Month: June 2019

Ep 225: The front of the front of the front of your brain

Ep 225: The front of the front of the front of your brain

The front of the front of the front of your brain

Located at the very front of your brain, your prefrontal cortex is vital for things like your memory, morality, sense of time, and personality. Phil and I talk about, but do not understand, your prefrontal cortex.

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Ep 224: Third eyes, pineal glands, and your thalamus

Ep 224: Third eyes, pineal glands, and your thalamus

Third eyes, pineal glands, and your thalamus

Phil and I get back to the brain and brain bits, by talking about bits of your brain. Today is the diencephalon, with extra attention paid to your thalamus, a part of your brain that passes information around to just about every other part of your brain.

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Ep 223: Our two year anniversary show!

Ep 223: Our two year anniversary show!

Our two year anniversary show!

Our show has made it to the two year point. So, we did an episode that doesn’t really have a point. We drift passed history, blackholes, astrology, Chinese emperors, waterclocks, and eventually land on an explanation of time dilation. From Einstein’s theory of special relativity, find out why the faster you go, the more time will slow.

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Ep 222 part1: Blackhole background

Ep 222 part1: Blackhole background

part1: Blackhole background

We decided to do an episode on blackholes. It was by Phil’s request. it is the fiftieth episode wherein I have been joined by my brother as my co-host. Turned out to go a bit long, so here’s the first part, which turns out to be a bit short. It’s the story of how we figured out there were blackholes long before we ever saw one.

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