Steve Cross: The Podern Prometheus: Recent Episodes
Steve Cross
Steve doesn't long for commitment and neither should you.
Together let's embark on a series of exhilirating affairs with comedy and expertise, as Steve empties his black book, his sound effects archive and his brain across an audio medium.
Steve is the creator of international comedy phenomenon Bright Club, experimental science comedy series Science Showoff and Dungeons and Dragons car crash Chaotic Adequate.
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I'm joined by writer, sociologist, Dad, Jew and metal fan Keith Kahn-Harris who has written a wonderful book that uses the warning messages in Kinder Surprise eggs as the start of a journey through language around the world. I didn't let him talk about his book and instead made him sample every Kinder, Nutella and Ferrero product I could find.
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x
Keith can be found at https://kahn-harris.org/
Keith's book is at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Babel-Message-Love-Letter-Language/dp/1785787373
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I'm joined by physicist, engineer, YouTuber, folk musician, morris dancer, chocolate lover and Derby product Leah Morgan to revisit our lives in the East Midlands' second city, taste delicious Derby bars from Greece, slag off US pronunciations and compare inuries.
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x
Leah can be found on YouTube at https://youtube.com/leahlovescience
The Derby Ram is a real song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMsQ43jWo0A
So is the King of Rome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y97SXJR8cVo
Nottingham Forest and Derby County are currently bottom and second-bottom of the Championship.
Leicester is not relevant.
Derby bars are available in the UK from Agora Greek Deliciacies https://www.agoragreekdelicacies.co.uk
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Science is evil and destroys the magic and joy in the world. That's a fact. And in this special Dungeons and Dragons adventure Caterina Pace, Faz Alam and Sam McKay are the Squishy Goblins, sent to rid the world of science and its evil ways. In the final part they've survived so much, and finally the place where gunPOWder is made is before them. Can they vanquish this evil from the world?
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x
Sam can be found at https://twitter.com/sj_mckay
Faz can be found at https://twitter.com/defectivebrayne
Caterina is a mystery
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Is Live Action Role Play (LARP) cool? Or is it awful? Is it the more physically-active cousin of Dungeons and Dragons, or is it participatory theatre where the actors don't get paid (ha ha, that's ACTUAL participatory theatre I'm thinking of). We find out with LARP boss Amy-Marie Mason
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x
Amy can be found at https://linktr.ee/AmyMarieMason
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This episode is all about odd collections, as Lucy Eckerlsey and Becci Cooper talk us through their skulls. We look at how to get into skull collecting, as well as touching on the ethical implications of piling bones up in your house.
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x
Lucy can be found at http://www.punkbiologist.com
Becci's Badger Group is https://www.facebook.com/oxonbadgers
If you're liking what you hear, do drop me a few quid for new sound effects https://ko-fi.com/stevecross
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Science is evil and destroys the magic and joy in the world. That's a fact. And in this special Dungeons and Dragons adventure Caterina Pace, Faz Alam and Sam McKay are the Squishy Goblins, sent to rid the world of science and its evil ways. In part two they've formed a plan t attack science, and it begins 1001 feet up in the air. 1
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x
Sam can be found at https://twitter.com/sj_mckay
Faz can be found at https://twitter.com/defectivebrayne
Caterina is a mystery
If you're liking what you hear, do drop me a few quid for new sound effects https://ko-fi.com/stevecross
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/steve-cross.
Science is evil and destroys the magic and joy in the world. That's a fact. And in this special Dungeons and Dragons adventure Caterina Pace, Faz Alam and Sam McKay are the Squishy Goblins, sent to rid the world of science and its evil ways.
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x
Sam can be found at https://twitter.com/sj_mckay
Faz can be found at https://twitter.com/defectivebrayne
Caterina is a mystery
If you're liking what you hear, do drop me a few quid for new sound effects https://ko-fi.com/stevecross
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/steve-cross.
Prof. Sir Roger Benson FFS FRS AMS ASS is Britain's greatest living scientist, and his discoveries and inventions still resonate across the entire technological landscape. He also doesn't exist. In this improvised episode Sam McKay tries to extract lessons for us all from his life.
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x
Sam can be found at https://twitter.com/sj_mckay
If you're liking what you hear, do drop me a few quid for new sound effects https://ko-fi.com/stevecross
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/steve-cross.
