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Unfortunately, we have to discontinue the English channel of this podcast. We would have loved to continue, but right now, it is basically impossible for the two of us, as we are crazy busy right now and cloning - well. We are very sorry! If you, by any chance, learn or know German, though, there's still new episodes for you. Otherwise: Thanks for listening! It was a lot of fun bringing you stuff we love. The song is Vienna Ditto's "Stop" - the one we've used for our intro.

We are investigating fusion! After trying to master the basics in our first episode, we answer the big questions: Why does anyone want fusion power? Why do governments spend that much money trying to handle plasmas? Also, you and a friend of yours will be running laps in a stadium just to collide and fusion at some point.Why have we been so infrequent lately? It's because there will be a book! We have been working on it for the last few months and still have to do a lot of stuff. We'll be back with regular episodes as soon as we've handed in the manuscript, but if you know anyone who could use a book about popular science, we've got quite THE THING for you! An English version is not planned yet, though. Sorry. If you'd like to preorder it, you can do that here. This is the music we used:Leopoldo Miguez - Noturno No. 10, played by Luis SarroMalaventura - SolaresandbeatsYshwa - I think I canrui - No Sudden MovementsKai Engel - Low HorizonAirglow - Far ApartThe United States Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps - Drum FeatureKelly Latimore - Ode to Diving Pelicans Reprise

We're back on one of our favourite topics: generation of energy. In this episode, we talk to Thomas Klinger, scientific director of the fusion machine Wendelstein 7-X. But how did Taylor Swift, Kanye West and Justin Bieber get in here? And why do they appear the very moment natural scientists are asked to not listen too closely? For answers, you might have to listen to this episode. From now on, we'll list the music directly under each episode. We used:Broke For Free – Drop of Water In the OceanKelly Latimore – Ode to the Draft HorseDaniel Veesey, Sonata No 05 in C Minor Op 10 No 1 – II Adagio moltoJuanitos – SambaramaCloudkicker – Signal NoiseBreuss Arrizabalaga Quintet – Tiempo EspecialEdvard Grieg – Lyrics Pieces 3, played by Edward RosserBeethoven – Corolian Overture, played by Czech National Orchestra.Visit us on Twitter or Facebook or Patreon! And sorry for being late.

This time around, we stay with the books and agree with Jojen from Game of Thrones:"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. [...] The man who never reads lives only once." (G.R.R. Martin, of course, A Dance with Dragons).True, but sometimes, if you were a medieval illuminator, your manuscript could kill you before you could read it. Follow us into the world of hungry greens and poisonous ink! Does anyone of you read the text below the episode? If yes: You're cool! Hi! I want it to be known that all our music can be found here. This time, we even included links to all the songs. Here's the summary: Opening and closing song was In The Orchard by fasan. We also had Chris Zabriskie, Michael Praetorius played by Michel Rondeau, Maurice Ravel played by Robert Ewen Birchhall, Chris Zabriskie and Malaventura. This episode was done using alchemy by Dennis Schulz and Annika Brockschmidt. Please help us being awesome on Patreon. Thanks!

We, together with Andy Beeby and Richard Gameson, will introduce you into the wonderful world of books! This episode is not about written stories, though. It's about the ink, the paper, the question "How did this get made?". How can we look at the different materials used to manufacture a book when we are not allowed to touch it, let alone take samples? This is part 1, an introduction, which will be followed by at least one more episode - so stay tuned! Science Pie is Annika Brockschmidt & Dennis Schulz. Patreon here. Facebook here. Twitter here. Music that was used can be found here, the artists were Chris Zabriskie, Kosta T, S-B-J, Sergey Cheremisinov, Franz Schubert and Pierce Murphy.

It's summer time! Which means that our most trusted companion for hot sticky days is out there again: ice cream! In our third episode with John Girkin, we explore the most important question of 'em all: Why does the the stick of an ice cream look the way it does? And is there such a thing as a luxury stick? This question actually requires us to consider things like liquid nitrogen, heat capacity and crystalline solids.You can find and support us on Patreon! Dennis is part of a group of photographers who will have an exhibition from the 10th June to the 19th at the WOW gallery by willibender, Heidelberg, Germany. Visit us! This episode contains music by Cosmic Analog Ensemble, Vienna Ditto, UltraCat, Airglow, Scott Holmes, Fog Lake, Maurice Ravel played by Luis Sarro and Malaventura. You can find all the music here. Science Pie (English) RSS

Zebra fish are gaining popularity compared to lab mice - their heart, for example, seems to be a remarkable model for the human heart, despite it looking completely different. But: Their heart has one superpower the human heart has not - which motivates people to use lasers to shoot at it. Why? And is it worth it? You decide.  Music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin played by Edward Neeman, Vienna Ditto, Malaventura, Airglow, Chris Zabriskie and Portrayal. Beating heart sound by Mike Koenig, Intro based on a sample by Vienna Ditto. Produced by Dennis Schulz and Annika Brockschmidt. Photo by zebra danio / flickr (CC-BY).Please support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/sciencepie.

