Dude! Nature
119 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsThe longest running (and most popular) science podcast for those of us who got kicked out of class for throwing pencils at the ceiling. Adam and Noah are skeptical twin brothers whose separate journeys through professional science and engineering led them to a ridiculous notion: that reality is strange and barely understood. Unfortunately they just didn't have the attention span to listen to any science podcasts without wanting to gouge their eyes out with a spoon.
If you've ever wanted to listen to more podcasts about cosmic quandaries, evolutionary mysteries, and giant creatures living underneath the ice of rogue planets but just can't stand academic rambling delivered with a nasally voice, then this podcast is for you.
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Psychedelics: Hippie Brain Poison or Savior of The Human Race?
October 12, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBAfter the discovery of LSD by Albert Hoffman and the first "psychedelic revolution" of the late 1960's. The government cracked down on research with the controlled substances act of 1970. We thus entered a long dark period with rogue experimenters in peoples basements, deserts and burning man festivals. Now again, after getting permission to revisit the compounds in 2000, Johns Hopkins is leading studies pitting psychedelics against depression, alcoholism, and addiction with some incredible r...
Is It Wrong To Eat Meat?
October 08, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBHotdogs, hamburgers, sausages and of course BACON! there's no denying that meat is so damn tasty and theres nothing better than a ballpark hotdog. But is it healthy to eat so much meat? What is this doing to the planet? and furthermore, is it ethical to kill living beings for your delicious fried chicken sandwich? Can we ask you for a favor? Please rate and subscribe on itunes or wherever you get your podcasts, the 5 star kind of course! It really helps :) We will forever be in your debt, t...
Mysteries Of The Deep Ocean
October 05, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB85% of the ocean floor has never been explored and we have more detailed maps of mars then we do of the ocean. To help rectify this, we dive deep, literally, to discuss some of the many barely understood phenomenons lying miles beneath the surface of the waves. Can we ask you for a favor? Please rate and subscribe on itunes or wherever you get your podcasts, the 5 star kind of course! It really helps :) We will forever be in your debt, thank you. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dudenatu...
Planaria and The Real Life Search For The Holy Grail With The Bald Scientist (Dr. Oné Pagán)
September 29, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBThe elixir of life, the fountain of youth, the holy grail...immortality! many have sought and dreamed of such a cure to aging and life's woes. However, this fantasy is starting to merge quickly with reality as scientists the world over have re-focused their attention on several species of flatworms known colloquially as planaria (the same one used to demonstrate regeneration in your eight grade science class.) These simple and unassuming worms hold some amazing adaptations and may just hold ...
The Ship Of Theseus Will Unravel Your Identity
September 24, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBAll aboard! Today we're going for a little ride on a philosophical boat. This boat in particular had all its wooden boards replaced with new boards just last week...does that make it the same ship that it was last week? or a new ship entirely? This question has stumped both Greeks and Renaissance thinkers alike, and it reveals many things we hold dear about our identity and place in the world. Can we ask you for a favor? Please rate and subscribe on itunes or wherever you get your podcasts,...
The Secret Life Of Carnivorous Plants With In Defense Of Plants (Matt Candeias)
September 21, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 59.1 MBThis is the episode that makes you go to the store to start your own meat eating plant garden, what could be cooler? We talk to the plant godfather Matt Candeias about the evolution of carnivorous plants and their various hunting strategies. Can we ask you for a favor? Please rate and subscribe on itunes, the 5 star kind of course! It really helps :) We will forever be in your debt, thank you. *In this episode we mention a documentary by David Attenborough called the "The Private Life Of P...
Why The West's Wildfires Are So Enormous
September 16, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 50 MBThis year has been the worst fire year on record, last year was the worst before this one...these current fires are more like firestorms than wildfires with thousands of acres already burned and smoke covering the entire western US....so why are they so bad? also we talk to Shasta-Trinity National Forest Rangeland Technician Scott Dunbar about the ways the misuse of land has led us to experience these giant blazes. Can we ask you for a favor? Please rate and subscribe on itunes, the 5 star ...
Are Humans Meant To Be Monogamous?
