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Trackside Science

Trackside Science

A science podcast marinated in just the right amount of alcohol, or caffeine (depending on the time zones involved). Your MCs are a former virologist-turned community college teacher and an active human geneticist and informal science educator. If you want to support the show, visit our Patreon page. Send us an email at tracksidescience@gmail.com, we"d love to hear from you! Thanks for listening!

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Bonus - Found Recording 1902 Int'l Conference on...

Trackside Science ·

2019/02/26

As you would expect from a 117 year old recording, the audio quality isn't the best, but here it is - their actual words. See for yourself (link) tracksidescience@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sound credits (all from freesound.org) polite_applause_01.wav by joedeshon chair scrape.aif by mredig gavel-double.flac by zerolagtime Indoor adult murmur, small group.wav by Splice Sound Clearing Throat.wav by johnnypanic Squeaky door opened quickly.wav by CastIronCarousel

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New-Old Science Podcast

Trackside Science ·

2019/02/25

I hate it when you find an amazing new podcast only to find that the most recent episode was put on in 2016. Oh well, they have a good back-catalog. https://soundcloud.com/physics-central/star-chaeology-the-next-generation

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41:42

Rethinking the Science Career (16)

Trackside Science ·

2019/02/23

Are PhDs going to be of any use after the apocalypse? Is Rob forever trapped as a human geneticist? Should everyone be trained to clean their kitchen using radioactive chicken juice? Jimmy the Student joins the podcast! tracksidescience@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

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56:31

Conferences!

Trackside Science ·

2019/02/10

Rob backpacks through Europe for his first conference and Jeff makes a random left hand turn into the best taco shop ever. Conferences - you either love ‘em, hate ‘em or feel somewhere in between about ‘em. Front bumper: “Lonesome Railroad Blues” 1953 Firehouse Five, plus Two Sound effect: Freesound.org - Mr. Tea email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

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38:54

Study Design in the Empire Environmental Health &...

Trackside Science ·

2019/01/20

Thracken and Turis are trying to figure out whats up with all the force choking in the Imperial Navy. And wondering about the limits of ethics on the Death Star. Apollo 11, Space Shuttle launch and Apollo 14 sounds from archive.org Music - Blue Rain (Lluvai Helancolica) by Terry Snyder Trio; Mercer; Van Hensen

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50:45

2018 End of the year

Trackside Science ·

2018/12/30

A science pub bloomed in Sioux Falls and Edisto Beach was discovered. Cubic wombat poop was solved and Voyager 2 finally escaped. Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Sound effects from Freesound.org: kangaroovindaloo, BWSmithATL, Ornery, cognito perceptu, Jwill259, nicStage

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56:17

Retractions, Negative Data & the Weirdness of...

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2018/11/18

Rob’s trying to refute a published finding and Jeff is still hanging on to an authorship shuffle from over 15 years ago. Arsenate can naturally build up to 3mM and some authors are publishing an unfair number of papers. Felisa Wolfe Simon’s 2010 Science paper (here) 2018 Astrobiology paper that cites the Wolfe paper without qualification (here) 2018 Chemistry (European Journal) paper that cites Wolf paper without qualification (here) Felisa Wolfe-Simon’s web page (here) Natural arsenate levels in

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03:21

The Winner (bonus episode)

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2018/11/18

Sound credits (freesound.org): InspectorJ, Bram, JakobThiesen

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49:33

What's for dinner? Lab Grown Meat?

Trackside Science ·

2018/11/03

Rob thinks about serving up celebrities while Jeff contemplates cannibalism. Regulatory, ethical and gustatory roadblocks galore! Take our 2 question survey: https://goo.gl/forms/fc4T2xP3Nnf44bKx2 Its happening already...Memphis Meats I Like Cows by Johnny Socko, live in Atlanta 1996

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57:22

1902 International Conference on Plant Hybridization...

Trackside Science ·

2018/10/07

In a random turn of events, we resurrect the 116 year-old voices from the International Congress of Genetics which was happening at the very same time that we recorded them. Plus, bad accents. The 1902 Conference Proceedings The American Florist, Aug 1919 First person to email or tweet at us gets a Science Care Package! tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/TracksideScien1 Patreon: patreon.com/tracksidescience

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12:34

Bonus - rare audio find - 1903 Massachusetts Board of...

