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Pour yourself something warm. Let it drizzle outside. This one's for the curious.
The Mark & Toddcast is your weekly escape from the algorithm, the outrage cycle, and whatever fresh hell is trending. Broadcasting from the rainy heart of Portland, Oregon, two friends have spent 11 years and over 300 episodes doing exactly what you wish you could do at your favorite dimly lit neighborhood pub: sitting down with a pint and wandering through whatever's genuinely interesting.
Consider us comfort food for your brain.
Instead, expect pure Pacific Northwest chill and unfiltered curiosity about topics like:
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Why we absolutely hate the sound of our own voices
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The secret origin of the biohazard symbol
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America’s classified, Cold War plan to nuke the moon
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The Stanford Prison Experiment (and why it was actually kind of BS)
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Portland’s very own infamous Barbie-hacking culture jammers
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The unsolved mystery of the Toynbee Tiles
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And yes... the actual science of farts
What’s in an Episode?
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The Catch-Up: A little life banter between two longtime friends navigating the Rose City.
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Just the Headlines: A quick spin through the weirdest, wildest science and culture news of the week.
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The Deep Dive: A 20-minute, high-level plunge into whatever strange subject one of us couldn't stop reading about.
Meet Your Hosts:
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Mark spent his twenties operating nuclear reactors for the Navy before coming home to Portland's Silicon Forest to keep the machines that build microchips running. Now, he’s a technical director helping companies get found online.
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Todd has lived several lives—ad copywriter, artist, Newsweek-published writer, and an unrepentant Madonna superfan. Today, he’s a local therapist helping people untangle their stories and reconnect with the humans around them.
Pull up a chair. Grab a local beverage.
Science is funny.
Episodes
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
Thursday Dec 01, 2016
What do you get when you mix 3 respected Oscar winners and one of the most beautiful cities in America? In the case of “The Hunted,” sadly, you get crap. But boy was the crap...
The post Portland at the Movies #2: The Hunted appeared first on Mark and Toddcast.
Monday Nov 28, 2016
Monday Nov 28, 2016
Confirmation Bias is the tendency to search for, favor, and recall information that confirms one’s already existing beliefs, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities. It’s also something we’re all guilty of, because we...
The post #64 – Confirmation Bias:Hearing Your Own Opinion in Someone Else’s Voice appeared first on Mark and Toddcast.
Monday Nov 21, 2016
Monday Nov 21, 2016
If you ever wondered who Einstein idolized, his name was James Maxwell, a pioneering mathematician of the 19th century. Hear about his amazing story, and how we still use the formulas he created, in this...
The post #63 – James Maxwell Smart appeared first on Mark and Toddcast.
Monday Nov 14, 2016
Monday Nov 14, 2016
The country is in a rough place right now, and there’s only one man that can help: Mr. Rogers. We’ll take a look at how this quiet man turned kindness into true power, and made...
The post #62 – Mr. Rogers and the Power of Kindness appeared first on Mark and Toddcast.
Monday Nov 07, 2016
Monday Nov 07, 2016
Every 4 years we complain about it, and then we immediately forget it: the Electoral College. This week we look at what it is, how it works, and why we still use this outdated and...
The post #61 – The Electoral College Gets the Third Degree appeared first on Mark and Toddcast.
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Monday Oct 31, 2016
Portland at the Movies is a hilarious new podcast that takes an in-depth look at some of the questionable movies made in and around Portland (think How Did This Get Made with movies filmed in...
The post Special – Portland at the Movies Ep. #1: Halloweentown appeared first on Mark and Toddcast.
Sunday Oct 23, 2016
Sunday Oct 23, 2016
In this week’s “Member Berry”-inspired episode, we discuss how the Atari Corporation went from the fastest-growing company in history to losing half a billion dollars and 80% of its workforce in just a few years....
The post #60 – Remember Atari? appeared first on Mark and Toddcast.
Sunday Oct 09, 2016
Sunday Oct 09, 2016
Did you know you could easily calculate the speed of light using your microwave and a hot dog? Find out how in this week’s episode, as we talk about the history of the microwave, how...
The post #59 – The Microwave: Cooker of Hot Dogs; Measurer of the Speed of Light appeared first on Mark and Toddcast.
Monday Oct 03, 2016
Monday Oct 03, 2016
In this week’s episode, we perform a little thought experiment of “If the Earth had rotated the other direction since the beginning of time, would anything be different?” The answer might surprise you (as it...
The post #58 – What If The Earth Rotated Backwards? appeared first on Mark and Toddcast.
Tuesday Sep 27, 2016
Tuesday Sep 27, 2016
This week we chat about a variety of topics, including our taste experiment with the “Miracle Fruit,” a berry that binds to your taste buds and changes the taste of all the food you eat....
The post #57 – A Little Taste of Everything appeared first on Mark and Toddcast.