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That's Not How Science Works
by That's Not How Science Works
Join hosts Caitlin and Nicole as they snark about science in media and discuss why it's good, bad, or just plain ridiculous. TNHSW is using the CW TV show The Flash as a case study for bad science in media, and Caitlin and Nicole are skewering, I mean critiquing, the science in The Flash two episodes at a time. (Nicole would like to take this moment to offer to show the writing team of The Flash how to use Google should they stumble upon this podcast.) However, in between Caitlin suffering/Nicole schadenfreuding through The Flash, TNHSW also covers a variety of media genres, from movies to non-Flash TV shows to books. When Caitlin and Nicole can con them into it, TNHSW also features special guests who provide their real-life science and engineering expertise to the podcast. Basically, TNHSW is like a TED talk, if the presenters were unfiltered and had an unhealthy obsession with Barry Allen. Come for the sarcasm, stay for the cool science facts.
Episodes
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Episode 33: Clearly Dr. Smith Watches A Lot of TV
We’re back! Caitlin finally edited the episode! In fact, you might say that this episode was Lost … on Caitlin’s Hard Drive. In this episode, Caitlin and Nicole are joined again by Caitlin’s long-suffering brother Ryan to discuss episodes 6 and 7 of Lost in Space. (Stars alive, when will we get...
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Episode 32: Netflix, Please Give Us TARS and Coop! | Interstellar (2014)
It turns out that Caitlin and Nicole have multiple rocket scientist friends! Longtime friend of the podcast Space Nicole joins our hosts along with newtime friend of the podcast Grant to discuss the Nolan space behemoth, Interstellar. There is … a lot to unpack in this movie. Some of the science…
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Episode 31: Let's Torch That Peach! | The Core (2003)
We have come to a movie that is apparently somewhat infamous in the scientific community for its terrible and ridiculous science: The Core. Patricia joins us once again to discuss how plausible it would be that the Earth’s core would stop spinning, that we could drill down to the core, and that…
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Episode 30: We're Just Standing Outside the Aliens' Planet with a Boombox | E1 & E2 of Another Life
Well … this episode ended up being a bit of a mess for reasons that are explained therein. But you know what? It kind of fits because we’re covering episodes 1 and 2 of Another Life, and this show is a lot of a mess. We’re joined by our longtime podcast friend Space Nicole for the ride. In this...
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Episode 29: Henry Cavill Clearly Works out with Plutonium | Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)
You mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to this podcast episode in which we discuss all of the ridiculous science in Mission Impossible: Fallout, a movie that seems to know as much about plutonium as I know about Black Sabbath — which is to say, basically nothing other than the...
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Episode 28: LOST … in Space! | E3-E5 of Lost in Space (2018) with Out of Contreks Podcast
To the chagrin of everyone involved except, perhaps, Caitlin, we have returned to cover three more episodes of the Netflix prestige show Lost in Space. Caitlin and Nicole are also joined by Ryan and Brady from their sister podcast Out of Contreks to discuss all that … didn’t … happen in these…
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Episode 27: In Love with Lady Scientists | The Countess Conspiracy & Beginner's Luck
Find the articles for the episode here. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasse Nicole: twitter.com/NicoleLuckless Deboki: twitter.com/okidoki_boki TNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpod TNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpod thatsnotscience.com Kaleidoscope Media...
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Episode 26: No, COVID-19 Is Not an I Am Legend Situation | Zombie Viruses with Here's Johnny Podcast
Welcome to the apocalypse, my friends. Wait, that sounds really bad with everyone currently in self isolation from COVID-19. We at That’s Not How Science Works don’t actually think we’re in the middle of a real apocalypse. The current pandemic will eventually pass, so hang in there! Wash your...
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Episode 25: Melting into Lava, Wicked Witch Style | Volcano (1997)
Caitlin and Nicole are joined by Nicole’s friend Patricia, who is a geophysicist and studies volcanoes. (No, Patricia is not a vulcanologist. That’s a different thing. Nicole already made that mistake.) Per Patricia’s request, the group has gathered together to discuss the cheesy 1997 disaster...
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Episode 24: Happy Birthday to Us! Q&A
Heeeeeeeeeeey, we haven’t forgotten about the fact that we have a podcast! In this episode Nicole and Caitlin celebrate our one-year anniversary, which was … some … time ago. But hey, it’s our birthday, so we get to celebrate it the way we want to, right? Right? RIGHT? At any rate, since lots of...
