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This episode of IVCC Pulse is a double feature, highlighting two different events at IVCC. For the first event, we speak with Shannon Slaight, IVCC art instructor and coordinator of the IVCC Spring Art Show. Different works of art created by area high school and college students will be on display at the IVCC main campus April 13-24, with an awards ceremony on April 17. For the second event, we speak with Dr. Matt Johll, chemistry instructor and coordinator of the annual SciFest. This free event takes place on Friday, April 17 starting at 7 p.m. in the IVCC Gymnasium with several demonstrations in biology, chemistry, geology, and forensics, a perfect family-friendly night for everyone that is interested in science.
SciFest, Ireland's largest and most inclusive second-level STEM fair programme, has announced its return for 2026, marking 20 years since the first SciFest STEM fair took place in 2006. SciFest is celebrating two decades of supporting young people to explore STEM through curiosity-led investigation, creativity and problem-solving, and of creating a platform where students can present their work locally, regionally, nationally and even internationally. Students can submit projects across a wide range of scientific disciplines, including physical and life sciences and technology. SciFest is free to enter and open to second-level students of all backgrounds and circumstances. To take part,students should complete the online entry form via the SciFest website by 12 March. SciFest@College fairs take place in regional venues nationwide, with successful projects progressing through the programme to the SciFest National Final later in the year, where finalists compete for top awards and opportunities to represent Ireland internationally. The SciFest programme is supported through public funding from the Department of Education and Youth and a community of partnerships including Intel Ireland, Boston Scientific, EirGrid and Keenova. Speaking as SciFest launches its 20th anniversary year, Sheila Porter, SciFest Founder and CEO, said: "Twenty years ago, the first SciFest fair took place in Tallaght, and since then we've seen tens of thousands of students bring ideas to life – asking questions, testing solutions and presenting projects with confidence and pride. "This year is about recognising what has made SciFest possible: the commitment of our host colleges, the dedication of teachers and school communities, the enthusiasm and hard work of students across the country, and the consistent support of our funding and sponsorship partners. Thank you for backing SciFest over the last 20 years – and for helping us inspire the next generation of STEM thinkers and doers. "2026 will be a year of celebration throughout the programme and an exciting year ahead. I would encourage every second-level student with an idea, an interest, or even just a question they want to explore, to enter SciFest. We cannot wait to see the innovation, imagination and impact of this year's projects." Since 2006, SciFest has grown into a nationwide programme, with 16,000 students now taking part across 160+ local, regional and national fairs. For more information visit www.scifest.ie. See more stories here. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.
Zack O'Leary from Co. Kildare representing Clongowes Wood College, has won the overall title of SciFest STEM Champion 2025 for his project M.A.N.T.I.S "Muon Analysis for Non-Invasive Tomography and Image Simulation". Zack will go on to represent Ireland at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Phoenix, Arizona next May. SciFest is Ireland's largest, most-inclusive all-island STEM fair programme for second-level students. The SciFest National Final, held in Marino Conference Centre in Dublin, was attended by students from every corner of Ireland with 51 students from 31 schools qualifying to participate this year. Students secured their place at the National Final by winning one of the top awards at the 15 regional SciFest fairs earlier in the year. This year's programme also featured five international projects from students in Sri Lanka and South Africa, further extending the global network of SciFest Since 2006, the programme continues to grow and expand, reporting an increase in student participation year on year. This growth has been made possible by the continued support of the Department of Education and Youth, Research Ireland and our industry partners, Intel Ireland, Boston Scientific, EirGrid and Keenova. As SciFest prepares to celebrate its 20th anniversary next year, the programme's mission remains the same - to encourage students' participation in STEM in an enjoyable and interactive way. SciFest is free to enter and open to everyone across the island of Ireland, no matter their background or circumstance. Speaking today at this year's National Final, CEO and Founder of SciFest, Sheila Porter commented: "On behalf of everyone here at SciFest, I would like to extend a warm congratulations to all the participants, and in particular to Zack O'Leary for winning the title of SciFest STEM Champion 2025. We saw a significant increase in technology projects this year focusing on artificial intelligence and medical devices - it is great to see students take a strong interest in solving real world problems." "SciFest's purpose remains to inspire and empower the next generation to engage with the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. It has been a pleasure to watch SciFest continue to grow and to meet with all the immensely talented and bright students that participate every year. I want to extend my gratitude to everyone who has been involved - from our students, teachers, parents and judges to our wonderful sponsors - all of whom have contributed to this extraordinary event. " Other award winners at the SciFest 2025 National Final include: Two Regeneron ISEF Awards went to Eoin Cashman and Alex Thompson for their project Dust Dynamic: analysing planetary bodies through the ballistic motion of lofted dust particles, and to Addison Carey for her project on advancing post quantum latticed based cryptography by developing efficient shortest vector problem approaches. Ronan Lyons who won the Boston Scientific Medical Devices Grand Award, for his project Capill: Compliance aid promoting independent living long-term. Kinga Tobianska and Paulina Varuyeva who won the runner up Boston Scientific Medical Devices Grand Award for their project Chill 'N' Heal bandage. Jack McCormack who won the EirGrid Cleaner Climate Grand Award, for his project on engineering a new vertical axis wind turbine design for use in urban areas to promote sustainable energy production. Amber McDonald who won the runner up EirGrid Cleaner Climate Grand Award for her project Energy crisis - let me kelp you! Simona Gaubtye and Ema Sasnauskaite who won the Intel Technology Award, for their project on MedSync+: Identifying patterns in patient data to support evidence-based care. Luke Blackwell who won the Keenova STEM Excellence Award, for his project on addressing wheelchair inaccessibility in urban environments through quantitative modelling. Jack McCormack who won the Berlin Long Night of Science Award, for h...
SciFest, Ireland's largest and most inclusive STEM fair programme for second-level students has announced its return ahead of its 20th anniversary with a call for entrants to the SciFest regional fairs, taking place across the country. The SciFest programme is funded by grants from the Department of Education and Research Ireland and by private sector sponsorship, primarily by Intel, Boston Scientific, EirGrid and new partner Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals. SciFest organisers kicked off the launch of the 2025 competition in Explorium with students from Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School in Co. Dublin, and announced the theme for 2025 as 'STEM is for All.' Project entries are accepted across a range of scientific disciplines including physical and life sciences and technology. Students wishing to participate should log on to the SciFest website (www.scifest.ie) and enter online. Completed entry forms must be submitted by 12 March 2025. The regional fairs take place across the months of April and May, with selected winners going on to compete at the SciFest National Final in November 2025. Here, they will have the opportunity to take home the overall prize and represent Ireland at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in the United States next year. Speaking ahead of the competition's 20th year, Sheila Porter, SciFest Founder and CEO said: 'SciFest is back for 2025, and we couldn't be more excited. I would urge all students to get involved and enter, no matter your background or circumstance, to explore the wonderful world of STEM and all it has to offer. Previous winners of the competition are thriving and have gone on to achieve incredible things, from launching their own start-ups to studying at prestigious institutions like Oxford University. SciFest opens the door to an array of opportunities. 'As we plan for our 20-year celebrations, we look forward to an exciting year ahead in which the competition will grow to even greater heights. I want to take a moment to thank our sponsors for their continued support, without which none of this would be possible. We can't wait to see the fantastic and innovative projects that lie ahead, so don't miss out! Sign up today and be part of this exciting journey.' 'The competition has grown rapidly since its inception in 2006 and drew over 15,000 student participants last year. SciFest aims to support students in research development, critical thinking, and problem-solving, all the while fostering an interest in STEM. It is free to enter and is open to students of all backgrounds and circumstances.' See more stories here.
Orlaith Heaney, from County Mayo, and a former student at Mount Saint Michael Secondary School, has been awarded a prestigious €24,000 scholarship from Trane Technologies Thermoking. This scholarship, designated for students in Teen-Turn, will provide Orlaith with €6,000 annually over the course of her four-year engineering degree at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Galway City. Orlaith, a former student at Mount Saint Michael Secondary School, has been engaged with Teen-Turn since she was in first year. She was introduced to Teen-Turn's afterschool program by a friend. Orlaith had many successful projects during her years of attendance at the afterschool programs participating in Technovation, Scifest and BT Young scientist. Most recently she was honoured with a National Garda Community Safety Award. Orlaith progressed to attending Teen-Turn PLUS Saturday clubs, which deliver advanced learning in subjects that are not universally offered in all-girls' secondary schools in Ireland, providing participants with foundational skills critical for engineering and technology courses at the university level. It was through Orlaith's participation in Teen-Turn's PLUS program that she discovered a strong passion for engineering, with a particular interest in robotics, automation and manufacturing engineering. Securing a 'Teen-Turnship', a 2 week summer work placement in Trane Technologies in Galway in the summer of 5th year further cemented Orlaith's desire to study Engineering. Orlaith applied to the common engineering programme at ATU Galway City, which will allow her to experience various branches of engineering in her first year before deciding on her specialisation. Orlaith says "Teen-Turn gave me opportunities I never would have had, from coding to building robots and learning from real engineers. These experiences showed me that engineering is where I want to be and I am excited to bring what I have learned into my studies at ATU. Teen-Turn's programs helped me discover my love for robotics and automation and I am eager to explore all branches of engineering in my first year at ATU. I cannot wait to dive into a career where I can make a real impact." The Trane Technologies scholarship is designed to provide financial support to young women like Orlaith and also to offer them access to invaluable professional resources. Scholarship recipients will benefit from mentorship and guidance from engineering experts throughout their studies and will have the opportunity to complete co-op rotations at the state-of-the-art Thermo King facility in Galway. This unique combination of financial assistance and professional exposure is intended to reduce financial and academic barriers, empowering scholarship recipients to excel in their STEM careers. This initiative aligns closely with Trane Technologies' "Sustainable Futures" Global Corporate Strategy, which aims to increase access to STEM education and careers for underrepresented groups. By empowering talented young women like Orlaith, Trane Technologies hopes to inspire future leaders who will drive innovation in engineering and make a positive impact on our world. See more stories here. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: https://anchor.fm/irish-tech-news If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.
5th year student, Maura Moore-McCune representing The King's Hospital School, Palmerstown in Co. Dublin has won the title of SciFest STEM Champion 2024 with her project 'VIPMOD: Vision Impaired Person's Moving Object Detector'. Maura Moore-McCune will represent Ireland at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair 2025 in Columbus, Ohio. Now in its 19th year, SciFest is Ireland's largest, most-inclusive all-island STEM fair programme for second-level students. The National Final, held in Marino Conference Centre in Dublin today, was attended by students from every corner of the island, with 62 students qualifying to participate this year. Since 2006, the programme has continued to evolve and expand, reporting an average increase of over 20% year on year. This has been helped by the tremendous support offered by Intel Ireland, Boston Scientific, EirGrid and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals. Maura Moore-McCune, who is vision impaired, developed an app to detect fast moving objects, so that vision impaired people can live safer and more independent lives. This project evolved through six prototypes. The first three prototypes used Micro:bits. Prototype 4 uses GPS technology. Prototype 5 is an app which uses TensorFlow.js Image Classification model to detect oncoming vehicles and other objects. The app displays the object's name, vibrates and issues a text-to-speech warning. Finally, Prototype 6 is an application that estimates the speed of oncoming objects. It uses a YOLOv8 model to analyse input footage. Prototype 5 was tested in a controlled setting, with 95% accuracy (316 trials). Vision Ireland will be testing VIPMOD in the WayFinding Centre - an indoor environment replicating the real-world experience of using public transport for vision impaired people. Maura was presented with the SciFest STEM Champion 2024 Award by Sheila Porter, SciFest Founder and CEO. Maura rose to win the top prize, following her success at the regional final in SciFest@TU Dublin Tallaght. Founded in 2006, the programme's primary aim is to encourage students' participation in STEM in an enjoyable and interactive way. SciFest is free to enter and open to everyone across the island of Ireland, no matter their background or circumstance. Speaking at this year's National Final, CEO and Founder of SciFest, Sheila Porter commented: "On behalf of everyone here at SciFest, I would like to extend a warm congratulations to all the winners, particularly to Maura for winning the title of SciFest STEM Champion 2024. SciFest has been providing opportunities in STEM for students for nearly two decades, and I am proud to have watched it evolve during that time. And while every year, we continue to grow, our core mission remains the same: to inspire and empower the next generation to engage with and explore the world of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. This year saw a big uptake in projects focusing on the environment and sustainability - critical areas for shaping a better future. I want to sincerely thank everybody who has been involved - from our students, teachers, and parents to our wonderful sponsors - all of whom have contributed to this extraordinary event. Together, we continue to drive progress and spark the creativity that will lead us into the future." Other award winners at the SciFest 2024 National Final were: Lily Cahill who won the SciFest STEM Champion 2024 Runner-up Award for her project on 'Investigating Whether Childhood Imaginary Companions Impact Social Competence and Coping Skills in Teenage Years' Fionn Campbell who won the Berlin Long Night of Science Award for his project on 'A Crystal-Clear Way to Slow Down Ireland's Energy Crisis' Maura Moore-McCune who won the Boston Scientific Medical Devices Grand Award for her project on 'VIPMOD:Vision Impaired Person's Moving Object Detector' Gráinne Ní Chrónín who won the Boston Scientific Medical Devices Grand Award Runner Up for her project on 'No More Ice, Ice Baby!' ...
