Beta Sandwich Science Podcast
by Scott Barnett, Del Jackson, Christian Copley-Salem, Karolina Balkenbush
Welcome to the Beta Sandwich Podcast, your source for news and trends in the Molecular Biosciences. Join us as we wax poetic about all things sciencey (yes, that's a word). We go in depth about diseases, viruses, medicine, pharmacology, biochemistry and pretty much anything else that moves, crawls, flies or has otherwise transformed this giant rock into a living ecosystem. If you are a crazy scientist, or you just like crazy science, you've come to the right place :)
Episodes
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134 - Last One Out, Turn Off The Lights
On the final episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we talk about who we are, why we love science, and what's next for the hosts of the greatest podcast to have ever been, or ever will be. Thanks to all our listeners over the past few years, we hope you enjoyed the podcasts. Last person out...
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133 - GMOs Are A Go - Foe Show
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) What a long term study has to say about GMOs; (2) if magic mushrooms can help with depression; (3) Atomic Force Microscopy; (4) A biotech company is trying to restore dead people....sort of; and (5) Penis…
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132 - Moisty Phlegm-Vomit….Science
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Your ideal BMI may be higher than we used to think; (2) Does the word 'moist' offend you….you're not along; (3) bad science reporting….John Oliver nails it; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science History Game
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131 - I Like Big Brains And I Can Not Lie
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) What do you need to know about adrenal fatigue….besides the fact that It's fake ; (2) Big brains need lots of food; (3) Robot Surgeons; and (4) Australia hates Carp.
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130 - The Dirtier The Better
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) How tumors are even more nefarious than we thought (anthropomorphisation); (2) How dirty mice might make better research subjects ; (3) Correlation vs. Causation; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science History Click here to see...
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129 - Life Lives On
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) If carbo-loading before a workout is really all it's cracked up to be; (2) How viruses live on long after they're extinct through your DNA; (3) Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) and toxoplasma gondii....friends at...
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128 - My Name Is Zika, I Live On The Second Floor
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Christian's 180 on Zika; (2) How the seeds of Skynet have been sown; (3) If momma eats spicy when pregnant her baby may like spicy foods too; and (4) Lasers now detect E. coli. full stop.
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127 - Molecular Scissors Snip HIV From Your Cells
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) How Cas9 has been used to excise HIV from your genome ; (2) 100 million C° plasma…what this means for you ; (3) Congrats anti-vaxxers, Measles and Whooping Cough are back; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science History
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126 - Oh PLoS One, What Have You Done?
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Whether or not the journal PLoS One was right to publish and paper with reference to the "Creator" ; (2) Were our ancestors able to evolve faster because they used tools to grind up their food; (3) Transgenic foods with...
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125 - Amoeba DNA-Spewing Fungal Thingies
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) A GWAS study that identified the genes for grey hair and unibrows; (2) If probiotics actually make it to, and survive, in your gut ; (3) Amoeba DNA Spewing Fungal Thingies; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science History
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124 - Death By Froot Loops
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast with special guest Aaron Miller we discuss: (1) Can you survive on nothing else but Froot Loops and whole milk?; (2) Can looking out a window get your enough vitamin D?; (3) Are boys smarter than girls in Biology; and (4) Beta Sandwich...
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123 - Get Your Tango & Cash Vaccine
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) A vaccine against illicit drugs; (2) Gut bacteria linked to fatty liver in alcoholics; (3) Aggregation induced emission molecules; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science History
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122 - Butter In Your Coffee, It's A Thing
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) If medium chain triglycerides are the bee's knees ; (2) Mice that live up to 35% longer when senescent cells are removed; (3) liquid metal; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science History Game
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121 - Burning The Wrong Calories
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Why you may be counting your calories all wrong; (2) How swabbing your C-section baby with vaginal fluids may be beneficial ; (3) Making (magnetic) Waves; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science History
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120 - We All Need The D, Even Me
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Zika! No, it's not a delicious alcoholic beverage from the 80s, it's a virus; (2) Some disturbing news about supplements; (3) Do your organs belong to you?; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science History Game
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119 - A Hard Pill To Swallow
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) What went wrong with the French clinical trials that killed one and hospitalized many more? ; (2) Can fruit help if you have ED? ; (3) New Periodic Table elements; and (4) More stuff about RNA Click (here) to make the...
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118 - Making Waves
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) If twitter is the best place to declare a new scientific discovery; (2) New FDA guidelines that add daily limits for sugar; and (3) ; BSSH Check out the causes of death chart (here), very cool. And below is the youtube...
