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(Start with Season One, Episode One) Lots of authors talk to their characters. Usually, their characters don't talk back... “Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?” ― Cornelia Funke
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Science at the Movies

Abigail James and Freda Werdiger

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Do you like science? Do you like movies? Well, have we got a combo for you! Every two weeks join us, real life physicists Freda and Abi, while we break down the science behind some of the best and worst movie plots out there. We also get real about the depiction of scientists and their working environment in movies and lay it all on the table with our WTF moments. We're not about debunking, we're here to show our appreciation to the art of movie magic but reserve the right to laugh and shout ...
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Beneath

Jeremy Robinson

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Three thousand years after a chunk of iron the size of Khufu’s pyramid collides with Europa, Jupiter’s sixth moon, an asteroid borne of the collision crashes into Earth’s Arctic ice shelf carrying extraterrestrial microbial life. The first man to come into contact with the microbes hears voices—and then dies. After determining the meteorite originated from Europa, the Global Exploratory Corporation sends oceanographer and biologist, Kathy Connelly, and her crew to the moon aboard the Surveyo ...
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It's the end of a series, the end of our so bad it's good era! Praise the lord! We're closing out this year with a long one but it was such a hoot talking about this movie. The wild ride that is Pacific Rim. It's full of tropes but Idris Elba and topless Charlie Hunman made it all worthwhile. Just don't say the aussie accents were good...apparently…
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This absoulte jem came out on Netflix recently and it has everything we love about a sci-fi comedy nancy drew in the mystery machine with gangsters, pimps and ho's. Instant classic! We're back on clone science and memory downloads with a touch of what is conciousness. But most of all, it's a tumble down an MK Ultra rabbit hole, the bleak and crazy …
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This episode is as packed and chaotic as the movie itself, due to Abi and Freda being exhausted from bootlegging and Freda being in an crisis of science faith. Anyways, we finally get to discuss Oceangate. Also, offshore drilling hab(itats), underwater nuclear testing and breathing liquid oxygen strongly features. Finally, Mary Elizabeth Mastranton…
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You know those movies that you watch, where they are just sooooo bad, they end up being good? This isn't one of them. Welcome to this series minis: So bad it's good? This is episode 2 and we're seriously regretting this miniseries. Don't watch it, you don't need to waste 90 minutes of your life. Listen to us instead! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/…
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Is this the greatest movie we've ever done? Can someone find Freda a Quarry, some rope and Perfect Tommy? Peter Weller makes bowties and glasses cool af! This movie is a glorious journey through madness with some well thought out science! Yes, the science is not terrible! In fact, it's pretty good. As far as cars driving through mountains into the …
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You know those movies that you watch, where they are just sooooo bad, they end up being good? This isn't one of them. Welcome to this series minis: So bad it's good? This is episode 1 and we regret it already. Don't watch it, you don't need to waste 90 minutes of your life. Listen to us instead! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor…
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We're back! Back with another Spielberg alien film, this time Close Encounters of the Third Kind. We are derailed at several points by conspiracy theorists, especially this one commenter called Daisy. Eric wasn't there to protect us. Bob Balaban returns to Science at the Movies. We talk about mental health, music, and the fact that we are both over…
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It's our week between seasons and so we are re-releasing an old episode for you, uncut. So please enjoy two unedited hours of us rabbiting on about Zombies, Zombie Ants, Zombie Babies and Miss Justineau plus an entire minute of silence where Abi tries to find an article. Stay tuned for an accompanying interview with an actual fungus expert who can …
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It's a big one! 2001 is an absolute classic of science fiction filmmaking. Kubrick gave us space like it hadn't been seen before and working with the legendary Arthur C Clarke brought us one of the most impressive depictions of hard scifi in the history of filmaking. Could have done without the gorillas and fetus though. Before you listen..yes i me…
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This is episode 5/6 of our scifi miniseries. This episode is all about AI. We talk about how they are depicted in science fiction, what we think about AI in the real world and what is our favourite movie about AI that we've covered here at SatMs! To get the conversation going we watched James Camerons series 'The History of Science Fiction'. It's w…
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Science Fiction classic turned cult satire! Starship Troopers; it'll make you laugh, it'll make you cry, it'll make you want to squash some bugs and slap some humans. This week we're talking about the battle for Klendathu, plasma butt weapons, asteroid slingshots and of course history and moral philosophy. "Do you want to know more?" TikTok: @scien…
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What's so good about being human? And what's so terrible about AI? Well, maybe we answer both of those question and then some. Come along with us to have a nuanced discussion about The Problem with AI, where we discuss black boxes, non-linear models, high-order interactions, causal pathways and all that fun stuff. Plus - oh yeah - there's this godd…
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It's time for another Marvel breakdown. This time we get quantum with Ant-Man! Pym particles and the quantum realm, safe cracking lols, controlling ants. Fun movie, stupid science and one of the worst casting decisions Marvel has made... 'She went subatomic' TikTok: @scienceatthemovies Instagram: @scienceatthemovies Email: scienceatthemovies@gmail.…