Hello our favourite tech geniuses! We start with some good news. Yes, Mali, the Bernese Mountain dog who was missing for 2 weeks, has been rescued from a 61-metre-high cliff edge on an island off the coast of Donegal. She ran off during a storm but now she has been reunited with her humans and went home for a big dinner and a snooze - yaaaay!! Óran has had enough of the terrible Irish summer and has decided to move to The Netherlands where it always seems to be warm. Clodagh has her patient face on. Meanwhile, we've got news on Seeing AI's object detector. (Maybe it'll help Óran find the sun?) And Jan is looking forward to IOS 18. Will Siri be any better...? We sure hope so, cos she's pretty useless right now! Our guest this week is a talented young woman named Maura Moore-McCune from County Meath in Ireland. Maura is here to tell us about a mobile app she is developing called Vision Impaired Person's Moving Object Detector (VIPMOD) which can detect nearby moving vehicles. This will be especially handy if you want to check it's safe to cross at a junction, or if you are not sure if you can hear an approaching electric vehicle. Maura was invited to present her work on VIPMOD at the ‘MIT AI & Education Summit' in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, where she won the top prize for Community Impact – congratulations Maura! If you would like to be a beta tester for this app, email: vipmod.info@gmail.com with your details. Maura would be delighted to have you involved when beta testing starts. Clodagh has news on some calendar dates worth noting, like Colour Blindness Awareness Day on September 6th, and a 24-hour inclusive design event on September 12th. So, enjoy hanging out in Belfast while your cruise ship gets serviced, don't tell that Russian spy whale where you hide the chocolate, and instead make your way safely to the sunny side of the street while listening to Blind Guys Chat. 17 out of 20 electric scooters prefer it to being in stealth mode. Links in this show: Email to become a beta tester for the VIPMOD app: vipmod.info@gmail.com MIT App Inventor coding system: https://appinventor.mit.edu/ SciFest: https://scifest.ie/ CYTI at DCU: https://www.dcu.ie/ctyi Colour Blindness: http://www.colourblindnessawareness.org/ Inclusive Design event: https://inclusivedesign24.org/2024/ Support Blind Guys Chat by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/blind-guys-chatRead transcript
A Sixth Year Student from Glenamaddy Community School is currently involved in a project that is looking into the negative stigmatism around women speaking out about their periods and the affects the menstrual cycle has on their athletic performance. The project is called "Own your cycle, Own your game" and as part of it, she is looking to get a team of females who will take part in a few fitness tests on once a week for 6 weeks and answer some questions. This can be done in person or online depending on locality. Ideally, the student is looking for at least 30 committed women but would happily accept more. The inital project won “Best project award” at the SciFest regional competition in TUS Athlone and as a result, has qualified for the SciFest National finals at the Marino Institute in Dublin in November. The student is Michela Gillooly and she spoke to John Mulligan on Saturday Sport.
SciFest national champion Jack Shannon from Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, represented Ireland at the Regeneron ISEF 2024 Science Fair in Los Angeles, California, coming away with two top awards. Shannon was placed First in the 'Environmental Engineering' category and also won the prestigious EUCYS award which earns the teenager an all-expenses paid trip to compete in the European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS) in Poland in September. Regeneron ISEF is the world's largest international pre-college science competition, involving some 1,700 students from over 67 countries and territories competing for a prize fund totalling $9 million. Jack secured his place at the international competition when he was named SciFest STEM Champion 2023 at the SciFest 2023 National Final last November. He claimed first prize for his project 'Ireland's Carbon Sinks - Remote Sensing for Monitoring Peatland Restoration'. His study utilised remote sensing techniques for monitoring peatland restoration in Ireland. Two distinct peatland sites, Clara bog and Keelbanada bog, were investigated to assess the effectiveness of multispectral, LiDAR, SAR, and InSAR analyses in tracking restoration progress and degradation. These methodologies supply regular and precise data on restoration progress and degradation areas, enhancing restoration planning and management. His project underscores the potential of remote sensing techniques for monitoring peatland restoration or degradation at multiple scales, contributing to Ireland's commitment to the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework by facilitating comprehensive assessments of progress towards restoration and carbon sequestration targets. Speaking about attending ISEF, Jack Shannon said: "I am thrilled to have had the opportunity to attend and participate in Regeneron ISEF in Los Angeles, California. This was a great opportunity to showcase my skills and creativity on a global stage and I am over the moon to have won two awards. Having worked so hard on my project, I'm delighted to have been able to meet with other students and see their projects. I'm so thankful to my family, friends, teachers and everyone at SciFest, who have supported me on this journey." Sheila Porter, SciFest Founder and CEO commented: "We are all very proud of Jack on his achievement in winning two top awards. Participating in Regeneron ISEF is a wonderful opportunity and I know Jack has really enjoyed the experience. SciFest is all about encouraging a love of science, technology, engineering and maths among young people. Jack has developed a truly innovative project and we are delighted that he has had the opportunity to bring it to an international audience. We wish him every success for the future." Supported by Intel Ireland, Boston Scientific and EirGrid, SciFest is the largest, most inclusive all-island STEM fair programme for second-level students in Ireland. SciFest is free to enter and open to everyone across the island of Ireland, no matter their background or circumstances. The most important thing for SciFest is the participation of students and encouraging their interest in STEM in a fun and engaging way.
SciFest, Ireland's largest and most inclusive STEM fair programme for second-level students has announced its return for the 19th consecutive year. The competition attracts 12,000 student participants annually and organisers have kicked off the 2024 competition with a call for entrants to the SciFest regional fairs around the country. Attending a launch event at Oatlands College, Mount Merrion, County Dublin today, students from the college and from St Raphaela's Secondary School displayed some of their innovative SciFest projects. SciFest is free to enter and open to everyone across the island of Ireland, no matter their background or circumstances. The goal of SciFest is to help students develop research, problem solving, critical thinking, and presentation skills while fostering an interest in STEM fields. Project entries will be accepted across a range of scientific disciplines. Winners from each regional SciFest STEM fair will go on to compete at the National Final in November 2024. The winner(s) of the SciFest National Final 2024 will be presented with a trophy and the opportunity to represent Ireland at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Columbus, Ohio next year. Speaking at the launch of SciFest 2024 at Oatlands College in Dublin, Sheila Porter, SciFest Founder and CEO said: "We are thrilled to announce the return of SciFest for its 19th consecutive year, marking nearly two decades of fostering innovation and passion for STEM among Irish students. Our aim is not just to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and innovators but to equip them with the critical skills needed in research, problem-solving, and communication. We welcome entries from a wide array of scientific disciplines, encouraging students to explore their interests and curiosity in the sciences. We are not just celebrating science; we are preparing our students to be global leaders in innovation. We look forward to seeing the creative and impactful projects our students will bring to the 2024 competition." Dr Avril Gaynor, Oatlands College. said: "We are immensely proud to be launching SciFest 2024 at Oatlands College this morning. The competition continues to play a crucial role in STEM education by offering a unique platform for students to showcase their talents, creativity, and passion for the subjects. Students wishing to participate should log on to the SciFest website and enter online. Completed entry forms for SciFest 2024 must be submitted by Friday 8 March 2024.
Scifest director Jerome Cousins previews this year's festival of almost 100 events This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz
SciFest, Ireland's largest and most inclusive second level STEM fair programme took place recently, and it aims to give students of all abilities and backgrounds the opportunity to develop research, problem solving, critical thinking, and presentation skills. Participation in the SciFest programme is free at all levels. Since its foundation in 2006, SciFest has grown from a single STEM fair of 170 students to 99 STEM fairs with 10,000 students participating around the country. Ronan talks to Diarmuid Hayes one of the SciFest finalists. Diarmuid talks about his background, the SciFest National STEM competition, his SciFest project, Benford's law and how he proved how accurate Ireland's Covid data is. More about Diarmuid: Diarmuid Hayes is a student at Coláiste Iognáid, Galway. Diarmuid investigated a a law in nature called Benford's Law that all data follows. If the data does not follow Benford's Law, then the data is likely fake and possibly manipulated either on purpose or accidentally. He subsequently developed a dashboard test that incorporates Benford's Law, statistical and graphical techniques to test if data is real or fake. The platform is a user-friendly application so that anyone can test data quickly and efficiently. His innovative project will be helpful for scientists or students to be used as an analytical tool to check that their data is not biased in any way and will help identify if images or videos are fake or real so that public can be made aware of fraud, fake news, or scams.
NZ Marine Studies Centre at SciFest - Tamlyn Somerford introduces a busy programme of events as part of NZ International Science Festival 2021.
Caoimhín O’Leary, a sixth-year student from Ard Scoil na Mara in Tramore, Co. Waterford was yesterday named the SciFest SFI STEM Champion 2020, for the research and development of an innovative video analysis measurement system for rehabilitating patients after joint injury or joint surgery, and will go on to represent Ireland at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) next May. Funded primarily by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Intel Ireland, Boston Scientific, and Specsavers, SciFest is an all-island STEM (science, technology, engineering, and maths) initiative which fosters active, collaborative, and inquiry-based learning among second-level students. Through research, Caoimhín developed a video analysis measurement system for rehabilitating patients after joint injury or joint surgery. His system uses advanced computer software to measure joint and bone position. This form of joint measurement can be achieved remotely and is less slow and invasive than the current physical standards. In SciFest, second-level students showcase STEM projects at a series of one-day STEM fairs traditionally held locally in schools and regionally at 16 venues in the Institutes of Technology, TU Dublin, DCU, and St. Mary’s College, Derry; in 2020 the regional fairs were held virtually. The National Final is traditionally held in Marino Conference Centre in Dublin but was moved online as a result of COVID-19. This year the SciFest National Final took place on a bespoke virtual platform that was custom designed for the Final. This allowed students, teachers, parents, and the general public from around the country to view and participate in this year’s event. Sheila Porter, SciFest CEO, said: “The standard of entries has been extraordinary and it’s great to see scientific innovation and research continue to flourish despite ongoing limitations caused by COVID-19. The aim of SciFest has always been to develop a love of STEM and of inquiry-based learning and every year it is refreshing to see how the students of today continue to love and enjoy immersing themselves in science, technology, engineering, and maths. The ongoing pandemic has shown the importance of science to modern societies and the students competing today will be the scientists of tomorrow. I wish to congratulate all the student finalists and I would like to thank all of our participants, their teachers, and parents for joining us; we were delighted to see such great engagement with our new online platform. Finally, I’d like to extend huge congratulations to Caoimhín on his achievement in becoming the SciFest SFI STEM Champion 2020.” Norma Foley TD, Minister for Education said: “We live in a rapidly changing world and we must respond by preparing our young people with the skills and knowledge to thrive in such an environment. It is really fantastic to see so many young people looking for future careers in STEM fields. These subjects are crucial for equipping our young people with creativity, adaptability, problem-solving and critical thinking – skills which are so important for their future. SciFest is an excellent initiative that supports and enhances these skills in our students. I am very impressed by the standard of projects displayed on the platform and the amount of work that students and, of course, teachers and parents have put into each and every one. I want to congratulate all the students, their families, and mentors; the future of STEM in Ireland is clearly very bright. The standard was incredibly high, and I wish hearty congratulations to Caoimhín on the success achieved.” Margie McCarthy, Head of Education & Public Engagement, Science Foundation Ireland said: “SciFest is a great event for promoting STEM among students in an inclusive and rigorous way. It is inspiring to see all the work put into each project and I wish to congratulate all the students as well as their families and friends. Ireland is a ...
