In August of 2022 we had special guest Dr. Peter Haugen on to talk about work identity.  By the end, we are just sappy Dads who miss our kids being little. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Dr. Haugen - Gin & Tonic Rob - Equilibrium Brewing -  Strata Outta the Laboratory Triple India Pale Ale JEff - Orpheus Brewing -  Do or Die Chocolate Imperial Stout    Dr. Amy Wrezniewski   Sounds & Music The game show theme and creepy  church organ were straight-up lifted off Youtube pickup coin by MusicLegends Rear bumper Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

(44) Is it a calling, or just a job?

This one was recorded during the Spring Semester of 2021 and sat on my hard drive for a while. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol Bearded Flannel Cat India Pale Ale - Sunken Silo Big F’in Stout - Scofflaw Sounds Effects (all from FreeSound) wanderful.flac by Timbre Light Bulb Pops.mp3 by CGEffex Wood burning in the stove by smand Digital glitch_018.wav by Alien XXX 20100320.slide.projector.wav by dobroide Projector Button Push.wav by GreekIrish Flame thrower varying power.wav by natemarler st_tos_phaser_01.wav by ironcross32 CommunicatorChirp_STTOS_recreated.wav by zimbot Rummaging through cardboard boxes by Podsburgh door opening, closing 1671067704651.mp3 by Mbytemama93 Rear bumper Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

(43) We were burned out Spring 2021

Both of us have done a bit of citizen science over the years, and here are some very high-tech freely available tools that you can use too!  We are serious about our offer to show anyone how to use these, just email us at tracksidescience@gmail.com.  Enjoy! Music & Sounds Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)   Alcohol 2018 La Crema Pinot Noir   Escape from Reality Double Hopped Pale Ale   Free Online Citizen Science Tools NCBI Virus Retraction Watch Database (about) NextStrain & NextClade Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) PromedMail Personal Genome Project Galaxy Franklin

(42) Citizen Science Tools for Bioinformatics (that are free!)

An interview with the acclaimed geneticist Dr Robert Pyatt about a set of diseases that is coming up in acclaimed educator Dr Jeff Mahr's class.

(41) Hereditary Periodic Fever Syndromes

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Booze: Chocolate Moon Pie Stout, Naked River Brewing La Grange Point India Pale Ale, Flounder’s Brewing   Books: The Last Stargazers, by Emily Levesque Sister, Maiden, Monster, by Lucy Snyder  Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, by Steve Brusatte  The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi  Bright Galaxies Dark Matter & Beyond, the Life of Vera Rubin, By Ashley Jean Yeager  Broken in the Best Possible Way, Jenny Lawson  Annals of the Former World, by John McPhee  A Lab of One’s Own, by Rita Caldwell   Sounds: Front - Class Door, Sliding (OroborosNZ) & Library Sounds (Artemis_ch) both freesound.org Rear - Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) & Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)  

(40) Eight Science Books

Because everyone is constantly dying.  Also,we suck at virtual rochambeau. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Rex Golliath - Cabernet Sauvignon Redrum Double Milk Stout (couldn’t find the brewery)   Richard Lewonton (Mar 29, 1929 – Jul 4, 2021) - Geneticist John Trojanowski (Dec 17, 1946 – Feb 8, 2022) - Neuroscientist & dedicated partner Donald Caspar (Jan 8, 1927 - Nov 27, 2021) - Structural Virologist Donald Gurnett (Apr 11, 1940 – Jan 13, 2022) - Physics, inventor of Space Plasma Wave Physics, Dad, Overall Dude -  his Plasma Detectors are &gt;14.5 BILLION MILES from Earth and still working! How far are the Voyager probes: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/ Academic Family Trees: https://academictree.org/   Sounds: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

(39) Stiff Science 3

Can two words in the title change the number of downloads of an episode?  We discuss downloads, podcast ratings and then decide to try a little experiment.  Errol, I am eternally sorry that I forgot your name!   Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Alcohol: Rob - Hefeweizen by Flounder Brewing  Jeff - Cafe Stout by Prohibition Brewery   Sounds: Front bumper -  Rubber duck small 1 by ermfilm, fireworks 3bursts sizzle by atomwrath (Freesound.org) Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

(38) Free Fireworks -  Science Research

Rob hates it, Jeff loves it, and no one should publish their research in Hustler. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol: Rob - Hop Valley Bubblestash IPAwith CryoHops Jeff - Rex Goliath Cabernet Savignon Sounds: Front bumper - 8 Bit Circus Music by bone666138 (Freesound.org) Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

(37) Science Writing

Rob & Jeff return to talk scientifically about their old man health problems.  Plus, what happened to 2021?