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117 - Changing Your Mind May Not Be Possible
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Free will and precognition ; (2) A vas deferens valve to be used as birth control; (3) Using your body as a barometer ; and (4) 2015 Science story review
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116 - Does Your Fat Dad's Epigenome Make You Fat Too?
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) If gamete based miRNA affects epigenetics in offspring ; (2) If a blood-curdling scream actually curdles your blood; (3) If fish oil can convert white fat to brown fat; and (4) We explain how some cancers may be contagious!
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115 - Quackpot
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Just how common spontaneous vs. inherited cancers are; (2) If exercise promotes a strong immune system; (3) How spider webs inform us of an ecosystem's health; and (4) Using your personal genome as fashion.
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114 - 100,000,000 Times Faster
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) How quantum computing and quibits are 100,000,000 faster than normal computers (in some cases); (2) How we're using chickens to make our drugs (Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Kanuma); (3) Using DNA as a hard drive; and (4) Beta...
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113 - BEES!
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Whether or not bees are dying in droves; (2) Learn what 'resistant starch' is and if you should be eating it; (3) Why the universal flu vaccine may be further off than we hoped; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science History game!
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112 - The Chimps Have Left The Building
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) The NIH's end to chimpanzee funding ; (2) We play a science quiz; (3) Will we be using the Xbox for science? ; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science History Game. Karolina Shielding unwanted sounds from her mic.
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111 - Nerve Cells, More Like Nerd Cells
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) The spatial temporal importance of neuron firing (it's cooler than it A1:N203 (2) How microchannels in fabric may make you cooler as you exercise ; (3) The first GMO salmon (AquAdvantage) is now approved by the FDA; and…
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110 - Tiny Bubbles, In Your Brain
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) How a team of physicians at the University of Toronto are using tiny bubbles and sound waves to make holes in the blood brain barrier to deliver drugs ; (2) If Soda gives you kidney stones; (3) BigData, it's what for...
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109 - Your Parasite Has Cancer, Now What?
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) If bacon gives you cancer?; (2) What happens when your parasite give you its cancer; (3) The Insulin index vs the more well known Glycemic index ; (4) A cool new way to treat MRSA; and (5) Beta Sandwich Science History...
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108 - Herpes vs. Cancer - FIGHT!!!
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) How a modified form of herpes (HSV-1) called Imlygic has been approved by the FDA to treat melanoma; (2) how eating causes the formation of insulin which in turn affects dopamine in the brain; (3) a 23 And Me update; and...
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107 - Does Epigenetics Explain Homosexuality?
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) How some scientists believe histone modification may be the key to understanding homosexuality; (2) If "stress" can be passed from father to offspring via miRNA; (3) a War on Science update; and (4) Beta Sandwich Science...
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106 - WTF: Ebola Is An STD?!? ... Maybe
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's War on Science; (2) How Ebola may be an STD; (3) RNAi as a drug therapy; and (4) some sweet, sweet Beta Sandwich Science History.
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105 - Yet Another Reason To Distrust Birds
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) How some birds see more of the spectrum than we thought, and this may affect how they think; (2) Researchers how discovered a way to identify specific antibodies and proteins from whole plasma in minutes; (3) A nutrition...
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104 - Your Personal 'Cloud' Of Bacteria
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) How a poison called palytoxin generate by some aquarium corals may kill you ; (2) The potential skewing of results when private funding is A1:N203 ; (3) A new HIV drug that cuts transmission rates in half; and (4) how…
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103 - Don't Put Your Bird In My Box
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) How monogamous birds aren’t good parents when forced to mate with others; (2) How sounds waves can be used to activate neurons (sonogenetics); (3) Should you be eating legumes?; and (4) using a protein in algae to help…
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102 - Is Your Baby A Psychopath?
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) A new test that may be able to tell if a 5 week old infant will be a psychopath; (2) Whether or not Alzheimer’s disease is contagious; (3) Something that might prove Einstein wrong; (4) Should you be able to patent a…
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101 - The Everlasting Ice Cream Cone
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) how a bacterial protein may prevent your ice cream from melting; (2) whether a low fat or a low carb diet will assist in weight loss; (3) why are so many scientific studies non-reproducible; and (4) a new game on the...
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100 - Our 100th Episode! We Love Our Listeners!!!!
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we welcome back the permanent return of Dr. Del Jackson as we celebrate our 100th episode and we discuss: (1) Allulose, a really old artificial sweetener that's making a comeback; (2) Have scientists developed a vaccine that will...