Original Date: April 28, 2015We’re only two episodes away from the end of year 8 and only five episodes away from Dean Haglund’s move to Australia, yet your friends in podcasting have more to discuss than ever before! From a full report on the preview screening of their new dark comedy, to the latest news regarding Sci-Fest, from the latest rumblings about the return of The X-Files to Phil’s heartfelt thank you and farewell to a film critic who played a major role in his development as an artist, this week’s installment is quite personal to Dean and Phil.There is a ton of talk about current television (like Mad Men, Daredevil, and the countdown to David Letterman’s final show) and future television (an Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off, the Twin Peaks reboot, and perhaps the most exciting new show to be announced in AGES!). There is also much attention paid to forthcoming movies, including ill-advised remakes and reboots, and maybe a film or two worthy of optimism!Dean and Phil follow up on their (enormously popular) discussion of female-driven films (episode #413), with a discussion of two emerging female musical artists. All that, plus the latest dirt Phil has learned about Scientology AND not one, not two, not three, but FOUR emails from listeners like you! Want to learn about IMDb? Want to learn about Dean and Phil’s favorite cookies? Then, stop reading and start enjoying this thrilling installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Hey, what’s going on? This is a one and all the it in the D show broadcasting live from our respective houses. This is Bob the sales guy. It’s quarantine day again. That is David. Randy. I do the Twitters is doing the Twitter. Find us online it in the d.com where you’ll find all the things. And for episode three 47, we’re just going to be, uh, we’ve got about 20 stories on tap and uh, and see what happens. It feels like Groundhog’s day against, like there’s nothing really new going on, but there’s everything new going on. Yeah, it’s, yeah. We’ll find new people to help and new ways to try to seduce digital Debar who knows? Hey, you know what? You may fire when ready. Hey, well yeah, so for those of you watching, we decided we were not going to force you to watch the intro this time. This is episode three 47 of the one and only it in the D show. We are a bump broadcasting live in my living room. Dave’s in his basement. Randy is in his front room, bedroom front room, mine it in the d.com where you will find all the things and uh, again, as, as has become the norm. Uh, this is the part of the show where we usually talk about all our upcoming events and that kind of stuff. And yet still none. Nope. Nope. Stay at home. Got extended again then. Uh, so we’re staying home. In fact, I got to, I got bored enough today. Uh, I know this, I know this makes Randy happy. I reorganized my bar. I uh, he was a, he was bitching cause all the bottles were intermixed. And so now all the vodkas are with the vodka is all the whiskeys are with the whiskeys and yeah. Well plus we can’t have events cause you don’t want to get shamed by your neighbors or shamed by Facebook. And you know, dude, like apparently social distancing snitches are a thing. That was one of the stories that bounced across like barbecue. Becky and I dunno what it w what would it be? Um, I don’t know. Social distancing. Stacy, I don’t know, wrap on you, Karen. Um, well no, they’re talking about, um, well there, there’s, I wanted a couple of things I want to get into. One, the guy that is cutting hair out in West mission, right. And you know, he chose, um, cutting hair. He chose his livelihood over his help and basically open up his business. You know, he was, I don’t know if he was ready to go bankrupt, but he already was fed up or I don’t remember the exact what you know, but uh, he opened up in basically all the news caught wind, everyone co in social media, caught wind and uh, you know, there, I guess there was a like two hour wait to get a haircut. Cause like, just like me, I need, I need to get my in the borrower, but what am I supposed to do? Um, so this guy opened up and uh, yeah, uh, internet didn’t like that very much. He basically didn’t close them down. Yeah. And I mean, I, it’s not helping or it, I mean, I guess depending on your point of view maybe, but like the, uh, the local judge, uh, said he’s not enforcing the, the closure order. Uh, he’s not enforcing a restraining order. So I mean you’re, you’re really getting to the point where this shit is, there’s going to be some like some ugly legal battles about, about this crap now. Like, forget, you know, I think my favorite one is, you know, don’t worry so much about, uh, you know, the U S gravy seals, mealtime six, uh, don’t worry about them as much. Uh, as you know, there’s like this, this crap is going to be going on in the courts for years. Well, apparently like there, there, there’s a story that you were talking about this doctor, um, I guess he attended a rally and was hugging people and they caught him on Facebook and they basically trashed on him and his practice got a 68 year old doctor and they had to suspend him for a week. And really, you just like hugging people. Like, he wasn’t really even like doing anything malicious or mean or angry. Um, but apparently like, yeah, across the country these complaints have led to shut down to like dog groomers, massage parlors, the, uh, the lady in Dallas that opened it, uh, that opened up her hair salon. Um, that was the biggest story that, you know, she ignored the, you know, she ignored the closure order. She ignored the thousand dollar a day. Fine. Um, DASA. They threw her in jail. Yeah. And I think she got out two days later or something, but she thinks she wanted to go in jail to be a murder. Of course, you know, I’m, I’m standing up for you. Um, you know, yeah. Like they’re in Manhattan. Like people are like tea or, uh, profanity, posters of in tech, the telephone bulls chastising people who are not wearing face masks. So there’s a lot of stories that say like, basically, so that’s, that’s the new battleground. Like, okay. Everybody accepts that or, okay. Almost everybody accepts, looking at you, certain people that the virus is a real thing and that it’s contagious. And now the big battle is masks. Like are, are you a deck if you don’t wear one, are you too conservative if you do wear one, do I watch the guy in my neighborhood today outside Mona’s yard by himself wearing a mask? I’m like, what are you doing? Trying to look good for his neighbors kind of cops on them. Correct me if I’m wrong. I, you know, I will, I skimmed it before like, like uh, but did the us surgeon general tweet out don’t wear mask, it doesn’t matter today. Um, or was that fake and bullshit? I don’t know. I didn’t look into it. I saw a couple of conflicting stories that came out about that. Randy, can you look, I believe he tweeted before that tweet was from before the advice had changed. That was not today. Okay. No, sort of like the nine year old story that I shot. No, because I thought that came out today and I’m like, Oh my God, now what? Cause like, well and I mean it’s like we talked about, you know, so as long as you know, as soon as they put that caveat on there, that qualifier on there that said, uh, you need to wear a mask unless you’re not medically able to do so. Like as soon as, as soon as I saw that loophole, every deck that just doesn’t want to wear a mask is going to say, Oh well, you know, I’ve got severe asthma or, or I’ve got, I wore my, my gang bandaid Crips, I don’t know which it was. The Crips or the bloods was blue. One of my friends could tell her I’m going to go with the, the bloods are red Bob, that’s free for shit. So yeah, I’m going to, I’m going to use the little pole. I don’t feel good. Well I don’t, I mean, and a lot of people are having that issue. I mean it’s, you know, it’s, you know, there, there are, God, there are, there’s at least five videos that scroll across my Facebook feed a day of someone making a home, like a mask at home, out of an old t-shirt, a pair of socks, you know, something. I mean, so they, you know, they’re, they’re all out there and that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re what you should be doing, but I’m helping. Exactly. I was trying to, I was so bored. I was trying to get Ralph Wade on the, I’m helping me try to put a mask on him, photo shopping on my phone. I’m like, I’m not doing it. I don’t want my stinky socks on my face. I would, I would assume you would use a clean pair, Bob. I would still like lingering foot issues. Yes. Um, uh, so, okay, so, but this D nature is fascinating and, and I, and I got to touch on this cause this was because like, of course, you know, the new hotness is the murder Hornets, uh, that are sweeping across the nation. Um, they’re called siddiqa killers and they’re common. They’re coming in Asia. They’re common in Asia. No, here they’re called siddiqa killers. Look it up. Cicada killers are a different type of, I’m pretty sure they’re go after Neilsa DACA. What? Cicada Cicada Cicada they’re here already. They’re actually, those are different one. Um, those were different, but uh, so that video that I shot across you guys, it was fascinating. They were like Japanese honeybees have learned how to deal with these things. Cause basically one of these goes into a hive, um, of, of honeybees and like drops a couple of pheromones and then a couple more show up and they, they can plow through like an entire 30,000 bee colony in like an hour and just kill them all. Um, and so what these bees have learned to do is they wait for it to come into the hive and then they form this giant swarm ball around the Hornet and they start like vibrating and flexing their wing, their wing muscles and tip. Like the incredible part to me is so the, the, the murder Hornet cannot, cannot sustain above 115 degrees. These things vibrate to the point where they’re at. And the honeybees can’t survive over 118 degrees. They literally go right to 117 degrees to cook the stupid Hornet and their little swarm and, and then it dies and they’re safe like that. Do that, like, that’s like nature. Like just nature blows your mind. Life finds a way. Like just nature blows my mind sometimes. I know you’re getting all scared about these things. They killed 30 people a year. Oh, I know, dude. It’s not scary. It’s not as good. I don’t want to get stung by one. I mean, you saw that video. My litmus test falling coconuts killed more people than the murder horrors. Yeah. But I do it. I don’t even want to get stung by one. You saw that video. Oh, I love those things. Look, wicked man. The one guy got bit just for like a test to be thing screaming. It just reminded me of like Jack ask him. Oh, it totally was. And apparently that’s his whole essence of being. Yeah. There have been, uh, they found two dead ones in Washington and there was a small colony in somewhere in Western Canada that has since been exterminated. So these are not a serious threat to the U S no, they’re not yet. Not at all yet. The article about Disney being on mass, dude, Disney’s a mess on a couple different levels, but we can start with that story you shot across. Yeah. Well they’re going through basically, you know, 14 theme parks are padlocked. Well, they just opened Shanghai today. Well, yeah, I actually, I did the walkthrough of that. It’s actually kind of cool looking. Um, but basically they’ve taken out a $5 billion line of credit, um, on top of an 8.5 that they secured in March. Um, they just don’t know what to do cause they owe a dividend apparently on their stock, which is, which is the big thing. And that price has been going up a lot. Thanks. Disney plus, right. The only thing that the cruise line dead that’s keeping them afloat is ESPN and Disney. Plus all the state shows are dead better. A better Greenlight that, uh, next season of clone Wars you don’t want to see happen in rebels. You can’t make anything. You can’t make a movie now. Like you can’t, all the stages are shuts. Well, I mean, Disney’s primarily animation animation. Is there hope or you know, maybe you release the movies they’ve already finished, release them on Disney plus charge extra for them. Really. Someone else somewhere else. Like I would pay a VOD or something. Yeah, black widow. Oh, Oh yeah, the new releases. Yeah. I don’t know why they don’t do more. Like I said, those four came out on Comcast, the invisible man, all that. And nothing’s come out since, um, I got a great picture I’m going to share with you by the way. I finally, uh, I introduced Annie. She watched the rise of Skywalker first. She has not seen all the signs and uh, she went upstairs into Gretchen’s room, got the lightsaber, we’ve got in Disney and basically stood up and held the light saber. And like mocked Ray threw up for like a half an hour. It was like I had to like get a picture and it wasn’t, didn’t even do it any justice when I’m like, wait, are you watching this baby? Like, you know, it was great. That’s hilarious. So we’re supposed to, I even forgot to bring this up. I should have brought it early. We’re, uh, I’m supposed to go back to work, uh, to the office on the 26th of two weeks, uh, from, uh, two weeks from Monday. I did our buddy Eddie is supposed to report back at Ford, uh, on the 18th. Yeah. So then what we’re doing a trip. We’re doing, we’ve got 6,000 employees in one building. We’re doing triple over trickle over six weeks. So basically management comes in first and then basically one person, like a checkerboard, you get to be the Canary in the coal mine. You don’t make sense to everyone. Um, you know those, uh, it was on shark tank. It was like one of those little, uh, it was almost like an ice fishing canopy, but it was for like soccer moms, like just in your person tent zipper. Like I texted and I’m gonna go, there’s 70 bucks. I go, we just put this around our office chair, just like the front flap so he can type if you’re sitting in rows of both. Right. You know, because we’re all sitting on top of each other. Right. I get the old checkerboard thing and being safe and I think that that building’s probably more sanitized than my own house is for crying out loud for sure. But like, you know, the, the cafeteria, we all got like, what? It’s literally, it’s up a failure. What are we going to do? Like are they going to saran wrap everything and like how are we going to eat? But you know what I mean? Like these are like real things we’ve got all think about. Well, and yeah, because if you’re not going to have the cafeteria open, then you’re going to have to deal with, okay, where’s everybody going to go eat? And then, Oh, by the way, all those people are then leaving the building, coming to contact, God knows who, and then coming back to the building. Yeah. And you know, like if you look at like did you see some of the restaurants? What was going on on mother’s day? Oh my God. Oh dude. I a friend went to a God pickup for red lobster and had a three hour wait. Yeah, dude, bad. Brad’s was a two hour wait. So I’m like, luckily I got out, we watched a, I’ve been watching those damn Davey, uh, from Barstool to pizza reviews. Oh yeah, the frozen pizza reviews. Yeah. Yeah. Aerated, luminal naughty. So I bought to move on Naughty’s probably figured for mother’s day and it was probably one of the, it was the best frozen pizza. Hands down. My kids are like, they’re there. It’s stinking expensive. You don’t buy it for like a normal day. You know, it was for mother’s day. It’s not delivery now. This was not DiGiorno then I’m looking at looking on social. So help me God if there’s not, you know, to our way to bad brands to Roe here, I saw a four hours, Texas Roadhouse, 12 and John R I drove by there on my way to get groceries and the line was insane. It was wrapped through that BJ’s parking lot and all around and that’s just for pickup. That’s crazy. Yeah. Yeah, it was just for pickup. That’s okay. But no, so the uh, the other thing about Disney is apparently they announced you’re going to be able to start booking reservations for July, but, but they haven’t announced a reopening plan yet. So R R and then they said we can’t really guarantee we’ll be opened by that. So what if it’s refundable? I’m going to get no dude to think about it. You’re going to get $50 plane