(36) Welcome Back

Episode 35 - Science Fairs (Rob hates them) This episode sat on my hard drive for a year, I apologize. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Alcohol: Neshaminy Creek Brewing Cheap Box Wine - unidentified, but I’m sure you can find some on your own   Sounds (Freesound.org): coaster 01.aiff by martian New_Recordingstatefair.mp3 by fkunze Carnival and Crowd Ambiance by Ev-Dawg Polka by Triciclo Circus Band my new favorite band, they rock Spotify link  here  Twitter link here  Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

Science Fairs (35)

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience This Week in Virology (link) NERVTAG paper (link) English Robot Text-to-speech engine (link)

Virus Questions (5) - UK variant - more infectious, more severe

Lou is a writer and journalist who works with the Society of Professional Journalists and gives some of the most insightful and interesting analysis of journalism today. Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Links: Lou Harry’s website (here) Society for Professional Journalism (here)   Drinks: Kroger Brand coffee (here) Blueberry Tea (here)   Sounds (Freesound.org): Running by Juandamb Office/Store Door Bell Jingle (on a string) by EpicWizard Grocery store cash register by jmayoff   Rear bumper: Freight Train Crossing.wav by Sailor55 (Freesound.org) Night Train, The Mad Caps (1952), (Archive.org)

(34) The state of journalism with Lou Harry

Probably not, but that shouldn't change what you are doing now. Nextstrain Twitter (here) This Week in Virology (here)

Virus Questions (4) Is the mutant coronavirus more dangerous?

What's in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine and why is a third of the population fatigued? Ethanol: Dragon’s Milk,  New Holland (here) Eye of the Storm Sitra, Jersey Cyclone Brewing (here) 1798 Brewery Okracoke (here) Science: Pfizer FDA EUA briefing document (here) Moderna FDA EUA briefing document (here) Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (here) Sounds (from freesound.org): freight09dec.wav by Heigh-hoo  Locomotive 3 Approach Idle Exit.wav by patchen

(33) The COVID-19 Vaccines

The answer might surprise us. Pfizer FDA EUA briefing document: link Pfizer FDA EUA meeting: link Moderna FDA EUA briefing document: link Moderna FDA EUA meeting: link VAERS: link

Virus special - Does the vaccine prevent infection?

Just a short little episode to let you know we are back.  We think. An Exploration of the Structure of Effective Apologies (link) - Paywall.... sorry?

(32) Back in the Saddle?

Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience

Virus special - -Is COVID-19 more like 1918 flu or 1957 flu?

Wherein Rob and Jeff do an experiment to see how quickly beer and red wine will degrade vaccine knowledge. Jeff uses disabled squirrels and broken-down cars as analogies for attenuated virus vaccines. Rob tries to pin Jeff down on SARSCoV2 vaccine predictions for 2020.  Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience Drinks: Peter Cellers Comic Red Wine (here) Neshamany Creek In Denial Lager (here) Links: Smithsonian’s vaccine seminar series (here) New York Times Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker (here) 5-10% of health people do not respond to the HBV vaccine (here) Sounds (freesound.org): Squeaky Car Door by Coltures Parking Lot Ambient by brainwaves8 Office/Store Door Bell Jingle (on a string) by EpicWizard

(32) COVID-19 vaccine will be available at 12:32AM on Aug 17 2021

Email your virus questions to virusquestions@gmail.com Links: This Week in Virology episode #640 (here) Abbot ID Now (here) English robot generator (here)

Virus Questions (3) - Cheaper, less sensitive virus tests?

Here’s to all the Dads out there. And their jokes   Email: tracksidescience@gmail.com Twitter: @TracksideScien1 Instagram: Tracksidescience Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tracksidescience   Sounds (Freesound.org) Baddum Tish - Comedy Rimshot by rodincoil Cricket Chirp by Sojan musical saw ascending UFO bu JohnsonBrandEditing

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