The Future of Car Batteries (Featuring Jill Pestana)
Electric cars are the future, this much is clear. All manufacturers are switching focus and discontinuing production on many gas-run models. This bode...
Professor Dave Debates
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You know him from Professor Dave Explains, now it's time for Professor Dave to debate! Each episode features an expert in a particular field, with whom Dave will debate opposing views, or at least play devil's advocate, regarding a specific topic. A rotating comedian guest will sometimes moderate the heavier episodes just to keep things light. Whether Dave and the expert end up in agreement or disagreement, there'll be plenty to learn, and much fun to be had!
A Chemist's Retrospective (Featuring Vittorio Farina)
This episode features none other than my father, Vittorio Farina! He is an accomplished chemist that has been a global leader in the field of process ...
Human Nature vs. Society (Featuring Arash Kolahi)
Human nature hasn't changed much in thousands of years, but society has changed dramatically, especially over the past few centuries. Has society adva...
How Do We Make Drugs? (Featuring Carolina Amador)
In the past 100 years, our understanding of the molecular world has grown immeasurably. So much so that we can synthesize essentially any compound we ...
Do I Have an Eating Disorder? (Featuring Kati Morton)
Eating is a major focal point of human existence. We all do it every day, and most of our social interactions are based around it. But many of us have...
What is Autism? (Featuring Erin Nosco)
In the vaccines episode we touched on the alleged link between vaccines and autism, so now let's look at it from the other perspective. What is autism...
What's on Europa? (Featuring Kevin DeBruin)
Of all the places that are candidates for extraterrestrial life that we are aware of, Europa is the best. This moon of Jupiter harbors a subsurface oc...
What is Consciousness? (Featuring Joel Frohlich)
There are a lot of things in this universe that we understand very well. But the thing that is understood the least might be human consciousness. Desp...
What's the Deal With Vaccines? (Featuring Kimberly Harrison)
Anti-science mentality rears its head in many sectors of daily life, but none more so than in medicine. One ramification of this is the anti-vaccine m...
Does Science Belong in Music? (Featuring Ray Hedgpeth)
A lot of educators and YouTubers try to make science-themed music. Whether for entertainment or educational purposes, is this effective? Is it good pr...