Why does a new study on depression have people asking their doctors about their SSRI medications? Will sequencing the human genome soon be affordable for almost everyone? On Petrie Dish, join host and veteran reporter Bonnie Petrie for deep dives into a wide range of bioscience and medicine stories.
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Small Beans Podcasting is a place for beans of every sort to come bean it up. Free your soul, eh? Be a frijole.
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Profane, insane, and 100% primo science, Petri Dish is a no-BS podcast that explores the wildest subjects in modern science with clarity and evil joy. Hosted by Sean Allen, a Nanoparticle/Immunology Researcher, and Nathan Allen, his "screenwriter" brother, Petri Dish fuses hard science with a freewheeling and madcap conversational style. Cannabinoids, Plague, Cats, the dreaded Candiru, and the even more dreaded Covid-19: all these and more are dissected with intellect and irreverence, droppi ...
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Our story involves understanding the need for a Scientific Reformation. A reform movement that assists those teaching of science around the world will help the human race come to have a better understanding of fundamental truths. It will begin with understanding the inherent nature of ruling bureaucratic hierarchies that are dominating education at the K-12 levels, as well as in higher education. Ruling bureaucrats governing the teaching of science are repeating unmistakable patterns of stub ...
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Acupuncture and East Asian medicine was not developed in a laboratory. It does not advance through double-blind controlled studies, nor does it respond well to petri dish experimentation. Our medicine did not come from the statistical regression of randomized cohorts, but from the observation and treatment of individuals in their particular environment. It grows out of an embodied sense of understanding how life moves, unfolds, develops and declines. Medicine comes from continuous, thoughtfu ...
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What happens when robots, AI, and big data enter the hospital? Glenn Cohen (a professor and deputy dean at Harvard Law School) is unpacking that question in this exploration of biotechnology, ethics, medical law, and health care policy. Each week, he’ll interrogate a single technology – such as digital pills, AI-powered decision support algorithms, or digital health apps – through the lens of ethical concerns like informed consent, liability, and privacy.
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Tahoe is a jewel in the Sierra Nevada, but climate change threatens to transform the region by the century’s end. CapRadio’s Ezra David Romero explores this petri dish for scientific research to see how Tahoe can help us confront the global climate crisis.
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Building This Community is your city, business, and policy development podcast. In addition to the discussions we host with a range of guests, we aim to make the most pressing issues in city development accessible for everyone by using Louisville as a Petri dish to assess and compare policies and business ideas from around the globe as well as to find the best ways to better our community. Follow us on twitter @BuildingThisCom
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The Editorial's Heidi Legg brings you in-depth interviews with thought-leaders inside and around the cultural Petri dish we call Cambridge, MA. With Harvard, MIT, and a bevy of institutes and leading tech companies, we curate interviews that will change the way we look at the world and how we live. We think there is power in putting the Poet next to the Scientist, the Industrialist next to the Artist, and the Social Philanthropist next to the Techie to capture this moment in time.
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It's a Thing is a decidedly off-topic show. It's a show about trends. It's a show about obsessions. It's a show about sneakers, becoming a plant lady, buying a house (holy cow, sewers), books, food (holy cow, lining up for pastries). It's about things that are already a thing, might become a thing, always have been a thing, or are only things in our own minds. And of course, it's about your things! If a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, this show is us tying our shoes. A ...
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SciSection is the #1 Science Show being produced from the center of Hamilton, in Ontario, Canada. SciSection aims to bridge the gap between individuals who may not be exposed to the same information as those studying sciences. Science is not just about chemical titrations or DNA transcription - nor is it only for that one character who wears an Einstein shirt in all those TV shows. From time to time we tend to forget that all the sciences are being studied for the betterment of us as a globa ...
