Trackside Science

Trackside Science

A science podcast marinated in just the right amount of alcohol, or caffeine (depending on the time zones involved). Your MCs are a former virologist-turned community college teacher and an active human geneticist and informal science educator. If you want to support the show, visit our Patreon page. Send us an email at tracksidescience@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you! Thanks for listening!

  1. 19/08/2025

    (54) Where do ideas come from?

    Where do ideas come from? Rob describes his Big A Eureka Moment.  2025 Jeff wants to tell 2000's Jeff to suck it up and stop complaining.  We both love people who are generous with their ideas. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram & Bluesky: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Jeff:  Primary: When Lava Flows by Pontoon Brewing - Sandy Springs GA Solid Rocket Booster: The Right Slice by Revision Brewing - Sparks NV Rob:  Laser Kitten IPA by Medusa Brewing, Hudson MA Reading Jeff: The Power Broker Rob: Can science comics aid lay audiences' comprehension of forensic science?

    55 min

  2. 07/08/2025

    Philatelic Science (53)

    Philatelic Science!  Rob's box of stamps generates some science ideas! Wisconsin has indicted a DNA sequence.  Jeff is suddenly bro-ing all the time. Email - tracksidescience@gmail.com Bluesky - ‪@tracksidescience.bsky.social‬ Instagram - tracksidescience Alcohol Jeff - 1800 Tequila & Cointreau - Bing's AI tells me this is a Conintreau Margartia.  Thank god for AI Rob - GnomeGang Belgian IPA Links Macht SH. Postage stamps as a mode of transmitting bacteria. Va Med Mon (1918). 1946 Feb;73:60. PMID: 21011507. (link) Hopkins B, Williams NJ, Webb MB, Debenham PG, Jeffreys AJ. The use of minisatellite variant repeat-polymerase chain reaction (MVR-PCR) to determine the source of saliva on a used postage stamp. J Forensic Sci. 1994 Mar;39(2):526-31. PMID: 8195763. (link) https://www.totheletterdna.com/ Keepsake DNA, renamed GEnetic Legacies: https://geneticlegacies.com/ Affinity-DNA: https://www.affinity-dna.com/ Dudás E, Csany M, Galambos A, Vágó-Zalán A, Pamjav H. DNA identification of relics of Blessed Stephen Sándor beatified by Pope Francis 2013. Biol Futur. 2020 Jun;71(1-2):131-136. doi: 10.1007/s42977-020-00002-y. Epub 2020 Feb 20. PMID: 34554521. (link) Bates, Claire. "Who Were My Parents—and Why Was I Left on a Hillside to Die?" BBC News, 18 Mar. 2018, www.bbc.com/news/stories-43420678 (2018) Wisconsin indicts a DNA sequence: https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/dna_from_stamp_is_used_to_indict_john_doe_suspect_for_threatening_judge

    1 h y 2 min

  3. 20/04/2025

    Science Firings part 2 (EXPLICIT)

    The moronic, mean-spirited and illegal assault on US government scientists continues.

    1 h

  4. 08/03/2025

    (52) Salute to Government Scientists

    To those recently, and illegally, fired.  Contains some strong language, because that is 100% appropriate.

    50 min

  5. 29/12/2024

    (51) Science from Australia!

    Episode 51 - Our Down Under connection!  In 2021 we got an email from a listener from New Zealand working in Australia as a Physics Science Communicator.  It took years to get over the shock that someone we didn't already know was actually listening to us, but we did and now he is here! Drinks  Jeff -  Folgers Rob - Austin Eastciders  Errol - Hop Nation Brewing   The Dish (2000) - IMDb   Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)

    44 min

  6. 29/09/2024

    (50) International Podcast Day

    Remember how you waited anxiously as a kid for it to come?  Not having to go to school on that day?  Family from all over pulling into the driveway with gifts and food for the International Podcast Day celebration?  Yah, we don't either.   #internationalpodcastday Alcohol Jeff - Southern Tier Brewing Imperial Pumking Ale  Rob - Canada Dry Black Cherry Sparkling Seltzer Water   Podcasts we mentioned Deviant Criminology - https://deviantcriminology.squarespace.com Hot Shot Wake Up - https://thehotshotwakeup.substack.com/   Sounds and Music International Podcast Day 2024 promo (internationalpodcastday.com) Remixed by Jeff with: Breaks Dig It Beat by DCDJ (freesound.com) trap loop by emceeiscokid (freesound.com) Bass Drop Pitch Sweep FX by Stereo Surgeon (freesound.com)   Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)

    52 min

  7. 09/09/2024

    Impromptu Science (49)

    No plan or pre-recording preparation whatsoever…the difference between dentists & endodontists… old microscopes… Rob's home office inspection… regulation of medical data.. college graduation in state prisons.. pubpeer.com… problematic paper screener … (https://www.irit.fr/~Guillaume.Cabanac/problematic-paper-screener)... Jeff's anxiety about teaching in the federal prison (update, students were nice but it was way more difficult teaching there than the state prison) RIP Vanessa, Rob's former colleague in South Dakota   Alcohol Jeff - All the Holiday Things, Wild Leap Brewing Rob - Be Hoppy Pale Ale, Wormtown Brewing   Sounds & Music All sound are from freesound.org unless otherwise noted Opening bit: Squeaky Car Door (coltures) Car Acceleration Inside Car.wav (alexftw123) City ambience with soft rain…(felix.blume) Opening a door in the city and going inside (evsecrets) engine_turn_signal_subaru_forester_1989. (mario1298) G13-46-Abrupt Car Stop.wav(craigsmith) Footsteps on tiled bathroom (brandonb1111) service_elavator.mp3 by morgantj Car Explosion w Debris.mp3 by PNMCarrieRailfan

    59 min

  8. 30/03/2024

    (48) Science Video Game - PhD Simulator

    We relive the highs and lows of graduate school through a spot-on video game. PhD Simulator - A Text-Based Game by Mianzhi Wang (wmz.ninja) Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Jeff - Dekalb County's fine tap water Rob - Shark Jumper IPA Night Shift Brewing Sounds & Music Front Bumper - combination of: A rapper in trouble - after he made a bad joke! by fmceretta  (freesound.org) Team Masaka - Sad Moan - by TeamMasaka (freesound.org) Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)

    57 min
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A science podcast marinated in just the right amount of alcohol, or caffeine (depending on the time zones involved). Your MCs are a former virologist-turned community college teacher and an active human geneticist and informal science educator. If you want to support the show, visit our Patreon page. Send us an email at tracksidescience@gmail.com, we'd love to hear from you! Thanks for listening!

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  • Creador
    Trackside Science
  • Años de actividad
    2018 - 2025
  • Episodios
    80
  • Clasificación
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