Six Degrees of Rumination
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.
- Update frequency
- every 22 days
- Average duration
- 72 minutes
- Episodes
- 114
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Episode 14: 2/12/14 Wait, DOES the sun go around the Earth?
Reno and Nina see if producer Mike is smarter than 1 in 4 Americans, Reno speculates what the universe was like before the Big Bang, and Nina checks her freezer for anti-biotic-riddled chicken while …
00:54:22 |
Thu 06 Mar 2014
Episode 13: 2/5/14 Pluripotency, Chimerism, and Robots drinking beer
How many puns can Reno and Nina make about eggs? Well, they egg each other on constantly, so a lot. But if you want to learn about chimerism, you must make it through all of them! If you suspect y…
00:59:52 |
Sun 16 Feb 2014
1/29/14 Episode -1/12: Technology has infinite possibilities--that is, -1/12.
In the spirit of calculating infinity, we have dubbed our twelfth episode, "Episode -1/12."
The innovations keep coming as we near the end of the first month of 2014, and each is more inspiring than…
The innovations keep coming as we near the end of the first month of 2014, and each is more inspiring than…
00:56:53 |
Sat 01 Feb 2014
1/22/14 Episode 11: The Human Experience
Oh, to be human! We have the unique ability to analyze our thoughts, research the world around us, and use all we learn to do things like:
Compress our own ashes into heirloom jewelrySequence tens o…
Compress our own ashes into heirloom jewelrySequence tens o…
00:47:00 |
Sat 01 Feb 2014
1/15/14 Episode 10: Good Shit
Hey everyone-
The audio is a little wonky on this episode. My apologies!
-Producer Mike
Welcome to 2014. We're surrounded by sound waves that can levitate objects, self-driving cars, pens that can …
The audio is a little wonky on this episode. My apologies!
-Producer Mike
Welcome to 2014. We're surrounded by sound waves that can levitate objects, self-driving cars, pens that can …
00:51:40 |
Sat 01 Feb 2014
12/30/13 Episode 9: Don't worry, it's all just an illusion
It's a good thing our universe is just a hologram and nothing matters, because otherwise we'd have to try to understand what that means!
However, if you still find yourself up all night thinking ab…
However, if you still find yourself up all night thinking ab…
00:44:46 |
Tue 31 Dec 2013
12/11/13 Episode 8: Hydrogen pressure cookers could totally out-power giant batteries (at least in Vacaville)
Reno's lifestyle choice to be a (semi) vegetarian is further supported by plant based diets that change human intestinal bacteria, a European space probe gets ready to ring in the New Year on a comet…
00:48:45 |
Mon 23 Dec 2013
11/6/13 Episode 7: Randomizer!
Because all podcasts, at one time or another, have their random moments. Sometimes, those moments comprise a whole episode! Reno and Nina talk about how blind people see, how your smart phone might…
01:11:55 |
Sun 10 Nov 2013
10/30/13 Episode 6: Dark Matter, Dolphins, and Deja Vu
Nina and Reno talk about the brain's perception of time, and how long it takes (or seems to take) to impale one's leg on cymbals. After deducing the coldest object in the universe is not Reno's hear…
01:07:59 |
Mon 04 Nov 2013
10/23/13 Episode 5 - Keanu Tomato Tofu Reeves
Why is immortality reserved just for jellyfish? Can bio-bots perform rescue missions in the Bermuda triangle? Has anyone else noticed that Keanu Reeves eerily takes on the flavor of ANY movie? When…
01:22:39 |
Mon 04 Nov 2013
10/16/13 Episode 4: Aliases, Time Machines, and Orcae
Nina can't stop laughing long enough to introduce the podcast--possibly because of the multiple Greek alphabet jokes made prior to recording. Luckily, producer Michael is there to jump in, but immed…
01:36:45 |
Tue 15 Oct 2013
10/9/13 Episode 3: Jet packs are my anti-drug
Producer Michael talks about his and Nina's new EOS, which, while not quite a jet pack, does boast the Optimus Prime feature. Reno learns Chinese because of his innate percussive abilities, and Nina…
01:27:14 |
Tue 08 Oct 2013
10/2/13 Episode 2: It smells like space in here...
Nina's attempt at formal introductions is deterred. Producer Michael temporarily assumes the role of director as well, and Reno blames Eminem for Detroit's decline...which appears even more devastat…
01:16:08 |
Tue 08 Oct 2013
9/11/13 Episode 1: 9/11 Pilot (Time Traveling Bioluminescent Green Rabbits)
Reno, Nina, and producer Michael ruminate on everything from how the brain intuits numbers to the implications of glowing green rabbits. Producer Michael is diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, Nina …
01:10:24 |
Tue 08 Oct 2013
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