September 14, 2020 13:00 - 52 minutes - 46 MBAh, the age old conundrum! Its certainly the most popular option in western society but is it the right, or even best choice of relationship system? What can we learn from the animal kingdom that might help us decide whether it is truly 'natural' to be monogamous, and what does monogamous even mean exactly? Please rate and subscribe on itunes, the 5 star kind of course! It really helps :)
The Killing and Saving of the American Buffalo
September 07, 2020 13:00 - 39 minutes - 33.4 MBThe great american buffalo, the rise and fall and rise again of an icon. An early conservation story that deserves special attention. Please let us know any suggestions or feedback you have on the episode, both positive and constructive both really help, go here: https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dudenaturepod
The Weird World of Animal Sex
September 03, 2020 13:00 - 54 minutes - 45.9 MBBoom boom in the zoom zoom, there's so many ways to get down in the animal world. Snakes that form a mating ball, kangaroos with multiple vaginas, hermaphrodites...this episode is a banger, literally. Please let us know any suggestions or feedback you have on the episode, both positive and constructive both really help, go here: https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dudenaturepod
The Amazon Rainforest: The Most Biodiverse Region on the Planet
August 31, 2020 16:00 - 51 minutes - 41.5 MBA river runs through it, literally it does. Plants, Animals, Climate Change, Deforestation...words that need to be capitalized, all in here. Join us as we explore this magical area of the world that's supported human life for tens of thousands of years and is under great threat today. Please let us know any suggestions or feedback you have on the episode, both positive and constructive both really help, go here: https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback (https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback)...
The Amazon Rainforest
August 31, 2020 16:00 - 51 minutes - 41.5 MBA river runs through it, literally it does. Plants, Animals, Climate Change, Deforestation...words that need to be capitalized, all in here. Join us as we explore this magical area of the world that's supported human life for tens of thousands of years and is under great threat today. Please let us know any suggestions or feedback you have on the episode, both positive and constructive both really help, go here: https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dud...
Nuclear Power
August 26, 2020 16:00 - 54 minutes - 46.7 MBBring up the benefits (or drawbacks) of nuclear power and you are sure to get into an argument with someone. We made this episode so you can win those arguments, have your cake then eat it too, then wash the cake down with some dirty dirty chai, you know the drill. Please let us know any suggestions or feedback you have on the episode, both positive and constructive both really help, go here: https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dudenaturepod
Nuclear Power: The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful
August 26, 2020 16:00 - 54 minutes - 46.7 MBBring up the benefits (or drawbacks) of nuclear power and you are sure to get into an argument with someone. We made this episode so you can win those arguments, have your cake then eat it too, then wash the cake down with some dirty dirty chai, you know the drill. Please let us know any suggestions or feedback you have on the episode, both positive and constructive both really help, go here: https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback (https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback) FACEBOOK: https://w...
Super Sick Spiders
August 22, 2020 16:00 - 39 minutes - 39.2 MBMy spider is better than your spider. My spider is cooler than your spider. My spider is bigger, badder, meaner than your spider. S-P-I-D-E-R-S, get it? Please let us know any suggestions or feedback you have on the episode, both positive and constructive both really help, go here: https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dudenaturepod
Where Are The Aliens?
August 22, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBThe search for extraterrestrial intelligence, only the biggest question known to mankind...are we alone in the universe! We investigate, the mics are hot, come join :) Please let us know any suggestions or feedback you have on the episode, both positive and constructive both really help, go here: https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dudenaturepod
Where are the Aliens?
August 22, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 71.9 MBThe search for extraterrestrial intelligence, only the biggest question known to mankind...are we alone in the universe! We investigate, the mics are hot, come join :) Please let us know any suggestions or feedback you have on the episode, both positive and constructive both really help, go here: https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback (https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback) FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dudenaturepod (https://www.facebook.com/dudenaturepod)
Can Trees Communicate?
August 21, 2020 16:00 - 45 minutes - 48 MBWe go deep on tree consciousness and how they communicate we each other...and with us. Please let us know any suggestions or feedback you have on the episode, both positive and constructive both really help, go here: https://m.me/dudenaturepod?ref=Feedback FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/dudenaturepod
Caffeine: Nectar of the Gods or Harmful Brain Poison?
August 20, 2020 13:00 - 58 minutes - 50.7 MBYou've had a long day, you're on your third cup, you're probably drinking it right now while reading this! Caffeine is it the productivity crutch we all need or a deadly dependency? Please rate and subscribe on itunes, the 5 star kind of course! It really helps :)