Who Am I?-style quiz. Hosted by Dave Ciaccio (@daveciaccio) and Robert Chan

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01:39:59

200: Live at The Pack Theater in Hollywood!

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2016/11/17

Recorded at The Pack Theater in Hollywood in front of a live audience, it's our 200th Episode Spectacular! We took a look back over the first 199 episodes with some of our favorite past guests, culminating in the ultimate Quiz Showdown! In this episode we talk to Jacob Harper (@JacobRayHarper), from episodes 7 and 8, about mannequins spying on us. Joey Clift (You Should Love Wrestling Podcast, @yslw), from episodes 58 and 59, about birds with stressed out gonads. Keith Saltojanes

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00:51:04

199: Asterios Kokkinos and Just The Quiz!

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2016/11/10

Asterios Kokkinos is still here and we were having so much fun riffing on the quiz that we decided to just make it Episode 199. It's all quiz! We talk about Saturn's Rings, what hip bones are connected to, and the offspring of Lions and Tigers! Plus we pitch a New Girl spec script! Join us next week for the 200th Episode, recorded live at The Pack Theater in Hollywood! Follow Asterios on Twitter @asterios and buy his hilarious book, "Toys '4' Cheap" at Devastator Press

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01:00:43

198: Asterios Kokkinos on The European Space Agency's...

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2016/11/03

Comedian and Author Asterios Kokkinos (Toys '4' Cheap, Devastator Press) catches up with us since the last time he was on the show during Episodes 23 and 24 over 3 years ago, and this time we get really tangential talking about how the European Space Agency (ESA) tried to land a rover on Mars, but ended up with a very expensive bomb, more about this theoretical 9th planet on the outskirts of our solar system and why the scrotum frog of Lake Titicaca is dying out in huge numbers. Follow Asterios on

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01:11:12

197: Mark David Christenson on Alcohol From Thin Air,...

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2016/10/27

Comedian and Improvisor Mark David Christenson joins us to discuss how to make Ethyl Alcohol from water and air, how brand new metal alloys are revolutionizing metallurgy and how whale poop and increased whale populations help fight air pollution and create a healthier ocean. Find Dave on twitter @hobbit138 and his podcast "I Will Watch Anything Once" at @IWWAO And look for his podcast on Boardwalk Audio at http://boardwalkaudio.com/iwillwatchanythingonce Today's stories: Alcohol from thin

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01:25:04

196: Mark David Christenson on Making Babies from...

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2016/10/20

Dave Christenson joins us to figure out how they can turn skin cells into egg cells and then into babies, how the reports of the Great Barrier Reef's demise has been greatly exaggerated, and why the placebo effect works, even if you know it's the placebo effect working! Find Dave on twitter @hobbit138 and his podcast @IWWAO And look for his podcast on Boardwalk Audio at http://boardwalkaudio.com/iwillwatchanythingonce Today's stories: The Great Barrier Reef

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01:10:45

195: Chris Bonno on Organic Nano-Wires, Metallic...

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2016/10/13

Comedian Chris Bonno (Electric Bonnoland) returns to discuss tiny organic wires made by bacteria, the search for metal made from Hydrogen and new research into how the brain registers the feeling of Deja Vu! BIOWIRES! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160816182622.htm The rarest precious metal, one that doesn't exist yet https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pressure-make-metallic-hydrogen DEJA VU

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01:20:26

194: Chris Bonno on Trans-Neptunian Objects, Mapping...

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2016/10/06

Comedian Chris Bonno (Electric Bonnoland) joins us to talk about a mysterious asteroid past Neptune, how satellites can be used to study impoverished lands and a new technique for creating working artificial ovaries! Mysterious Object Beyond Neptune! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/niku-neptune-mystery-object_us_57ad5651e4b007c36e4e1a27?ir=Science&utm_hp_ref=science Satellites Uncover Poverty! http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-37122748 3-D printing

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01:08:05

193: Stephen Perlstein on Training Brains to Hate,...

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2016/09/29

Stephen Perlstein (Boardwalk Audio, You Should Love Wrestling) helps The Science Jerks figure out how to train a brain to hate (or like) a stranger, a nightmare device that creates drug-resistant bacteria and which Star Trek technologies are real now! Training Brains! https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/09/160908150857.htm Breeding Superbugs! https://www.sciencenews.org/article/scientists-watch-bacteria-evolve-antibiotic-resistance Star Trek Science

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01:16:40

192: Stephen Perlstein on The Great Wall of Africa,...

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2016/09/22

Stephen Perlstein (Boardwalk Audio, You Should Love Wrestling) joins The Science Jerks to talk about a wall of trees being built across Africa to hold back the Sahara desert, why computers might soon be try to argue with you and how one giraffe turned into four! Green Wall of Africa! https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23130902-500-a-wall-of-trees-across-the-sahara-is-cool-but-we-dont-need-it Arguing with

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00:53:31

191: Brett Maline on Eternal Sunshine in Real Life,...

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2016/08/24

Brett Maline returns to help us tackle a real-life treatment for painful memories, how teaching computers to understand analogies might be the key to AI, and do cats understand physics? Not really. No.

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01:04:20

190: Brett Maline on The Biology of Racism, Computers...

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2016/08/15

Brett Maline joins us to discuss invasive species and the biological roots of racism and xenophobia, how computers can learn about humans from TV, and a study that suggests educated people get more cancer.

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01:05:15

189: Jonathan Grant on Optigenetics, Minimum Income...

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2016/07/31

Jonathan Grant returns to discuss light-activated brain cells, the theory that everyone should be guaranteed a minimum income and zombie genes that turn off after death. Jonathan can be found at: https://twitter.com/JackBennyHill The Science of Social Democracy! https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23030791-100-what-happens-if-we-pay-everyone-just-to-live/ Zombie

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01:04:02

188: Jonathan Grant on Self-Driving Car Ethics, Human...

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2016/07/21

Jonathan Grant joins us to discuss whether your self-driving car should kill you, if we should test CRISPR on humans and keeping down the Roo population. Jonathan can be found at: https://twitter.com/JackBennyHill Kangaroo Contraception https://www.newscientist.com/article/2094401-cont-roo-ception-hormone-implants-bring-kangaroos-under-control/ Human CRISPR trials are

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01:09:57

187: Sam Brown on The First Drone Delivery, Gene Time...

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2016/07/11

Sam Brown (The Whitest Kids U'Know, Teenage Trouble) returns to talk to us about an aerial drone delivery test in Nevada, the pros and cons of using designer genes to control insect populations and the future of Artificial Art. Sam Brown can be found at: http://twitter.com/SamBrown42069 http://www.ifc.com/shows/wkuk http://packtheater.com/teams/teenage-trouble The first A.I. screenplay, starring Thomas

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00:59:08

186: Sam Brown on Clean Power Plants, Inflatable...

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2016/07/04

Sam Brown (The Whitest Kids U'Know, Teenage Trouble) joins us to discuss a better way to scrub power plant emissions, the new inflatable segment of the International Space Station and the chemistry of the female ejaculate. Sam Brown can be found at: http://twitter.com/SamBrown42069/ http://www.ifc.com/shows/wkuk/ http://packtheater.com/teams/teenage-trouble/ Scrubbing Geothermal Emissions http://www.wired.com/2016/06/iceland-pumped-co2-underground/ Inflatable

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