#14 - Bill Gates Wears a D-Cup
In this chat we digest beef and it's nutritional components, such as protein, amino acids, vitamins, minerals and fats. Join us on a far ranging discussion, from Ferdinand Magellan’s crew to Custer’s ...
22 Mars 20241h 26min
#013 - Ice Cream and Shark Attacks
In this podcast we discuss the limitations of epidemiology, especially as it relates to nutrition and health studies in human populations. We dig into a recent study (2023) published by a group at Har...
23 Jan 20241h 17min
#012 - Boil Your Boots
In this podcast we discuss Thermoregulation. From the USS Jeanette Voyage to the artic to The San endurance hunters of the Kalahari we discuss thermoregulation of our bodies, how to keep our bodies in...
2 Nov 20231h 23min
#11 - Long Necks and Big Muscles
In this podcast we chat about the crazy world of epigenetics. From Jean Baptiste Lamark's half-baked theory of evolution, through Darwin and Mendel to today where scientist are confronted with more an...
3 Okt 20231h 6min
#10 - Heavy Crows and Yellow Fingers
From Dwight Eisenhower's 7 heart attacks and Ancel Keys and the creation of the diet-food-pharma industrial complex. We discuss the low fat diet disaster (obesity epidemic) the cholesterol myth, insul...
22 Juli 20231h 52min
#09 - Jack Lost His Tongue
In this episode we discuss parasites, our ancient and ubiquitous foes. Parasites have plagued us and every living organism since the dawn of time. This absolutely fascinating class of animals is supre...
4 Juni 20231h 26min
#08 - Henrietta and The Great Pyramid of Giza
From immortal cell lines (hint, Henrietta) to Fetal Bovine Serum and Bioreactors, we discuss the development and outlook for cell cultured meat, aka, Lab Meat. Join us in our wide ranging chat about c...
27 Apr 20231h 29min
#07 - Send in the Gardener’s Son
In this episode we chat about vaccines and how they have saved the lives of hundreds of millions of people and animals. We also discuss the curious and mysterious nature of viruses – they are part of ...
28 Mars 20231h 35min
