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Six Degrees of Rumination - Podcast

Six Degrees of Rumination

 Nina Reno and Michael

Join hosts Nina Boyd and Reno Gorman as they cover a wide variety of topics like recent scientific discoveries, art, culture, and world news! Sarcasm provided by the podcast's producer, Mike.

Science & Medicine
Update frequency
every 22 days
Average duration
72 minutes
Episodes
114
Years Active
2013 - 2025
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Episode 34 - Grimace with Annie Armanino.....again....

Episode 34 - Grimace with Annie Armanino.....again....

A self aware Mario?  3D advertisements that you can't escape?  A bracelet with a touch screen that displays on your forearm?  It's definitely 2015, and more technology is on the way.  But never fear,…

00:55:54  |   Thu 29 Jan 2015
Episode 33: Super Duper Massive Photonic Poop Bombing Knitting Omniprocessor of Love 1/14/15

Episode 33: Super Duper Massive Photonic Poop Bombing Knitting Omniprocessor of Love 1/14/15

How would you like a scientific formula for falling in love?  How about a massive processor that turns human waste into drinkable water?  These things aren't far from reach; in fact, they already exi…
00:57:40  |   Thu 15 Jan 2015
Episdoe 32: How was that New Year's kiss? 1/7/15

Episdoe 32: How was that New Year's kiss? 1/7/15

First podcast of the year!  We discuss a myriad of topics, from why humans kiss to what a non-person person might be.  Best of all, in the true spirit of the glitz and sparkle of New Year's celebrati…
01:01:17  |   Thu 08 Jan 2015
Episode 31: Old School 12/17/14

Episode 31: Old School 12/17/14

Six Degrees is sans internet tonight, and reads their articles off paper.  Not rewritable paper, not 3D printed paper...just paper.  Plus, they return to some of their favorite topics of old: biolumi…
01:15:54  |   Thu 08 Jan 2015
Episode 30: Emotions are for baby-eaters 12/7/14

Episode 30: Emotions are for baby-eaters 12/7/14

It's a carnival of the animals on Six Degrees!  Reno's and Nina's penchant for ravens is quenched, mice whose brains are part human are smarter than other mice, and a furry convention is horribly int…
01:08:59  |   Thu 08 Jan 2015
Episode 29: Pope Francis has sh*t for brains 10/29/14

Episode 29: Pope Francis has sh*t for brains 10/29/14

Halloween is just around the corner, and all the signs of the devil abound: the world's longest snake experiences a virgin birth, the Pope endorses science yet again, evidence of starquakes is found,…
01:29:25  |   Thu 08 Jan 2015
Episode 28: Chimps are jerks, and schizophrenia just got a LOT more complicated 9/24/14

Episode 28: Chimps are jerks, and schizophrenia just got a LOT more complicated 9/24/14

Producer Mike and Reno ruminate on the horrors of testicular assault, while Nina tries to imagine how painful childbirth might be.  Soft robots are discussed, as well as the personality defects of ch…
01:16:40  |   Thu 08 Jan 2015
Episode 27: The First Anniversary of Our Genesis 9/10/14

Episode 27: The First Anniversary of Our Genesis 9/10/14

One year and counting.  Here's to approximately twelve months of ruminating on science, psychology, technology....and gargoyles.  There's no stopping us now!

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00:49:45  |   Thu 08 Jan 2015
Episode 26: 8/6/14 Are you afraid of the dark?

Episode 26: 8/6/14 Are you afraid of the dark?