tickets. The hotels are 10% capacity. You’ll have your, you’ll have free reign of that joint if they all, if they open. Yeah, true. Cleaning that thing with a toothbrushing bleach every square inch of that place for the last month. You don’t think, again, I need off the floor at Disney right now. Over my own kitchen table. But apparently it’s worth it too. Fully staff up to handle what, 20, 50% of a total. Well, I don’t, I don’t think they’re going to fully staff up. I mean that’s, that’s the issue. I mean, and to me, places like that are, they have the same challenges that I look like, you know, like the, the auto plants, you know. Okay. So you can say, Hey, we’re bringing back lower capacity. Like we’re not, we’re not staffing all the way back up yet. Or even like your work. Let’s talk about choke points. Bathrooms. Yeah. Um, you know, uh, entryways and exit ways like that. Like to me, those are the big, like unanswered questions that I haven’t really seen about stuff. Cause yeah, I mean you can try to keep, you know, like the, you know, the cube farms. Yeah. You can checkerboard people in and all that stuff. You’re still going to have people that have to go to the bathroom, you know, all, you know, all throughout the day and that kind of stuff. And that’s, you know, single point of contact and food service. And, yeah, I mean, are they going to bring in extra people for cleaning or are they going to switch people over? Like normally you’re a costume person, but today you’re picking up a broom or, yeah, normally you’re Mickey. But today, here’s a, here’s a squirter full of bleach and a mop. But, uh, one good thing that some students are doing the blacklist, I can’t figure out if Bob froze or if he’s just staring at us in the stand. Uh, it looks like he froze. I lost you guys. Okay. But, no, and actually, so the, the story you’re talking about rainy, it ties into the whole animation thing. Yeah. They, uh, did their season finale, uh, in, uh, animation, you know, they had, uh, a bunch of the show already shot and, um, filled in the gaps of kind of like a comic book style. Sketchy. I don’t know if it’s, I don’t know how to describe it. It was very like anybody, if you’d ever seen dark city, it was, it was very similar to that. Um, and idea to mix. I mean, it’s not, I wouldn’t say it would be a common way of doing things, but I could see this particular show. It maybe matches the style for sure. And, uh, you know, Bob, uh, right off the top, uh, you know, we forgot to mention, you know, no, we don’t have any guests this week and this would normally be the week where we’re really looking forward to gas. Cause this weekend supposed to be motor city comic con, he had to do it. I didn’t want to bring it up. You gotta rip the bandaid off. Like this is like, this is normally the Monday night that we nerd out about for like months. Yeah. Oh, this is like the show when we get everyone on. Yup. Yeah. And, and it’s, yeah. And it’s crazy and chaotic and we got somebody different calling in every 10 minutes. Okay. We gotta make fun of the people that are famous about the stuff that they weren’t, they, they weren’t famous about. Right. And you know, Randy’s gonna make some awkward comment to a star Trek dude and yeah. Already totally pulled the whole, do you remember whenever you sued where you died and then you came into clone and then you came back into thing and did you member I met with Dan was awesome. It’s pushing your red leisure. Love you Garrett. Um, okay dude. I gotta I gotta talk about, I need to know who’s spending $700 on little tiny hot wheels wheels for their Mac book. I gotta. I gotta know I got a Mac pro. This is where the tower, I got to know that we have 8,000 members in community in Detroit. There’s someone that owns these things. I mean these are professional level machines. These are, these are like what? Industrial light and magic or whatever by further animators. These are not your home computer. They’re Apple Mac pro wheels kit. It doesn’t sound anything. It sounds like. I thought they were going to be 60 bucks. Yeah, when, yeah, when Eddie brought them up I was like, well, I was like, what the hell are Apple wheels? And I went and looked and I’m like $700. Put your Mac book on wheels with the Mac book pro wheels, say Mac book, Mac pro, whatever. Shut up Randy stainless steel and rubber wheels. It’s all is a stainless steel and rubber wheels. It’s a F a nickel. The work that shit, they’re hot wheels wheels. They are literally hot wheels. Wheels. Makes it easy to move your Mac pro around whether sliding in from under your desk or across your studio. If you add these on, build the order, it’s only $400 because they keep the feet. There’s six. This replaces your feet that come with $9. I, I, I got, there’s gotta be an aftermarket coming soon from some third party people are lining up right now and some are sent with tens buying. Well yeah, cause yeah, the Apple store, Apple stores are supposed to start opening again on Friday. So yeah. Uh, Germany was announced for sure. Sure. If they’re doing in the U S yet. Um, so actually I was just talking about, uh, this actor on, uh, on the last show that I was running. Um, but Peter Weller, uh, is coming back as Robocop, uh, as a DLC character for mortal Kombat 11, their new expansion pack that’s getting released. This was live action, or is this, Oh, it’s a, it’s in the mortal Kombat video game. But yeah, I didn’t read it, but I thought it was gonna be another movie. And I’m like, Oh my God. Awesome. Nah, I’m good. I’m good with it being in mortal combat. I’ll totally get it. Robocops and moral comment. I’m buying, I haven’t bought mortal combat since like three years. I was gonna say four maybe. So, Hey, speaking of which, so my nerd project, uh, my, my geek project that I’ve been taking that I’ve been working on, uh, you know, I’ve been getting all the, so in the basement and in the storage room, I’ve had all these old gaming consoles. I’ve had them forever. Uh, I mean, you remember my old basement and I, you know, I had them all hooked up and all that stuff and I never got around to doing it here. So I’ve been slowly but surely with the new, uh, with the new TV that I’ve got down here getting, so, so far I’ve got the original Xbox, the Xbox three 60, the we uh, one of the two PS twos and the Atari 2,600. Yeah. Yeah. Make fun of you about this. You bought a red white switch that I did in like 2002 in my condo. Proud of yourself. Well, no, it’s, it’s actually, it’s kinda cause dude, you have to go from the clause to this, to this other adapter, to this other adapter, to this other upscale, or to actually get it to work on the TV. It’s, it’s, for me, it’s been a fun project. Like it’s, cause I, I’m loving seeing all the old gamings cause even with, you know, I’ve got that, you know, the arcade game and even the dual booted X-Box that has all the memes and stuff like that and it, um, it’s just, it’s fun having the old systems up and running again. And it’s, you know, forcing the kids to play them whenever they bitch about how terrible their lives are. You know? Oh yeah. When I was younger age, we had a dot. This is adventure. And we moved the dot around and it’s all we had was, and then you had fire with the button. I tried to tell one of the guys that works with me that he’s like 24. I tried to tell him how cool, choppy video and he goes, he just looks at me like this is the greatest. You’re a helicopter, but you don’t get out. Cool. It was cool. It was like a defender thing, but we were a helicopter and it was awesome. Um, by the way, uh, are you, uh, I shot a note. How did you end up watching Hollywood? I met. It did not. I have, I have not watched that yet. I’m not gonna lie. Um, I was too busy finishing off the Soprano’s again and, and then get recommended sucked right back into watching true blood again. So, so Hollywood, in my opinion, rainy, you can probably, uh, tell me if I’m wrong or not, in my opinion, is probably one of the best things Netflix has done in like an insanely long time. They have never, there’s never really been a movie about that era. So it basically picture post world war II, Hollywood, I guess what? 1946, 1948 basically when rock Hudson, James Dean, Marlon Brando were all in there like early twenties. Basically when gone, the wind was just winning best picture. Um, and it was basically rewritten almost as if, if that arrow was today because it was like the first like you could, you couldn’t be outwardly gay cause you would have to be chastised. You could be basically if you were black, you were basically, you had to walk through the back door. You couldn’t go in through the main entrance if you, even if you were a movie. Yeah. The main, the main driving plot point was a new movie with a black actress as the lead character instead of just as playing one of the help. Right. So she got her big break, but like it started off as like, uh, all the guys working at like a, a male brothel. Um, which was like a gas station. But like the cinematography man, it was emotional as hell. It was hilarious. It was, it was everything in between and, and, and no, Mike, Mike, the feet are $700. And Ian, yes, I have cave games for the Atari. Wait, wait, sorry. I was just, I noticed the comments coming in and I’m trying to be better about paying attention to them. I’ve had a couple of friends that recommended or said they liked Hollywood, but I didn’t really know it was about until you messaged me Bob. And so I binged it that night that you recommended it. I watched the whole thing. I really enjoyed it. The only thing I thought was maybe it was a little too tied up nice and pretty with a bow a little bit too much. And they all lived happily ever after. Well they all, they all want Academy awards except for one I think except for the Marlin Brando character. Um, everybody won and everybody, everybody was happy. But like I wanted to hang out at that bar. They went to the Dresden and Hollywood, you know, like it was a, and the guy that played a, what’s his name, Jim Parsons was, was phenomenal. Big bang theory. He was a, he was an asshole agent. Um, like, like a closeted gay asshole agent. And what a great character like, seriously. Yeah. I mean add to the list. I’ll definitely give it a watch. They made him nominal producer of the movie and then he just, it went to his head and he started like hiring his own editors to make cuts and right. But then like, uh, yeah. Um, what’s his name? Meathead was like the um, Rob Reiner was the, uh, the studio head. Um, but yeah, no, it was, it was pretty phenomenal. It was, uh, if you haven’t caught it yet, I insanely highly recommend it. Oh, you know what else? I don’t know what else I watched that was stupid. Um, couldn’t have been stupider. Uh, put on ESPN on Saturday or Sunday. I forget. I think I texted everyone and was formula. I love formula one racing. I like it better than, you know, I don’t like NASCAR, but I love formula one for some reason. And it was video game formula one and it was being commentated by like real people like calling it as if it was a real race, like with British accents, like so and so around the bend passes. So-and-so takes the lead. It was like literally, and I’m thinking to myself now, all right, you got a bunch of guys playing the video game. Now you got a guy watching it, calling it like it’s real and it’s, and you could just sit. You’re going to watch it for an hour and a half and not knowing it was fake. I mean it’d be blurred your eyes a little bit. Yeah. Well yeah, because I mean some of those games, the graphics are so ridiculous that you, yeah, you might not know. It’s not real. I’m like, look at the screen, look at this. She goes, where are they racing? And I go, babe, this is video games. I mean, the tip would be when the guy drops the banana and the, and the car behind them spins out, that might’ve been a giveaway. Why aren’t we there? Are we not there? Why are they doing real NASCAR real formula one, why don’t they make Mario cart race? I’d rather watch that lease. It’s fun. What’s fun about cars going in a circle? We’re making a left turn. Hey, a four, we keep rolling. So, uh, capital one knows that life doesn’t alert you about your credit card. That’s why they created Eno, the capital one assistant that looks out for surprise credit card charges, like over tipping duplicate charges or potential fraud and then sends an alert to your phone and then it helps you even fix them if you need to. Another way, capital one is watching out for your money when you are not capital one. What’s in your wallet? See capital one.com for details. Did you by any chance read the Reddit AMA? I, dude, I mean, I made it about halfway down the page and I was like, Oh my God, this is a train wreck. I can’t anymore with this. I got probably three quarters away through it. Um, basically it’s, I’m a cruise ship worker currently trapped and see, ask me anything. And basically they’re working as entertainer on Holland America line. Um, basically the ship’s been fighting for weeks with the CDC in the us government to let them back in the country. He’s a us citizen, but basically he can’t, you know, he’s not being paid. Um, you can’t even eat internet. Not strong enough to file for unemployment. Nobody on board sick when I was going to say so yeah, he’s a U S citizen, but if it’s on how, so he’s probably on board a ship that is not us registered. No, I don’t think any of them do. That was my whole thing about like when every, when they were all applying for bailouts and all that crap, I’m like, I’m sorry if you’re not a United States company. JTFO so he gets three meals a day, basically prison food. Um, he’s in the fire festival food. He’s got a, the cold cheese sandwiches. He’s got basically 20 hours a day alone in the 200 square foot cabin. Um, the internet, he has to pay if he wants to internet, it’s $10 a gig. And the connection is shit like that. And one of the questions is, why don’t you jump? And he goes, it’s incredibly dangerous to jump overboard and moving. Should we be jumped over the side? It’s a good chance that drags underneath and you die. So like what are like, why don’t you swim? He’s like, you can’t, I’m going to cruise ship. Yeah. It’s, it’s, it’s, yeah. I think especially people that have never been on a cruise ship doesn’t, they don’t realize exactly how high up those decks are. Yeah. Right. Um, my good days, there are no anxiety attacks and no depressive bouts. Basically my bad days, I cycled through extreme anger and depression. Um, like little bit. Literally still there. It’s been, it’s been a month I think, or a month. Now is this the one that got, cause I know there was one that said that it might not be, but it’s probably related. There was one that tried to dock in Italy and they got turned away. Um, and the last I saw was that one was making its way for the U S I mean it’s like just hovering an international waters somewhere or this one’s getting ready to dock and LA. Um, I think what is, is edit three tomorrow. We are docked in LA. Um, basically I think tomorrow is, or maybe it’s today’s already. Oh yeah, I’m off that damn ship. We docked in LA. They finally let me off. Thank you for your well wishes. After all this mess, they finally land and finally docked down. But if you want, and now he’s, and now he’s sitting in a quarantine tent for the next two weeks cause they have all those set up that poor. But hopefully the Internet’s better. Hopefully. Hopefully they got somebody to provide a better wireless signal to the quarantine camp. Yeah. But I guess they’re good to deal with that. He doesn’t leave the ship cause he’s got to deal with butthole people, you know. Um, they’re talking about, um, some lady approached her drunk on a sports deck licking her fingers and she had like a plate from the buffet and like she’s trying to like have them like share off. And she started yelling at him and she’s like, why not eat it? Like stories like that. Like, just like, that’s why he just sits in his room like, Oh yeah, I mean, why wouldn’t you avoid people at that point? Like I, yeah, right. Well let’s say that ice cream shop that opened up and you know, and, and they tried to do the right thing and they tried to, Hey, you know, place your order an hour ahead of time at least and know everybody just showed up and walked into the store