Updates

This week we invited Alex Shadie, a 23 year old student from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, doing a PhD in pathology – and loyal listener, to call into the hatch and fill us in on disease. What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day? How did diseases originate? Can we ever stop them? Are we a disease? And of course, what’s nuts about diseases? Find out now at earwolf.com

We also played these clips:

David Agus Ted talk

This week we invited our pal and magician, Derek Hughes into the hatch to see if we could see behind the curtain a bit. Learn some tricks. Find out some secrets. We tried to get to the root of what magic is. Is there anything miraculous happening? Or is it all just smoke and mirrors? Come on down into the hatch and find out. Listen now at earwolf.com

We also played this clip:

This week we invited our pal, comedian Shane Mauss down into the hatch to discuss time travel. Is it possible? What would you do if you were able to go back in time? Would you go to the past? The future? Listen now at earwolf.com

We also played this clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1fzGaAUXZE