Game of Thrones fans, this is for you! Because it'll get bloody. And treacherous. We take a look at the German epic "The Song of the Nibelungs" and try to untangle the mess of love, hate, betrayal and war that it contains. And we'll look at one of the first baddies in German literary history: Hagen of Tronje, who seems to be all sorts of things: loyal vasall, treacherous schemer and ruthless politician (GOT character comparisons in the comments are welcome, btw). Tune in! Music by Fasan, Kevin McLeod, Paul Arden-Taylor, Elizabeth Wright & Malcolm Peake, Maurice Ravel played by Luis Sarro, Tomas Luis de Victoria, Scott Holmes, Chris Zabriskie, Guillaume de Machaut, Franz Liszt, Kelly Latimore, Kai Engel and Pierce Murphy. All songs can be found here. Please consider supporting us on Patreon! It would mean a lot to us.Image: Hagen von Tronje im Nibelungenzyklus, Marmorpalais Potsdam. (CC-BY-SA von viborg~commonswiki / Wikipedia)

We're back in the wind canal, on the rotor blade, on the wings of change, so to speak. We continue to tackle wind energy and the mysterious inertia (cue to Dennis singing creepily in the backgorund) with Professor Simon Hogg of Durham University. Hang your coat in the wind! (We think that saying only works in German, but we're not sure.) Music by The Fish Who Saved the Planet, Dennis Schulz, Chris Zabriskie, Frederic Chopin played by Zuzana Šimurdová. Final song: fasan - The Last Watch. Also: a sound effect by Mike Koenig. The Science Pie title is still based on a song by Vienna Ditto. Find all the tracks we used here. Produced by Dennis Schulz and Annika Brockschmidt. Photo by Lawrence Murray/flickr (CC-BY).

We all need electricity. It's something we often don't even think about - we just switch the laptop on or plug our phone charger in. But electricity has to come from somewhere - and ideally it should be environmentally friendly. So is wind energy the solution we've all been waiting for? How eco-friendly is it, really? Join us and professor Simon Hogg from Furham University when we find out. Music by Scott Holmes, David Mumford, Rachmaninow played by Vadim Chaimovich and Chris Zabriskie. A sound by GoGo. Find all the tiles used here. Please rate us on iTunes! Photo by pastitio/flickr (CC-BY). Science Pie (English) RSS

This is part 2 of our episode on black holes - again with Chris Done from Durham University! We recommend listening to the first one, "This side of the horizon", first. In this episode: Stephen Hawking! Black holes of all sizes, supermassive, tiny, you name it! Collisions of black holes! Huge detectors to detect gravitational waves! And mouse droppings. Of course. We hope you enjoy it! Music by Malaventura, Rest You Sleeping Giant, Chris Zabriskie, Kai Engel, Vienna Ditto, Simon Mathewson and Pyort Il'yich Tchaikovsky. A complete list of all the tracks used in our episodes can be found here. Prouduced by Dennis Schulz and Annika Brockschmidt. Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (CC-BY).

As on Christmas Eve, we now present (get it?) to you: the second crossover episode with our friends from Outside of a Dog! We talk about everyone's favourite wizard, death, villains and hormones in the wizarding world. Like death, this episode will get you, whether you subscribe or not. Do you want to lick it? (Listen in to understand) You can find all episodes of Outside of a Dog on their website, www.outsideofadogcast.com. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York (CC-BY).

If you want to escape the holiday madness, here's our first crossover episode with the literature podcast "Outside of a Dog" who very kindly invited us as guests for this episode full of witchcraft and wizardry. We drank butterbeer (a 16th century recepy) and discussed themes of this beloved book series. Tune in and be happy that your family at least aren't the Durselys, or so we hope (sorry, Harry.) Produced by our friends of "Outside of a Dog". You can find them here. Photo: Les Haines / flickr (CC-BY).

Our fourth advent episode: Bloopers! Slip-ups! Gaffes! Goof-ups! Bumblers! We're not a live podcast and therefore can just cut stuff that didn't work out. Here's some of that stuff. Music by Malaventura. All the music is to be found here. Produced by Dennis Schulz and Annika Brockschmidt. Photo: Christian Schirner / flickr (CC-BY-SA).