and want her to order and then got mad when, Hey, no, you’re not wearing masks. No, you didn’t place your order ahead of time. Get the hell out of the store. And so, you know, like people are like yelling and screaming and cursing at this little 17 year old girl, you know, that’s working behind the counter and like, like this is like this, this is the part that worries me is as bad as society was before this, this much people get out. It’s, it’s going to be road warrior. Like it’s going to be mad max. It’s, it’s gonna be, it’s going to be attack of the carrot is what it’s going to be like. I’m pretty much convinced like anyone that yells at anyone in fast food, just like you go after yourself. Like if you’re like you didn’t put my catch up in my bag, you creep like just, there’s some comedian that has the shtick about is it gonna my girlfriend got mad at me because apparently I ordered the wrong thing for her at taco bell and like taco bell only has four ingredients. It’s you know, it’s this, it’s meat, it cheat, whatever. And she said, you ordered me, you got me to this and I wanted that. And he was like, okay there. Right public free code videos all the time and it’s always something at McDonald’s. It’s like I don’t you could, there’s nothing you could do besides put mushrooms in my head. There’s no, there’s absolutely honestly Bob, let’s be real. Even then you would probably just silently sit there and stew and pick them off and fling them at the windows. Like I know pre dreams and Midtown reopened today, the ice cream shop and I’m wondering if they’re going to experience the same issues that are open like three to seven one family at a time. You know you can pick from the prepackaged flavors. So that’s the thing like dude, I like, I get it. Everybody did. Everybody wants things to be open. Everybody does. Everybody wants to get out of her damn house. Like we’re, we’re all done. We all of us, we’re all done. Here’s the dumb part. Did you see the ATM machines? I don’t even know what city it was in. There’s like four ATM machines and they got the Xs. The did you have to use your pin number at the ATM machines? Yeah, the IOT X is on the ground and it says apparently there’s six. Apparently coronavirus doesn’t travel sideways. Oh yes. Yeah, cause they were literally side by side. But yes, because this was going to happen. Nobody knows what I’m saying. Thank God the Corona virus, they’re like puns and chest. They only move one square forward. They can’t go side to side. It’s going to be a no being like tag, like no reverses, no take, no take backs. Stupid. Did you see the video of the a chick Stormtrooper? That’s the next thing I was just going to hit go. Did you watch the video? I absolutely did. So there’s a place in Canadia called the cocoa vanilla galactic Cantina and it’s like a a comic. I’m not, I’m not going to lie that, that sounds like a strip club that it’s probably, no, it’s a D. It’s like a restaurant apparently, but it’s like a fair, well they ended up getting a girl who I wasn’t even 20, I don’t think, dressed up in Stormtrooper cosplay with a blaster and apparently they got, you know, there was a, I guess there was a shooting up in Canada, so like, uh, people were, you know, on guard I guess like, and people Nova Scotia that went on the spree. Yeah. Yeah. So like, apparently they got like a bunch of nine one one calls and so like the cops like literally like, and they’re like kneeled down and she’s like, I can’t, I’m in this suit. It was like on your knees. She’s like, I can’t like physically can’t, can’t sit in this thing, let alone kneel in this. Yeah, exactly. Look at what I’m wearing, not fully articulated. Right. And they like, they basically threw her to the ground bloody nose, like roughed her up and then realized it was all like cosplay or just like to promote the place. And like the girl was like, I was she 17 also? I thought she was 16, if I recall correctly. Right. And then, uh, yeah, there’s a $1,200 costume. Um, you know, there’s screaming entities, like you can’t even sit when you wear it. Um, you know, the guy was losing money, so he tried to drum up some, you could probably got more notoriety now as being that place with that store. Right. Well, and so, you know, just from the Saifai realm, uh, yeah, they went ahead and released the metal head, uh, the little dog from a black mirror. Uh, I think it was season four, if I recall correctly. Maybe five. Um, no. Yeah, I think it was for, uh, yeah, the little dog looking robot that you know, had like a gun on his head and just like chased everybody around and killed him. Yeah, they’re out. They’re real. The Boston scientific dog spot. So I didn’t think this was real. And I checked and I checked and sure as shit. It’s real. The Boston scientific dog, it’s called M spot. If you want to look at it on YouTube, it’s a spot robot patrolling. Uh, how do you pronounce ambition? And it’s in Singapore, um, called park and it’s basically they took this dam, Boston scientific dog running around the park reminding people to social distance. Are you kidding me? This wouldn’t have hired some 72 old retired from the Navy to like, just excuse me. Find folks could just see. So you can’t do that. You had to have a goddamn, yeah, I had to start the Terminator. Prequel. Yeah. I had to go ahead and start the terminating a message saying, you know, make sure your social distancing, but it does have cameras so they could potentially be using this footage in the future too. Put a GoPro on the old man’s head. Like what? I mean enough people are unemployed now. You couldn’t hire a kid to go do that. Like I don’t get it. I, yeah, like I said, we’re as again as a species, we are not going to be satisfied until we have killed ourselves that that’s just, that’s how it goes. You’re not going to tell the dog to go F itself cause God knows if it’s got a gun. You know like some shit comes out of here. Do you see that thing walk up on you? I do to you dude. You tell me to like lay down and take my pants off and show my ass to a camera. Sure that. Okay, good doggy. Cool. Yeah. The running joke at Michigan quarantine chugs the Facebook group is, everything is like show me your butthole. Every single, it’s like a girl with a bottle of Jack Daniels three down. Show me your bottle. I was in that group for like a day and left it phenomenal. It’s such a good read. That’s only a King. I’m so sick. All you assholes with the politics stop it. Let me hang out with people, get shit faced and chug bottle this and Jack Daniels in the shower and cause a lot of, a lot of them are showered drinks. Um, so, Oh, uh, the other star Wars one, uh, Boba Fett, Boba Fett Django fat. Well then that was the, the, the article, the headline said Boba Fett, but it was really Jenga fat. Um, well it’s the bullet character with the Django act. Yeah, because clones, what’s the kid doing now? Why don’t they have the kid cokehead maniac. He doesn’t look like Django though growing up. Cause he’s not the genuine actor. A little kid, but not growing up. Now he’s, he’s hanging out with, he’s hanging out with the kid from episode one, like going on meth benders across Utah. I don’t know if that’s going to be like 65 years old. How old is this guy? Jingle jingle guy? Well, but so think about it in context. Um, they should be because like, so like just looking at like the clone Wars, um, they had, you know, the clones had age that had, that had still survived and all that kind of stuff. So I mean, you’re talking after Jedi in fact, some time after Jedi. And so Boba Fett should be old. I mean, look at, look at Han and you know everybody else in the last three movies. But like, if you want to, if you want me to be excited about Mandalorian too, like just saying both, it’s going to be in it. And I’m like, honestly, I’m an aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. We can. Nerd rage, nerd debate about the, I’m Morris, I’m more excited about a, so Caetano being in it. Uh, she was just like such a great character coming out of clone Wars and rebels that I’m, I’m totally nerded out that, that, that’s gonna see like a live screen thing. Oh my God. So me and my wife Rose flipping it on YouTube and they had a quote from sideshow collectibles. It was a life sized Boba Fett. There’s a video of these two guys putting it together. And my wife’s like, what is that thing like a grand? And I’m like, babe, if it was a grand, it’d be on route to my be in the basement already. How would you play that? Go downstairs. I’d put it in the, in the right. Yeah, it’d be on the front porch. Just welcoming people with a cam on it so nobody steals it. $500 break. You ruined my, uh, my big reveal Randy. No. So she goes to how much you think I know. Not a grant. I go babe, it’s probably like seven and yeah, sure. Shit, it’s 8,400 bucks, but this thing’s galore. It’s like eight or nine boxes of stuff and it looks good. I mean, that’s, that’s cool. Like I, I’ve, I’ve always said if, if I decided I’m going to get any dumber with stuff down here in the basement, um, I’m, I’m going to get the Boba frat, I’m going to get the or not that. Both at the Han solo in Carbonite, uh, set up for the fridge. They have, you can just buy the fridge. It’s like a couple of grants. Yeah. Well, but you can also just, you can also get the, like the, basically the insert that slaps onto it onto the front of your fridge and you know, yeah. You’re going to put that next to your, uh, funeral home Oregon. Dude. So this is hands down one of the funniest guy damn things that came across the internet to me today. It’s not funny. Okay. No, it’s okay. There’s funny. Haha. And then there’s, Hey, this milk smells funny. So this is funny. Either way you want to look at it. Um, there’s a funeral home in Hamtramck that’s closing down. And uh, he just texted me that no, you’re not buying it. She heard. Mmm. And so, you know, and it’s like when I shared it with you guys, I was like, Hey, have you ever looked around a funeral home and said to yourself, God, that would look really good in my house? No, neither have I. Uh, cause I mean, it’s all like, you know, the, the, the, you know, the, the typical chairs and couches and kneelers and all that stuff that you find in a funeral home. But what set me back in particular, like you won. Yeah. There’s that Hammond organ that I might have to have that might have to be a thing. Yeah. Oh my God. You have no one. Uh, but the two, the two listings, um, one, uh, the, the box full. And when I say Boxville, I don’t mean a small box. I mean a decent sized cardboard box full of baby dolls that I don’t really know why they were there. There had to have been at least 20, the 1960s ones like, yeah, they’re really, yeah, like creeper Rafiq ones. Um, and then a bunch of Playboys, like, like just like hundreds of Playboys. And I’m like, you know what, I’ve been to a lot of funeral homes in my life. Not once have I ever seen a Playboy at a funeral home ever. And they’re selling them for two, two bucks, 50 cents a piece. You know, at that point, you just take them to a goddamn flea market. They always have to use porn shop there, you know, leave him, leave him in the little free library thing outside of Detroit shipping company. Just leave them there instead of previously owned the porn. It’s, you know, it’s, it’s been used. What to think. I’m going to buy that goddamn pink couch in the lounge room. It’s been there since 1972 you’re out of your mind. I probably won’t be pink anymore. Would be like bright red or this, the scary thing is I know people, you know what? I got to send it to two people. He drives an effing hearse around town. Like everyone out there is, he might buy it out. Yeah I was going to stay either he would be one to like, Oh yeah I knew that couch. I need that whatever I needed painting and like brag that it came from a home. But like, like you know, you know who would have bought everything on that pants? Uh, you were bought when you were about like the pink one painting or like something like just to, just to have that conversation piece. He totally would have bought something. See now here’s what I don’t get. Like are they, they went out of business. Do they, they own debt obviously, but like that shit’s been there since the seventies Oh easily do look at looking at that. That might be, you might be being generous by saying the seventies that’s back when there was actually Polish club in Hamtramck back that far back. Right. Well I’m trying to figure out like, like I, I, I have so many, like how does a funeral home close? Like people keep dying. [inaudible] like it’s, it’s like, it’s not like that’s like, that’s not what it’s going to be an in demand of business. Yeah. I’ve never, I’ve never heard of one closing all the ones that I’ve ever been around in my life. Yeah. Unless there was some sort of scandal associated with them. Like that’s, yeah. Yeah. They lost money in the track. They got a book. They did cause it. Right. This tells me the old money they’ve been around since the sixties or whatever. So like I said, I just, I, I have questions. It’s a thing. What is go through it because like the shit isn’t like, it isn’t even expensive. It’s like Oregon was like $400. Well that’s a thing like, dude, those new, those are like five, six grants. He retired. That’s why he’s closing it. Ah, why is he selling all that stuff? Like no kids, nobody wants to take over the business. Nobody, man, I can’t imagine as a popular, still still want to know where all the Playboys came from still. There was a guy in Auburn Hills when I first moved in, I moved in an Oh six and it was, it was a Stan’s dug out and Muldoon’s ours are on here. Then there was like a nice restaurant and the guy who just went Duffy’s opened up, he used to, he was old man. And imagine these guys, you introduce yourself as the undertaker and undertaker, like what he would look like, right? So he would go to every single girl in the bar and basically go, yeah, I worked down the street on the undertaker. Three lines later. Did you want to see my leader never failed like every night. Like it got to the point where we had to have a band from every bar, like thrown out and he’s like, maybe in his seventies. And we used to always joke like, why don’t you just give them a good little, little, put a little little tickle in, insert, insert joke about working with stiffs here in search reinforced every stereotype I had about people that work at funeral homes. It’s just like, you know, and now you can own it. I love to see them do a commercial and now you can own a piece of history. Wouldn’t you like to sit on the couch? Thousand people have cried and farted on, that’s, that’s, that’s red smoke for years. Oh my God. Yeah. Imagine how much smoke is trapped in that verdict. Right. The light has been in a nuts molding facility. Um, so the, the one that I, I keep, I keep waffling back and forth, back and forth on this one. Like I can’t figure out if I feel bad for them or not. Um, all the people that like leverage themselves to the Hill, uh, getting Airbnb properties or getting properties and then putting them out on Airbnb and now they’re completely screwed. Um, because, you know, they’ve, not only did they have, you know, they haven’t had any listings, but the stuff they had booked, canceled, um, Airbnb overrode whatever cancellation policies they had and basically fully refunded everybody and yada, yada yada. Um, there was a part of the story was a couple here in Southeast Michigan, uh, that bought a couple of properties up North and that’s what they were doing with it. They were, you know, Airbnb in the mountain and that kind of stuff. And I get it, but like there’s a reason why they call, they’re called investment properties for a reason and, and investments carry risk. Like that’s how that works. Like a lot of risks and, and nobody, like, nobody saw it. And I get it. Like nobody saw this coming and this is a completely unforeseen set of circumstances. But like I said, I’m just, I’m, I’m torn as to whether or not I feel bad or not for him. No, I don’t. At least people are bellyaching to the, to the media. Like it’s kinda like saying, Hey, I bought like this rental, I bought a strip mall and now I can’t do it because everything’s shut down and I’m going to be like, you’re in and you’re in a situation where you can buy