Generic Drift
23 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA British science podcast where two biologists discuss dinosaurs, astrobiology, neanderthals and more...
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GD XXIII: Man-eaters
March 25, 2020 11:34 - 2 minutes - 3.27 MBHarvey explains what has happened to Generic Drift and where you can continue to hear from us. ManEating Podcast Episode 1: Lions Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher YouTube You can also follow us on Twitter (@ManEatingPod).
GD XXII: Moon Bears
October 08, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBHarvey and Adam discuss parasitic plants, lunar lifeforms and holidays on Mars. Subscribe to us on YouTube! Twitter: @GenericDrift // Email: [email protected] // Website: genericdrift.com // SHOW NOTES: Introduction: Teemill Marwell Zoo giraffe experience The sloth Animals Taken Away by Seagulls: Gizmo the chihuahua original article (BBC) Fears seagull swallowed dog whole (The Sun) Is this THE psycho seagull? (The Sun) Award/reward (The Sun) Psychic pet de...
GD XXI: Ice Worms of Mars
July 30, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBHarvey and Adam discuss cryptic crocodiles, inexplicable ice worms and the billionaire space race. Featuring a long awaited review of Jurassic Park. Subscribe to us on YouTube! Twitter: @GenericDrift // Email: [email protected] // Website: genericdrift.com // SHOW NOTES: Introduction Walk the Wight video Dinosaur of the Month Vespersaurus news article (Phys Org) Pachystruthio news article (Popular Mechanics) Herbivorous crocodiles (National Geographic) Marine igu...
GD XX: An Insect Feast
June 12, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBHarvey and Adam discuss befuddling bed bugs, cricket cuisine and worrisome wolves. Subscribe to us on YouTube! Twitter: @GenericDrift // Email: [email protected] // Website: genericdrift.com // Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things Michael Braungart & William McDonough Paperback Thanks for supporting the show. // SHOW NOTES: Introduction Walk the Wight JustGiving Page (£1,000 baby!) Adam playing softball Dinosaur of the Month History of Aotearoa Podcas...
GD XIX: Tiny Hamster Tethers
May 07, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBHarvey and Adam discuss mosquito music, dazzling diamonds, cantankerous cats and futuristic floating cities. Twitter: @GenericDrift // Email: [email protected] // Website: genericdrift.com // Black Holes: A Very Short Introduction Katherine Blundell Paperback Audiobook Thanks for supporting the show. // SHOW NOTES: Introduction Ctenophore research Jakob Vinther (@macroevolut) First ever image of black hole (BBC) Dinosaur of the Month Arctic dinosaurs (Smithsoni...
GD XVIII: Bottle Guts
April 03, 2019 05:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MBHarvey and Adam discuss combustible comb jellies, mind-controlled molluscs, global dimming and the search for a ninth planet in our solar system. Twitter: @GenericDrift Email: [email protected] Website: genericdrift.com // Other Minds: The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life Peter Godfrey-Smith Paperback Audiobook Thanks for supporting the show. // SHOW NOTES: Introduction Poly-anus flatworm Walk the Wight JustGiving page Mountbatten Hospice Dinosau...
GD XVII: Globe Sceptic
March 04, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBHarvey and Adam discuss the flat earth. Featuring an interview with Mike Cavanaugh, President and Chairman of FECORE: an organisation dedicated to discovering the true shape of our planet... Twitter: @GenericDrift Email: [email protected] Website: genericdrift.com // Universal: A Journey Through the Cosmos Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw Available in paperback, hardcover or as an e-book Thanks for supporting the show! // SHOW NOTES: Interview FECORE website George Biddell ...
GD XVI: Automata
February 04, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBHarvey and Adam discuss crackerjack crows, floating farms, environmental vinyl and self-replicating robots. Twitter: @GenericDrift Email: [email protected] Website: www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Introduction China grows plant on moon (Independent) Harvey's Favourite Books of the Year* An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield Paperback Audiobook The Odyssey by Homer Paperback Audiobook (narrated by Ian McKellen!) Into Thin Air by Jon Krak...
GD XV: NoseTime
January 08, 2019 06:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBHarvey and Adam discuss diamond dinosaurs, olfactory oddities, Tasmanian devils and a very unusual way of describing a rearing horse. Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Proto-mammal of the Year Lisowicia bojani Harvey's animation Dinosaur of the Month Dinosaur of the Month @TheMindRobber's article Kakuru kujani Macrocollum itaquii Uncontacted peoples - the Sentinelese Neanderthal child devoured by bird (Live Science) Siberian wooly ...
GD XIV: Birdwashed
November 23, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBHarvey and Adam discuss man-eating tigers, prehistoric parasites, space elevators and the best way to fight off a zombie. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Harvey's Halloween Party Harvey's costume Adam's costume Dinosaur of the Month News article (Independent) Eau de Tigre News article (The Telegraph) The "Birdwash" Conspiracy NHM bird egg and nest collection News article (NY Times) Scientific pap...
GD XIII: Dreadnoughtus
October 17, 2018 06:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBHarvey and Adam discuss bewildering berries, sizeable sauropods, intoxicated octopuses and plastic penguins. Available on iTunes, Spotify and all good podcasting apps. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: The Next Big Berry™ The yam The groundcherry (i.e. physalis) Scientific paper News and views Humongous dinosaurs Chicken with fake plastic tail (video in paper) Baby green heron Sinornithosaurus (dandruf...
