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Saturday, May 30, 2015

#60 - Some Sheldon Cooper-esque Dialogue

In this episode, we discuss our favourite new things from Google I/O, go deeper on bike lanes, and we determine Mike would be a terrible research dictator in a conversation about physical vs. mental attraction.

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Monday, May 25, 2015

#59 - Don Quixote Syndrome Took Over

This week, we talk Let's Talk Science funding, wind turbines with no blades, and look forward to Google I/O later in the week.

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Monday, May 11, 2015

#57 - What's Slow About a Bear

In this episode, Tesla goes gangbusters, it's zeppelins vs. dirigibles, and trucks are driving themselves in Nevada. Get excited, because we'll be delivering this one to a Canada Post near you!

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Sunday, May 3, 2015

#56 - We Don't Need A Biologist

This week, Rob gets a new job, we discuss Microsoft's Build conference (much to Nick's chagrin), Tesla's big new battery, and how a woolly mammoth burger would taste.

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Sunday, April 26, 2015

#55 - Playing Chess with a Pigeon

In this episode, we discuss Google's new mobile network, Google Fi, the possible "cure" for asthma, and decide whether buying a field Roomba (aka a tractor) means you own it.

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

#54 - A Really, Really Nice Supervillain

This week on Future Chat, we were joined by a special guest, Christopher Johnson! We talked about the Apple Watch try-ons and Apple Pay, NASA and SpaceX, and the intersection of politics and new media.

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Monday, April 13, 2015

#53 - Enema Shooters (Season 2 Begins!)

We're back with Season 2 of Future Chat. We're well rested and chatted about giant telescopes, the end of Soylent flatulence, and tiny, tiny "computers".

We're so glad to be back, be sure to go tell a friend about Future Chat!

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Sunday, March 1, 2015

#51 - Some Kind of Magic

This week, net neutrality wins big, we debate the validity of hydrogen fueled cars, and maybe "gluten sensitivity" is really a thing.

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Monday, February 16, 2015

#49 - The Great Stench Debacle

This week, we discuss the future of electric cars some more, decide if inappropriate drinking will save, or bring down our civilization, and endlessly debate the worthiness of a smell-detecting patent from Google. This one got a little crazy...

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Monday, February 9, 2015

#48 - The First Poop Segue

This week, net neutrality has a fighting chance, Google Glass starts over, and we have more than one story about poop.

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Sunday, February 1, 2015

#47 - That Unfortunate Looking Car

This week, we follow up on Windows 10, the Internet gets better in the US, and scientists can't get no respect.

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

#46 - What About Duck Hunt

This week, we get up to speed on the week in Microsoft news, reflect on why people keep using 'password' for security, and dream about Google Voice going mainstream.

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Sunday, January 11, 2015

#44 - Not Sorry for Party Rocking

This week, a CES recap of all our most exciting futuristic tech, lots of science entertainment news, including Discovery Channel, Phil Plait and Neil DeGrasse Tyson, as well as some thoughts on "human" rights for primates.

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Sunday, January 4, 2015

#43 - An Epidemic of Bear Flu

This week, we covered Back to the Future's view of 2015, and how close we came to that vision, how much of cancer is just bad luck, and what the implications of the Canadian piracy crackdown means for consumers.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

#42 - Happy Saturnalia, Everyone!

This week, we wrapped up the year in a neat little bow, learned a little bit more about solar power, and mourned Mike's mauling from the wild Alberta bear.

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Wednesday, December 10, 2014

#41 - That'll Cook Your Phone

We discuss the science and tech movies and trailers that have come out in the last few weeks, get into the nitty-gritty of magnetic induction, and Nick finally gets Teksavvy internet hooked up!

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

Future Chat #39: Light

This week's show is a special science AND technology extravaganza. We talked about some scientific and technical applications of light of all energy, from radio waves to gamma rays.

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Monday, October 6, 2014

Future Tech Chat #24: Google Y

This week on Future Chat, we chatted about Google 2.0, the BIG projects wing of Google Inc. responsible for things as big as building model cities and more efficient airports. We talked a lot about those projects, as well as some big projects that we think they could be working on to improve everybody's life!

**The podcast version of the show will be up later today.

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Sunday, September 28, 2014

Future Sci Chat #9: Transportation

This week on Future Chat, we shared our thoughts on transportation systems of the future, learned a little about the efficiency of various kinds of transportation, and dreamed about how we'd like to get around in the future.

We also decided to stay on air for an aftershow this week, so stay tuned for that around the 1 hr mark. We get to talking about the future of the show and request your feedback on what you'd like to see/hear.

You can also check out the next episode of Future Tech Chat, live on YouTube next Saturday at 12:30 PM Eastern. We'll be talking about the new Google Y projects, like building a model city of the future (think EPCOT).

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Sunday, August 31, 2014

Future Sci Chat #7: Public Funding for Science

In the most important episode we've tackled so far on Future Sci Chat, we talked about the changes in North American political policy with regards to public and governmental funding of scientific research. This topic is very important to all of us as scientists, but it's also important to the public in general, and it is important to be informed about just how this can affect you.

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