26: Roundtable 6: Kessel Runs, Science Marches, and Average Americans

6: Episode 6: Attack of the 50 foot Radioactive Monsters!: What is the deal with all the movies, TV shows, and video games showing nuclear war or radioactive waste creating giant monsters, super heroes, or immortal zombie ghouls? How does radiation work, and what affects does it have on the body? Should you... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

44 min listen

11: Episode 11: If Understanding Quantum Makes you a Wizard, then consider me David Blaine!: Quantum mechanics has become the go to scientific like argument for paranormal stuff. But what is quantum mechanics? How does it work, and how did it develop? And what are the sorts of arguments that people use to try and fix it towards paranormal... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

56 min listen

15: Mad Scientist Roundtable 1: Science Today, Metal Hydrogen, and Bigfoot: This is the very first in a new series of content from the Mad Scientist Podcast, featuring Marie Mayhew as co-host! These episodes will be much less formal, and more open to wide ranging discussions, than the more serious full episodes. Expect... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

57 min listen

8: Episode 8: Poltergeists!: Poltergeists have been around for as long as humans have been telling stories, but what sort of science is there to back them up? How do noisy ghosts relate to the speed of light, and what sort of thermodynamic rules are screwed up by telekinetics?... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

32 min listen

1: Episode 1: Does the Paranormal have a place in the Modern World?: Welcome to the very first Mad Scientist Podcast episode! Does the Paranormal have a place in the modern world? Or are paranormal ideas simply leftovers of our not so distance past? Find out on this weeks episode! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

21 min listen

4: Episode 4: The Language of the Paranormal: Why do people expect that paranormal entities will be able to communicate with us? Can a pet psychic really tell if my cat hates me? How would a multiple dimension work anyways? Find out on this weeks episode! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

29 min listen

7: Episode 7: The Missing Men of Boston: Could someone go missing in todays day and age? What are the chances of going missing, and how true to life are TV shows and books where people just leave it all behind? What is going on in Boston MA, causing a whole host of college aged men to go... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

42 min listen

24: Episode 18: Flat Earth Theory: Does the Flat Earth theory hold any water? How does it relate to a sort of flat river in Norfolk? How about a donut shaped Earth? Just how do we know that the Earth is solid with an iron core? Find out on this weeks Episode! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

63 min listen

23: Roundtable 5: Mr. Charles Utkins: This episode we’re getting serious about a psychic cat. Mr. Charles Utkins is no joke, and was sold for something like $80,000 to a Siberian witch. All our cats seem to make is noise. Join us on this weeks episode as we discuss the Steel needed to... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

62 min listen

16: Episode 15: TV Doctors and Magical Berries: What is up with magical fruits and stuff, that supposedly cure everything you can possibly become sick with? Why do people believe this stuff, is there any science behind some of it, and who thought a thing called Noni berries would ever sell? Find... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

38 min listen

MUFON!: This episode join Chris and Marie as they talk about Chris's appointment as Director of Research for MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

64 min listen

3: Episode 3: The One Without a Name: What is science? What is natural? Does natural mean good? Can paranormal claims be considered scientific? Answers to these questions (well, sort of answers) in this episode! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

48 min listen

5: Episode 5: Spontaneous Human Combustion: Spontaneous human combustion is one of the weirdest historical cases of the paranormal out there, and cases continue to occur into the modern era. Bodies are found which have seemed to have been consumed by flame, without any evidence of fire damage... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

28 min listen

17: Roundtable 2: First folio and other weird stuff: Is the first folio real, or is that just a Nicholas Cage style movie thing? Find out on this weeks episode! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

70 min listen

9: Episode 9: The Only cure for Zombie Fatigue Syndrome is more Brains: Zombies are such a big horror movie staple now that I’ve almost grown to resent them. Can’t they leave us alone for a few minutes, while we look for food and try to rebuild society? Does it make sense that a virus could spread without anyone noticing,... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

