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Deep dives into... well, everything. Myths debunked, problems solved, and new mysteries discovered every episode. Hosted by Shane Moore, Zach Post, and David Frank.

Middle Basement Productions

  • Oct 17, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 1h 28m AVG DURATION
  • 26 EPISODES


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#26 Octopuses part 2: Octocommunism

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2020 80:06


The SciSpeak crew gathers once again to find out how the weird structure of the octopus brain can lead to master escape artists. Also, dick arms. Popular with fans of Fox's Prison Break and tentacle porn enthusiasts.

#26 Octopuses part 1

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2020 58:55


The SciSpeak team dives in to the life of the humble octopus. Wrap your tentacles around some knowledge!

#25 The Y2K Bug

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2020 48:29


Scientifically Speaking is back and better than ever! Joining Shane and Dave are Colleen, Reid and Phillip to discuss the ever-perplexing Y2K bug. What actually happened? Was there ever really cause for concern? What are computers, really? How do numbers work? What's a number? What is time? Will we answer all of these questions? You'll have to listen to find out!

#24 Spiders part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2016 71:22


Continuing our massive deep dive into the world of spiders, Dave tells Zach and Shane more about spier sex. spider families, and other things that are like spiders but aren't quite spiders!

#23 Spiders part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2016 97:38


Dave gets really excited and tells Zach and Shane a lot of things about spiders. And then we run out of time! To be continued...

#22 Things Alyssa Knows (Polymers, Sunscreen, and More!)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2016 109:46


Shane is temporarily replaced by Alyssa, who teaches Zach and Dave about.. just like everything she could think of. Turns out tires and rubber bands are way cooler than you thought!

#21 Music

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2016 109:06


Shane brings along special guest Doug to teach Zach and Dave about music.

#20 Viruses

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2016 95:30


Zach and Dave are joined by special guest Sarah to talk about the weird, sort of living cell-like organism-like things that are viruses.

#19 Climate Change

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2015 75:00


Zach, Dave, and Shane talk about climate change. Are we completely screwed as a species? Yes. Yes, we are.

#18 Parasites

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2015 93:57


Special guest Taylor is back to talk about horrible, terrifying, super cool parasites! Everything is scary and the worst!

#17 Digestion

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2015 94:06


Zach, Dave, and Shane talk about digestion! Tummy grumbles, pee pee, poo poo, they've got it all.

#16 Sleep

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2015 93:10


Your hosts, Zach, Shane, and Dave dive deep into sleep, dreams, and more.

#15 Mars

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2015 101:02


Zach, Shane, and Dave talk about Mars, Martians, red, and human extraplanetary colonization.

#14 Light

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2015 88:18


Shane, Zach, and Dave struggle audibly trying to describe light works, and in doing so, reveal how little they really understand about one of the most important members of the physical world.

#13 Vaccines

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2015 91:23


Dave, Zach, and Shane discuss the mechanics, health effects, and different types of vaccines.

#12 Cannibis

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2015 96:14


Dave, Zach, and Shane talk about the Devil's Lettuce, it's possible medicinal uses and how cannibis high really works (well, they try. Turns out it's real weird).

#11 Sex

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2015 115:54


Join Shane, Dave, Zach, and special guest Taylor (and Scott Stapp of Creed! Sort of...) as we talk about sex!

#10 GMO's

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2015 93:21


Join Zach, Dave, and (at least for the last 20 minutes) Shane, the hosts of Scientifically Speaking, as we talk about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)!

#9 Alternative Medicine

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2015 90:39


Does alternative medicine actually work? What can it treat? Zach, Dave, and Shane dive deep into the world of homeopathy, chiropractics, and crystals.

#8 Babies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2015 101:02


How do babies learn language? Can your newborn really do math? Answer these burning questions and more as Zach, Dave and Shane learn about babies!

#7 The Earth

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2015 88:13


Join Dave, Zach, and Shane, the hosts of Scientifically Speaking, as they talk about Earth.

#6 Evolution

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2015 75:25


Shane and Zach finally let Dave talk about his favorite scientific theory: evolution. It goes surprisingly well.

#5 Sensation

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2015 74:52


Learn all about our five senses. Oh, and the sixth. And seventh... Did you know there are more than 5 senses?

#4 The Internet

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2015 81:05


Shane teaches Zach and Dave about the Internet. Learn about the origins of the Internet and a bit more about how it works

#3 Rosatte & Philae

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2014 83:05


Our hosts talk about the recent commet landing, spacecraft names, and space exploration at large.

#1 Alcohol

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2014 84:18


Shane, Zach and Dave investigate alcohol, its effects on the human brain and body, and why you got so trashed at that darty last week.

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