That's Not How Science Works
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That's Not How Science Works
Join hosts Caitlin and Nicole as they snark about science in media and discuss why it's good, bad, or just plain ridiculous. TNHSW is using the CW TV show The Flash as a case study for bad science in media, and Caitlin and Nicole are skewering, I mean critiquing, the science in The Flash two episode...
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Episode 33: Clearly Dr. Smith Watches A Lot of TV
We’re back! Caitlin finally edited the episode! In fact, you might say that this episode was Lost … on Caitlin’s Hard Drive. In this episode, Caitlin...
Episode 32: Netflix, Please Give Us TARS and Coop! | Interstellar (2014)
It turns out that Caitlin and Nicole have multiple rocket scientist friends! Longtime friend of the podcast Space Nicole joins our hosts along with ne...
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 j...
Episode 30: We're Just Standing Outside the Aliens' Planet with a Boombox | E1 & E2 of Another Life
Well … this episode ended up being a bit of a mess for reasons that are explained therein. But you know what? It kind of fits because we’re covering...
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 Impossi...
Episode 28: LOST … in Space! | E3-E5 of Lost in Space (2018) with Out of Contreks Podcast
To the chagrin of everyone involved except, perhaps, Caitlin, we have returned to cover three more episodes of the Netflix prestige show Lost in Space...
Episode 27: In Love with Lady Scientists | The Countess Conspiracy & Beginner's Luck
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Episode 26: No, COVID-19 Is Not an I Am Legend Situation | Zombie Viruses with Here's Johnny Podcast
Welcome to the apocalypse, my friends.
Wait, that sounds really bad with everyone currently in self isolation from COVID-19. We at That’s Not Ho...
Episode 25: Melting into Lava, Wicked Witch Style | Volcano (1997)
Caitlin and Nicole are joined by Nicole’s friend Patricia, who is a geophysicist and studies volcanoes. (No, Patricia is not a vulcanologist. That’s a...
Episode 24: Happy Birthday to Us! Q&A
Heeeeeeeeeeey, we haven’t forgotten about the fact that we have a podcast! In this episode Nicole and Caitlin celebrate our one-year anniversary, whic...
Episode 23: Magic Science, Quite Literally | Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
We were on an unannounced hiatus (let’s face it, all our hiatuses are unannounced), but we have returned! Caitlin and a (very congested) Nicole are ba...
Episode 22: What's up with Badgers? | Hogwarts House Mascots with Wizard Studies Podcast
It’s here, folks. Our very first crossover episode on That’s Not How Science Works. Katie and Audrey from our sister podcast on the Kaleidoscope Media...
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Episode 21: Who Do We Need to Bribe to Get a Caitlin/Cisco/Fitz/Simmons Crossover Episode? | E1 & E2 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Alrighty, folks, we’ve come to the last of our alternative Flash shows: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. And we’re joined by the fabulous Nicole Sweene...
Episode 20: Godzilla Is a Time Lord | Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
The OG Godzilla team is back together to discuss Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the sequel to the 2014 Godzilla. And wow. Just wow. The plot is somet...
Episode 19: "Danger, Danger, Will Robinson!" Shouts Larry | E1 & E2 of Lost in Space (2018)
Longtime TNHSW buddy Space Nicole is back to talk about Netflix’s reboot of Lost in Space. Will she challenge Nicole Prime to be Supreme Nicole of the...
Episode 18: It's Emotions All the Way Down | Inside Out (2014)
Nicole and Caitlin are joined by Nicole’s friend Lynn, a neuroscientist who moved to San Francisco from Minnesota and who lived down the street from a...
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...
Episode 16: As You Know, All Good Generals Quote Shakespeare | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
The internet, the final frontier. These are the voyages of That’s Not How Science Works. To expose strange new science. To fact check new movies and n...
Episode 15: And Somehow the Psychic Gorilla Is Not the Strangest Thing We've Seen on The Flash | E21 & E22 of The Flash
Articles:
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sewer Gas … But Were Afraid to Ask
Powering CERN
Narwhal genetic diversity writ...
Episode 14: Is Caitlin Really a Doctor? What is Caitlin? | E19 & E20 of The Flash
Michael took a break from packing up his cabin in Alaska in preparation to moving to the North Pole to discuss two more episodes of The Flash with us!...
Episode 13: Long Live Queen Blue | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Caitlin and Nicole break from The Flash to talk about a movie that Nicole really loved and Caitlin really didn’t — Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom! Cai...
Episode 12: Barry Is Afraid of Bees Deep in His Soul | E17 & E18 of The Flash
Space Nicole is back to talk about The Flash, and she doesn’t even want to fight Nicole Prime for the title of “Supreme Nicole of the Nerdy Podcasts”!...
Episode 11: So It Turns out Cisco Is an Alchemist | E15 & E16 of The Flash
We’re a big fan of siblings on this show, and this time Caitlin’s brother Ryan joins us to talk about our old, reliable, science-baddie, The Flash. Al...
Episode 10: Durable United Temperature and Climate Correction Hub Based in Orbit International | Geostorm (2017)
Hey, it’s time for another break from The Flash! Caitlin and Nicole, who shall henceforth be known as “Nicole Prime,” welcome their friend also named...
Episode 9: Mirrors Are Not Photographs (How Is This Not Obvious) | E13 & E14 of The Flash
We welcome back special guest Madicken because this episode is about more nuclear nonsense in The Flash. Madicken and Caitlin (Nicole is absent due to...
Episode 8: You Are Mashed Potatoes | E11 & E12 of The Flash
Okay, we were on a hiatus due to boring work reasons/Caitlin being (kinda) useless when it comes to editing, but we are back, baby! We discuss the nex...
Episode 7: Fire and Ice Ice Baby | E9 & E10 of The Flash
Our guest this episode is not a scientist. In fact, you might say that he’s the reverse. We talk about the next two episodes of The Flash with Nicole’...
Episode 6: If You Say Quantum Three Times, Do You Summon Michelle Pfeiffer? | Ant-Man and the Wasp
Get excited, it’s the quantum episode! If we’ve learned anything from Ant-Man and the Wasp it’s that putting “quantum” in front of a word makes it “ex...
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 nuclea...
Episode 4: Oliver Is Right and Barry Is Wrong | E7 & E8 of The Flash
We open on an electricity vampire. What? You haven’t heard of electricity vampires? They’re the black sheep of the Dracula family, obviously. We talk...
Episode 3: Make Up Some Sciency Stuff to Throw Them Off | E5 & E6 of The Flash
Bomb Chicka Wow Wow! We first discuss bombs and how they cause damage through overpressure. Cool fact: When the writing team of The Flash writes down...
Episode 2: Sure, Sure, Sure, Let's Go with That | E3 & E4 of The Flash
The four states of matter are solid, liquid, gas, and DNA that can sublimate into a gas, right? We discuss the probability that a person could turn hi...
Episode 1: That's Not How Stem Cells Work | E1 & E2 of The Flash
It’s the origin story of our favorite red speedster, the Flash! First, we talk about the real-life effects of lightning strikes on the body (spoiler:...