something like that and you’re going to bellyache cause you can’t wait three months. Like the rest of us were crying out loud, pay your rent and then book it again. Like for crying out loud. Like that’s not something to bellyache about as many people as a flat filing unemployment, you have to go to food banks and wait for three hours, do it in literally, what is it? 21% of Michigan has now found for unemployment. Yes. Like those people want a belly ache. You got the floor when you’re good, you know, like this is like you, you gotta look right. People like when you’re in a situation like, um, uh, the, uh, the four homes that I own as Airbnbs are not able to be utilized at this time. Bernie Sanders that was behind those right there wrote this article. I gotta listen all your line. You’re allowed. You get a pass. I was going to yell at you the other day. I’m like, stop with the politics. I hate you, but I get it. But what else are you going to do is going to sports on dude, every now and then I do it just cause I’m bored and I just want to, I was going to call you out on it. This reminds me of like message boards. I just want to, I just want to rile people up, look at them, put them up, put them up. You think people would learn. That’s why don’t even bother. Like, here’s the thing, like I could put out like here’s a scientific paper written by Lord Jesus Christ and it goes against the way you think and you’re going to say, that’s big. That’s bullshit. Like that. I wouldn’t say no. Your bullshit. And then I hate you. Well twice dude. I love the guy on Twitter. That was, that said something about, um, how, Oh my God, you know the Corona virus. It absolutely like this mirrors the events of the stand and yada yada. And Stephen King replied and cause he like he did and he was like, well actually no, because you know, captain trips was, you know, a lot more virulent and actually had a really high mortality rate and yada yada. And the guy replies to Stephen King and I was like, dude, do you even know what you’re talking about? Like have you been read this book? Like literally that guy doesn’t know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut. I love him. People are oblivious to who they’re talking to on Twitter. Like the NASA intern who got fired because she swore at Homer Hickman not Oh my God or no cause she swore and then, and then, Hey, you might want to watch your language, young lady. And she was like, she’s like, well, I’m, I’m working at NASA. Who the fuck are you? And he’s like, I’m the chair of the admissions committee for interns at NASA. Bullshit. How do you apply to NASA and not know who Homer Hickman is? Like there’s a fricking movie about him and everything. I have no idea. You’ve never seen October sky. He will. And he’s also never applied to NASA. That’s never seen Armageddon. I’ve never seen, um, the one, the, what’s the one on the shuttle? As much as we mock Armageddon, you’ve never seen Armageddon. I know the one they’re going to land. So I didn’t watch that one. Like I never, I didn’t sit through Titanic’s and other boat. I don’t see her as, I never watched Titanic out of spite, just cause it, uh, it replaced star Wars as, as the number one box office movie at the time to watch Titanic because of what, four and a half hours long. Ellen, Celine Dion, let’s be honest. So, uh, I didn’t open it because I want it to be a surprise, but the insider of dotcom for the 17 best science ciphers. That’s right. I want to pull this list up cause I want to talk through this according to fans, which is a bad start. Please talk about by fans. Um, so fan base, Sox fan base always sucks. They’re not a good judge of movies. So basically a range from 2001 space Odyssey to alien to Spiderman. I don’t really care. Do you consider Spiderman? Saifai I’m already, I’m already leery. It is. How was it? Not so far. It’s not your Saifai. That’s Saifai, but basically a, what orders is going David was, was Spiderman 17 they’re not numbered. Yeah. It was just kind of random. Uh, and so, okay, I got this pulled up alien all day. I’m a huge fan into the spider verse. It’s a great movie. Yeah, it was, let me just get, let’s be, let’s be real yet. So it wasn’t necessarily, it wasn’t just Spiderman, it was Spiderman into the spider verse, which gets into the whole multi-verse concept and all that stuff. So I mean that’s, I’ll give them a pass. Like that’s, that’s pretty, that’s, that’s not bad. That’s the only one. I’m fine with that too. We actually didn’t bridge that. Um, it wasn’t like, you know what alien? Yeah. Hands down all day everyday. Like alien. Alien is the one that’s still to this day. Like it’s, so I’ve always tried to explain like the difference in horror genres to me. And it always comes down to alien versus aliens because alien was very psychological. It’s mental. It’s like most of it’s in your head with a couple, with a couple of jump scares every now and then for a fact. Whereas aliens is all like splatter splatter, Gore, you know, blood flying everywhere, all that kind of stuff. So I mean like to me those are like two different genres. Even within horror. Well the fact that it’s a scifi and it’s a horror movie. Like how often has that been done? I can’t think of, um, in that whole list of like all that, like star Wars isn’t a horror movie. The fact that alien kind of bridged a both kind of sweet, the alien. Oh, you should absolutely do. Just, you should absolutely watch the original abs. Abso-freaking-lutely Oh yeah. Star Wars episode four. Yeah. All day. Yup. Yeah. Followed by episode five. Back to the feature all day. I finally, and I introduced my kids, except for, you know, the time travel paradox and why does my kid look exactly like that guy I made out with, you know? Yeah, exactly. How does my mom not know that I wanted to bang my kid dude. Inception. So here’s the thing, I think, I think inception has the same issue that you had with Westworld this last season of Westworld. Randy. Like it, it tried too hard to be smart. Yeah. Like it tried really, really hard to be the smartest person in the room. You know what you want me that I liked, that’s underrated, that no one talks about, but I thought it was phenomenal. Um, it’s the, uh, Timberlake and they have the, they have the time and they have it on their arms. Like, like, Oh yeah, yeah. In time or in time. Is it? Yeah, like everyone’s 27 years old or whatever. Um, and then basically you can be, you know, you can live for 10 minutes, you can live for a thousand years and the time is the currency, so you can give your time to others or whatever. If they didn’t have, they didn’t have a, you know, two factor authentications, all he had to punch you in the Guttman, twist your arm, take all your, um, the thing, uh, you know, the old John Carpenter movie. Uh, again, so there’s another, that’s another Saifai flake for sure. Um, yeah. Uh, I mean premise is alien from outer space. Yeah. But it’s like more, again, it’s more a monster movie. I don’t know. It’s like than it is. Those are all Spotify too though. Yeah. Godzilla’s I guess so this one I have not seen. Um, and I might have to check it out. Children of men. I’m a dystopian Saifai thriller. I, I never heard of it either. Never seen it. Um, when a group of, in a world, when a group of revolutionaries discovered the only pregnant woman in the world, they fight to transport her to safety. I think I watched this like at four in the morning, drunk once or something familiar as hell. Um, yeah. I don’t, I don’t know though. Um, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. So keep thinking I’ve seen this one, but it’s always a, I’ve seen it. I’ve seen instead. Yeah. Well, and it’s honestly like a couple of these are, have been kind of like revamped or rebooted as black mirror episodes. Um, you know, the whole point of, you know, you can use technology to erase past relationships and all that kind of stuff. Yeah. I mean, to me it was, it was almost more more, I mean, it gets to your point of what genre is it, Bob, you know, to me that was almost more of a romcom than it was a scifi movie. Um, and then, okay, so here’s the other one that we were talking about aliens. So see the last one, because Kate Winslow was in it. I’ll be wide and like, yeah, so I mean, aliens. I mean, I feel like, you know, I already kind of talked about this like to me that it’s, that it’s that difference in the horror genre of do you like a splatter faster? Do you like it psychological? Yeah, both of them. They’ll legit like all day. I’m the one, I’m gonna, I’m not gonna argue about this one, but the one I don’t get is, um, I love me some Stanley Kubrick, I think he’s one of the most brilliant movie, uh, writers, directors of our time. Well, I mean, according to you, he like faked the moon landing. So totally did. We used all the extra leftover shit for 2001 space. But like this is, this is more, this is even a question of horror versus Cypress versus whatever. Romcom this is a mushrooms versus pot. Like what drug are you going to watch while you, and this is like, this is a hard watch. Have you ever sat through this thing front to back? Uh, I’ve, I’ve watched this movie. I can’t tell you how many times did I, yeah, it’s such a hard watch, but in my opinion, like it’s so like to me like this, like this is to me, this is almost like when I go back and watch it now, it’s almost like going back and watching Tron and, and, and, and watching, you know, stuff like that. It is, although I will say in, in a lot of ways I prefer 2010. Um, but 2001 I mean, just as the original is. Uh, yeah. I mean they did so many things that were, had never been seen before. It was, it was just phenomenal. Just we did, I mean literally it’s one of the weirdest movies ever, like all ever see or ever will see. Like, like, seriously, that guy was doing so many mushrooms when he put this thing out, which of course he did. There’s no way like people are looking at him going, what? Just work with me here. Just take one of these and then go read your lines. Terminator two. I thought it was interesting. So I, I’m trying to remember, uh, uh, scrolling down quick, I was surprised that tattoo was, was here on the list. Um, as opposed to Terminator cause so all day. Well, because the whole, it’s the old sending the guy back, sending your dad back to beg your mom. Nobody wants to get into that. Well, and the liquid metal, no teacher was a better movie though. I think, you know, 84 was a tough year for technology. Like you’re going to do a movie in 97, you’re going to get better technology except the Terminator movies now suck. But whatever. Yeah. Um, is this even SciFest? See I had a really hard time with like, I don’t know that I, I put a clockwork orange in Saifai. No, it’s okay. Like they say it’s a scifi crime drama just because it’s, you know, set in a dystopian future. But he’s a criminal. But when we get a crime drama, yeah. 79 MedMax is Saifai that’s just Australia like clockwork orange. No, I, yeah, I’m, I’m skipping on that one. Um, iron giant is, you know, especially from an animation perspective is so, so good. Great movie. Whereas if they’re, if, if my buddy’s not on this list and this was the only animated one on the list too, there’s a 1927 silent movie that no one has seen. Dude, I’ve absolutely seen this metropolis. Um, this is one of those ones where if you ever like hung out with any like film nerds in your life, odds are good. They were going to force you to watch this. And I mean, you know, for a silent film it really wasn’t bad. Like I kinda liked it. Yeah. I think they, I think they went too far with this post apocalypse thing cause the movie stalker, it’s a post apocalyptic world alien wasteland. Like I’m looking, I’ve never seen this stalker. I don’t know this movie heard of it. 1972 solarise space station where nearby planets of water brings out people’s were pressed obsession. Yeah, no, see and that’s the thing like, dude, I would have gone with like Omega man. I would’ve gone with flash. Gordon flash Gordon. Yeah. I mean there were so many others that could have made that list. That should have, yeah, I would have put maybe snow Pierce around here. Never heard of it. The last survivors on the planet live on a train that just circles the earth. Chris, I’m a huge, I love ready player one. It was so good. Like how is Tron and ready player one, like not a plot. What are those lists? Like who’s, they just make this shit. So ASOS like us, read it, talk about it and then link to it and other people go read it and yeah. So Randy note no links squat about this article. This is all based on a letterbox ratings social network called letterbox about movies. So, but speaking of flash Gordon, that was the big news that came out that the a, it’s getting a 4k release, um, in August. See now if you talk to the, does anyone really know that his voice was w over cause he was a bottle? No, that, that, that you know, it was always a rumor my whole, then it finally came out during that one, um, uh, documentary that he didn’t do the re shoots cause he was such a, such a premadonna um, ask which is why you never saw him again. I think there was like the where Sam Jones or whatever that well yeah they’re coming out with a four K but like you wonder if it’s going to use that. Um, Oh my God, this is the funny thing dude. Did I talk about this last week? I mean they said that there’s a five disc set. I mean one of those desks has to have that on it. Why? I mean, why wouldn’t you lay my kid watches Peppa pig all day. My six year old grandpa pig is Brian is the Hawk man. They see it here no
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On this week's podcast I bring you interviews from students, teachers and organisers who attended the National Finals of Scifest 2019 in Marino Institute of Education on Friday, 22 November. Among the guests I speak to are the following: Sheila Porter, the founder and CEO of Scifest Aideen Hodgins from TU Dublin – Blanchardstown Students Ella, Eva and Willemijn from Loreto Balbriggan Students Caomhán Budhlaeir and Illann Wall from Presentation Brothers’ College, Cork Teacher Kristina Troy from Kishoge Community College Overall Winner Timothy McGrath from Killorglin Community College Former winner Aaron Hannon Eoin Gill from Waterford Institute of Technology. Rory Geoghegan
Adam Kelly became BT Young Scientist & Technologist of the Year and the winner of SciFest in Ireland. He won First, Best of Category Award in Systems Software and the Dudley R Herschbach SIYSS Award at Intel ISEF 2019 (Adam is going to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremony and Festivities this December). He has recently won First Prize of 7,000 Euros at EUCYS in Sofia, where we recorded and filmed! our conversation. His software has direct applications in the verification of quantum devices; quantum algorithm design and investigations of quantum supremacy. Adam developed a novel method for state vector simulation. Unlike current tools, this enables the use of both hardware acceleration and distributed systems. The developments create a coherent approach towards the simulation of quantum circuits, that can be used by any researcher to improve the simulation process for any quantum circuit. Now you can tune into us on YouTube! along with ApplePodcasts, iTunes, Spotify and SoundCloud. Like, subscribe and follow the pod if you wanna take a few moments of science with us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPkrzY9E6Lg&feature=youtu.be Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dropthestempodcast/?modal=admin_todo_tour Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dropthestempodcast/ @dropthestempodcast EUCYS project: https://eucys.eu/projects-2019/yoptimised-simulation-of-general-quantum-circuits/
Special extra episode! Coming to you live from Uppsala's SciFest 2019, here you can listen to the interesting discussion we had with Mirko Ancillotti, from the Centre for Research Ethics and Bioethics at Uppsala University. Learn with us about the different perceptions and susceptibilities of the Swedish public regarding antibiotic resistance. Check relevant links and material at www.uac.uu.se/the-amr-studio/episodeX1/. Follow our updates on twitter on www.twitter.com/uac_uu with #theAMRstudio hashtag! Theme music by Henrik Niss: www.tinyurl.com/henriknissspotify.