GD XII: Cleaner Wrasse Socrates
September 17, 2018 10:00 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBHarvey and Adam discuss philosophical fish, noisy neighbours, devious droids and the importance of udders in the art of cheesemaking. Available on iTunes, Spotify and all good podcasting apps. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Harvey's holiday to Crete Crystals photo Saturn Devouring His Son by Goya My Boyfriend Has No Balls (Cosmopolitan) Facial recognition in cleaner wrasse University of Portsmouth Macaque Cog...
GD XI: Pesky Viruses
August 19, 2018 12:56 - 44 minutes - 50.6 MBHarvey and Adam discuss leaf-blowing lizards, lunar lifeforms and the virus that might be making you fat. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Adam's Three Peaks Challenge Photo Anole evolution Anole image The video Scientific paper Was there life on the Moon? Animation of giant impact hypothesis Scientific paper The obesity virus News article (New Scientist)
GD X: Pangaea Park
July 22, 2018 11:08 - 59 minutes - 68.8 MBHarvey and Adam discuss fossilised frogs, the salamander sisterhood, robots of Mars and astrobiological algae. Email: [email protected] Twitter: @GenericDrift Website: www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Fossilised frogs Steven Spielberg murders a triceratops Frog image 1 Frog image 2 News article (Nat Geo) Scientific paper The Lake Pátzcuaro salamander Achoque image Axolotl image News article (BBC Radio 4) Chester Zoo conservation programme Robots ...
GD IX: Celestial Dwarf
June 24, 2018 11:00 - 53 minutes - 62.7 MBHarvey and Adam discuss the formation of Pluto, fossilised dinosaur dandruff and the rise of the machines. Email us: [email protected] www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Pluto False colour image of Pluto Near true-colour image of Pluto Enhanced colour image of Charon News article (Forbes) Scientific paper Fossilised dandruff Microraptor Beipiaosaurus Sinornithosaurus Scientific paper News and Views Artificial intelligence DJ Roomba Mr. Beauregard (...
GD VIII: Fake Plastic Orchids
June 03, 2018 11:00 - 49 minutes - 57 MBHarvey and Adam discuss houseplants, lentil-sized Neanderthals, potions from the Dark Ages and interstellar spacecraft. Email us: [email protected] www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: Fake Plastic Orchids Marks and Spencer’s homeware section Lentil-sized brain organoids News article (The Guardian) Ancient antibiotics Scientific paper Alpha Centauri News article (Scientific American) Scientific paper
GD VII: Homo reptilius
May 13, 2018 12:00 - 1 hour - 78.1 MBHarvey and Adam discuss handsome hermit crabs, birds of paradise, 10,000 year old sloth footprints and reptilian humanoids. www.genericdrift.com SHOW NOTES: New hermit crabs Scientific paper Adam's clownfish/anemone costume Birds-of-paradise Pigeon video Wilson's bird-of-paradise Greater bird-of-paradise King of Saxony bird-of-paradise Article (The Atlantic) Scientific paper Vantablack Carbon nanotubes Bird-of-paradise courtship dance Giant ground sloth footprint...
GD VI: The Shimmer
April 15, 2018 11:13 - 57 minutes - 66.7 MBHarvey and Adam discuss pigeon problems, tactile turtles, "mind-reading" robots, and review the sci-fi horror film Annihilation. SHOW NOTES: Turtle tactility Scientific research Alter Ego News article (Forbes) Videos Scientific study
GD V: Microsoft Sam
March 26, 2018 12:00 - 50 minutes - 57.5 MBHarvey and Adam discuss bird feeders, lunar phone reception, roving on the Red Planet, earwig PR problems, and a five thousand year old tattoo. SHOW NOTES: Bird feeding The Egyptian goose The domestic goose The Canadian goose RSPB call to feed more birds (The Ecologist) 4G network on the Moon News article (The Telegraph) Curiosity Rover Photograph 1 (Mars landscape) Photograph 2 (Earth from Mars) Photograph 3 (Curiosity selfie) News article (BBC) Microsoft S...
GD IV: Homo stupidus
March 06, 2018 23:56 - 41 minutes - 48.1 MBHarvey and Adam discuss cave paintings, pet cloning, bringing animals back from extinction, and how sea turtles are being affected by climate change. SHOW NOTES: Cave paintings: Photograph Scientific paper Barbra Streisand's cloned dogs: News article St Bernard De-extinction: News article Megatherium Sea turtles: Scientific paper
GD III: Over-ambitious Seagull
February 20, 2018 12:00 - 39 minutes - 44.9 MBHarvey and Adam discuss walking fish, Antarctica, mass nouns, and flying sharks. SHOW NOTES: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch: Video Walking skate: Gif Scientific paper Antarctica climate change study: News article Flying catshark article: News article (disclaimer: hosted by the Daily Mail)
GD II: Surf and Turf Selection
February 05, 2018 12:00 - 29 minutes - 41 MBHarvey and Adam discuss the carbon footprint of sandwiches, talking killer whales and the social media-borne repercussions of their recent BBC fame. SHOW NOTES: Sandwich study: Scientific paper Killer whale "speech": News article Scientific paper Pointless episodes: Series 18, episode 46 Series 18, episode 47
GD I: The Field of Rocketry
January 22, 2018 12:00 - 36 minutes - 50.7 MBHarvey and Adam discuss the Boris Bridge, the Falcon Heavy launch, the Royal Haircut and an impending Pointless episode... Show notes: Boris Bridge graphic (caution: hosted by the Daily Mail) The Royal Haircut Adam before Adam after