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DRAINSTEM
Author: Brad Roan & David Mayman
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An amicable excursion into world changing technical topics. Join best friends Brad and David as they keep in touch from across the pond, exploring technological advancements both past and present reflecting on their impacts. For an hour each week, and with very little knowledge (and no qualification), they share a topic from Science, Technology, Engineering, or Medicine, that they think is cool (or not cool!). Probably also jokes.
11 Episodes
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David talks about Elon Musk and his quest to sell people on thin and long versus thick and short. Brad discusses what happens when you throw an infinite supply of money and brown liquor at aerospace engineers in the 60s.
David talks about the nigh impenetrable shrapnel shield we've been building around planet earth for the past 80 years, Brad talks about why your book report on the first airplane was wrong.
Brad gets into some cool advancements in polymers while dodging David’s depressing thought-bombs. Plus, David explores what life might be like living past 100 becomes the norm.
Links
Brad mentioned this article about the 5 earths we’ll eventually need and Humans Need Not Apply
David references some ideas popularized by Mariana Mazzucato
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Brad: Subscribe to my Youtube Channel, The Dungineer
David: I made a music video! Chemtrails – Vultures
Brad talks about how sound can create light through Sonoluminescence, and how that might be one path to and endless supply of clean fusion energy. Plus, David talks about your poop.
Brad's Plugs: Subscribe to my Youtube Channel, The Dungineer
David's Plugs: Check out my band, Chemtrails
David dives into General AI and recent advancements in gaming AI that put Bowser to shame. Plus, Brad explains the different ways Engineers use stress testing to build things safely and predictably.
Read more about the Open AI 5
Brad's Plugs: Subscribe to my Youtube Channel, The Dungineer
David's Plugs: Check out my band, Chemtrails
Brad talks about incredible new advances in gene editing through a technology called CRISPR – and where that might lead society. Plus, David explores infinity by taking us through his esteemed “Mayman Postulate” that he wrote his PhD on one night in college.
Brad's Plugs: Subscribe to my Youtube Channel, The Dungineer
David's Plugs: Listen to my band, Chemtrails
David explains how the incredible Autotune works and it’s fascinating connection with oil drilling. Plus, Brad gets fed up with birds pooping all over his backyard patio and decides to do an episode on pests. Take that, Woody.
Part 2 of Episode 2. David gets deep into Decentralized Apps (dApps), the Ethereum Blockchain, and the world of digital value. Also, Brad gets turnt with the history of booze and how it might be responsible for modern civilization. These first episodes were jam packed, so we decided to split them into two parts.
Part 1 of Episode 2. David explains Quantum Computing, encryption, and the next saga in the battle between hackers and privacy experts. Plus, Brad explains how your refrigerator (and most every other heating or cooling system) works using heat pumps. These first episodes were jam packed, so we decided to split them into two parts.
Part 2 of Episode 1. David explains the possible upcoming future of automation and how revolutionary it is in the history of work. Also, Brad talks about new advances in lab-grown meat research that could change the future of food. This is a continuation of Episode 1. These first episodes were jam packed, so we decided to split them into two parts.
Shout out to Kurzgesagt for the inspiration
Part 1 of Episode 1. David explains what’s really happening behind the Cambridge Analytica / Facebook hacking scandal, and how privacy is all but lost. Also, Brad explains why Darwin was a bonafide bad-$#@ and how he ended up discovering the Theory of Evolution. These first episodes were jam packed, so we decided to split them into two parts.