26 min listen

31: Roundtable 8: THE OCHO: This episode, join Chris and Marie as they discuss haunted or cursed objects throughout history! Is there such a thing as a haunted book? Can a song drive you to the pits of despair? Can a reproduction of a haunted painting still be haunted? Find out... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

113 min listen

25: Episode 19: An Interview with Mark Rogers: Have you seen those amazing instagram photos of pieces of art depicting aliens walking around with pioneer Americans? Chances are those were pieces of work by Mark Rogers, a really amazing artist who is creating pieces of art to go with our modern... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

53 min listen

12: Episode 12: Alchemy: What is Alchemy, what did the ancient Alchemists believe, and how does Alchemy still mess with our world today? Find out this week on the Mad Scientist Podcast! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

37 min listen

10: Episode 10: MAD SCIENCE: What is the history of actually “mad scientists”, as opposed to a grad students that puts out a podcast? Where do we draw the line between a moral and immoral scientific test or question, and what about todays questionable scientific questions? And... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

32 min listen

22: Episode 17: An Interview with Mick West: This week I’m very proud to say that I got to have a sit down interview with Mick West, founder of Metabunk.org, Contrailscience.com, and overall debunker extraordinaire. We talk about how we got his start debunking, conspiracy theories, contrails,... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

47 min listen

21: Roundtable 4: Dr. Strange, Time Crystals, and Significant Flooding: How much water is there on the Earth? What’s a Time Crystal? Is there a bomber floating in the bottom of a river in Pittsburgh? Find out on this week’s episode! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

81 min listen

2: Episode 2: Pyramids, Ipso Facto, Aliens: Why are we absolutely obsessed with triangles and pyramids when it comes to the paranormal? Is there any reason to think that pyramids could generate power? How do lasers work anyways? Find out in this weeks episode! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

37 min listen

44: The Lowe Down episode 2: A Boat Load of Boat Lowe!: What happened to our intrepid Lowes this week? Does yelling at something while hunting it ever make it easier to catch? Will drumming at aliens with glow sticks make them appear, or just keep humans away? Can a Boat be this seasons hottest new... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

122 min listen

26: Roundtable 6: Kessel Runs, Science Marches, and Average Americans: Who is the average American? What the heck is a Kessel run, and how can a measure of distance also be a measure of time? What’s the science march all about? Find out in this weeks Roundtable! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

72 min listen

13: Episode 13: Crap My Mom Believes: Happy Holidays! What kinds of weird stuff does the Mad Scientist hear around the dinner table? Find out on this weeks episode! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

27 min listen

19: Episode 16: Morgellons: What is the disease that people online seem to think is causing them to grow hairs out of their skin? How do diseases relate to memes, and what is the science behind Morgellons? Is there any proof to this disease, and if not who is out there trying to... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

44 min listen

39: Roundtable 11: THE LOWE DOWNE: Just what is Rob Lowe up to in a haunted castle? Are blinking lights a good indication of paranormal activity? Are there community college courses in Shamanism? Find out in this week's special episode with Sam Fredrickson of the Not Alone Podcast and... by The Mad Scientist Podcast

85 min listen

33: Roundtable 9: Cannibalism!: Have you ever wondered why we seem to love cannibals when their on TV? How did historical cases of cannibalism happen, and what are some common themes found in this gruesome favorite of Halloween stories? Find out on this weeks Roundtable! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

73 min listen

18: Roundtable 3: Oak Island, Clean Coal, and Bobcats: Could Marie’s friend fight a Bobcat? What’s the deal with Oak Island? Is Clean Coal really a thing? Find out in this weeks Roundtable! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

110 min listen

The Hill Abduction Part 2: What Happened?: This week is the final chapter in the Hill Abduction story. Just what happened to the Hill's that night? What does science make of the physical evidence? Could hypnosis induce false memories? Find out on this weeks episode! by The Mad Scientist Podcast

43 min listen

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