Some of us have a lot of things and partners that say we don't need them. In this new format for cyclists, musicians, tech nerds and collectors, we explore one person's group of very important tools and find out why Actually, They Do Need Them All.
Dr Martin Zaltz Austwick is a podcaster and musician, maker of Song by Song and part of the team behind Maddie's Sound Explorers, Answer Me This! and The Allusionist. You can find him at http://www.martinaustwick.com
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x
If you're liking what you hear, do drop me a few quid for new sound effects https://ko-fi.com/stevecross
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Dr Anna Ploszajski has written THE popular science book of the year. So you'd think that it would be a good idea to interview her about it, right?
WRONG AGAIN
We got a text AI (Inferkit) to rewrite Anna's book, then made her read it in her crispest and most ASMR podcast voice. Enjoy Anna and Steve trying to work out why computers hate the French so much!
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job. He can be found at http://www.twitter.com/steve_x
Anna can be found at http://www.annaploszajski.com
If you're liking what you hear, do drop me a few quid for new sound effects https://ko-fi.com/stevecross
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This week we talk sport with three people whose nerd credentials can never be questioned. What's it like to grow up differentiating equations and drivings mauls, playing a goblin and playing in goal, shooting nets and researching neuroscience?
There's no clever music or sound mixing on this episode, so that the RAW EMOTION comes through more effectively.
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job.
Cerys can be found at https://www.cerysbradley.com/ and in a comedy slub near you.
Alice can be found at https://www.patreon.com/AliceFraser and on all podcast apps
Hannah can be found at https://twitter.com/drhannaht
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Worldbuilder is all about short-cutting fantasy world creation. No need to read a whole story, watch a whole film, play a whole game or go through a whole gaming sourcebook to explore a new world. No, just listen to us improvise it for twenty minutes
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job.
Greg can be found at https://www.chaoticadequate.com
If you're liking what you hear, do drop me a few quid for new sound effects https://ko-fi.com/stevecross
The samples used in today's show are:
Lake waves by Benboncan at freesound.org
Boat Rowing by Juskiddink of the Freesound Project
Waves on shore by Luftrum- from www.freesound.org
Pre thunderstorm by RHumphries from http://freesound.org
Ocean Wide Stereo by www.soundsnap.com
page flip by www.soundsnap.com
wind blow in the trees by www.soundsnap.com
Desert wind1 by ERH from freesound.org
Soft Wind by George Vlad of Alchemy Audio Design
raven sound by http://soundbible.com/935-Raven.html
wind chimes by Patrick6410 from http://freesound.org
Desert monolith by Proxima4 from freesound.org
Eagle screech by Western Rivers.com
Ambient eerie_dunk by Evilface38
Spinning Metal by http://www.freesound.org/people/baryy/sounds/163420/
Static Delay by Jack Braglia [www.BlastAudioSolutions.com]
Creaking Metal by nebulousflynn from http://freesound.org
Hammer by WIM - www.freesound.org
Cutting something by adamlhumphreys on freesound.org
Writing on paper with a pen by AldebaranCW from http://freesound.org
Cake Pan Dropping by j1987 on http://freesound.org
macbook typing by jaredpass24 from http://freesound.org
Wall clock by michaelkoehler from http://freesound.org
And I found them all on ambient-mixer.com
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Steve is bored of normal interview podcasts, so in this interview of literary expert Zoë McGee he decides to only talk about topics that start with one letter, in this case D.
Enjoy our D-themed background music, the secret of which will be revealed at the end.
Steve is a comedian and nerd, and the founder of Bright Club, Science Showoff and many more series where clever people get to show off how funny they are. He also has a fine microphone collection. You can hear Steve on other podcasts like Chaotic Adequate, Live Laugh Lovecraft and the first episode of anything his friends make, because they know he'll do a decent job.
Zoë can be found at https://twitter.com/thezhm , writing up her PhD for QMUL and on the winners podium at a dance competition near you.
If you're liking what you hear, do drop me a few quid for new sound effects https://ko-fi.com/stevecross
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Steve Cross has been podcasting and telling jokes professionally since 2010, but he's always had to observe a certain sense of decorum, of predictability and of form.
No more.
On The Podern Prometheus join him in his podcast lab for experiments that smash new formats, experts from around the world, weird jokes and serious thinking together.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/steve-cross.