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What you need to know about COVID FLiRT variants
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New COVID variants have emerged as dominant strains as summer begins. They're called FLiRT variants because of their unique mutations.By Bonnie Petrie
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Tom finds Trader Joe's is advancing fashion and Molly celebrates the return of slime. Then Tom finds the latest Stanley thing while Molly recharges her social battery. LINKS: Slime Social Battery Trader Joe's Bags Stanley Snack Tray Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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362 History Series- The Art of Finding What’s Needed • Randall Barolet
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The late 60s and early 70s were a time of openness and experimentation. It was the beginning of the civil rights movement, more equality for women, and the recognition that sexuality included more than love between men and women. Cultural norms were questioned and that included dietary practices, the healing arts and the relationship between humans…
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Science & Medicine: Bridging the rural health divide
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The Rural Cohort Study is bringing the lab right to the often isolated communities they want to research.By Bonnie Petrie
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Wizardposting and Polyphenols - It's a Thing 322
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Producer Rich steps in for Molly in this episode. Tom opens us to the world of wizardposting and Rich makes sure he's getting his polyphenols. Then Tom finds the shirt of the summer and Rich tries to figure out some corporate slang. LINKS: Polyphenols Wizardposting “Good boy” shirts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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732. I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours: Movie You Loved
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We have another patron-chosen episode! This episode covers Adam and Maggie’s picks for the film they fell in and out of love with. Maggie loves Star Trek! Adam’s lost some weight!Vote every month on our poll for the topic of the next episode! Email us suggestions for episodes at magsandganz@gmail.com as well.Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/thereal…
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It’s fun to solve problems. Especially when you’re not quite sure what to do, so you have to pay attention and learn what’s important. You must develop the capacity to learn from both your failures and success. Mark Brinson wanted a liniment for patients and was not happy with what was on the market. So he thought he’d just mix up his own. That tur…
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Plants-2-Plate is a six-month program that helps people adopt a whole food, plant-based diet.By Bonnie Petrie
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731. Frame Rate: The Departed (Feat. David Bell)
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A Massachusetts native, David Bell, infiltrates the podcast to tell us about the nature of the mean streets of Boston. And he is relentless. Find out who gets murdered: Michael or Abe! Enjoy this conversation about Martin Scorsese’s The Departed.Features:David Bell: https://twitter.com/MovieHooliganMichael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORPAbe E…
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The Opposite of Spick-and-Span - It's a Thing 321
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Tom spredges his wings and Molly gets a book boyfriend. Then Tom brings the slop, while Molly finds the rolling 70s do in fact gather moss. VOTE FOR OUR NEXT MERCH HERE. LINKS: Book Boyfriends Moss Spredge Slop Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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729. Directorpiece Theatre: Weaponizing Male Gaze (Jennifer’s Body)
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Abe Epperson wants to talk about the 2009’s horror comedy where Megan Fox is a demon and preys upon high school boys. Written by Diablo Cody and directed by Karyn Kusama, this film smartly comments on the persistent male gaze that followed young actresses like Fox. Let’s get in there and eat these kids.Features:Adam Ganser: https://twitter.com/ther…
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360 Battlefield Acupuncture • John Howard
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The Chinese are right, the brain is a curious organ. The way the nerves entangle their way into every aspect of our body, and how their gentle electric hum gives us awareness of this container we call ourselves. Pain is how our nervous system lets us know there is a problem. Acupuncture has rightfully been seen and used as a way to intervene. Stran…
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Why you should be prepared but not scared of the bird flu
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How do we do that with a virus that can change as rapidly as the flu?By Bonnie Petrie
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Science & Medicine: Bringing health innovation to market
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For months, we’ve been sharing with you all the ways that scientific discoveries at UT Health San Antonio have and will change lives. Now the university has added a team member it hopes will increase that impact.By Bonnie Petrie
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Frame Rate: The Fifth Element (Feat. Vanessa Guerrero)
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Friendly Bean and all-time winner of podcasts, Vanessa Guerrero drops by to chat with the boys about the classic action adventure sci-fi The Fifth Element. They discuss fucking in tubes, tiny elephant pets, Gary Oldman, and what makes this film endure. Note: The last 10 minutes of the episode, Vanessa had a recording error which is why she appears …
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359 Wu Yun Liu Qi and The Shape of Reality • Rory Hiltbrand
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What is our universe made of? How does it work, and more importantly– what are we doing here and how do we make sense of it? Eternal questions, unanswerable, but maybe the questions are not for answering, perhaps they are for focusing attention. In this conversation with Rory Hiltbrand we take a look at our peculiar situation as Beings in between t…
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Science & Medicine: Cognitive deficits from concussions can linger
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People with concussions get checked out pretty thoroughly by their doctors, but for some, there are cognitive changes and deficits that doctors don’t pick up.By Bonnie Petrie
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726. Escape from the Multicurse: Time Bandits
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Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode…
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Tom dives into the wildly popular Liquid Death water craze, highlighting how its beer-like cans create unexpected social scenarios. Meanwhile, Molly brings the cicada invasion into focus, detailed as a phenomenon invoking nostalgic and cultural horror, complete with SNL's take on their emergence. LINKS: Cicadas Gen X Awakened Hosted on Acast. See a…
