Facts Machine
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Facts Machine is a podcast by and for people who are curious about everything - but especially the things that make them laugh. Scientists by day and pub trivia hosts by night, Emily, Noah, and Rob leverage their scientific curiosity and delight in obscure minutiae to bring you a podcast that explores life's silliest, most unexpected, and outright awe-inspiring stories. And puns. So many puns.
Facts Machine
1M ago
Join us on Thursday 3/21 for our latest neuroscience-themed show PIECE OF MIND: https://www.caveat.nyc/events/facts-machine-3-21-2024
In this love-themed episode, we were joined by two beloved science communicators, chemist Adam Rosenzweig & neuroscientist Dr. Paula Croxson for a show full of deep dives on the deepest recesses of our hearts, comedy about commitment, and trivia you'll love at first sight ..read more
Facts Machine
2M ago
Come to our live show THURSDAY 2/15 7PM EST at Caveat in NYC or via livestream from wherever you are! Tickets & show info: https://caveat.nyc/events/facts-machine-2-15-2024
In this episode, we were joined by two out-of-this-world science communicators, astrophysicist and folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier, PhD & astronomer Dr. Mark Popinchalk, PhD for a show full of deep dives on deep space, comet-y about astronomy, and trivia that made us see stars!
Mark's socials:
Twitter/TikTok - @MarkPopinchalk
Instagram - @Mark.Popinchalk
Moiya's socials:
Twitter/TikTok/Instagram: @GoAstroMo ..read more
Facts Machine
3M ago
Come to our live show THURSDAY 1/25 7PM at Caveat in NYC or via livestream from wherever you are! Tickets & show info: https://www.caveat.nyc/events/facts-machine-1-25-2024
Moiya's book The Milky Way
Moiya's new podcast Pale Blue Pod
Moiya's PBS show Fate & Fabeled
Moiya's first podcast ExoLore ..read more
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1y ago
Tickets for our Friday, 3/17 show "Taking A Brain Check"
Welcome to Facts Marine! Noah was joined live at Caveat in NYC by guest marine biologists and science communicators Jaida Elcock and Dr. Diana Li, PhD, as well as scientist and comedian Kyle Marian! Listen as they make waves, do deep dives on the deep sea, and have a “littoral” whale of a time ..read more
Facts Machine
1y ago
Tickets for our Friday, 3/17 show "Taking A Brain Check"
During NYC's Brain Awareness Week, Em and Noah (and Rob in spirit!) were joined live at Caveat by guest neuroscientists and science communicators Leslie Sibener and Dr. Devon Collins, PhD, as they endeavored to get tangled up in neural nets, celebrate Dendritic Arbor Day, and fight for neurite to party!
Piano accompaniment: Rose McCathran & Ryan Brechmacher ..read more
Facts Machine
1y ago
Tickets for our Friday, 3/17 show "Taking A Brain Check"
Joined by special guest Jaida Elcock, shark scientist and grad student at MIT-WHOI, co-founder of Minorities in Shark Science (MISS), organizer of #BlackinMarineScienceWeek, and TikTok-er extraordinaire, we take a bite out of TEETH facts! Open (your ears) wide for aquatic melon ballers, the under appreciated craft of dentist office blogging, and a Michael Phelps race that never was, but totally should have been. And for the love of enamel, make sure to floss ..read more
Facts Machine
1y ago
Our guest today is biology professor, science communicator, and co-owner of an animal sanctuary (!) Dr. Carly York, who joins us for a (lightly NSFW) episode about romantic relationships in the animal world. Tune in and keep an eye out for Carly’s upcoming book on romance in the wild ..read more
Facts Machine
1y ago
Science comedian, neuroscience PhD, and “guardian of knowledge” Dr. André Pineda makes his second Facts Machine appearance on an episode in homage to organisms that live on the edge, thrive in the unsurvivable, and take that “grow where you are planted” proverb that gets embroidered on pillows as a personal challenge: extremophiles ..read more
Facts Machine
1y ago
This week we’re joined by data science professor, standup comedian, and circus performer, Dr. Andrea Jones-Rooy to articulate, communicate, enunciate, extrapolate, debate, formulate…where was I going with this? OH RIGHT we’re talking about language. Word.  ..read more