Trackside Science Trackside Science
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Two scientists talking about science while enjoying some fermented beverages every other week. One sober scientist nerding out about viruses the other other week.
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(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)
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(47) What connects you to science?
Episode 47 - What connects you to science?
Rob’s a conference guy, he likes interacting with people. Jeff’s a reading-papers-in-a-quiet-house kind of guy. Rob likes the cutting edge while Jeff gravitates towards the arcane. Rob’s beer is bigger than Jeff’s.
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com
Instagram: Tracksidescience
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience
Alcohol
Rob - Flemington Fog Juicy Hazy India Pale IPA, Flemington NJ
Jeff - Fluffiest Otter Stout, Sandy Springs GA
Sounds & Music
Matrix_RetroError
ThatJeffCarter_electro-magnetic-interference
Dangerbabe_Android-keypad-dialing
Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)
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(46) ChatGPT: good for a fart joke?
Is it a Promethean kind of thing? An end of the world thing? It’s definitely a protecting people with Fecal Incontinence kind of thing. It’s definitely not able to cite it’s sources.
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com
Instagram: Tracksidescience
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience
Alcohol
Rob - Be Hoppy Indian Pale Ale Wormtown Brewery Worcester, Mass
Jeff - Gates of Smordor Stout Westbrook Brewing Mount Pleasant South Carolina
Sounds & Music
Spike Jones - The Tennessee Waltz
Pastabra - Squeaky office chair
MATRIXXX - Door, Closing.wav
Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)
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(45) Has Money Destroyed Science?
Should we pay scientists to speak? What do people in prison think about paid experts? Is the United Federation of Planets communist? Does getting paid fat stax help your work/life balance?
Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram: Tracksidescience
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience
Alcohol
Jeff - Dragon’s Milk
Rob - Fifty Million Dollar Man Double IPA
Sounds & Music
InspectorJ - door-front-opening, Letsmakemuffins - footsteps echo hall, SpaceJoe Coins Drop - 8, Johnnie_Holiday FX Mario Coin (JH),Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952, Archive.org)
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Virus: Reading Promedmail - Polish Cats & Bird Flu
If you are at all interested in stuff like this, take a look at https://promedmail.org/