Best Theorize It Podcasts (2024)

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Elizabethtown 52:47

9h ago52:47

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and Bridget sit outside in lawn chairs on a hot summers night in the middle of nowhere (no actually, this is how they recorded the episode) as they rewatch the rom-com: Elizabethtown! It's a movie all about how road trips can be fun, family can be loud, and meet-cutes can result in 24+ hour phone calls... Oh it's also …

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Ep. 20 (Guest) BK Attests Stalkers Should NOT Have It Their Way! 1:06:27

3h ago1:06:27

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Scratchy Face is on milk cartons! BK guest stars solo and shares stories of stalkers and how he's gtfo'ing the country for a hot minute (or a year). Maggie and Stephanie share tragedies their sister's endured. The rest...well, that's all just things and stuff! The usuz.By Charlotteademry

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Ep. 19 9-1-1, Jail Bird, Shit Workers, and Surprise Babies; Oh My!! 1:19:07

1h ago1:19:07

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Holy Cannoli! Stephanie might have a new job. But! She's still surrounded by incompetent coworkers: meh, eh, grr and Fun fact...you get it! With another Jail Bird rollercoaster. And Maggie bumps into a girl she used to know who has a BIG surprise of which there is no Hallmark card for! (boy do I love ending a sentence with a preposition!)…

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Adam Turl: Gothic Futurism -- Revolutionary Art and the Working Class (Theorize and be Damned: Ep.4) 1:09:05

1d ago1:09:05

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Mike Watson and Bram Gieben interview Adam Turl, writer of the forthcoming Gothic Futurism: And the Working Class (2025, from Revol Press).See details on that book here: https://www.revolpress.com/gothic-futurismSee Locus Review here: https://www.locustreview.comSupport Revol Press at our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/revolpressAdam Turl is an a…

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The Baby-Sitters Club 1:09:23

3d ago1:09:23

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and Bridget start a business (that they label as just a club) as they re-watch the 90's movie: The Baby-Sitters Club! Come along as we meet all of the 10-13 year old girls of the for-profit Baby-Sitters Club - BSC for short. We've got Kristy, the leader of the club, who has to deal with her absentee father attempting t…

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Monika Krause, "Model Cases: On Canonical Research Objects and Sites" (U Chicago Press, 2021) 34:07

3d ago34:07

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In Model Cases: On Canonical Research Objects and Sites (University of Chicago Press, 2021), Dr. Monika Krause asks about the concrete material research objects behind shared conversations about classes of objects, periods, and regions in the social sciences and humanities. It is well known that biologists focus on particular organisms, such as mic…

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The 2nd Sissy Awards 1:08:18

10d ago1:08:18

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and Bridget HOST A 2ND AWARDS SHOW!? It's our 200th episode and we're celebrating all of the past 100 movies we've reviewed over the last two years - since our premiere of The Sissy Awards! Come listen to see who gives us the biggest ick, who we all slow clap for, and which movie we think should have been made into a t…

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Joshua Schuster, "What Is Extinction?: A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals" (Fordham UP, 2023) 57:11

15d ago57:11

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Life on Earth is facing a mass extinction event of our own making. Human activity is changing the biology and the meaning of extinction. What Is Extinction?: A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals (Fordham UP, 2023) examines several key moments that have come to define the terms of extinction over the past two centuries, exploring instances…

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Problem Child 49:11

19d ago49:11

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and Bridget put on their bow-ties as they re-watch the surprisingly heart-felt, dark comedy: Problem Child! It's a story all about an evil child! ...Well actually he has a tragic backstory that most likely led to his behaviors... And also he's never had an adult support him or like him... And he got abandoned every 2 s…

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1:02:05

1M ago1:02:05

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and Bridget go back to the dino island (but not the SAME dino island) as they re-watch the lackluster sequel: The Lost World: Jurassic Park! Hey remember how the first Jurassic Park taught us to fear dinosaurs and never interact with them because man vs. nature blah blah? Well guess what - we're gonna go interact with …

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Matt McManus: Right Wing Radicalism - It's Dangerous (Theorize and be Damned: Ep. 3) 1:17:30

27d ago1:17:30

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We spoke to Matt McManus about the dangers of the Radical right wing, covering Trumpianism, Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, and much more along the way.We also asked Matt about his writing process, gaining valuable insights into his approach.You can find his book The Political Right and Equality (Routledge) here:https://www.routledge.com/The-Political-Righ…

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Tessa Hill and Eric Simons, "At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans" (Columbia UP, 2024) 53:01