Trackside Science ·

2018/09/26

Who knew? Golly, they sounded so dignified and smart back then huh? Sound credits (all from freesound.org) polite_applause_01.wav by joedeshon chair scrape.aif by mredig gavel-double.flac by zerolagtime Heavy Door Pounding.wav by mrh4hn Floor_trading2.wav by touchassembly Shhhh_ses2.wav by freesound door - open 01.wav by Anthousai

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49:04

Re-enactment - 1903 Outbreak of Foot & Mouth Disease...

Trackside Science ·

2018/09/22

Intrigue at the post Board of Health Meeting discussion: a dangerous virus is a-foot and Dr Salmon wants to kill 'em all. Rob channels Rich Little and Jeff just tries to keep up. 1903 Journal of the Mass. Board of Health from Google Books here Great history of the history of the outbreak I found after we recorded (here) Twitter: TracksideScien1 email us at tracksidescience@gmail.com https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

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55:08

Our Dissertations! (9)

Trackside Science ·

2018/09/07

The Coming Plague catalyzes both of our decisions to go to graduate school. We pull out our dissertations and compare sizes. Rob describes unstable sequences associated with colon cancers. Jeff describes an adenovirus promoter. We were experts. #glorydays https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

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31:43

The News about Science

Trackside Science ·

2018/08/24

English & Canadian pop songs are getting more depressing and the Herp is (not) waking up in the Siberian permafrost. Also, Carly Rae Jepson is fettered by her happy songs. And for some reason, we didn't curse the entire time. Links: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Jeff’s BBC article Rob’s Royal Society of Open Science article and the Jezebel hit piece Toilet flush from Polytest at Freesound.org

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41:14

Not Necessarily the News (7)

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2018/08/11

Viral slushies, catching the Golden State Killer and ancient hepatitis viruses.

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57:31

Highs and Lows in Our Science Careers

Trackside Science ·

2018/07/27

From passive aggressive urination to unintentional oral sampling one's fecal microbiota and moon rocks - this episode's a roller coaster of emotions. Like what we're doing? We'd like to do it better, but we need your support for that. If you're so moved: Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

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29:28

Science Communication

Trackside Science ·

2018/07/14

What is science communication? Is it always a good thing? Our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

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48:31

What's Your Information Diet?

Trackside Science ·

2018/06/29

Rob's robots, where we get our information, finishing up with a bit of analysis of pornographic consumption patterns. And beer. Our Patreon Page Sites & blogs we mentioned: Small Things Considered Neurologica Sandwalk John Hawks History of the Earth The Junto Paul Sutter Science magazine Science Daily Livescience Journals PLOS Medicine, Genetics & Biology AJHG National Association of Science Teachers Journal of Cell Biology Education Research for All Podcasts This Week in Virology Medieval

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47:40

Our Science Heros!

Trackside Science ·

2018/06/15

Tolkien move aside, now we have a trilogy too. We talk about our science heros and the influential people in our science lives. And: a short bonus discussion of the potty talk in Ready Player One! Rob’s Heros Carl Sagan Marty Crouch Marlin Perkins & Jim (Wild Kingdom) Stephen J Gould NASA Astronauts Museums docents (Museum docents training programs) Jeff’s Heros Marie Tharp Antoine van Leeuwenhoek Ignaz Semelweis Henrietta Lacks (Howard Jones - the doctor who first cultured her cells)

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46:12

Science Amateur Hour

Trackside Science ·

2018/06/01

We each share science fields that, while we would look like boobs talking about in a roomful of people, fascinate us. Plus - a commercial! http://tracksidescience.libsyn.com/ https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

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