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Gecko STICKY Power!

Gecko STICKY Power!

scientific method, engineering, technology, biology, evolution, physics, societyPhilip ShaneApril 15, 2022

Quantum STEAMPUNK - With Theoretical Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern!

Quantum STEAMPUNK - With Theoretical Physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern!

scientific method, history, einstein, engineering, history of science, physics, quantum mechanics, scifi, technologyPhilip ShaneApril 8, 2022guests, guest

AMOK Daylight Savings TIME!

AMOK Daylight Savings TIME!

engineering, history of science, history, physics, technologyPhilip ShaneMarch 12, 2022

No FOSSIL FUEL For You!

No FOSSIL FUEL For You!

biology, audience, climate change, ecology, engineering, environment, geology, history, technologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 29, 2022

No THUMBS For You!

No THUMBS For You!

biology, audience, evolution, space race, technologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 13, 2022

Riding GRAVITY FORCE ONE with KIRBY RUNYON

scientific method, astronauts, astrophysics, engineering, exploration, geology, nasa, physics, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 6, 2022guests

DUNE - Holy Spit!

DUNE - Holy Spit!

communication, scifi, technology, aliens, artificial intelligence, biology, climate change, ecology, economics, engineering, environment, evolution, religionPhilip ShaneJanuary 6, 2022

World War TROLLS? Social Media During WW2!

World War TROLLS? Social Media During WW2!

communication, history, scifi, society, technologyPhilip ShaneJanuary 6, 2022

The SUPERSTITION Industrial Complex

The SUPERSTITION Industrial Complex

Factories of LUCK!

history of science, scientific method, quantum mechanics, psychology, religion, skepticism, technologyPhilip ShaneOctober 29, 2021

The Industrial BICYCLE Revolution!

The Industrial BICYCLE Revolution!

What the if there were no internal combustion engines?

history of science, physics, audience, climate change, engineering, history, scifi, society, technologyPhilip ShaneOctober 1, 2021

NAKED Mars Rats!

Is it possible to bring these real life creatures to Mars to slowly terraform it, cultivating the land from underneath, rebuilding the atmosphere, for eventual Earth-like living?

physics, geology, technology, aliens, astronauts, biology, climate change, elon musk, engineering, environment, evolution, genetics, mars, scifiPhilip ShaneAugust 20, 2021

Can You BREATHE Like A WHALE? With Vanessa Pirotta!

Can You BREATHE Like A WHALE? With Vanessa Pirotta!

Living the life of the whale!

physics, astronomy, astrophysics, geology, history of science, skepticism, teaching, technologyPhilip ShaneAugust 15, 2021guests

The Dark Art of SUNSHINE

The Dark Art of SUNSHINE

physics, astronomy, astrophysics, geology, history of science, skepticism, teaching, technologyPhilip ShaneAugust 6, 2021

Hot Rod Rocket Cars, Burnin' Mars Gas!

Hot Rod Rocket Cars, Burnin' Mars Gas!

In honor of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos putting their butts on the launch pad, we salute the spirit of hot rods in space!

physics, climate change, ecology, environment, geology, mars, scifi, society, astronauts, economy, economics, elon musk, engineering, history, nasa, space race, space travel, technology, world dominationPhilip ShaneJuly 9, 2021

Multi-dimensional MAILBAG Explosion!

Brilliant and bonkers mail!

physics, scifi, space travel, technology, elon musk, engineering, history of science, news, occult, psychology, scientific method, seti, skepticismPhilip ShaneJune 4, 2021

Secrets Of Making A UFO DOCUMENTARY

Secrets Of Making A UFO DOCUMENTARY

Alien Abduction PRO TIPS!

physics, scifi, space travel, technology, elon musk, engineering, history of science, news, occult, psychology, scientific method, seti, skepticismPhilip ShaneJune 4, 2021

TIC TAC UFO'S Bringing FRESH Science? With MICK WEST!

TIC TAC UFO'S Bringing FRESH Science? With MICK WEST!

How would they change known physics?

physics, scifi, space travel, technology, elon musk, engineering, history of science, news, occult, psychology, scientific method, seti, skepticismPhilip ShaneMay 28, 2021guests

Microbreweries on MARS! - With CHRIS CARBERRY of the SPACE DRINKS Association

The exciting, burgeoning world of SMALL BUSINESS in space!

biology, physics, scifi, apocalypse, audience, video games, astronauts, astronomy, astrophysics, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneMay 21, 2021guests

Solar WIND Makes For A Very BAD HAIR DAY

Can You FEEL The SOLAR WIND?

biology, physics, scifi, apocalypse, audience, video games, astronauts, astronomy, astrophysics, space travel, technologyPhilip ShaneMay 14, 2021

When NEIGHBORS Get Into An ARMS Race!

When NEIGHBORS Get Into An ARMS Race!

Evolution Out Of Whack!

biology, evolution, physics, scifi, apocalypse, audience, history, psychology, society, technology, video games, world dominationPhilip ShaneMay 7, 2021evolution