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Serious Inquiries Only

 Thomas Smith

Join Thomas for some critical thinking on questions of science, philosophy, skepticism and politics. These serious topics are discussed with some serious guests, but in an entertaining and engaging way! This is not your typical interview podcast; it’s a friendly dialogue, conducted thoughtfully and with plenty of humor. It's Serious Inquiries Only; but like, not boring or anything.

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Update frequency
every 3 days
Average duration
53 minutes
Episodes
804
Years Active
2014 - 2025
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SIO409: Can You

SIO409: Can You "Boost" Your Immune System?

It's an Emergen-C episode with Dr. Rick Sullivan! With the holidays approaching, you may be wondering if there's a good way to boost your immune system and prevent getting sick. Well, there are many …
00:54:13  |   Sun 17 Dec 2023
SIO408: Dr. Steve Proper, On the House

SIO408: Dr. Steve Proper, On the House

For Seriously Awful Movies 4, we reviewed S6E15 of House called Black Hole. We brought Dr. Steve Proper along because the episode deals with a very curious type of allergy... We brought my brother Sa…

00:49:43  |   Thu 14 Dec 2023
SIO407: Entropy and Information

SIO407: Entropy and Information

It's another physicode with Dr. Bryan Gillis! Bryan heard the food episode recently and wanted to chime in with a physics perspective on why your brain needs energy. Sure, there are obvious biologica…
00:47:31  |   Mon 11 Dec 2023
SIO406: How Science Made Food Too Addictive

SIO406: How Science Made Food Too Addictive

Dr. Dawn Fariello, a lecturer at Fordham University who helped develop their popular course The Ecology and Economics of Food Systems, joins the show today to walk us through cravings and how our bod…
00:43:51  |   Fri 01 Dec 2023
SIO405: Are we Really More Polarized Than Ever?

SIO405: Are we Really More Polarized Than Ever?

Well..... Yes and no. Political science expert Joe Magestro joins us for a fascinating conversation! We catch up on a little bit of Wisconsin politics. The news is actually pretty decent lately! And …
00:51:52  |   Thu 30 Nov 2023
SIO404: Are We Attracted To Our Mate's Immune System?

SIO404: Are We Attracted To Our Mate's Immune System?

As crazy as that sounds, it seems to be the case! How does that work? And also... how does the immune system work? And can someone please explain it using vampires and hot dogs as analogies? If those…
00:51:36  |   Tue 28 Nov 2023
SIO403: At What Age Can You Talk To Kids about Race? Parents Wildly Overestimate

SIO403: At What Age Can You Talk To Kids about Race? Parents Wildly Overestimate

Dr. Elizabeth Deitch returns to the show to take us through some science thingies! CRT bannings and other conservative nonsense got Beth interested in the question: when should we actually talk to ki…

00:59:53  |   Sat 25 Nov 2023
SIO402: How Biden's Climate Legislation Is Making A Difference

SIO402: How Biden's Climate Legislation Is Making A Difference

Today's expert takes us through some of the ways that Biden's underrated climate legislation is driving research and investment into clean energy, carbon capture, and more!   Are you an expert in s…
00:41:41  |   Tue 21 Nov 2023
SIO401: Dr. Steve Proper on the Science of Food Allergies

SIO401: Dr. Steve Proper on the Science of Food Allergies

You may have heard our episode about our struggles with food labeling and Arlo's allergies. Well, so did Dr. Steve Proper, and he is an actual expert in the field! He teaches us about the medical sci…
01:08:28  |   Fri 17 Nov 2023
SIO400: Good Will Hunting, Bad Science Thingy

SIO400: Good Will Hunting, Bad Science Thingy

Seriously Awful Movies 3, Good Will Hunting, was approximately 3 episodes worth of content. So, we thought it would be fun to put out some of that for everyone! Dr. Alan Smerbeck and returning SAMtac…
00:53:57  |   Mon 13 Nov 2023
SIO399: Andrew Wakefield's

SIO399: Andrew Wakefield's "Study" Was So Much Worse Than You Know

Special Education teacher Kelly Burke joins us to debunk the classic Andrew Wakefield vaccine study, but there's probably a whole lot that you don't know about it because holy crap this thing was sho…
00:56:06  |   Wed 08 Nov 2023
SIO398: Hot Women In Your Area

SIO398: Hot Women In Your Area

We're borrowing this brilliant title from a panel at QED, and while we're at it, we're also borrowing one of the panelists, Nicola Throp, to cover all things Menopause - what it is, why we need to ta…

00:52:50  |   Thu 02 Nov 2023
SIO397: Why Is Flying Not Any Faster Than 60 Years Ago?

SIO397: Why Is Flying Not Any Faster Than 60 Years Ago?

It's a phun physics phepisode! Dr. Bryan Gillis is here to teach us about some of the interesting physics of air travel. Why is breaking the speed of sound so difficult? What's a sonic boom? How do f…
00:55:43  |   Tue 31 Oct 2023
SIO396:

SIO396: "This Didn't Happen In A Vacuum"

That's what the UN's top official Secretary General António Guterres said recently. Israel completely blew a fuse over that sentence, and demanded he resign or be removed. They canceled UN Visas. The…
00:46:29  |   Mon 30 Oct 2023
SIO395: Are We Complicit In A Genocide?

SIO395: Are We Complicit In A Genocide?

It's Israel's 9/11. Or as Biden says, it's like 15 9/11s. So I guess they get to do 15 Iraq Wars? This feels like an incredibly difficult time to do anything other than sympathize with the Israeli vi…

00:57:12  |   Sat 28 Oct 2023
SIO394: New Law Makes Sesame 9th Allergen. Companies Are Now Adding Sesame to Foods To Get Around It

SIO394: New Law Makes Sesame 9th Allergen. Companies Are Now Adding Sesame to Foods To Get Around It

Hey everyone, a big heads up. This episode is about an issue that is literally life or death for our son Arlo. This was not easy to talk about and things get emotional. I did my best to edit all that…
00:56:39  |   Thu 19 Oct 2023
SIO393: Dr. Alan Smerbeck on Trigger Warnings

SIO393: Dr. Alan Smerbeck on Trigger Warnings

Stormy's back! Dr. Smerbeck joins us today to discuss the current research around trigger warnings. Are they a no-brainer or are there downsides? If there are, are we going anti-woke and telling trig…
01:03:44  |   Tue 17 Oct 2023
SIO392: How Taxes on Foods Affect Health and Climate

SIO392: How Taxes on Foods Affect Health and Climate

Dr. Wisdom Dogbe, an agricultural economist out of the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, joins me to discuss a recent study he led investigating consumer choice with regard to taxing foods that are…

00:45:53  |   Thu 12 Oct 2023
SIO391: Astrophysicist Wet Blankets All The Alien Talk

SIO391: Astrophysicist Wet Blankets All The Alien Talk

Dr. Bryan Gillis is here to tell us why it just isn't aliens. Sorry. BUT WHAT IF IT WERE. That question too. This one is a super fun and educational deep dive on space, space travel, the Drake Equati…

01:14:39  |   Mon 09 Oct 2023
SIO390: So Wait, Are There Aliens? What Were Those Hearings

SIO390: So Wait, Are There Aliens? What Were Those Hearings

So what's the deal with all this? UFOs or now UAPs... government programs... crash retrieval... basically... what the hell? Also werewolves. Hot correspondent and now FULL TIME PODCASTER Lydia Smith …

00:47:00  |   Mon 09 Oct 2023
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