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099 - Do Microwaves Destroy Your Food's Nutrients?
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) An enzyme found in soil bacteria that may help you quit smoking; (2) Whether or not microwaves destroy nutrients in food; (3) A court ruling that may hobble the FDA and allow companies to market off-label uses for their...
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098 - Poisons, Toxins and Venoms Oh My!
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Whether or not you should be drink milk; (2) A newly discovered species of frog that injects venom with poison head spikes; and (3) A new drug delivery system that uses a chimera of two viruses to cross the blood-brain...
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097 - The Primordial Desert?
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) If life may have originally desert instead of the ocean; (2) A better way to kill the beetles that are eating our coffee; and (3) Egg whites made in the lab…yummy.
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096 - Sniffing Out The Truth Behind Human Pheromones
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) If there is any truth to the idea of human pheromones ; (2) Super small spectrophotometers and why that's cool ; and (3) Extreme Drug Resistant (XDR)….well….you'll just have to listen.
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095 - Gene Therapy Targets Cystic Fibrosis
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Whether or not a new Nature article that discuses a potential malaria therapy means anything ; (2) Why soy might make your eggs smell like fish ; and (3) A new approach to treat cystic fibrosis using gene therapy.
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094 - "Painting" Brain Tumors With Scorpion Toxin
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Using a toxin from the Death stalker scorpion in identify gliomas; (2) Learn how scientists have cooled NaK to 500 nanokelvins ; and (3) Do vitamin B12 supplements lead to acne? Check out (this) great graphic from...
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093 - Eating Fatty Foods Just Got A Little Safer (Take That Statement With A Grain Of Salt)
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Just what p-values are and why they matter; (2) Drunk Chimps; (3) FDA Ban on trans fats; (4) The failure of the drug TKM-Ebola; and (5) Parents can't tell when their kids are overweight.
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092 - You Suck At Counting Calories
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) It turns out that most people are horrible at counting their calories; (2) 'Elite controllers' have immune capabilities to limit HIV spread through CD4/CD8 modulation; and (3) What are sulfites and why might you be...
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091 - Sink Your (Limpet) Teeth Into This Episode
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) The world's strongest natural substance; (2) Modifying the bacterial genome to reduce antibiotic resistance; (3) Using heart medication and depression medication to fight ebola, and (4) An inexpensive test to determine…
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090 - The (W)Hole Story Of Swiss Cheese
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) What really causes the holes in your beloved Swiss cheese; (2) Using bacteria to detect tumors in your body; (3) Optogenetics (using light to stimulate individual neurons); and (4) How to make GMOs self-destruct.
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089 - Does Daycare Decrease Your Child's Risk Of Cancer?
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) How scientists are using yeast to make morphine; (2) New technology that allows for unprecedented control of artificial limbs with mind control; and (3) Why sending your children to daycare may help protect them from some...
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088 - Non-GMO Food To Be Labeled By USDA (heavy sigh)
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss how the USDA is going to label non-GMO foods. Is this a good for the consumer or needless fear mongering?
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087 - Old Viruses Can Learn New Tricks
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss: (1) Ebola's abiliity to thrive in your eye even after you've been treated; (2) Is grass fed beef better for you? (3) Can Viagra help treat Malaria?
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086 - You Have Been Lied To: Calorie Counts On Food Are Wrong, And How To Fix It
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss (1) Gene therapy being used to treat heat disease; (2) Predicting cancer based on telomere length; (3) Why the nutritional labeling on packaged food is wrong, and how to fix it; (4) How the world's most deadly toxin…
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085 - We Have Officially Edited The Human Genome: Now What?
On this week's episode of the Beta Sandwich Science Podcast we discuss (1) Organic and Natural GMOs….yes, this is a real thing; (2) An easy way to tell monozygotic twins apart using their genomes; (3) Do multi-vitamins give you cancer?; (4) Scientists have officially edited the genome of a human...
About this show
Welcome to the Beta Sandwich Podcast, your source for news and trends in the Molecular Biosciences. Join us as we wax poetic about all things sciencey (yes, that's a word). We go in depth about diseases, viruses, medicine, pharmacology, biochemistry and pretty much anything else that moves, crawls, flies or has otherwise transformed this giant rock into a living ecosystem. If you are a crazy scientist, or you just like crazy science, you've come to the right place :)
Hosted by
Scott Barnett, Del Jackson, Christian Copley-Salem, Karolina Balkenbush