8–10 mars sprudlar Fyrishov av fantasifulla smakprov på några av Uppsala universitets olika forskningsområden. Katarina Holmborn Garpenstrand styr ihop allt och har tagit med sig två av de 70 utställarna: Azul Tarazona Machicao, kommunikatör på Institutionen för konstvetenskap och Börje Dahrén, kommunikatör på Institutionen för geovetenskap.
Will and David recently attended SciFest: Rock, Fossil, Quake! This was an event held at the St. Louis Science Center in collaboration with the Washington University School of Medicine. The event brought scientists and science enthusiasts face-to-face to talk about geology, earthquakes, and - most exciting for us - fossils (mostly dinosaurs)! In this episode, we recount some of our impressions and favorite parts of the event, and include interviews with six dinosaur paleontologists who attended the event. You'll hear from: Dr. Ashley Morhardt, Washington University Dr. Andy Farke, Raymond Alf Museum Dr. Denver Fowler, Badlands Dinosaur Museum Dr. Casey Holliday, University of Missouri Dr. Liz Freedman Fowler, Dickinson State University Josh Matthews, Burpee Museum Huge thanks to all of the above - and everyone else involved in the event - for a fun day of science outreach! Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures: http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ Follow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPC Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcast/ PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org.
Sateenkaaria koeputkessa, harmonografin piirtämää taidetta, liikkuvia robotteja, valeuutisia ja paljon muuta tarjosi SciFest eli Joensuussa järjestettävä tiede-, ympäristö- ja teknologiafestivaali. Lisäksi asiaa ruokavalion ja mielenterveyden yhteyksistä ja syistä punaisten häviöön sisällissodassa.
Ytterligare våldtäktsförsök i centrala Uppsala Uppsalahem slopar inkomstkrav SciFest på Fyrishov Medverkande: Nanna Olson, Julia Bardh.
Edit: Bit low effort this one on my part. But next week... The Fringe! - Mark For another trip back to 2017's Edinburgh International Science Festival we'll be hearing from Dr Lucina Hackman. Forensic anthropologists are crucial in helping to identify the deceased when there are limited clues to their identity. Dr Hackman's talk will examine how her work has helped give victim's their identity to assist with the investigation of crimes. Dr Hackman is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification based in the University of Dundee. She runs postgraduate courses and teaches students in forensic anthropology. Dr Hackman is also a certified, practising forensic anthropologist and works regularly with investigators in this role.
Yes, it's us again. Remember us? We do podcasts and then take massive breaks to put on public festivals of science and rationalism. But we're here again! We'll have some podcasts from most of our Skeptics on the Fringe 2017 talks over the coming months and there's so much good stuff coming up. It'll keep you going for aaaages. Before that we have a few other podcasts to put out from the Science Festival, starting with this interview with Niamh Nic Daeid. She'll be telling us all about her incredible career and her current research, as well as telling us about her dreams for the forensics future. We sadly couldn't podcast Niamh's talk for pesky legal reasons, but you'll be able to hear more from her in a few weeks time on one of our Skeptics on the Fringe 2017 podcasts! Professor Niamh Nic Daeid is Director of Research at the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification and Director of the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science a £10million a year project with the remit to disrupt the forensic science ecosystem. She is a forensic chemist specialising in fire investigation, and the clandestine manufacture and characterisation of drugs of abuse. She is the current Vice Chair of the scientific advisory board of the International Criminal Court and is an advisor to the United Nations on aspects of New psychoactive drugs.
SciFest Dubai may be exactly what it sounds like: a festival celebrating science in Dubai. But there's more to it than that; there's a whole rationale and methodology to think about. SciFest Dubai aims to celebrate science through the arts, in order to improve scientific literacy. "If you look around you, there's a lot of people who are intimidated by science," explains festival co-founder Rohan Roberts. "That's because of how it was taught in high school." For many, science is a huge, boring body of information that you have to memorize for a test. The goal of Roberts, and the festival, is to re-think science as a way of being in the world, a way of thinking. Listen in to learn more about SciFest Dubai. Be sure to subscriber and review. And if you can, consider donating a few BitCoin to the podcast. Every little bit helps.
SciFest Dubai may be exactly what it sounds like: a festival celebrating science in Dubai. But there's more to it than that; there's a whole rationale and methodology to think about. SciFest Dubai aims to celebrate science through the arts, in order to improve scientific literacy. “If you look around you, there's a lot of people who are intimidated by science,” explains festival co-founder Rohan Roberts. “That's because of how it was taught in high school.” For many, science is a huge, boring body of information that you have to memorize for a test. The goal of Roberts, and the festival, is to re-think science as a way of being in the world, a way of thinking. Listen in to learn more about SciFest Dubai. Be sure to subscriber and review. And if you can, consider donating a few BitCoin to the podcast. Every little bit helps.
In this interview with EdSkeptics Science Festival speaker Emma McClure we delve deeper into some of the issues with the reliance on certain types of forensic evidence, hear about her journey into skepticism, and find out what happened to her first pet - featuring special guest star Emma's mother. Emma McClure is a solicitor specialising in prison and public law whose work sees her regularly representing prisoners during parole hearings and bringing judicial reviews against public bodies. She has given talks around the country on the way in which over-confidence in the veracity of forensic science can lead to miscarriages of justice and has gone undercover to investigate psychics, faith healers and Mind Body Spirit fairs. Follow Emma on Twitter: @Emmemmemma
We're back but also we never really went away or something. For this double episode of the podcast we have a talk and an interview with prison lawyer Emma McClure. In this talk, she examines the issues with forensic techniques, highlighting the amusing, confusing and sometimes tragic consequences of failing to take a skeptical approach to evidence in the field of forensic science. Emma McClure is a solicitor specialising in prison and public law whose work sees her regularly representing prisoners during parole hearings and bringing judicial reviews against public bodies. She has given talks around the country on the way in which over-confidence in the veracity of forensic science can lead to miscarriages of justice and has gone undercover to investigate psychics, faith healers and Mind Body Spirit fairs. Follow Emma on Twitter: @Emmemmemma
(Sorry for the slightly dodgy audio... - Ed) Time reasons scuppered our chances of having a nice chat with our old friend, QI Elf, and ex-copper Stevyn Colgan. So, to go along with his Science Festival 2017 talk we're dusting off the archives and bringing you a EdSkeptics classic - our interview with Stevyn from QED 2016. Stevyn Colgan is an author, artist, public speaker and oddly-spelled Cornishman. He has, among other things, been a chef, a brewer, a comics publisher and – for three decades - a police officer in London, during which time he was set on fire twice, was sworn at by a royal, met two US Presidents and a Pope, was kissed by Princess Diana and let Freddie Mercury wear his helmet. He is a visiting lecturer at a number of UK universities and is a regular speaker at UK and international events such as TED, HybridConf, 5x15, QEDcon, the Ig Nobel Prizes, Latitude, the Hay Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe. He has appeared on numerous podcasts and radio shows including Freakonomics, Do The Right Thing, Ex Libris, No Such Thing As A Fish, Little Atoms and Josie Lawrence’s Short Cuts. He is also one of the ‘Elves’ that research and write the multi award-winning BBC TV series QI and was part of the writing team that won the Rose D’or for BBC Radio 4’s The Museum of Curiosity. Find him on Twitter @StevynColgan.
The podcast returns! And we're back with a corker - the first of our run of talks under the banner of the Edinburgh International Science Festival. First up is QI Elf and ex-London copper Stevyn Colgan. Stevyn was a police officer in Scotland Yard for 20 years, as part of the Problem Solving Unit finding imaginative solutions to quell tensions in communities, from dog shows to lollipops. Stevyn Colgan is an author, artist, public speaker and oddly-spelled Cornishman. He has, among other things, been a chef, a brewer, a comics publisher and – for three decades - a police officer in London, during which time he was set on fire twice, was sworn at by a royal, met two US Presidents and a Pope, was kissed by Princess Diana and let Freddie Mercury wear his helmet. He is a visiting lecturer at a number of UK universities and is a regular speaker at UK and international events such as TED, HybridConf, 5x15, QEDcon, the Ig Nobel Prizes, Latitude, the Hay Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe. He has appeared on numerous podcasts and radio shows including Freakonomics, Do The Right Thing, Ex Libris, No Such Thing As A Fish, Little Atoms and Josie Lawrence’s Short Cuts. He is also one of the ‘Elves’ that research and write the multi award-winning BBC TV series QI and was part of the writing team that won the Rose D’or for BBC Radio 4’s The Museum of Curiosity. Find him on Twitter @StevynColgan.
This week on the podcast we're bringing you details of our lineup of talks run under the banner of the 2017 Edinburgh International Science Festival. Join Mark Pentler and science festival curator for this year Heather Pentler as they take you night-by-night through the lineup. This year the theme is The Science of Crime. Expect lots of dead bodies and some truly remarkable techniques on display as we learn how science is being used to both secure and overturn convictions. Our science festival lineup runs Monday to Thursdays from the 3rd-13th April at the Banshee Labyrinth on Niddry Street. All events start at 7:30 and run until 9pm. Ish. Depends how good you are in the Q and As :-) Check out the full line up on our website: http://www.edinburghskeptics.co.uk or on Facebook & MeetUp.
On this week's podcast we're going back to the Spring for the last talk from our Science Festival programme. How do we know that DNA is a double-helix? Why is diamond beautiful but graphite is boring, when they are both made of carbon? Why are there no room-temperature superconductors? These are all questions from the field of materials physics, and their answers are what drive our understanding of everything from flexible computer screens, advanced drug delivery, and how powerful the next generation of iPhone will be. This talk will look at the techniques that scientists use to look at materials on the atomic level, and how this knowledge helps us to better understand the materials we already know, so that we can dream up new materials to tackle the problems of the future. Dr Andrew Princep grew up in Western Australia where he graduated from Curtin University of Western Australia with an Honours degree in Nanotechnology in 2008, before completing his PhD in Physics at UNSW Canberra in 2012 and finally taking up his current position as a Postdoc at Oxford University. https://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/contacts/people/princep
Genetically modified crops have been hailed as both a saviour and villain. The media has put a spotlight on the two extreme ends of this polarised debate, with agricultural corporations on one side and internet celebrities like Food Babe on the other. This talk focuses on that neglected grey area in-between, including what we know about the environmental impacts and how we might translate scientific data and societal values into pragmatic public policy. Sarah has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Environmental Science. After discovering she was less interested in understanding “the environment” as a separate entity, independent from society, her career has focused on examining the space where social and ecological systems overlap. She has worked as a researcher examining the biophysical, social and policy dimensions of environmental problems since 2002. Sarah was born and raised in the US, where she awkwardly grew up in a small Midwestern town as an atheist and a natural skeptic. It wasn’t until she moved to Australia, however, that she discovered there was not only a term for her constant questioning, but an entire movement. She became active with the Perth Skeptics as one of its organisers. She now resides in the UK; and after her lifetime tour of the colonies, she likes to think she’s returned to the motherland. https://about.me/saraheclement If you want to look at Sarah's GoodReads list, you can find that here
After delivering the first talk of our fantastic Edinburgh International Science Festival 2016 lineup, we sat down with Dr. Sarah Clement to talk some more about GMOs and her own journey into skepticism. Sarah has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Environmental Science. After discovering she was less interested in understanding ""the environment"" as a separate entity, independent from society, her career has focused on examining the space where social and ecological systems overlap. She has worked as a researcher examining the biophysical, social and policy dimensions of environmental problems since 2002. Sarah was born and raised in the US, where she awkwardly grew up in a small Midwestern town as an atheist and a natural skeptic. It wasn't until she moved to Australia, however, that she discovered there was not only a term for her constant questioning, but an entire movement. She became active with the Perth Skeptics as one of its organisers. She now resides in the UK; and after her lifetime tour of the colonies, she likes to think she's returned to the motherland. https://about.me/saraheclement If you want to look at Sarah's GoodReads list, you can find that here
Join our very own David Frank as he quizzes Dr. Eric Stoddart from the University of St. Andrews on surveillance, his thoughts about theology and Big Brother, and the name of his first pet. He's totally not going to break into his email. Honestly... Eric Stoddard grew up in Aberdeen where he also went to university - both for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Moving into academic positions later in life he's been at the University of St Andrews for the past ten years. Since about 2008 he has been researching surveillance and publishing largely on the ethics of this everyday phenomenon. With a colleague from Sweden he is currently developing an international research network to focus specifically on issues of surveillance and religion. https://ericstoddart.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk https://twitter.com/es61andrews
Our next Science Festival 2016 talk addresses the subject of Big Brother. It's easy to be alarmist about the spread of surveillance technologies into many areas of everyday life. Orwell's 'Big Brother' is a popular image but it doesn't really get us too far in taking a sober critical stance towards surveillance in its multi-faceted guises. There's a lot of value in drawing on privacy rights as a way of challenging extensive technological systems that treat us as objects from which data is scraped and on which basis we are then categorised and acted upon. However, Dr. Eric Stoddart is suggesting that thinking about our (in)visibility - the skill we have in managing our visibility in relation to people and institutions - gives us an additional dimension to addressing significant concerns about cultures of surveillance. Considering (in)visibility also takes us quickly into questions of social justice where surveillance is disproportionately targeted at already marginalised groups of people. This means we start thinking about the negative (and possibly positive) effects of surveillance upon the Common Good. Surveillance isn't all bad so we need a critical approach that doesn't spiral into alarmist panics. He will explore what just such a response might need to look like. Eric Stoddart grew up in Aberdeen where he also went to university - both for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Moving into academic positions later in life he's been at the University of St Andrews for the past ten years. Since about 2008 he has been researching surveillance and publishing largely on the ethics of this everyday phenomenon. With a colleague from Sweden he is currently developing an international research network to focus specifically on issues of surveillance and religion. https://ericstoddart.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk https://twitter.com/es61andrews
The awesome Sci-Fest LA is back for it's 3rd Year and festival organizer David Dean Bottrell is back on Geekscape for the 2nd Year in a row to talk about it! Joining David is one of the festival's writers and directors, Jack Kenny, who you may know as a TV writer, producer, actor and show runner of SyFy's 'Warehouse 13'! The two of them talk about both the success and growth of Sci-Fest LA, what to expect this year and why this is one of the best experiences a science fiction (or theater) fan can have! Also, we talk a bit about that big 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 premiere that just happened! Enjoy!