Our third advent episode is probably the last soundbit you'll hear from our interview with Jo Fox. Is advertising propaganda? Even if it is advertising for a good cause? And, in the century of social media, are we all propagandists ourselves? Produced by Dennis Schulz and Annika Brockschmidt. Music by Kelly Latimore. We have used a lot of music in all our episodes, and you can find all of it here. Photo: Wrote / flickr (CC-BY).

This is our second advent episode - this time with a snippet from our interview with Chris Done. She talks about the perception of mathematical genius in society and popular culture - and why she disagrees with the portrayal of Will Hunting in the academy award winning film Good Will Hunting. Also, we included what she told us about white holes - the opposite of black holes.  Produced by Dennis Schulz and Annika Brockschmidt. Music by Chris Zabriskie. Find a list of all the music we used for our episodes here. Photo: simpleinsomnia / flickr (CC-BY). Science Pie (English) RSS

Ever wondered what's inside of a Black Hole? Monsters? And how they form? We start our complete guide to one of the most fascinating phenomenons space has to offer. Our guide isn't Spock, but might just as well be - because she's an expert for astrophysics: it's Professor Chris Done from the Physics Department of Durham University. Let's travel to one of the great mysteries of space - just click play. Music by Cosmic Analog Ensemble, Airglow, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov played by The United Army Strings, Dennis Schulz, Juanitos, Maurice Ravel played by Ewen Birchhall, Chris Zabriskie, Rest You Sleeping Giant and Scott Joplin. Produced by Dennis Schulz and Annika Brockschmidt. You can find all the music used for our episode here.Photo by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (CC-BY). Science Pie (English) RSS

We decided to do advent episodes! Short bits from our interviews we wanted to release, but couldn't fit into a story. Few minutes each, few edits, one piece of music in the background. We start with Jo Fox, talking about the process of teaching and how she knows less the more she knows. More next week! Music by Maurice Ravel, played by Luis Sarro. Produced by Dennis Schulz and Annika Brockschmidt. A complete list of all the music for our episodes can be found here. Photo by Susanne Nilsson / flickr (CC-BY-SA).

We delve into the tricky field of atrocity propaganda. How does it work, why is it a thing we see time and time again? We travel through time to take a look at the form it took in World War 1 - and how it has changed since then. We follow the pictures into the present to the IS propaganda videos and discuss how we should deal with those images in the media. Follow us into the confusing labyrinth of atrocity propaganda, alongside Durham University professor Jo Fox who will guide us through! Music by Salakapakka Sound System, Claude Debussy, Franz Schubert, Chris Zabriskie, Fog Lake, Rest You Sleeping Giant, Johannes Brahms played by Luis Sarro. You can find all the music here. Science Pie (English) RSS

Why does a physicist build a tiny replica of a dishwasher to put under a microscope? And what invention has made going to the optician or eye doctor that much more bearable (and also created a fun moment in TV history)? Join in as Durham University's Professor John Girkin answers these questions (and some more) and explains his optical toys to us. Yes, you read that correctly, toys. What they are? Click play and listen. Music by Josh Woodward, Robert Schumann, Frederic Chopin played by Donald Betts, Alexander Borodin and Vienna Ditto. Sounds by Mike Koenig. You can find the music here, as always. Photo by Ben Mortimer/flickr (CC-BY). Science Pie (English) RSS

We belong to a generation that grew up alongside Harry Potter, The Boy Who Lived - and yet, it is so much more than just a children's book. Alongside the lovely Anne-Sophie Charrière, who studied English Literature, especially the Harry Potter series, we dive into Rowling's elaborate and intricate world of magic and reveal the power behind the character's names. Be bewitched (and tune in. No password required. 7th-book reference. Teehee.) Music: Maurice Ravel played by Luis Sarro, Richard Wagner, Chris Zabriskie, Isaac Albeniz played by Gordon Rowland, Antonin Dvorak, Felix Mendelssohn, Ghofra Z and Kosta T, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky and Alec's Band. You can find the complete playlist here. Science Pie (English) RSS

Imagine if Hitler had jumped out of an airplane over Britain and got captured in Glasgow. That didn't happen. But it happened to his deputy, Rudolf Heß. Join us as we dive into the strange and twisted story of Heß' caption alongside Durham University historian Jo Fox. We investigate what the curious case of Rudolf Heß can tell us about possible distinctions between democratic and totalitarian propaganda. Should we make a distinction between these at all? And what about rumours? Music by Ian Alex Mac, Health and Beauty, Sergei Rachmaninoff played by Vadim Chaimovich, Chris Zabriskie, Little Glass Men, Breuss Arrizabalaga Quintet, Louis Lefébure-Wély played by Markus Staab, Maurice Ravel played by Luís Sarro, Edvard Grieg played by Edward Rosser, Franz Liszt played by Maurio Tortorelli and Constantin Catena, and sounds recorded by Mike Koenig. As always, you can find all the tracks we used here.

