Posts tagged Nuclear
Episode 31: Let's Torch That Peach! | The Core (2003)

We have come to a movie that is apparently somewhat infamous in the scientific community for its terrible and ridiculous science: The Core. Patricia joins us once again to discuss how plausible it would be that the Earth’s core would stop spinning, that we could drill down to the core, and that we could restart it with nuclear weapons!

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Episode 29: Henry Cavill Clearly Works out with Plutonium | Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018)

You mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to this podcast episode in which we discuss all of the ridiculous science in Mission Impossible: Fallout, a movie that seems to know as much about plutonium as I know about Black Sabbath — which is to say, basically nothing other than the fact that heavy metal is involved. And, of course, because we’re discussing plutonium, we are joined by longtime friend of the podcast and nuclear scientist, Madicken!

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Episode 17: WE FINISHED SEASON ONE OF THE FLASH! | E23 & E24 of The Flash

They doubted us. They told us we were crazy. They said it we would never be able to accomplish this, that it would be too much for any one podcast to handle alone. BUT WE DID IT. WE FINISHED SEASON ONE OF THE FLASH, HATERS. Who exactly are these haters, you ask? Doesn’t matter, moving on. In this episode, Caitlin and Nicole discuss the last episode of season one of The Flash and the first episode of season two of The Flash with their excellent friend Natalie!

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Episode 5: But What Does Atomic Breath Smell Like? | Godzilla (2014)

Let them fight! That’s right folks, this week we are covering the 2014 version of Godzilla. Even more exciting, we feature an actual, real-life nuclear physicist to discuss all of the problems with nuclear power plants, nuclear bombs, nuclear banana bread, and nuclear sense of smell in the movie.

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