By Karl HvM on 2010.03.13: Saturday
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Star Date: 2010.03.01.2200
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Massive Earthquake hits Chile and generates tsunami, Al Gore talks about climate change while an iceberg worth 70 years of glacial melt breaks off of Antarctica. The place in the brain where we determine what is fair found, NASA defends its new Space plan, and why we yell at inanimate objects (or treat people like they are objects).
Interview with Dr. David Gorski, surgical oncologist and medical science blogger. We talked about alternative medicine, the false belief that vaccines cause autism, and the importance of Science-Based Medicine. “A statement of fact cannot be insolent.”
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Rotating bumper theme = Blake’s Seven
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 2010.02.22: Monday
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Star Date: 2010.02.22.2200
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Two creationists and two incumbents win primary in West Bend – one thinks science cannot study the past. So this show had lots of stuff about science studying the past, from galaxies that took a few too many billions of years to come together, to the youngest planet discovered (35 million years old), and how to evolve the genetic code from 3 to 4 letter words for synthetic biology. Human protein rescues a plant from dying showing an evolutionary link, gene that makes plants mine for more minerals discovered, and churning up the ocean to deal with global warming might make it worse.
Interview with doctoral candidate Joseph Shoer on the physics of space battles both in science fiction and the kind we might see in the not-too-distant future. (But hopefully not!)
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Rotating bumper theme = Battlestar Galactica Season 1 by Bear McCreary
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 2010.02.15: Monday
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Star Date: 2010.02.15.2200
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Sequencing the genetic code of a man named Inuk who died 4,000 years ago, how some viruses jump from species to species, bees know when to stop and how to tell that to each other, and wheat resistant to hessian flies poisons their guts. NASA launches new satellite to study the sun’s innards, layers in Martian rock tell a billion-year old story, and nano-sized specks of gold make electricity from light.
Interview with Andrew Petto, who is the President of Wisconsin Citizens for Science, and a Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at UW Milwaukee. We talked about WCS, their monthly event Science Pub, and about creationists trying to take over the school board in West Bend, Wisconsin.
Brought to you by Gluons.
Rotating bumper theme = Darwin Dub by the Genomic Dub Collective.
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 2010.02.08: 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!
Brought to you by Melamine
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.
Brought to you by Cinnamaldehyde.
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.
Brought to you by Caffeine.
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.
Brought to you by Hydrogen Fluoride.
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.
Brought to you by Kavain.
Theme = Babylon 5 by Christopher Franke.
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