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Episode 23: Magic Science, Quite Literally | Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
We were on an unannounced hiatus (let’s face it, all our hiatuses are unannounced), but we have returned! Caitlin and a (very congested) Nicole are back to talking about Marvel and, in particular, Spider-Man: Far from Home. The duo discuss the science of magic and just how far we are from real...
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Episode 21: Who Do We Need to Bribe to Get a Caitlin/Cisco/Fitz/Simmons Crossover Episode? | E1 & E2 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Alrighty, folks, we’ve come to the last of our alternative Flash shows: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. And we’re joined by the fabulous Nicole Sweeney of Snark Squad and Complexly! Woah, Caitlin and Nicole Prime are dazzled by her internet celebrity! And yes, obviously, Sweeney was informed of…
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Episode 20: Godzilla Is a Time Lord | Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
The OG Godzilla team is back together to discuss Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the sequel to the 2014 Godzilla. And wow. Just wow. The plot is something. There is a lot to talk about in this episode. How you can’t just mix together animal sounds to make a magical bioacoustic that allows you to...
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Episode 19: "Danger, Danger, Will Robinson!" Shouts Larry | E1 & E2 of Lost in Space (2018)
Longtime TNHSW buddy Space Nicole is back to talk about Netflix’s reboot of Lost in Space. Will she challenge Nicole Prime to be Supreme Nicole of the Nerdy Podcasts? I guess you’ll just have to listen to find out! At any rate, there’s plenty of danger in the first two episodes of Netflix’s Lost…
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Episode 18: It's Emotions All the Way Down | Inside Out (2014)
Nicole and Caitlin are joined by Nicole’s friend Lynn, a neuroscientist who moved to San Francisco from Minnesota and who lived down the street from a bakery that probably sold broccoli pizza. No, seriously. This time Nicole isn’t just making stuff up for the sake of snarkiness. The TNHSW crew...
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Episode 17: WE FINISHED SEASON ONE OF THE FLASH! | E23 & E24 of The Flash
They doubted us. They told us we were crazy. They said it we would never be able to accomplish this, that it would be too much for any one podcast to handle alone. BUT WE DID IT. WE FINISHED SEASON ONE OF THE FLASH, HATERS. Who exactly are these haters, you ask? Doesn’t matter, moving on. In this...
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Episode 16: As You Know, All Good Generals Quote Shakespeare | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
The internet, the final frontier. These are the voyages of That’s Not How Science Works. To expose strange new science. To fact check new movies and new TV shows. To boldly go where no podcaster has gone before! Yes, that’s right folks. We’ve come to the mother of all science fiction shows: Star...
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Episode 15: And Somehow the Psychic Gorilla Is Not the Strangest Thing We've Seen on The Flash | E21 & E22 of The Flash
Articles: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sewer Gas … But Were Afraid to Ask Powering CERN Narwhal genetic diversity write-up in Science Find the rest of the articles for the episode here. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasse Nicole: twitter.com/NicoleLuckless...
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Episode 14: Is Caitlin Really a Doctor? What is Caitlin? | E19 & E20 of The Flash
Michael took a break from packing up his cabin in Alaska in preparation to moving to the North Pole to discuss two more episodes of The Flash with us! First, we talk about finding bodies underground using sound and light (once again, FBI, Nicole says, “Hi”). We also discuss programmable matter…
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Episode 13: Long Live Queen Blue | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Caitlin and Nicole break from The Flash to talk about a movie that Nicole really loved and Caitlin really didn’t — Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom! Caitlin shows off her animal studies cred by discussing why you can’t just give a blood transfusion to a velociraptor from a T-rex … even if that...
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Episode 12: Barry Is Afraid of Bees Deep in His Soul | E17 & E18 of The Flash
Space Nicole is back to talk about The Flash, and she doesn’t even want to fight Nicole Prime for the title of “Supreme Nicole of the Nerdy Podcasts”! That is a huge relief to Nicole Prime. She did not want to rain fire and destruction on her friend. First, we talk about Mark Hamill, poison, and...
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Episode 11: So It Turns out Cisco Is an Alchemist | E15 & E16 of The Flash
We’re a big fan of siblings on this show, and this time Caitlin’s brother Ryan joins us to talk about our old, reliable, science-baddie, The Flash. Although, honestly, there’s not that much to talk about with respect to the science this week. No, you cannot travel back in time by running really...
