The Scientific Odyssey Unscripted-The Muon g-2 Experiment Results
In this unscripted episode, we take a look at the announced results from the Muon g-2 experiment recently performed at the Fermi National Ac...
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An examination of scientific inquiry through a discussion of the history and philosophy of the scientific endeavor and the people who have participated in it.
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Listen to The Scientific Odyssey, a Education podcast by Chad Davies. Stream 206 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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Episode 1.10: Science, Pseudoscience, and Snake Oil
A look at pseudosciences and their characteristics through the lenses of critical thinking and inquiry.
Episode 5.12: Boundaries of Empire
In this episode, we begin our exploration of the Chinese cartographic tradition.
Solstice 2020
In this special solstice episode fo the podcast, we embark on a winter journey through the writings of John Muir and David Henry Thoreau amo...
Episode 5.11: Itineraries
In this episode, we conclude our examination of cartography in the Roman Empire by looking at the development of itineraries and travel maps...
Special Episode 1: Silverado Squatters-Part 1
For many of the crew of the Scientific Odyssey, the next couple of weeks promises to be stressful with the coming US Presidential elections,...
The 200th Episode
In this anniversary celebration of our journey, we turn the canvas over to other voices to explore the intersection between inquiry in the s...
Episode 1.9: Understanding Conspiracy Theories
In this episode, we look at applying the tools of good critical thinking and skepticism to analyzing conspiracy theories.
Episode 1.8: Barriers to Good Critical Thinking
In this episode of our series on "Science as Inquiry" we look at those things that keep people from engaging in good critical thinking pract...
Episode 1.7: Characteristics of Good Critical Thinking
"The fox knows many little things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing."-Archilochus We trace this quote from the Archaic Greek poet throug...
Episode 1.6: Introduction to Critical Thinking
In this episode we broaden our focus to consider critical thinking in a more comprehensive way by looking at what it is, why its such a valu...
Episode 5.10: Surveying an Empire
One of the pillars of the Roman Republic and Empire was its ability to survey, divide, assign and tax land. In this episode of the podcast,...
The Scientific Odyssey Unscripted: The CoVID-19 Global Pandemic
Wherein your Navigator discusses the CoVID-19 virus, the global pandemic, how public health and public policy response is formulated, and ho...
Episode 5.9: All Roads Lead to Somewhere
In this episode, we trace the development of roads from their pre-historic roots (or routes) to the development of the massive arterial netw...
The Scientific Odyssey Unscripted: Betelgeuse-Is He Going to Blow?
Some recent media accounts have speculated that the red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion is about to explode in a cataclysmic s...
Episode 5.8: Heaven and Earth
In this episode, we trace the development of Hellenistic geography from the work of Polybius, through Strabo, to its conclusion with Claudiu...
Episode 5.7: How Big is Our World?
In this episode we examine the development of a more empirically based geography in the Hellenistic period from the voyage of Pytheas to the...
Episode 5.6: Ocean Around a Wine-Darkened Sea
Beginning with Homer's Iliad, we look at the development of Greek geographical models of the Earth through the Classical Period.
Episode 3.53: The Cassini Dynasty
For 220 years, the Cassini family was among the most powerful and influential scientific dynasties of Europe. In we look at their work and l...
Episode 5.5: The Centered Universe
In this episode we look at cartography in the ancient cultures around the Mediterranean Basin with an eye to understanding the role and purp...
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