Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSIO397: Why Is Flying Not Any Faster Than 60 Years Ago?
Episode 397
It's a phun physics phepisode! Dr. Bryan Gillis is here to teach us about some of the interesting physics of air travel. Why is breaking the speed o…
2 years, 10 months ago
SIO396: "This Didn't Happen In A Vacuum"
Episode 396
That's what the UN's top official Secretary General António Guterres said recently. Israel completely blew a fuse over that sentence, and demanded h…
2 years, 10 months ago
SIO395: Are We Complicit In A Genocide?
Episode 395
It's Israel's 9/11. Or as Biden says, it's like 15 9/11s. So I guess they get to do 15 Iraq Wars? This feels like an incredibly difficult time to do …
2 years, 10 months ago
SIO394: New Law Makes Sesame 9th Allergen. Companies Are Now Adding Sesame to Foods To Get Around It
Episode 394
Hey everyone, a big heads up. This episode is about an issue that is literally life or death for our son Arlo. This was not easy to talk about and t…
2 years, 10 months ago
SIO393: Dr. Alan Smerbeck on Trigger Warnings
Episode 393
Stormy's back! Dr. Smerbeck joins us today to discuss the current research around trigger warnings. Are they a no-brainer or are there downsides? If…
2 years, 10 months ago
SIO392: How Taxes on Foods Affect Health and Climate
Episode 392
Dr. Wisdom Dogbe, an agricultural economist out of the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, joins me to discuss a recent study he led investigating co…
2 years, 10 months ago
SIO391: Astrophysicist Wet Blankets All The Alien Talk
Episode 391
Dr. Bryan Gillis is here to tell us why it just isn't aliens. Sorry. BUT WHAT IF IT WERE. That question too. This one is a super fun and educational …
2 years, 10 months ago
SIO390: So Wait, Are There Aliens? What Were Those Hearings
Episode 390
So what's the deal with all this? UFOs or now UAPs... government programs... crash retrieval... basically... what the hell? Also werewolves. Hot corr…
2 years, 10 months ago
SIO389: “Wikipedia Is the Most Accurate Form of Information Ever Created”
Episode 389
So says my esteemed guest, Dr. Amy Bruckman! Is she right? I won't be coy, I tend to think she is. But what a fascinating statement! And her thesis m…
2 years, 11 months ago
SIO388: Get Psyched! More Dr. Decisis QnA
Episode 388
We've got even more great answers to questions in part 2! Many are about therapy. How do you know when you need it? How do you make sure you're gett…
2 years, 11 months ago