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Coen Brother (?) Brothers is back, baby! We take a break from our normal deep dive Ander’s Sons to jump back to the podcast series that made it all happen. This time to cover the recent release by Ethan Coen, starring Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan. Last Week Tonight’s Daniel O’Brien stops by to dish it out.Features:Abe Epperson: https:…
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Science & Medicine: Hope for patients with the deadliest cancers
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'Most people think carcinomatosis is a death sentence, but there are different treatment modalities that I offer to patients. And that's something that is pretty unique to UT Health San Antonio,' said Dr. Mio Kitano, a surgical oncologist.By Bonnie Petrie
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358 History Series, Remember, Acupuncture is Fantastic Julian Scott
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While many are keen on looking to “science up” acupuncture and squeeze it into the thinking and theories of conventional medicine, others are quite content with the weirdness of it. And enjoy playing around in the territory that’s off the radar of Western science. Julian Scott is one of those pioneering acupuncturists whose background in theoretica…
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Food Trucks Are the Mocktails of Restaurants - It's a Thing 318
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Tom strikes gold with his first thing and Molly gets ready to acknowledge a video thing. Then Tom finds the coffee flex, while Molly finds the mocktail backlash underway. LINKS: GRWM Gold Beans Anti Coffee Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Part 6 - Pain, Suffering, and Self-Appointed Gatekeepers of the Truth
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Part 6 answers an important student question and also employs basic logic to expose the inherent dangers of “OUTSOURCING” fact-finding processes to scandal-plagued bureaucracies in efforts to Answer the Great Question. Given the obvious abandonment of primary missions by self-appointed, “gatekeepers of the truth,” the film encourages independent cr…
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Part 5 illustrates how mathematics is being selectively applied as if it were a retractable tool. Only some mathematical illustrations are useful to ruling bureaucracies. And layer after layer of evidence suggests that contradictory mathematical realities are frequently withheld from presentations of implausible theories that bureaucracies want to …
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Part 4 shifts gears with thorough attention paid to theological evidence trails. Part 4 includes an abundance of relevant facts from controlled studies by behavioral scientists that are entirely relevant, due to their direct connections to efforts to Answer the Great Question.By Petri Dish Foundation
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Part 3 - Quantum Entanglement - Some Spirit
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Part 3 explores the sweeping implications to Answering the Great Question with the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics award for work on Quantum Entanglement. Revealing statements by the Nobel Committee itself of the presence of “philosophical issues” are thoroughly dissected.By Petri Dish Foundation
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357 Eastern and Western Perspectives on Acupuncture • John Rybak
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As anyone who has started an acupuncture practice and tried explaining it to potential patients knows, it’s not easy taking the terminology and thinking of East Asian medicine into English speaking Western culture. The guest of this conversation, John Rybak, has thought long and hard about this. He is keen on helping our profession bridge how we th…
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Part 2 - Publish or Perish Scandals Erupt in 2023
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Part 2 examines the eruption of academic scandals over the last two decades including more than 10,000 retractions of “peer reviewed” scientific papers by scientific journals in 2023 alone. This amounts to more than 27 papers per day, 365 days a year being published as valid “science,” only to be withdrawn after independent investigations by third …
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Science & Medicine: Caring for veteran caregivers
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Caregivers for members of the military and veterans experience depression at a higher rate than any other group in the nation and that can be lethal.By Bonnie Petrie
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First, we all celebrated Mother's Day with the Northern Lights. Tom finds a Eurovision thing split and Molly finds a new graduation thing. Then Tom ate something, while Molly found that it was hip to be square all along. LINKS: Hot Dog Money Leis Square Phone Cases Eurovision Split Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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720. Tales from the Pit: Bringing a Child into the World (Feat. Abe Epperson)
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Michael asks Abe Epperson, fellow Small Bean, to discuss his thoughts about starting a family. They discuss regret, happiness, and the anxiety of bringing a human into the world. Abe’s pretty satisfied with not having kids, but it’s always been on Michael’s list of life goals. Let’s see how these friends navigate the conversation from two different…
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Part 1 of the series begins with a little-know statement made by Albert Einstein in 1936. It was discovered in a private letter found in his personal papers after his death. Einstein’s conclusions have been buried outside of the view of students for 70 years. The opening segment traces a litany of inappropriate practices employed by ruling educatio…
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356 Considering Yi- Meaning, Significance and Conception • S. Boyanton, L. de Vries, V. Scheid
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Brenda Hood often reminds me “Chinese concepts, especially classical Chinese concepts, are big and multidimensional. They are extremely dependent on context and while shades of meaning often cross over, they can be quite different and be more or less encompassing of ideas depending on actual context.” Which is why I’m always questioning myself when…
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Be Well Texas is revolutionizing how substance use disorder is treated in Texas.By Bonnie Petrie
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Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2014 film Inherent Vice which tells the story two twelve year olds running away to live together. Michael and Abe discuss Paul Thomas Anderson’s distinctive style, themes, and characters.Features:Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORPAbe Epperson: https://twi…
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