Episode 56: The End of a Saga
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A cherished franchise returns for one final chapter. But was it worth the wait?
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Episode 55: Maroon Duct Tape
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It’s election season, and Ped has invested in maroon duct tape, Tom is withholding any endorsements, and they both discuss whether chess is a sport.
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Episode 54: The Timberdoodle
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Ped & Tom continue their appreciation of nature with a discussion on the ethics of animal welfare and eating fish, observing wildlife through drawing, painting, and nature journaling, and a surprising foray onto Instagram.
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Episode 53: The Meandering Path
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Ped & Tom take the meandering path through such subjects as dealing with hydrophobia, the automated safety features of modern cars, and a review of some favorite video and board games.
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Episode 52: Animal Story Time
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Ped got a new cat toy, Tom has some animal stories. Also, pondering cultured meat, inoculation with a fake news vaccine, and more listener questions.
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Episode 51: Joe Biden Eating a Sandwich
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Ped & Tom careen through a cavalcade of conversational categories, including competitions, carbon dioxide, Chernobyl, conservation, committee life, coaxial cable, communication constellations, and countless collections of warblers. Geek out!
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Episode 50: (やる気 + 環境) x 時間
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In this special episode, Ped & Tom are joined by the elusive Brother X, a triathlete and professional translator, who calls in from Yokohama, Japan. He shares some of the differences he sees in Japanese and American language and culture after having spent over two decades living in Japan.
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Episode 49: Ultimate Fate of the Universe
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In this episode, Tom has unwelcome visitors in the middle of the night, Ped has a new Star Wars theory, and they both geek out to the first image of a Black Hole before musing on the Ultimate Fate of the Universe.
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Episode 48: Sugar Shacks and Barred Owls
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The interminable New England Winter is almost over and it's time for a Spring Clean for Ped & Tom as they start their Digital Declutter. With more time away from digital distractions, Tom finds a new hobby.
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Episode 47: Our Fraught Relationship with Technology
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Ped & Tom review the new book "Digital Minimalism" by Cal Newport and discuss the benefits of reducing your daily interactions with technology and social media.
info_outlinePed and Tom followup on some recent developments in the world of science including the mysterious ʻOumuamua, a super-powerful blazar, and a neutrino detector buried deep in the ice. Then, Ped extolls the benefits of three recent self-improvement books while Tom prefers self-deprecation.
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Interstellar Interloper Revisited [01:32]
- Episode 22: Nostalgia Kilonova
- ʻOumuamua
- Non-gravitational acceleration in the trajectory of 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua) (Nature)
- Occam’s razor
Ice Cubes and Star Blazers [08:56]
- Multimessenger observations of a flaring blazar coincident with high-energy neutrino IceCube–170922A (Science)
- Neutrinos
- Cosmic rays
- Blazars
- It Came From a Black Hole, and Landed in Antarctica (New York Times)
- TXS 0506+056 aka “Blazar McBlazeface”
- Multi-messenger astronomy
- IceCube Neutrino Observatory
- There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom by Richard Feynman
- 30-Second Quantum Theory by Brian Clegg
- Newtonian physics vs Quantum mechanics
- The Double Slit Experiment
Ped’s Book Report x 3 [32:10]
- The Heartfulness Way: Heart-Based Meditations for Spiritual Transformation by Kamlesh Patel and Joshua Pollock
- Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
- Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles
Music by Lee Rosevere (CC by 4.0)