Interested in seeing a goat/sheep hybrid?  Visit a petting zoo in Arizona to see "Butterfly."  The debate on which came first, the chicken or the egg, is settled once and for all.  Reno, Nina, and Mi…
00:52:20  |   Thu 07 Aug 2014
Episode 25: 7/23/14: Don't try to use all of your brain at once to listen to this

Episode 25: 7/23/14: Don't try to use all of your brain at once to listen to this

Listen to Reno, Nina, and producer Mike debunk 7th myths about the brain, discuss the likelihood of 3D printing options at Kinko's, predict what kind of damage kudzu could do if left completely alone…
00:51:58  |   Thu 24 Jul 2014
Episode 24: 7/16/14: Things you didn't know and probably still don't want to

Episode 24: 7/16/14: Things you didn't know and probably still don't want to

Enjoy a mish-mash of articles in episode 24, including more 3D printing antics, how a parasite adds insult to injury, what new nursery rhymes may be emerging about natural selection, and just what an…
00:48:24  |   Thu 17 Jul 2014
Episode 23: 6/25/14 The artificiality of life, and when life gets too real

Episode 23: 6/25/14 The artificiality of life, and when life gets too real

Join Nina, Reno, and producer Mike to explore the many faces of salad, as well as what you might consume if you give up food altogether.  Would you eat a colorless, nearly tasteless sludge in the nam…
00:54:05  |   Sun 13 Jul 2014
Episode 22: 5/21/14: Running around like chickens with their heads cut off...virtually.

Episode 22: 5/21/14: Running around like chickens with their heads cut off...virtually.

Chickens are now taking advantage of virtual reality!  Yes, you read that right.  In an ingenious political move, the inventor of the VR chicken helmets creates a stir around the issue: can we afford…
00:51:56  |   Sun 13 Jul 2014
Episode 21: 4/30/14: Maximizing Stiffness

Episode 21: 4/30/14: Maximizing Stiffness

Have you ever wanted to draw RIGHT INTO THE AIR?  Now you can, with a kickstarter product dubbed "the smallest 3D printing pen in the world."  It uses moldable plastic instead of ink, and creates 3D …
00:57:19  |   Sun 13 Jul 2014
Episode 20: 4/16/14: With guest podcaster Annie Armanino

Episode 20: 4/16/14: With guest podcaster Annie Armanino

Jokes aside, the fact that science can grow new vaginas for disease afflicted young women is pretty amazing. 

Jokes not aside, beware of video game controllers that look like bizarre sex toys.  

 J…

01:15:30  |   Thu 26 Jun 2014
Episode 19: 4/9/14: Vanilla comes from Beavers

Episode 19: 4/9/14: Vanilla comes from Beavers

Have a listen to discover a few things you didn't know, and probably didn't want to know, about animals.  Spoiler alert, you might not view beavers and whales the same way again.  And, another spoile…
00:58:50  |   Thu 26 Jun 2014
Episode 18: 3/26/14 If society doesn't collapse, here are a few things you might want to know...

Episode 18: 3/26/14 If society doesn't collapse, here are a few things you might want to know...

Learn why our society is going down like the Roman Empire, what to do if you don't like your wife's mitochondria, how water drops can run uphill, and why people's eyes are even more important than yo…
00:49:53  |   Thu 27 Mar 2014
Episode 17: 3/12/14 The Science of Segues....not Segways.

Episode 17: 3/12/14 The Science of Segues....not Segways.

Reno, Nina, and producer Michael discuss everything from orca rights to the funniest joke in the world. Science continues to fight its way back into mainstream culture with a children's story book ab…
00:55:57  |   Thu 13 Mar 2014
Episode 16: 3/5/14 Don't look a chicken in the eye

Episode 16: 3/5/14 Don't look a chicken in the eye

Reno finds a living Barbie who can teach us Breatharianism, producer Michael finds a new program that allows people to read a novel in 90 minutes, and Nina tries to explain disordered hyper-uniformit…
01:05:59  |   Thu 13 Mar 2014
Episode 15: 2/19/14 You don't know what you've got 'til it's Egon

Episode 15: 2/19/14 You don't know what you've got 'til it's Egon

This episode is dedicated to Harold Ramis.


Reno and Nina try to convince producer Michael that technology is ALWAYS amazing--whether you're eating peanuts at 30,000 feet or waving an infrared light…
01:02:41  |   Thu 13 Mar 2014
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