We are back! And talking about Galaxy Quest – the most perfect of movies…except that it doesn’t have a lot of science, oops

Show Notes

-Beryllium: from the movie, from reality

–Thermians

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Who knew we’d have so much to talk about in a Hallmark movie? It’s You, Me and the Christmas Trees– full of trees and Hallmark smaltchz and SCIENCE ????????????‍????????

Show Notes:

–Evergreen Trees

–Evergreen diseases

–History of Christmas Trees

–Xylem and Phloem

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We headed off to Narnia this week for some animal talk and a lot of ranting about the patriarchy-sorry not sorry. It’s The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (book version).

Show Notes:

–Faun

–Paperback Crush

–Eurasian Beavers

–Beaver Dams

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We are back talking about pigs and dogs and James Cromwell with Babe!

Show Notes:

–Border Collies

–Pigs

–Domesticated Pigs

–Animals Who Adopt Other Animals

 

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We are back with Contact????️ A very good, accurate space movie that has very little biology in it but sometimes that’s ok!

Show Notes:

–Cancer in space

–Arecibo Observatory

–SETI and Contact

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It’s spoooooooooky time and Sigourney Weaver month so of course we’re doing Ghostbusters! (the 1984 original and the 2016 reboot)

Show Notes:

–the science behind Ghostbusters

–Mucus

–Hagfish slime

–Bio electricity in hearts

–Electric Eels

–Discrediting Scientists

–Ignaz Semmelweis

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It’s Sigourney Weaver month! We are talking about conservation, Gorillas and our extreme love for Sigourney in Gorillas in the Mist!

Show Notes

–Dian Fossey biography

–Primates

–Apes

–Gorilla Sub Species

–Conservation

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We are back in the final frontier our latest episode talking about Janeway being a badass and viruses (I know, you just cant get enough)-its Macrocosom

Show Notes

-The World of Viruses: https://hmsc.harvard.edu/world-viruses

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We are back this week with the adorable (and mostly biology free) Luca!

Show Notes:

–Mouthbrooders

–Anglerfish

–A Song about an Anglerfish

–Barreleye Fish

–Damselfish Farming Algae

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We are headed back to Hogwarts to talk about Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban with Hippogriffs and werewolves-and also totally nerd out about Flobberworms for most of the episode.

As we discussed in our previous Harry Potter episodes, if you are uncomfortable with discussing Harry Potter right now please feel free to skip this episode and come back in two weeks with a much less controversial episode. You can see the notes or listen to our Chamber of Secrets episode for more of a discussion on our feelings and why we continue to discuss this series.

Show Notes:

–Willow Trees

–Whomping Willow

–Werewolves

–Flobberworms

–Hippogriffs

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