Episodes
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Subversive Science: NeuroPhilosophy with Mo Costandi
Interview with Mo Costandi, "neuroscientist by training; writer by inclination", author of Neurophilosophy on ScienceBlogs.com. The Science News from Science Daily (with background music by Stereolab): Exercise Prevents Decline in Memory after Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy / Implanting Bad…
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Subversive Science: Email Apnea and Technical Hilarities
DJ Prefect interviews Linda Stone, author of the piece Email Apnea on the remarkably broad consequences of shallow breathing and their implications in Western culture. Meanwhile, Things Fall Apart at Pirate Cat Radio...
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MakeLoveLand of the Apocalypse
a double-interview on Common Threads, Sept 4, 2009: Jerry Paffendorf, the near-mythical tri-coastal (SF, NY, Detroit) futurist/entrepreneur, and the editor and creator of a new Apocalyptica zine in SF both come talk to Diamond Dave and Naomi Most for interviews. Naomi wants to know about the...
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Periodic Apocalypse #2: Extermination of the Human Host???
How Parasitic Capitalism Consumes, Confines and Controls. July 31, 2009. Featuring Daniel Coffeen, PhD. DJ Prefect brings her certified scientism to a discussion of an emergent socioeconomic system that trivializes art, literature, health, and leisure even while obesity and chronic diseases rise...
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Hijacking Charm School w/ Kiefer pt 1
YARR! Subversive Science takes over Charm School and delves into science news: Sweden puts "climate control" labels on food; MIT radio-tracking 3000 individual pieces of trash; evolutionary psychology falling out of favor; and some makedy-up news from the Onion that left many real-life researcher...
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Hijacking Charm School w/ Kiefer pt 2
Part two of our hijacking of the normally scheduled Charm School broadcast on Pirate Cat Radio. In this part, intern Mark drops in on our philosphical science conversation... and certainly makes a sort of mark on the radio. What's it like to try to argue phenomenology with someone who conflates...
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Reading from The Place of Dead Roads
The Place of Dead Roads by William S. Burroughs - pages 96-98 - an excerpt that most pronouncedly outlines Burroughs' take on the cultural virus that is capitalism
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Periodic Apocalypse #1: Swine Flu
The Periodic Apocalypse: Occasional Lectures on the End of the World series kicks off on April 22, 2009, with a lively discussion featuring Dr. Kirsten Sanford (This Week in Science) and Brian Malow (the Science Comedian). The H1N1 virus emerged from Mexico in late March, borne on the sneezes of...
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Volt-Aged at Dorkbot Party
A mini-interview with the owner and proprietor of Volt-Aged Whiskey, who were providing their signature Jacob's-ladder-distilled spirits at last night's Dorkbot 7th Anniversary Party.