To go along with the recording of Prof. William Naphy's excellent talk for us as part of this year's science festival, he sat down with our very own David Frank to talk some more about his thoughts on gender, as well as bravely attacking our Bear vs Tiger question. Having received degrees in Latin and Historical Theology from US institutions, Professor Naphy moved to Scotland to complete his doctoral studies at the University of St Andrews in Reformation History. Subsequently, he worked at New College (Edinburgh) and the University of Manchester before taking up his post at the University of Aberdeen in 1996. He is the author of numerous works on early modern history including 'Calvin and the Consolidation of the Genevan Reformation', and 'Born to be Gay: A History of Homosexuality'. He has appeared frequently in television documentaries including 'Art and Soul' presented by Richard Holloway (Primus Emeritus, Scottish Episcopal Church) and is regularly interviewed on television, radio and print media relating to issues of sexuality and gender in history and contemporary society. Professor William Naphy @ The University of Aberdeen
For our first Edinburgh International Science Festival 2016 podcast, we're pleased to bring you a talk by Prof. William Naphy. This event was easily our most attended event in years, with 100+ people in attendance. Prof. Naphy's talk examines cultures which historically and contemporaneously have more than two genders. In particular, the talk considers how these societally constructed genders are understood within their society and the socio-cultural gender roles associated with them. Prof. Naphy also suggests that these traditional non-binary understandings of gender are being eroded and changed by Western concepts of sexuality which have developed in a strictly binary understanding of gender. Having received degrees in Latin and Historical Theology from US institutions, Professor Naphy moved to Scotland to complete his doctoral studies at the University of St Andrews in Reformation History. Subsequently, he worked at New College (Edinburgh) and the University of Manchester before taking up his post at the University of Aberdeen in 1996. He is the author of numerous works on early modern history including 'Calvin and the Consolidation of the Genevan Reformation', and 'Born to be Gay: A History of Homosexuality'. He has appeared frequently in television documentaries including 'Art and Soul' presented by Richard Holloway (Primus Emeritus, Scottish Episcopal Church) and is regularly interviewed on television, radio and print media relating to issues of sexuality and gender in history and contemporary society. Professor William Naphy @ The University of Aberdeen
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme to mark National Science Week I visited the national finals of Scifest and spoke to its founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sheila Porter. I also spoke to two teachers, Catherine Tattersall from Sutton Park School and Dr. Katie Corbett from Skerries Community College. I also bring you a final piece from my interview with Mary Roche, author of
RadioScience har varit på festival! I det här avsnittet berättar vi om vetenskapsfestivalen SciFest i Uppsala. Vi träffar robotar, forskare, festivalbesökare och arrangörer. Roboten Nao dansar till Michael Jacksons Thriller för oss, vi får lära oss mer hur man planerar en vetenskapsfestival och varför Uppsala behöver ett Science Center. Vi pratar med forskare om att kartlägga kroppens alla proteiner och om hur zebrafiskar kan hjälpa till i forskningen om människans hälsa. Solförmörkelse var det också, RadioScience är med där det händer.
SCI-Fest actor Angeline-Rose Troy joins Emily to talk about what it was like to be a homeschooled child actor, how she approaches auditions and acting differently now, and what it feels like to start her own production company. Tickets to SCI-Fest and more information about Angeline's show can be found at sci-fest.com
Sci Fest is a month long theater festival of 1-Act science fiction plays put up here in Los Angeles. In it's second year, Sci Fest features plays written by such luminaries as Clive Barker and Neil Gaiman! Sci Fest organizer David Dean Bottrell and Star Trek Voyager's Tim Russ beam aboard Geekscape to discuss the heart of science fiction, the challenges of translating it to live theater and the stratospheric success of Sci Fest! In addition, we talk about the juggernaut that is 'Avengers: The Age of Ultron' and I tell you all to check out 'The Death of Superman Lives: What Happened?'!
Today Hilliard goes IN with old friend, David Dean Botrell, covering his amazing acting/writing career and behind producing the popular Sci-fest! HIGHLIGHTS: Playing Lincoln Myers on Boston Legal, writing his first “epic” script, the “flavor of the month,” taking your talent with you, selling “Kingdom Come,” becoming the “white” African American writer in Hollywood, adaptations, development hell, writing “other” things, One Man Shows, producing Sci-Fest and the End Song, "The One" by Daniel Joseph Baker! SUBMIT to 100 Screenplays Competition! Listeners of #ScreenwritersRantRoom get a $10 discount. The contest deadline ends May 1, 2015! http://bit.ly/RANTROOM-100 Our motto, "Keep it street, keep it opinionated and keep it what? 2,015” DIRECT LINK:
Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. This week's programme featured interviews from the National Finals of Scifest, with its founder, Sheila Porter; a director, Peter Brabazon; and some of the prize winners. It also featured Dr. Marie Whelton, from the Marino Institute of Education, reading her prize winning poem from the Irish National Teachers' Organisation Séamus Heaney Poetry Competition. You can read the text of the poem here by going to page 13.
Gamer & Couch Fuel! Childhood Rebellion! The Failure of the Popular! Public Axis invades NDG Sci-Fest 2014 with super-pal Samson Portillo! Recorded at the NDG Sci-Fest at the Wonderland of Americas on June 15th, 2014. 00:00 Welcome to the NDG-Sci-Fest with long-time CAGG friend, Samson Portillo. 10:50 Yeah, Imma Look Into Dat! Topic #1: What is/was your ultimate gamer/movie/TV/dork fuel? Snack/beverage/candy combinations for long time couch sessions! (Inspired by E3 2014) 26:37 Dad's Corner(ed)! Topic #2:How did you rebel against your parents? 39:38 Hey, That's Not Funny! Topic #3: Popular? Nerd? Jock? Metal Head? What group of friends did you have in high school and did your friends end up successful? (Inspired by this study on "cool kids".) 59:33 Another fantastic podcast ends with another fantastic session of What Did We Come to Know. Enlighten yourself! Visit loungegeeks.com to check out the massive collection of podcasts, blogs, videos and geekables available that we are proud to be a part of! AVAILABLE NOW – BLOOD COUSINS, our first feature film, is waiting for you at bloodcousinsmovie.com! A movie of comedy, terror and revenge - a MUST SEE for fans of this show! Use the promo code FIESTATUBE and score it for $5! Keep spreading the word - rate and share on iTunes! Let your friends know about Public Axis and keep those Facebook and Twitter comments coming!
Ron Morehouse joins the Girlz to talk about SCI-Fest, what makes an acting class the right fit and the importance of sticking to your passion.
Wayne and Natalie beam into Episode 42 to chat about their recent trip to Sci-Fest and commitment to your performance. Special guest, singer and actress Joan Ryan joins them to talk about her upcoming live show, "Joan Ryan on the Edge" June 1st here in Los Angeles in which she will be donating a portion of the show's proceeds to The Trevor Project. For more details check out http://joanryan.com/joanryanappearances Featuring Music from Emmy Rival - http://www.emmyrival.com
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The Wire. One of the most fascinating characters in Star Trek is the Cardassian tailor Garak. From the moment he was introduced in the second episode of DS9, “Past Prologue,” it was clear this was going to be a special character. There are many great episodes featuring him, but one the most telling is “The Wire,” a second-season episode focusing on his near death from a malfunctioning brain implant. Ironically, many fans disliked this episode when it first aired because they said they learned nothing new about Garak. In this episode of The Ready Room we're joined by John Mills and Ben McCormick to discuss "The Wire," the interplay between Garak and Bashir, the messages about drug addiction, recovery, spying (it's not just for the Obsidian Order!), and what insights Garak's ever-changing stories offer into who he really is. In news we find out about a deal to keep Star Trek on Amazon Prime, the 1st Annual L.A. Sci-Fest and its Star Trek connections, the fourth birthday of Star Trek Online, and Chris Pine's hopes for a darker Kirk in the next Star Trek film. Plus, we remember long-time Star Trek props master Joe Longo.
Public Axis walks among the cosplayers and sci-fi fans of the NDG Sci-Fest, a magnet for the geeks, dorks and nerds in the Central Texas area. A mighty show awaits you full of hype, dream movies and the age old telepathy vs. telekinesis debate. Recorded at the Wonderland of the Americas on June 8th, 2013 with comic book superpal, Samson Portillo. 00:00 We soak in all the sights, sounds and smells of the NDG Sci-Fest and mildly test Samson's knowledge of comic book alter egos and Regan's ability to suppress his bully gene. 11:45 Yeah, Imma Look Into Dat! The ultimate video game hype machine is among us: E3 2013! Jess leads the discussion on hype with our first topic: Name something you were super hyped for in the past? Did it live up to the hype? 32:35 Dad's Corner(ed)! Larry's kids are all about the superhero movies, an exciting element to being a parent; sharing your life long dorkables with your loved ones. Speaking of superhero movies: What superhero movie should be made next and who should play them? 49:36 Hey, That's Not Funny! Regan's sparks talks of the Age Old Debate: Would you rather have the power of telepathy or telekinesis? And why? This article about an internet robot version of “stop hitting yourself” is the inspiration. Also, we toss in a bonus question: what superhero costume would you want to wear on a normal day? 1:03:46 Another fantastic podcast ends with another fantastic session of What We Learned Today. Enlighten yourself! Stay tuned later this week for a special video filled with interviews with NDG Sci-Fest goers as well as the answers to our burning questions of the week! Visit loungegeeks.com to check out the massive collection of podcasts, blogs, videos and geekables available that we are now proud to be a part of! Keep spreading the word - rate and share on iTunes! Let your friends know about Public Axis and keep those Facebook and Twitter comments coming!
This special Naked Scientists comes to you from the MTN Sciencentre in Cape Town, South Africa, with some of the highlights of SciFest Africa. Meera goes on safari to find out how the Born Free Foundation re-home mistreated lions while Chris tracks the Black Rhino to discover how to conserve this critically endangered species. We find out how the Naked Scientists live science show, Crisp Packet Fireworks, wowed and inspired the festival's visitors. Plus, the story of the Coelacanth, tackling TB and Ben and Dave have an explosive Kitchen Science!
This special Naked Scientists comes to you from the MTN Sciencentre in Cape Town, South Africa, with some of the highlights of SciFest Africa. Meera goes on safari to find out how the Born Free Foundation re-home mistreated lions while Chris tracks the Black Rhino to discover how to conserve this critically endangered species. We find out how the Naked Scientists live science show, Crisp Packet Fireworks, wowed and inspired the festival's visitors. Plus, the story of the Coelacanth, tackling TB and Ben and Dave have an explosive Kitchen Science! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
This special Naked Scientists comes to you from the MTN Sciencentre in Cape Town, South Africa, with some of the highlights of SciFest Africa. Meera goes on safari to find out how the Born Free Foundation re-home mistreated lions while Chris tracks the Black Rhino to discover how to conserve this critically endangered species. We find out how the Naked Scientists live science show, Crisp Packet Fireworks, wowed and inspired the festival's visitors. Plus, the story of the Coelacanth, tackling TB and Ben and Dave have an explosive Kitchen Science! Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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