29d ago53:01

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At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans (Columbia UP, 2024) takes readers on a journey from California tidepools to Antarctic poles, showcasing myriad efforts to research and protect marine environments. Through insightful interviews, oceanographer Tessa Hill and science journalist Eric Simons offer a compelling exploration of …

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Ep. 18 Bitch Bosses & Movie Ramblings 1:17:21

1M ago1:17:21

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Maggie and Stephanie tell the tales or yore....MOM! J/k they tell the tales of working for Bitch Bosses and ramble about movies and shows; no surprise there!By Charlotteademry

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Superbad 1:01:59

1M ago1:01:59

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and Bridget go to a random house party as they re-watch the movie: Superbad! It's a story all about how your friendship may be tested when there's alcohol, girls, impending college, and possibly a secret gay crush on one another that you are repressing because you were written by a 14 year old boy... (we said what we s…

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Duana Fullwiley, "Tabula Raza: Mapping Race and Human Diversity in American Genome Science" (U California Press, 2024) 1:16:20

1M ago1:16:20

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In Tabula Raza: Mapping Race and Human Diversity in American Genome Science (University of California Press, 2024), Duana Fullwiley has penned an intimate chronicle of laboratory life in the genomic age. She presents many of the influential scientists at the forefront of genetics who have redefined how we practice medicine and law and understand an…

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Looking Back at Season Five... and the Series

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With the final jump of the spore drive having occurred, PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt take a look back at the five episode journey of Star Trek: Discovery. Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or …

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Nostalgic Movie Survivor: Season 2 1:28:09

1M ago1:28:09

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and Bridget get back on the island as they play Season 2 of Nostalgic Movie Survivor! 18 nostalgic movie characters (all ones from movies we've reviewed!) are placed on an island and set out to compete to become the ultimate Survivor! Alliances are formed, challenges are faced, with lots of twists and turns along the w…

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510 "Life, Itself"

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In the series finale, Michael Burnham leads the crew of the USS Discovery in a desperate attempt to prevent the most-powerful technology in the universe from falling into the wrong hands. Matt and Pete contemplate episode 510, “Life, Itself.” Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your fe…

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Ep. 17 Movie Association Game 2:07:43

2M ago2:07:43

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Maggie and Stephanie play a movie/actor association game after Stephanie mistakes a movie Maggie wanted to watch for another. Their Natalie Portman-go to movies are STARKLY different!!By Charlotteademry

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Conan The Barbarian 1:03:02

2M ago1:03:02

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and surrogate sisters Eric and Neil from The Retro Video Store Podcast scale a snake tower as they re-watch Neil's favorite movie: Conan The Barbarian! And just so we're clear, this is the 80's Conan - NOT the 2011 one (Eric and Neil will rant and rave if you mention it)! Come along as we meet Conan, the nicest barbari…

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509 "Lagrange Point"

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Limping to the coordinates of the Progenitors’ secret, Discovery hopes to stave off the Breen. Matt and Pete arrive at episode 509, “Lagrange Point.” Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @P…

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The Way Things Are Now 58:41

2M ago58:41

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Recorded from our FROMily Fridays live episode. If you'd like to participate in the live chat and see our faces, join Jazzy and Kelly on our YouTube channel every Friday at 5pm EST: youtube.com/@cyborgqueenmedia We'll put the first few episodes of our FROM podcast on here, and then you'll have to look up The FROM Series Podcast. At Colony House, Ta…

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Knocked Up 1:11:15

2M ago1:11:15

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and special guest/surrogate sister JEN-A go deliver a baby as they re-watch the movie: Knocked Up! It's a nostalgic movie for them where they reminisce about endless quotes, former roommates, and their epic college beer pong table - complete with "Julie's Temple"! Okay but the movie itself is a journey alllll it's own!…

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Theorize and be Damned: Episode 2 -- Fisher, The Limit Experience & Online Culture w/Emma Stamm 1:19:45

2M ago1:19:45

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We talk to Emma Stamm about Mark Fisher, the Limit Experience, Digital Capitalism, internet culture and more. Here are the links to the articles discussed: https://reallifemag.com/who-can-it-be-now/ https://social-epistemology.com/2022/04/18/curiosity-and-anti-economy-a-response-to-florian-jaton-emma-stamm/ http://www.ladeleuziana.org/wp-content/up…

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Ep16. Sugar Situations/Teenage Granny & Medling Mothers (Car Edition) 1:24:25

