By Karl HvM on 2010.02.08: Monday
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Star Date: 2010.02.08.2200
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Life more likely to have originated near deep sea vents than a ‘primordial soup’, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle can power the grid too, robots in space, dopamine receptors show why we seek social status, prions might explain how we form memories, progesterone now found in plants, new understanding of Earth’s orbital periods shows that we didn’t miss an ice age – it’s still coming someday.
Interview with food-borne illness attorney and food safety advocate Bill Marler about lawyers and scientists working together, E. coli in spinach, raw milk and more!
Warning – show was recorded with an emergency backup system and is a little choppy!
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Rotating bumper theme = Bicentennial Man by James Horner.
Main theme is Visions and Miracles I all joy wills eternity, composed by Chris Theofanidis, performed by the String Orchestra of New York City (SONYC). Published by Albany Records.
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By Karl HvM on 2010.02.05: Friday
On February 8, 2010, you’re in for a special treat. I will be interviewing personal injury lawyer Bill Marler (firm, blog) on The Inoculated Mind! He has been involved in many lawsuits related to food-borne illness, from Salmonella-tainted peanuts to E. coli in raw milk. Bill has since become an advocate for food safety.
Bill Marler will be speaking in Madison as part of the Wisconsin Union’s Distinguished Lecture Series, at 7:30 pm Monday the 8th of February at the Memorial Union. So if you are in Madison and you miss the show, don’t miss the talk!
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By Karl HvM on 2010.02.01: Monday
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Star Date: 2010.02.01.0800
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Dinosaurs had colorful feathers, sex is better than no sex (to get rid of bad mutations), WISE has already found a Near-Earth Asteroid, and the Universe has 30 times more disorder than we first thought. New study suggests that there is such a thing as eating too many antioxidants.
Interview with Anastasia Bodnar about blogging about plant genetics at Biofortified, our trip to California to have dinner with Michael Pollan, and Pollan’s new book, Food Rules.
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Rotating bumper theme = Jurassic Park by John Williams.
Main theme is Visions and Miracles I all joy wills eternity, composed by Chris Theofanidis, performed by the String Orchestra of New York City (SONYC). Published by Albany Records.
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By Karl HvM on 2010.01.31: Sunday
It has been too long, but patience is rewarded. After going through training at the local student station, recording an example show, and waiting, it has finally happened.
THE INOCULATED MIND IS BACK ON THE AIR!!
WSUM 91.7 fm has accepted my show and put me on the air for the 2010 spring semester, every Monday morning from 8-9 am. WSUM broadcasts in Madison, Wisconsin, with a signal strength a bit more powerful than KDRT in Davis had. This will be fun.
The first new episode aired on January 25th, 2010. You can also listen to new shows live over the internet if you are not in the Madison area.
There will be a few changes, but the show will keep some of the core elements that I think gave it its uniqueness. Continue reading “Back on the air”
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By Karl HvM on 2010.01.25: Monday
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Star Date: 2010.01.25.0800
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2009 was the second hottest year on record, but urban green spaces might be bad for global warming. Blueberries help memory formation, if you expect a product to work you will think you feel it working right after taking it, slime molds make good maps for wireless communication networks, asteroids pass the Earth and pick up quakes, and NASA launches WISE spacecraft to look for near-earth objects with infrared camera.
Interview with Pam Ronald and Raoul Adamchak on combining Genetic Engineering with Organic Agriculture. They are co-authors of the book, Tomorrow’s Table, and my review of their book is available here.
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Rotating Bumper theme = Dune by Toto.
Main theme is Visions and Miracles I all joy wills eternity, composed by Chris Theofanidis, performed by the String Orchestra of New York City (SONYC). Published by Albany Records.
This episode is the first one to broadcast over WSUM in Madison, WI.
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By Karl HvM on 2008.03.18: Tuesday
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Star Date: 2008.03.18.2200
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Death by Gamma Rays – a pair of stars is poised to fire in our general direction, misnamed “planetary” nebulae may actually require planets to form, NASA proposes to cut funding to ill-planned Mars mission, electrons move through rock, and are captured moving through molecules in the cell too.
MicroRNA molecule helps make our skin and may help fight cancer, and also in the Battle for Humanity, biological control of Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter proves successful, a plant compound synergizes with commonly-used Bt to deliver a knockout punch to insects. Evolution of crustaceans supports the idea that evolution drives toward complexity.
Interview with Sheril Kirshenbaum from Duke University on Science Debate 2008 and Sea Cucumbers.
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Theme = Firefly by Greg Edmundson.
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By Karl HvM on 2008.03.04: Tuesday
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Star Date: 2008.03.04.2200
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We’re sheep in human clothing, Darwin was wrong… about chickens, the Kilogram is on a diet, tooth reveals neanderthals traveled, left-handedness of the precursors to life dominated the contents of a pristine meteorite, human embryonic stem cells effective in treating diabetic mice, California cows pass gas to the power grid.
Recent advance in the javamochalattevanillachino bean – successful coffee taste-testing machine, and the world’s doomsday seed vault is open for seed-saving business.
Special Maize Genetics Conference 2008 show with seven interviews: Tom Brutnel, Steve Moose, Vicki Chandler, Sue Wessler, Gerry Neuffer, Natalie Fredette, and Ed Buckler.
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Theme = Babylon 5 by Christopher Franke.
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By Karl HvM on 2008.02.12: Tuesday
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Star Date: 2008.02.06.2200
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First synthetic bacterial genome made from scratch, raises promise and bioethics issues, MicroRNAs evolved early in vertebrates, Horseshoe crabs now 100 million years older, nitrogen fertilizers may lower biodiversity of prairie grasses, yet also increase growth in tropical forests, and gene silencing breakthrough may help protect crops against pests.
Native bees in Oregon and California can give ailing honeybees some help, a new component is added to the International Space Station, and fish accused of interspecies sexual harrasment!
Interview with Dr. Neil Shubin, Co-discoverer of Tiktaalik and author of Your Inner Fish.
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Theme = Jurassic Park by John Williams.
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By Karl HvM on 2008.02.06: Wednesday
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Star Date: 2008.02.06.2200
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First show in Madison!
Embryos created that have three parents, everyone with blue eyes are distant cousins, rail guns not just for fiction anymore – now the US Navy has tested one, orange flavored lollypops for fighting cavitities, and the asteroid 2007 WD5 barely misses Mars, in astronomical terms.
Roundup of the best scientific breakthroughs of 2007, things to look out for in 2008, some yays and woes from President Bush’s proposed science budget, and Canada eliminates a key science advisory position.
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Theme = Music from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, by Vangelis, Isao Tomita, and Toru Takemitsu.
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By Karl HvM on 2007.05.10: Thursday
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Star Date: 2007.05.10.2200
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Last Davis Show! Battle of the Science Communication Heroes: Ken Miller and PZ Myers discuss and debate the issue of religion and the acceptance of evolution.
Then, an unsolicited call from Evil J. Klone reveals a plot behind the takeover attempt of KDRT by KMJE, and then Karl explains what he is going to be doing in Graduate School.
Ariela joins the show, and unbeknownst to her, their parents were on the phone. Technical issues were abound throughout the show, but it was nicely salvaged and might be one of the most remembered shows ever done. That is, Karl pops a big question to Ariela before they move 2,000 miles to start the next phase of their lives.
(For a huge image click here.)
Theme = the best of Karls collection of science fiction music.
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