Mark and Toddcast

“Quantum Computing” is a phrase we’re hearing more and more about it, and it’s something that seems like magic — because it sort of is. Let’s take a look at Quantum Computing, which is basically...

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There are 7 different “Body Farms” – special areas designated by research scientists to study the decomposition of bodies to aid in the forensic analysis of unsolved crimes — located in the U.S. So what...

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Many of us have heard the terms “Deep Web,” “Dark Web,” and maybe even “TOR/Onion Routing,” but what exactly are those things? Or where are they? And am I on some sort of watch-list for...

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Because people asked for it, here’s a stand-alone compilation of the Dad Jokes Mark told during the first 100 episodes. Buckle down, it’s 27 minutes of the most groan-inducing jokes you’ve ever heard. You’ve been...

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We celebrate 100 (!) episodes by sharing mics with fellow podcast nerds Nate and Dave from the NotNerd podcast. Join us as we talk tech, Mystery Oreos (delivered in person via flaming bagpipe procession by...

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This week we spin the Wheel of Wikipedia and discuss half a dozen short-but-sweet topics, ranging from why we don’t refer to the president as “Your Majesty” to “Berserk Llama Syndrome” to a Cold War...

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In this week’s episode we take a look at crystals: the otherworldly, geometric webbing of solid (and sometimes liquid) materials that make our up our fancy rings, computers, and TVs.Plus, the Unipiper dishes some great...

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It’s a super-sized episode as we get back into the swing of things and take a detailed look at the role the Cassini-Huygens Probe has played in our understanding of Saturn and its moons. And...

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The future of food isn’t just GMO crops – it’s lab-grown and 3D-printed meat. As in real, perfect, just-like-meat meat, grown from animals’ stem and scaffolding cells, all done without harming or killing real animals....

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The eclipse and its hype has passed, but Brian “The Unipiper” Kidd joins us in-studio to talk about our fantastic and memorable trip to Idaho and Eastern Oregon last weekend. We talk about some interesting...

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