That's Not How Science Works

That's Not How Science Works
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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.

  1. 01/21/2021

    Clearly Dr. Smith Watches A Lot of TV (E6-E7 of Lost in Space (2018))

    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 through this series? How much more can I take? [sobs internally] ) Join us in this episode to discuss black holes, tar pits, and puzzling through what the heck the writers were trying to accomplish with Dr. Smith. Find the articles for the episode, as well as several outtakes, here. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasse Nicole: twitter.com/NicoleLuckless Ryan: twitter.com/ryanvanasse TNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpod TNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpod thatsnotscience.com Kaleidoscope Media Network: KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetwork KMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetwork KMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.com Here’s Johnny: twitter.com/Heresjohnnycast Wizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

    1h 15m

  2. 09/15/2020

    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 is surprisingly good, which makes sense considering that Nolan consulted with actual physicists during the production of the film (Flash writers, take notes). Some of the science is, well, odd, to say the least. Join our crew of intrepid science friends as they journey into a discussion of rockets, docking, relativity, time, black holes, whatever the heck “the blight” is, and the possibly horrible truth behind this secret science program headed by a bunch of all-American scientists(?) Also, Nicole came up for an idea for a TARS and Cooper-themed spin-off television show, complete with theme song, because of course she did. Does anyone know someone at Netflix we can pitch this to? #TARSandCoop Find the articles for the episode here. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasse Nicole: twitter.com/NicoleLuckless TNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpod Grant’s blog: https://quietevangelism.blogspot.com TNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpod thatsnotscience.com Kaleidoscope Media Network: KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetwork KMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetwork KMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.com Here’s Johnny: twitter.com/Heresjohnnycast Wizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

    1h 40m

  3. 06/08/2020

    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 we could restart it with nuclear weapons! If your guess was, wow, that sounds insanely implausible, ding ding ding, you got it right! If you thought, huh, that sounds like something that is a very likely problem but also very fixable with nuclear weapons, I am not sure how to help you. Find the articles for the episode here. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasse Nicole: twitter.com/NicoleLuckless Patricia: twitter.com/Gravity_Pat TNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpod TNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpod thatsnotscience.com Kaleidoscope Media Network: KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetwork KMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetwork KMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.com Here’s Johnny: twitter.com/Heresjohnnycast Wizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

    1h 33m

  4. 05/25/2020

    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 episode we discuss the whole gamut of crazy science: - How dark matter isn’t a scary cloud - How pigeons navigate with but don’t produce infrasound - Why space helmets don’t have a retractable visor - And more! But mostly, we’re still confused why Niko didn’t tell her crew that she killed a man because he was trying to murder her and not simply because “it had to be done.” Find the articles for the episode here. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasse Nicole Prime: twitter.com/NicoleLuckless Space Nicole: twitter.com/SpaceAgNicole TNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpod TNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpod thatsnotscience.com Kaleidoscope Media Network: KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetwork KMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetwork KMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.com Here’s Johnny: twitter.com/Heresjohnnycast Wizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

    1h 17m

  5. 05/13/2020

    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 fact that heavy metal is involved. And, of course, because we’re discussing plutonium, we are joined by longtime friend of the podcast and nuclear scientist, Madicken! Because this isn’t just the plutonium podcast, we also talk about the logistics of HALO jumps and RFID tags. Oh, and Nicole wrote another insane EDM song based on the vocal stylings of Madicken sampled during this episode. It’s in the episode, and you can also find it on the blog post for this episode. Find the articles for the episode here. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasse Nicole: twitter.com/NicoleLuckless Madicken: twitter.com/munkium TNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpod TNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpod thatsnotscience.com Kaleidoscope Media Network: KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetwork KMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetwork KMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.com Here’s Johnny: twitter.com/Heresjohnnycast Wizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

    1h 41m

  6. 04/27/2020

    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 three episodes. Believe me, there was a ton of ranting that I cut out, though some of that has been preserved in the outtakes on the blog post for this episode. Find the articles for the episode, as well as several outtakes, here. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasse Nicole: twitter.com/NicoleLuckless Ryan: twitter.com/RTHowitzer TNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpod TNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpod thatsnotscience.com Kaleidoscope Media Network: KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetwork KMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetwork KMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.com Here’s Johnny: twitter.com/Heresjohnnycast Wizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

    1h 10m

  7. 04/13/2020

    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 Network: KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetwork KMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetwork KMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.com Here’s Johnny: twitter.com/Heresjohnnycast Wizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

    1h 25m

  8. 03/29/2020

    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 hands! Self isolate! Don’t touch your face! But in this episode we’re joined by Larry and Justin from the Here’s Johnny podcast to discuss zombies and viruses. You know, the classic fictional apocalypse. This is a little bit of a different episode because we aren’t discussing a specific piece of media in this episode. Instead, Larry and Justin are here to provide some context on zombies since, you know, Nicole and Caitlin are babies when it comes to horror. Then, we discuss the science of viruses and vaccines in three zombie movies in particular: I Am Legend, World War Z, and 28 Days Later. And we also end up talking a bit about coronaviruses and COVID-19 because it was a bit inevitable. Find the articles for the episode here. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasse Nicole: twitter.com/NicoleLuckless Larry: twitter.com/beaverla Justin: twitter.com/picklething TNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpod TNHSW on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnhswpod thatsnotscience.com Kaleidoscope Media Network: KMN on Twitter: twitter.com/KaleidoNetwork KMN on Instagram: www.instagram.com/kaleidoscopemedianetwork KMN email: kaleidoscopemedianetwork@gmail.com Here’s Johnny: twitter.com/Heresjohnnycast Wizard Studies: twitter.com/WizardStudies

    1h 18m
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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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