TPD Winter Update!

In the coming weeks Andrew (of whom I graciously thank for his...3 blog entries...) and I will be off for winter break from the normal school routine. Thus, episode 13 will be our final live, updated show of the year. After which, we will be airing recorded skype chats with members of the TPD community and a special Christmas show. Don't worry, you will be educated on the eve of Santa's return! We'll be back soon after with new, bone-crushingly awesome stories about time travel and black holes, but for the 3-4 shows after #13, there won't be any science news coverage to speak of.

-Scott

Also, expect a... surprise in one of our shows. It'll be deviating from the normal format in a very good way.

-Andrew

TPD Podcast EP: 012
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We did a little something different this week. We hosted a live skypecast at a time of day that attracts bucketloads of Bulgarian insomniacs (Yes, I know you are Bulgaria, and no, I don't have work for you). So while the whole session lasted for a full hour, we only have forty-five minutes worth of actual listening material.

That being said, what we did get was super-duper-fantastically joygasmic (I never exaggerate), and went over so well that we've decided to only torture ourselves like this once a month. So, near the beginning of next month, look for a link either here or on our myspace profile to join in our next live skypecast session! We love to hear our listeners' opinions, and I love to crush souls in front of people I'll never see!

The topic this month was a discussion of the creation of the universe, where I flexed my ego by detailing gravitational potential energy storage and its capability to cancel out the total energy of the universe. The ensuing discussion began with a burst of wonderful intellectual stimulation, but was then crushed by rhetorical statements and mundane conversation.

Also, I'm not judgemental in any way, and any and all statements I make are with the best of intentions.

-Andrew

TPD Podcast EP: 011
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For this week, we covered:

• Guitar Hero - Scott comes up with these names. I'd rather call it "Air-Guitar Shirt", since that's what it is.
• Check it out! It rocks!
  

• Tanning the Red Planet - My Sci-fi dreams are coming true! Oh joyous nerdy day!
  
• Not in my lifetime.
  

No special for the week, I rambled too much in my thought experiment.

Which just happened to be a discussion of what makes us human. Obviously, a bad sense of time is one such quality.

-Andrew

TPD Podcast EP: 010
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Greetings, podcast minions! For the next few blog posts, I'll be taking over in Scott's stead, because he's been complaining about his "workload" and how he has to "study". So he yells at me to get this crap done, which has interesting results. So, enjoy. I certainly didn't.

-Andrew


For this week, we covered:

• The Hubble Hubbub - Old, but still pretty, like Madonna. What do we do about it?
• I dunno, but these guys do!
  

• Pluto Part II - Those darn planet-hugging hippies...
• Pluto is not a planet
  

Special: I'm your clone!


Leonard Susskind details possible quantum cloning.

My thought experiment for this week detailed artificial intelligence and religion.

-Andrew