We are back! Join us as we dive into the fascinating field of propaganda with the help of Jo Fox, a specialist in the history of propaganda in twentieth-century europe and professor at Durham University. This is our first interview episode! Tune in as she unravels what we need to know in order to try to begin to understand propaganda and what propaganda does. There will be at least two more episodes based on this interview, both due soon! Music by Franz Schubert, Maurice Ravel, Leopoldo Miguez, Scott Holmes and Vienna Ditto. You can find all the tracks we used, including links, here.

SciPie goes Sci-Fi: There are hardly any stories about a whole society being allowed to use time machines like we use planes today. Why is that? In our new episode, we talk about general relativity and Shakespeare oscillating between the literary figure he is today and a male version of an It-girl. We also give hints on how to destroy the financial system. Music by Kevin McLeod, Cosmic Analog Ensemble, Kevin McLeod, Chris Zabriskie, Jason Shaw, Kevin McLeod, Cloudkicker, Kelly Latimore and Yamin Alma. Find the complete tracklist here. This is the city of Worms. To subscribe to Science Pie, use the RSS-Feed: Science Pie (English) RSS

When we want to describe a big number, we say things such as "almost the distance between the earth and the moon" or utter some other attempt to make the number understandable. But there are numbers which force us to up our game of comparing. In this episode, we enter into the field of homeopathy, a field with numbers that are so exceptionally big that common comparisons just won't do the trick. This episode is an extended version of one of our blog posts.Music by Salapakka Sound System, Monroeville Music Center, Chris Zabriskie, Josh Woodward, Kevin McLeod and the Breuss Arrizabalaga Quartet. Using sound effects by Mike Koenig and Caroline Ford. Find the detailed tracklisting for all episodes here.

Burnout, depression, or whatever you want to call it, seems to be omnipresent these days - but not for the first time in history. As we look back, we feature strange treatments, an exhausted population, what people feared sex had to do with it, the horror of the trenches and a time in which the people and their nerves didn't seem to be able to keep up.Tune in, share this episode with all of your friends and keep Science Pie going! Produced by Annika Brockschmidt and Dennis Schulz. Music by Breuss Arrizabalaga Quartet, Chris Zabriskie, Kevin McLeod, Joe Rosey, Gilbert and Friedland, Julian Sartorius, Kosta T, Anker-Orchester and Jason Shaw. Find the complete tracklist here. For further reading, we collected the sources and the literature for this podcast here.

We are really, really excited about our second episode, which will be the first episode for us to tackle the fields of history and literature! During the 1930s, many well-known writers (among lots of other people, of course) had to emigrate from Germany to avoid being prosecuted by the Nazi regime. One of the most famous immigrants to America: Nobel prize laureate Thomas Mann. Here I will talk about the way he saw America and especially the one person who, for him, encorporated everything that America was about.We feature Eldorado, Arcadia, campaigning, good and evil, the devil and the monk.Tune in, get hooked and please share with all of your amazing friends! Produced by Annika Brockschmidt and Dennis Schulz. Music by Jason Shaw, Kevin McLeod, Chris Zabriskie, the United State Marine Band, the Skidmore College Orchestra, Helen Trix, the Victor Herbert Orchestra, Welcome Wizard, the Illinois Brass Band and Kosta T. Find the complete tracklist here. For further reading, we collected the sources and the literature for this podcast here.

Finally: Our very first episode!Getting to the moon today is a tricky business - it had been an even trickier one in the 1960s, during a time when computers tended to fill whole rooms. This is not a story about all that "First step for mankind" stuff you probably already know about. This is about what got all those twelve people to the moon. And it's not what you might think. Or did you have pocket calculators and Little Old Ladies in mind?Tune in, get excited and please share! We just started this and need your support. The German version will folllow in a few days. / Die deutsche Version folgt in wenigen Tagen!Music by Josh Woodward, Luciano Foglia, etc., Water Sark, the MIT Concert Choir and Cosmic Analog Ensemble. Are you looking for a song used on this podcast? Find complete track listings here. Written and produced by Dennis Schulz and Annika Brockschmidt.