We mix science and hip-hop on This Week in Science news Podcast (TWIS) with hosts Dr. Kiki, Blair Bazdarich and Justin Jackson, and our special guest, Baba Brinkman, Science Rap Artist!
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Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week’s popular stories:
(0:00) – Recording Start
(0:27) – Show Start, Intro – Dr. Kiki
(0:50) – Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! – Justin
(1:52) – Opening Theme Music
(2:26) – Opening “Good Science!” Greetings – with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines.
(4:51) – Interview w/ Baba Brinkman
Baba Brinkman is a rap artist, science communicator, and award-winning playwright, author of: The Rap Guide to Consciousness.
(5:13) – How did you make the transition first into hip-hop and rap, and then from Chaucer to Darwin and science? Dr Kiki
[Ed. Note — YouTube does not give us enough room for the whole interview, find all those notes, here — http://bit.ly/twis-baba-brinkman-interview.]
https://www.bababrinkman.com/
Twitter – @bababrinkman
https://www.facebook.com/dirkmurraybrinkman
https://music.bababrinkman.com/
(40:21) – And we’re at the break!
(40:40) – Half-Time Theme Music – “Our 1st Assumptions Were Correct” by Jake Mann from his album, “Daytime Ghost.” https://apple.co/2G3ERxV
(41:20) – This is where you can find out about our Zazzle store (http://www.zazzle.com/thisweekinscience) and supporting us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinscience/overview). Tell more folks about TWIS (http://twis.org). And please leave great reviews for the podcast on iTunes (http://apple.co/2bJGvtB). More minions, please!
(41:50) – Blair was on the Daily Tech News Show (DTNS) this last week! Please go watch/listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6ZClu8NFMM – or – http://bit.ly/blair-on-dtns-07082019.
(44:37) – Dr. Kiki teases Justin & the rest of us about a NEW TWIS shirt design we’ll see NEXT WEEK..
(45:44) – Interstitial Music
(46:04) – And we’re back from the break!
(46:09) – What has Science done for ME, lately?
TWIS Minion Rodrigo Roesler tells of going to see the Eclipse in Argentina.
Please send your #WHSDFML stories, poems, sonnets, odes, lyrics, songs, etc., to: [email protected] or message us on Facebook – facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience.
(47:50) – Highest energy light ever seen traced to Crab nebula, Dr. Kiki – http://bit.ly/light-crab-nebula
(53:45) – Molecular thumb drives: Researchers store digital images in metabolite molecules, Dr. Kiki – http://bit.ly/molecular-thumb-drives
See also — Encoding information in synthetic metabolomes – http://bit.ly/molecular-thumb-drives-2
(1:00:49) – Ancient molar points to interbreeding between archaic humans and Homo sapiens in Asia, Justin – http://bit.ly/early-human-interbreeding
(1:04:59) – Study finds psychiatric diagnosis to be ‘scientifically meaningless’, Justin – http://bit.ly/meaningless-psychiatry
(1:20:15) – Blair’s Animal Corner
(1:20:22) – Blair’s Animal Corner Theme
(1:20:43) – Study finds that parental ‘memory’ is inherited across generations, Blair – http://bit.ly/generational-memory
(1:26:51) – Scientists successfully transfer first test tube rhino embryo, Blair – http://bit.ly/test-tube-rhino
(1:32:46) – Solitude breeds aggression in spiders (rather than vice versa), Blair – http://bit.ly/spider-aggressive-solitude
Quick Science Bytes! —
(1:35:31) – Smells Like Love … To Sea Lamprey, Dr. Kiki – http://bit.ly/lamprey-smell-love
(1:36:42) – DNA from tooth in Florida man’s foot solves 25-year-old shark bite mystery, Blair – http://bit.ly/florida-man-foot-tooth
(1:38:15) – Researchers discover ice is sliding toward edges off Greenland Ice Sheet, Justin – http://bit.ly/greenland-ice-slide
(1:39:07) – Genetic breakthrough in cereal crops could help improve yields worldwide, Justin – http://bit.ly/improved-cereal-crop
(1:41:05) – Show wrap up… Except! Dr. Kiki Asks Baba Brinkman to Freestyle to review all the themes from this show!
(1:42:08) – Baba’s TWIS Freestyle!
(1:48:48) – Thank you to Baba Brinkman
(1:50:14) – Thank you’s to our generous Patreon sponsors!
(1:53:35) – End Theme
(1:56:18) – The After Show! – EARLY FADE OUT! WHAAAAAAT?! BECAUSE I WANT TO! YEAH! Mr. Baba’s kids thankfully didn’t wake up. And much, much more…
