Mind the Gap: Recent Episodes

Mind the Gap

A podcast about science, trivia, and skepticism.

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We talk about food production, from MSG to corn to preservation.

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Today we talk all about smoking!

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Our Season 3 Special. Today we have some fun talking about trivia, giving out some Gap Facts, and trying out some new quizzes. Sorry for the late show! Exam time is a *!@$%#.

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We each try our hand at doing justice to the lives of individuals who created and invented things that made a difference.

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“Show about chocolate” – Description by the wordsmith Keegan Guidolin

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If the cold weather has you questioning Climate Change we have information for you. We discuss everything from our best science, to our best chances for slowing and responding to Climate Change. Intro: ABC News, December 9, 2013; CBC January 3, 2014; Fox News Compilation from “Rev Sharpton” on Political Articles (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUap1wMolOE) Outro: “Hot in […]

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We talk about the history and science behind the the colour.

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We have Jessica Pauze on to talk about the microbes who help us and speak about claims about what they actually do. Answering the long unanswered yogurt question. The future of antibiotics, and some of the most infamous critters that live in you.

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We talk about languages and how we can speak them, joined by new host Ellysa Chenery.

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Today we talk about intuition and make some exciting announcements about Season 3 improvements. Season finale! be back on December 23th.

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This week we talk about modern-day spell casting, mythical creatures and potions, making.

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We felt bad about not bringing you an episode this week so Keegan edited together an episode of the first five quizzes of season 1. Excuse us… We were young and foolish when we made some of those quizzes.

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We will be back next week with episode 9 about modern day magic!

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This week we talk about workout supplements, vitamins, and supplement culture!

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This week we talk about origin of assassins, their roll in history, some famous historical assassinations and hear some really interesting stories.

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This week we talk all about the colour grey and things related to it. Grey Matter, Greyhounds, Earl Grey Tea…

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Chiropractic is so popular, and so misunderstood. This week we talk about the history of chiropractic, the mechanism, and the evidence for and against. We have an interview with Dr. Andrea Guidolin, B.A Hon, D.C. about the practice.

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Wine is so prolific, and so ancient there has got to be something inaccurate surrounding it, right? We look into the health claims, classification, and inspection of wine. We also tell stories about wine tastings gone wrong and wine awards that are just giving it away. Season 3, Episode 4.

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Guest host, Ellysa Chenery, joins us to talk about different apocalypse stories and trivia. We talk about the rapture-spouting icon of the apocalypse Harold Camping. How does media reveal our feelings about the apocalypse. And how is the world likely to end? Season 3, Episode 3.

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Can you really survive without food? This week we talk about people who think they can, and also touch on some other less… conventional diets. Season 3, Episode 2.

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We start off season 2 by talking about weird facts and cool trivia about insects and spiders! Season 2, Episode 1.

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S01E10: Our quest for renewal has brought some to the brink of death; Ironically, not quite back again. Rebirth: it’s the key moment in the world’s largest religion. Hope for a new beginning envelopes our literature, our media, and our minds. Maybe we can start again…

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S01E09: We are talking about faith healing today, what is true, what isn’t and what can go wrong when you choose to use it.

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S01E08: We’re being spontaneous with this episode and talking about a bunch of spontaneous things.

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S01E07: Space: The Current Frontier. These are the hosts of the podcast: Mind the Gap. Its continuing mission: to uncover strange new topics, to seek out new trivia and dispel myths, to correct what many have gotten wrong before…

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S01E06: We talk about one of our favorite fallacies and cultural beliefs, the all-natural fallacy.

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S01E05: We discuss the elusive concept and specifics of sleep.

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S01E04: We discuss the coolest stuff we have learned so far about plants.

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S01E03: Some recording trouble! Mind the quality, it is a one time thing. We are joined by Kyle Dobby to discuss the possible scientific basis behind superheroes.

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S01E02: We discuss the upcoming phenomenon and subculture, autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR).

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S01E01: Discussion about alien abduction and real-life extraterrestrial possibility.