An Everyday Dissection

Nick and Ellie wrap up season 2 talking about the chemistry and history of explosives, from gunpowder to nuclear weapons, along with the proliferation of dynamite from Looney Tunes to Nobel Prizes. The human cost of explosives is already uncountable and continuing to this day, including the effects of nuclear weapons testing.  "These weapons are not a necessary evil, they are they the ultimate evil." - Setsuko Thurlow on nuclear weapons, during her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance lecture in 2017 Link to ICAN and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: https://www.icanw.org/the_treaty Beatrice Fihn and Setsuko Thurlow full Nobel Lectures: https://www.icanw.org/nobel_prize  Like our podcast? Don't forget to like, subscribe, and tell your friends about us! An Everyday Dissection can be found on Twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).

Ever wondered how the moon creates the tides? Nick and Ellie discuss tidal force, Avatar the Last Airbender, and create an accidental tourism ad for the Bay of Fundy.  Tidal force explanation with pictures! https://scijinks.gov/tides/#:~:text=High%20tides%20and%20low%20tides,of%20water%20are%20high%20tides  Like our podcast? Don't forget to like, subscribe, and tell your friends about us! An Everyday Dissection can be found on Twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).

Need a new thing to be concerned about that's not really new at all? Nick and Ellie talk about harmful algal blooms and ways to prevent poisoning from them.  Resources for harmful algal blooms including mapping and predictions: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/hazards/hab/great-lakes.html#:~:text=Cyanobacteria%20blooms%20  Like our podcast? Don't forget to like, subscribe, and tell your friends about us! An Everyday Dissection can be found on Twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).

Most websites that involve 'decision-making,' like social media, search engines, and shops, use algorithms to predict what we want. Nick and Ellie talk about the algorithms that drive how you experience the internet and the benefits and costs of these algorithms.  Like our podcast? Don't forget to like, subscribe, and tell your friends about us! An Everyday Dissection can be found on Twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).

Ellie and Nick talk about organized caviar crime, film science, and 'living fossil' species in a more miscellaneous episode. Like our podcast? Don't forget to like, subscribe, and tell your friends about us! An Everyday Dissection can be found on Twitter @edissect, where you can learn more about our episode content and get updates on the podcast. This podcast is hosted by Nick Lemmer (@lemmer_nick) and Ellie Weise (@allelellie). Our theme song was written by Evan Zobel and our art was created by Madeline Henrickson (IG: art_that_is_no_bueno).