Latest Matthew metcalf Podcast Episodes

Hashtag Science 015: Send Nudis

Hashtag Science - November 10, 2017 15:56 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
At some point, we will get back on track. But listen as we discuss how early trees might have grown, flies that are attracted to the complex mating calls of a Panamanian tungara frog, Mediterranian nudibranhs that engage in kleptopredation, and a surprisingly cool study of how mosquitos avoid get...

Hashtag Science 014: DRUGS

Hashtag Science - October 31, 2017 04:43 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Late as usual, but here we are talking about just what are gravitational waves, fossil salamanders, quantum communication in real settings, tree lobsters, drug manufacturing, and Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Hashtag Science 013: Nunchucked to Death

Hashtag Science - October 17, 2017 04:59 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Life might get in the way, but we have a show! Learn about the Nobel Prizes this year, yelling caterpillars, pesticides in honey, algae blooms in Ohio again, robots learning martial arts, and rat evolution.

Hashtag Science 012: Odd Mating Behaviors

Hashtag Science - September 26, 2017 04:59 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Some damned internet problems will not stop the return of Matt to the show! He returns from Costa Rica, a deadline, and is very fortunately back home after hurricane Irma. He starts to knock some of that podcasting rust off with some sea snakes that adapt to pollution, robots that are made of DNA...

Hashtag Science 011: Shark Version of Facebook

Hashtag Science - September 15, 2017 23:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Better late than never right? Jason and regular Kelyn talk about some light-hearted science with sharks that have friends, the end of Cassini, a robot that aims licorice at your face, and how squirrels organize their winter hoards.

Hashtag Science 010: VR for a Mouse

Hashtag Science - August 30, 2017 05:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
The first double digit episode is celebrated by having a one man show! Jason talks a short bit about a new application for VR, and an extension of our nanomachine talks a couple episodes back.

Hashtag Science 009: A Dog that has Nanomachines

Hashtag Science - August 10, 2017 04:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In this episode, Jason is joined again by Kelyn Carlson to talk to Karie Altman about her PhD work on the thermal biology of host parasite interactions in amphibians. We also talk about how bees recognize the number zero, the first flower, nanomachines, GIFs and E. coli, sea lice, and unmeltable ...

Hashtag Science 008: Can't Plant Flowers if You Haven't Botany

Hashtag Science - August 02, 2017 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
We have ourselves a late episode. Blame the AirBnB where Jason stayed. Listen in as Matt talks about his trip to Austin and Jason for his trip to Ecuador for conferences.

Hashtag Science 007: Gandalf the Lizard

Hashtag Science - July 14, 2017 05:03 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
An early episode as Matt heads to Austin to present his work about snakes. Listen as we chat about the funniest wildlife photos, how France is going to start KILLING it in climate change and public health, recent findings from Saturnian moon Enceladus, and how sea spiders circulate oxygen.

Hashtag Science 006: You Can't Ride Him

Hashtag Science - July 01, 2017 05:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Jason and Matt find a second guest, Kelyn Carlson, to talk about teaching and cats. Listen as we talk about black holes, tactile computer models, finches that use cigarettes to ward of parasites, possibly crazy cat ladies, InspiroBot, Boaty McBoatface, and the magnetic fields of Uranus.

Hashtag Science 005: Guilty-Looking Scorpion

Hashtag Science - June 17, 2017 05:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode, the boys talk about Matt going to Aruba, biodegradable microbeads, spiders that shoot silk like Spider-Man, miniature radio collars for frogs, and how math and science should be used to communicate our intellect to alien civilization.

Hashtag Science 004: Childish Years

Hashtag Science - June 03, 2017 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
We talk about President Trump and his announcement to leave the Paris Climate Accord. Some time after that, Jason and Matt talk about Jupiter, 3D printed pasta, and a monument to peer review in Russia. We also go deep into some new evidence of snakes hunting cooperatively in Cuba.

Hashtag Science 003: Shin Destroyer

Hashtag Science - May 20, 2017 15:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
We live up to our description as we talk about a new dinosaur that looks like Zuul, how they could have survived the meteor. We remember a beloved ASU faculty that was a mentor to Jason. A creationist is suing a canyon, sleep deprivation increases chronic pain, lab and wild mice are very differen...

Hashtag Science 002: The Lady Named Rufus

Hashtag Science - May 08, 2017 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This episode we welcome our first guest, zoo educator Jen Lindsay to the show! Listen to us three talk about a triumph in US science funding, drunk crayfish, dragonflies that fake their death, recent studies in embryonic development, how to throw, what naked mole rats are up to, and citizen scie...

Hashtag Science 001: A Bulletproof Glass-Bottomed Boat

Hashtag Science - April 22, 2017 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1 rating
In our inaugural episode, Jason and Matt talk about their March for Science plans, a surprising number of reptile stories on drugs, sleep, and color, that giant worm clam, ants that rescue their own, and super smart fish!

Hashtag Science 000: The Pilot

Hashtag Science - December 16, 2016 22:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Jason and Matt test this new podcast thing talking about new animal species near deep sea vents, laser-proof bird goggles, and the organic compounds on Mars found by Curiosity.