2M ago1:24:25

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Maggie shares her past and (maybe) present sugar situations and Stephanie stresses over her medling mother who screwed up her finances (and ocne tried to show Stephanie her boobs; gross.)By Charlotteademry

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508 "Labyrinths"

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Discovery journeys to a galactic archive in search of the final clue as Moll plots her next move. Matt and Pete navigate episode 508, “Labyrinths.” Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.com, or tweeting @Pha…

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The FROM Series Podcast: Long Days Journey Into Night 59:25

2M ago59:25

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Introducing our newest addition: The FROM Series Podcast! We will upload between 1 and 3 episodes of this to The Antler Queens Podcast as a preview. After that, just look up The From Series Podcast and subscribe to catch the rest of our upcoming episodes! Presenting our latest addition: The FROM Series Podcast! Hosted by Jazzy and Kelly In this gri…

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At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans 49:35

2M ago49:35

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Today’s book is: At Every Depth: Our Growing Knowledge of the Changing Oceans (Columbia UP, 2024), by Tessa Hill and Eric Simons, which takes readers beneath the waves and along the coasts, to explore how climate change and environmental degradation have spurred the most radical transformations in human history. The world’s oceans are changing at a…

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Teeth 1:14:40

2M ago1:14:40

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and special guest/surrogate sister Mel cheers over severed penises as they re-watch the cult classic: Teeth! It's a movie all about how purity ring cults not only ruin things like the Jonas Brothers, but they also may or may not cause teeth to develop in your vagina... Or something like that! Meet Dawn, a high school c…

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507 "Erigah"

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With Moll and L’ak in custody, a visitor arrives at Fed HQ to collect. Reno’s rare talent assists in the search for the latest clue. Matt and Pete track down episode 507, “Erigah.” Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at Pha…

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Evil in Estonia 5/11 3:16:52

2M ago3:16:52

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DnD--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tudtalk/support

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Carl Zimmer, "Life's Edge: The Search For What it Means to be Alive" (Dutton, 2022) 36:28

2M ago36:28

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Carl Zimmer investigates one of the biggest questions of all: What is life? The answer seems obvious until you try to seriously answer it. Is the apple sitting on your kitchen counter alive, or is only the apple tree it came from deserving of the word? If we can’t answer that question here on Earth, how will we know when and if we discover alien li…

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The Purge 1:01:18

2M ago1:01:18

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and special guest/surrogate sister Christine murder without consequences as they rewatch: The Purge! It's a movie all about how in the future/past (since this takes place in 2022 LOL) all crime is legal one day of the year to help people "Release The Beast" #redbull. When an affluent family's young, possibly future ser…

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506 "Whistlespeak"

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The next clue leads Discovery to dusty Halem’no, where Burnham and Tilly try to make it rain without breaking the Prime Directive. Matt and Pete put their lips together and blow for episode 506, “Whistlespeak.” Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGee…

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Ep 15. Maggie in MN and the Flux of "Friends" 54:41

3M ago54:41

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Join Maggie and Stephanie for their first in person recording from Stephanie's lil shoe-box of a room. Slight recommend: Tell Me Without Telling Me game. Stephanie riding the rollercoaster of people who have become better friends and others who jumped off of her rollercoaster mid-ride! Kaaay byyyyyyeeee!!!…

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Children of the Corn 1:02:26

3M ago1:02:26

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Send us a Text Message. Katie and special guest/sister-in-spirit Julie re-watch the movie that scared us all as kids: Children of the Corn! It's a movie all about how if you're dating a jerk named Burt, you will absolutely end up choosing to deal with the Kid Nation corn cult kids instead. Come along as we meet those little rapscallions who all agr…

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Christian Hansel, "Memory Makes the Brain: The Biological Machinery That Uses Experiences To Shape Individual Brains" (World Scientific, 2021) 1:10:41

2M ago1:10:41

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If you're interested in memory, you'll find a lot in Memory Makes the Brain: The Biological Machinery That Uses Experiences To Shape Individual Brains (World Scientific, 2021), from cellular processes to unique and interesting perspectives on autism. Detailed descriptions of cellular processes involved in forming a memory. Connecting those cellular…

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505 "Mirrors"

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Burnham and Book venture into inter-dimensional space to find so more than just Moll and L’ak. Matt and Pete adjust their goatees and peer into episode 505, “Mirrors.” Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenting at PhantasticGeek.c…

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Charan Ranganath, "Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters" (Doubleday, 2024) 1:02:11