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This is episode 2/6 of our scifi miniseries. This episode is all about Outer Space. We talk about how it's used in movies, would we go into space if given the chance and what is our favourite movie about outer space that we've covered here at SatMs! To get the conversation going we watched James Camerons series 'The History of Science Fiction'. It'…
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For over two years Abi has tried to encourage Freda to cross into Sci-Fi fandom, and in this episode, she gives it her best shot. Green planets, muddy aliens, not knowing about fan fiction, not knowing the difference between using The Force and being Force-Sensitive...at least we have ET's phone to talk about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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This is episode 1/6 of our scifi miniseries. This episode is all about Aliens. We talk about how they are depicted in science fiction, what we think a real alien encounter would be and what is our favourite movie about aliens that we've covered here at SatMs! To get the conversation going we watched James Camerons series 'The History of Science Fic…
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Arrival (2016) is a beautiful depiction of our relationship with language, time and each other. Join us as we explore Egyptian Hieroglyphs, alien languages, Sapir Whorf hypothesis and our perception of time. 'Despite knowing the journey, and where it leads, I embrace it' Follow us on TikTok to catch live recordings of the episodes: TikTok: @science…
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YES ABI ROBERT PICARDO DID HIS OWN VOICE WORK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD8dx48A2Go See at 10:20 for "evidence" . In other news, this episode is on Innerspace and it is our least prepared episode to date (basicallly, unprepared). With Abi off to a conference and Freda making a Doctor Strange cosplay, these women aren't sleeping and this episo…
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This episode is more full of science than anything you can imagine! The Core! Unobatanium, lasers, geodes, lavafalls, diamonds, birds losing it, pacemakers on the rampage, deus ex nuchina! Classic! We may have peaked. 'This movie is the gold standard for science at the movies!' Follow us on TikTok to catch live recordings of the episodes: TikTok: @…
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This is a true story! It happened to a friend of a friend of mine! No, but it did happen, and it Robin Williams IRL was Oliver Sacks. It's a crazy story and you have to come along to hear it. . Some stuff to watch: encephalitis lethargica footage from 1925: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lNVtUlroZc Oliver Sacks talking about it plus footage of th…
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Idiocracy (2006) Welcome to a future where advertising and automation rule the day and a Carls Jr can decide if you're an unfit mother. Capitalism! Are we heading for an idiocracy? We're talking cryogenics is a scam, to have or not to have children, natural selection doesn't do that, eugenics=bad, the curse of terrible automation and the fear of a …
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If this movie doesn't mess you up, you're an android!! But there's also a lot of science here. Airships (why DID they go out of fashion???), balloon flights, crazy airplane men, dog upgrades...this movie is a romp yet the episode is surprisingly dark. . "I thought we were going to have a fun blimp chat" - Abi, 2023. . Essay on the first ten minutes…
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This movie was a sure fire hit on the podcast...or at least that's what Abi thought would happen. But divided we fall! Despite having another movie clash, we nerd out hard about this cast, the quantum mechanics madness of a many words multiverse and at the end of the day, everybody loves Waymond. Science in this episode: Quantum mechanics and consc…
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We're finally doing it! The absolute classic that is Back to the Future and the total joy of watching Mj Fox and C Llyod together. We have a bit of a movie love fest before a total nerd out about time travel. We're talking paradoxes, self-consistency principles, closed loops, many worlds, time in flux! "Gigawatts! Gigawatts!' Follow us on TikTok to…
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It's another UNCUT special, back to our eighth episode and third ever dumb science movie! A two brothers classic: Geostorm. This week you get 20 extra minutes of our incredulity at the ridiculousness of this movie! Enjoy We've got frozen deserts, exploding cities, giant tsunamis and #airlockdrama! Abi tries to understand the scientific and economic…
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For episode 54 we're going into 1960s psychiatry, so get ready. What are lobotomies and how did they happen? Are you ready for this shit? Strap in, we're giving you the lowdown on all this shit. . Here are some resources: The 1946 expose by Life Magazine: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lobotomist-bedlam-1946/ ECT: https://www.…
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It's episode 5/5 of our Teenage Dirtbag miniseries! Grease is the darkest happy movie we ever saw. Revisiting this one is a hoot. Jan really wasn't fat at all, Rizzo thinks being easy is not as bad as being coy or stealing for that matter (there's worse things she can do y'all), everyone is too hard on Frenchie and the biggest effort Danny seems to…
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Angels & Demons (2009) Antimatter bombs, the god particle, science vs religon! This movie has it all! A bioentanglement physicist (what even is that?), a daredevil symbologist (why did TH do this to us 3 times!), a scottish/italian/irish helicopter flying priest, a murdered pope, a conspiracy, a secret society! I mean what else do you want from Ron…
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10 Things I Hate About You: Episode 4 of our Teenage Dirtbag Miniseries Black underwear, not wearing a bra, what we thought paintball was, pristine "bad" boys with perfect soft hair, nerds staying in their lane, 90s pop rock where women sing like babies, self-pity, Shakespeare and more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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**THE ANTARCTICA TREATY WILL EXPIRE IN 2048** The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1991 and came into effect in 1998. In Article 25, it cites a 50-year expiration date. If another protocol is not agreed upon, there is nothing stopping countries from seizing and occupying Antarctic land without any restricti…
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