00:00:00 - Joe begins the show by explaining how we all just nearly died last month but didn’t as an asteroid had the thanks to some pretty cool new observation tech at the Zwicky Transient Facility in CA paired with machine learning. 00:23:08 -...

00:00:00 - in the atmosphere of Venus, . How could it have formed in detectable quantities? One explanation could be , so that’s neat. 00:25:00 - Drinks would not exist for long on Venus due to the extreme heat, but here on Earth they go down just...

00:00:00 - Charlie, Abe, and Ryan are joined by Sommelier because we’re talking about wine! Why wine? Stay tuned to the drinks segment to find out! But first up, they discuss from the Willamette Valley in Oregon. 00:20:04 - This episode What Are...

00:00:00 - We're doing another Anchor-themed clip show! Following up on  and , we have another round of short audio clips that Ryan created for the podcast startup  under the banner of Organized Curiosity (explanation of the...

00:00:00 - First up, we discuss the and what that means for their convergent evolution with whales.   00:20:39 - Crocs have returned to the drink and so have we. It’s an older joke, but it checks out. Patrick has what feels like an...

00:00:00 - Ryan is joined by and , two of the heads of , an organization that uses elaborating costuming (called cosplay) to advocate for science! But first, we talk about the science. Lisa is a social scientist who studies informal science learning...

00:00:00 - This episode Ben and Ryan are joined by and podcaster , who specializes in mimicking the microbial nitrogen cycling as seen in Oxygen Minimum Zones of the ocean with the aim of improving wastewater treatment. We begin with the and why...

00:00:00 - We are joined by cartoonist to talk about his work. First up, we discuss his series about a Homo neanderthalensis family that’s just trying to get by in the Stone Age. 00:32:11 - drinks But the Homo sapiens are here now and we have...

00:00:00 - , which is a big deal since it has long been thought that Venus didn’t have active plate tectonics. Abe breaks down how the hottest planet in the solar system may have just gotten a bit hotter. 00:22:00 - Drinks would evaporate quickly on...

00:00:00 - Patrick puts forth proposals for less automobile-focused cities (see more on his Twitter feed ) before we dive into part 1 of Ryan’s interview with UCSD Scripps Institution of Oceanography Ph.D. Student Maya Becker. She attended the...