Sea Thing of the Week!

Our first episode of Sea Thing Of The Week is now out! This week's special critter is the Piglet Squid... you'll have to listen if you want to learn about it, though.

The follow-up of the experiment was also posted yesterday. Sorry for the delay on that one!

The world conspires against me! (episode 5)

Well, we got episode 5 recorded... and then half of it was corrupt. The first half was fine, but our review of the experiment itself was lost. We'll re-record later, but for now, I've posted the items themselves. For those who don't feel like listening to the details, here's a list of the items (images included in the podcast):

#1- A bit of plushie stuffing
#2- A plush walrus (purple)
#3- Codd Bottle (would have accepted "a bottle")
#4- Nanny Ogg's Cookbook (orange/brown; would have accepted "book")
#5- Season 1 DVD set of Arrested Development (would have accepted "DVD box")
#6- Deck of Cards (1933 World Fair deck; black/gray box)
#7- An empty pack of fruit snacks
#8- A black water shoe
#9- Windows XP Home edition box + discs
#10- A kite

Episode 4: Bee Balls

A real short episode, but still worth a listen.

I just realized that the intro music wasn't in Episode 3, and was replaced with a few seconds of silence. I'm not sure how to edit an RSS feed, but I'll see what I can do later.

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/45269/title/Hornets_suffocate_in_bee_ball

Episode 3: Giant Earthworms

Now on our RSS feed! There's now a link to the feed on the right side of this page.

A quick alteration: I did a little more research on the electrical technique they mentioned in the article (to get worms to come up), and as best I can tell, the chances of a death are indeed small.

We're on iTunes!

You can now subscribe to us on iTunes! Just search "cephalo-pod." One or two others might pop up in the search... we're the one with the same image as on this blog.

Maybe let us get a few good episodes out before you leave comments. 'Cause, let's be honest... not exactly top quality at the moment. We've finally gotten all of the audio equipment set up, though, so hopefully the audio quality will improve.

Expect the next episode to come out Sunday or Monday!

Episode 2

Episode 2 has just been released... I made a bit of a mistake that cost major audio quality, so sorry about that. It won't happen again!

This episode is about the Red Bull/cocaine scandal in Hong Kong and Germany about a month back. And I use the word "scandal" in the same way one would describe politician stealing a nickel from the government funds. I'm no fan of Red Bull, but it was a utility in Worms 3D, and that's got to count for something.

Now with sound effects! Cheap, crummy sound effects.

Article source: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/090602/health/hongkong_austria_crime_drugs_drink_redbull

It's here!

The first episode is out! Check it out at http://cephalopod.mevio.com/ ; hopefully you'll be able to pick us up on iTunes by the end of the week.

Because this episode's topic was mainly my (Mr. Cuttles) work, you're going to hear mostly me yammering, with Nauty only from time to time in the background. This is not going to be the general case, but that's just how it turned out this time.

Please, send comments, questions, and criticism our way. We want to make this podcast the best we can!

Our first episode is coming out!

We just finished recording our first official episode. It will be coming out tomorrow, as soon as I edit it and find a host. Links will be posted as soon as we have them.

In the meantime, here's a link of interest: http://www.psionguild.org/forums/showthread.php?p=51937
The first podcast will basically be more info on this... it's not what we'll normally be doing (commenting on real science), but it's an interesting start, and we can use it to further discuss critical thinking and scientific setups. Remember: science is not just about learning from what goes right, but learning how to fix what's wrong!

Also, we've recorded Nauty's guesses, so we'll see how her psychic abilities fair against someone else.