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Episode 10: Durable United Temperature and Climate Correction Hub Based in Orbit International | Geostorm (2017)
Hey, it’s time for another break from The Flash! Caitlin and Nicole, who shall henceforth be known as “Nicole Prime,” welcome their friend also named Nicole, who shall henceforth be known as “Space Nicole,” and whom, although having intellect of the highest degree, is understood to serve below...
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Episode 9: Mirrors Are Not Photographs (How Is This Not Obvious) | E13 & E14 of The Flash
We welcome back special guest Madicken because this episode is about more nuclear nonsense in The Flash. Madicken and Caitlin (Nicole is absent due to sad, boring work reasons) discuss how hmm, yeah, no, combustion is not the same thing as a nuclear explosion. Madicken and Caitlin also rant about...
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Episode 8: You Are Mashed Potatoes | E11 & E12 of The Flash
Okay, we were on a hiatus due to boring work reasons/Caitlin being (kinda) useless when it comes to editing, but we are back, baby! We discuss the next two episodes of The Flash with Michael, who has returned from his off-the-grid life in [redacted] for reasons due to [redacted]. We start by...
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Episode 7: Fire and Ice Ice Baby | E9 & E10 of The Flash
Our guest this episode is not a scientist. In fact, you might say that he’s the reverse. We talk about the next two episodes of The Flash with Nicole’s brother, who is studying economics but who Nicole and Caitlin, in their desperation for guests, were able to con into appearing on this podcast....
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Episode 6: If You Say Quantum Three Times, Do You Summon Michelle Pfeiffer? | Ant-Man and the Wasp
Get excited, it’s the quantum episode! If we’ve learned anything from Ant-Man and the Wasp it’s that putting “quantum” in front of a word makes it “extra sciencey.” We talk about the quantum science in Ant-Man and the Wasp and how, weirdly, despite it being so far from reality, it doesn’t bother…
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Episode 5: But What Does Atomic Breath Smell Like? | Godzilla (2014)
Let them fight! That’s right folks, this week we are covering the 2014 version of Godzilla. Even more exciting, we feature an actual, real-life nuclear engineer to discuss all of the problems with nuclear power plants, nuclear bombs, nuclear radiation, nuclear banana bread, nuclear breath…
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Episode 4: Oliver Is Right and Barry Is Wrong | E7 & E8 of The Flash
We open on an electricity vampire. What? You haven’t heard of electricity vampires? They’re the black sheep of the Dracula family, obviously. We talk about how current and voltage can be used to kill a person. (NSA, Nicole promises that this is all theoretical science. Please, don’t put her on a...
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Episode 3: Make Up Some Sciency Stuff to Throw Them Off | E5 & E6 of The Flash
Bomb Chicka Wow Wow! We first discuss bombs and how they cause damage through overpressure. Cool fact: When the writing team of The Flash writes down a number, there is a 92% chance they made it up. Then we discuss the physics of fighting and go through a bunch of calculations related to…
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Episode 2: Sure, Sure, Sure, Let's Go with That | E3 & E4 of The Flash
The four states of matter are solid, liquid, gas, and DNA that can sublimate into a gas, right? We discuss the probability that a person could turn himself into a gas cloud and how difficult it would be to cure hydrogen cyanide poison. Then we segue into talking about Nicole’s favorite villain,...
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Episode 1: That's Not How Stem Cells Work | E1 & E2 of The Flash
It’s the origin story of our favorite red speedster, the Flash! First, we talk about the real-life effects of lightning strikes on the body (spoiler: you probably won’t get superpowers, but you might get psychic powers?) and tornadogenesis. Then we discuss the fascinating field of therapeutic…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Join hosts Caitlin and Nicole as they snark about science in media and discuss why it's good, bad, or just plain ridiculous. TNHSW is using the CW TV show The Flash as a case study for bad science in media, and Caitlin and Nicole are skewering, I mean critiquing, the science in The Flash two episodes at a time. (Nicole would like to take this moment to offer to show the writing team of The Flash how to use Google should they stumble upon this podcast.) However, in between Caitlin suffering/Nicole schadenfreuding through The Flash, TNHSW also covers a variety of media genres, from movies to non-Flash TV shows to books. When Caitlin and Nicole can con them into it, TNHSW also features special guests who provide their real-life science and engineering expertise to the podcast. Basically, TNHSW is like a TED talk, if the presenters were unfiltered and had an unhealthy obsession with Barry Allen. Come for the sarcasm, stay for the cool science facts.
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