3M ago1:02:11

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A new understanding of memory is emerging from the latest scientific research. In Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters (Doubleday, 2024), pioneering neuroscientist and psychologist Charan Ranganath radically reframes the way we think about the everyday act of remembering. Combining accessible language with cutting-ed…

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Theorize and be Damned: Episode 1 -- The Darkest Timeline with Bram E. Gieben 1:24:05

3M ago1:24:05

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Revol Books launch their Theorize and be Damned podcast with a chat with Bram E. Gieben about his forthcoming book The Darkest Timeline.Preorder Bram's book here: https://linktr.ee/thedarkesttimelineSubscribe to the Revol Press Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/revolpressRevol's Instagram: revol_pressPortrait of Bram E. Gieben in thumbnail by L…

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504 "Face the Strange"

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With Discovery in the lead for the greatest prize in the universe, it’s time for Moll and L’ak to get Starfleet to chase its own tail. Matt and Pete turn to episode 504, “Face the Strange.” Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek@gmail.com, commenti…

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Ep. 14 Post Sit & Spin #MeToo Movement Win (The Spliced Episode) 46:39

3M ago46:39

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Stephanie closes the trilogy of fighting all of the shady bitches in her unfortunate experience of being sexually harassed at work (joining the wrong side of the #MeToo Movement), Part Three!! The finale. Maggie tells a tale of her cake-tastrophy. Welcome to the most spliced and diced episode of Convos Over Coffee. Keep it Real, Coffee Cuties & Sla…

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Bobby Cherayil, "The Logic of Immunity: Deciphering an Enigma" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2024) 1:07:16

3M ago1:07:16

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Most of us appreciate the importance of the immune system yet have very little knowledge about how it actually works. If you fall into this camp and are curious to learn more about this intricate system, Bobby Cherayil's book is an excellent resource. The Logic of Immunity: Deciphering an Enigma was published in January 2024 by John Hopkins Univers…

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Miriam Piilonen, "Theorizing Music Evolution: Darwin, Spencer, and the Limits of the Human" (Oxford UP, 2024) 1:17:57

3M ago1:17:57

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What did historical evolutionists such as Charles Darwin and Herbert Spencer have to say about music? What role did music play in their evolutionary theories? What were the values and limits of these evolutionist turns of thought, and in what ways have they endured in present-day music research? Theorizing Music Evolution: Darwin, Spencer, and the …

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503 "Jinaal"

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As Discovery arrives at Trill, they hope to stay ahead in a race for answers about the biggest possible mystery that an 800-year-old symbiont might help them with. Saru’s first day on his new job comes with unanticipated challenge. Matt and Pete upload their consciousness into episode 503, “Jinaal.” Thanks as always to everyone who supports the pod…

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Rasmus Winther, "Our Genes: A Philosophical Perspective on Human Evolutionary Genomics" (Cambridge UP, 2023) 1:09:11

3M ago1:09:11

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Situated at the intersection of natural science and philosophy, Our Genes: A Philosophical Perspective on Human Evolutionary Genomics (Cambridge University Press, 2023) explores historical practices, investigates current trends, and imagines future work in genetic research to answer persistent, political questions about human diversity. Readers are…

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Ep. 13 Shady Corporate Bitches Join The Wrong Side of the #MeToo Movement Pt2 1:17:55

3M ago1:17:55

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Maggie and Stephanie continue the Pumba Saga (joining the wrong side of the #MeToo Movement), recounted via a poorly done dramatic role play reading of Stephanie's emails about her sexual harassment experience. Part Two!!By Charlotteademry

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501 "Red Directive" and 502 "Under the Twin Moons"

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Discovery’s fifth and final season begins with a super secret mission to find an answer to the biggest possible mystery. Matt and Pete launch into episodes 501, “Red Directive” and 502, “Under the Twin Moons.” Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your feedback by emailing PhantasticGeek…

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Max Bennett, "A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, Ai, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains" (Mariner Books, 2023) 1:09:08

3M ago1:09:08

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A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, Ai, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains (Mariner Books, 2023) tells two fascinating stories. One is the evolution of nervous systems. It started 600 million years ago, when the first brains evolved in tiny worms. The other one is humans' quest to create more and more intelligent systems. This …

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Counting Down to Season 5

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The end of the road might be in sight, but not before one more outing with the USS Discovery! PhantasticGeek.com's Pete and Matt look to the future and talk season 5 of Discovery. We reference this Variety article on Star Trek. Thanks as always to everyone who supports the podcast by visiting Patreon.com/PhantasticGeek. Share your feedback by email…

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