2020
Perpetual Notion Machine
4:30 pm Saturdays

~30 min. programs from the Science Collective of WORT
on contemporary scientific issues and discoveries for non-scientists
Broadcast
Date
Program
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Creation
Date
1/4/20 Dennis Shaffer, Kelly Schwartz, Kevin Lauterjung: PNM Year In Review 12/26/19
1/11/20 Andy Olsen: Wisconsin Energy Broadcast 1/2/20
1/18/20 Dr. Sarah Willett, Matt Blackburn, Josh Mitchell:Food Science & the Science of Coffee 1/16/20
1/25/20 Aryel Clarke, Kevin Lauterjung, Matt Blackburn: PNM Goes to the Movies: Ad Astra 1/9/20
2/1/20 Julie Stamm: Super Bowl Sunday & Brain Injury in Contact Sports 1/30/20
2/8/20 Dairy and greenhouse gas emissions with Guest Dr. Matthew Ruark2/6/20
2/15/20 Josh Mitchell, Aryel Clarke: February 13th 2020 Nerd News Nite 2/13/20
2/22/20 Kelly Schwartz, Kevin Lauterjung: Intellectual property theft by China 2/20/20
2/29/20 Kelly, Kevin, Ary: PNM Hot Takes 2/27/20
3/7/20 Mark Hanson: Wisconsin Energy Broadcast 3/5/20
3/14/20 Kelly, Kevin, & Ary: COVID-19 Fireside Chat 3/12/20
3/21/20 Shaughnessy Naughton: 314 Action 3/19/20
3/28/20 Kelly, Anita, Ary: COVID-19 Mythbusting 3/26/20
4/4/20 Tyler Huebner, Elizabeth Katt Reinders, Tom Content, Rebecca Valcq: Transitioning from coal to renewable energy 4/2/20
4/11/20 Karen Smith: Psychological Effects of COVID-19 4/9/20
4/18/20 Kristen Bernard: The Next Pandemic? It's Here! 4/16/20
4/25/20 Kelly Schwartz, Ary Clarke: Earth Day: 50 Years Later 4/23/20
5/2/20 Ary Clarke, Kelly Schwartz, Josh Mitchell: Current developments in science 4/30/20
5/9/20 Steve Danbeck, Kate Howling, Tom Mullooly, Tim Wilson: Battery Storage "Changes Everything" for Renewable Energy5/7/20
5/16/20 Kevin Lauterjung, Kelly Schwartz: The Intellectual Dark Web 5/14/20
5/23/20 Jennifer Ackerman: The Bird Way 5/21/20
5/30/20 Kelly Schwartz, Kevin Lauterjung, Ary Clarke: Infectious Diseases - Q&A 5/28/20
6/6/20 Wisconsin Energy Broadcast - Microgrids 6/4/20
6/13/20 Kevin Lauterjung, Pamela, Anita: Science and Racism 6/11/20
6/20/20 Kevin Lauterjung: Science and Racism pt 2 6/18/20
6/27/20 Matt Reynolds: Understanding Pathogens & the Immune System 6/25/20
7/4/20 Antonio Butts, Sam Dunaiski: Wisconsin Energy Broadcast 7/2/20
7/11/20 Matt Reynolds: COVID-19 and the Immune System 7/9/20
7/18/20 Guardians of the Amazon 7/16/20
7/25/20 Mick West: Science denial 7/23/20
8/1/20 Charles Piller, Alison Galvani, Alex Bentley: Pervasive disregard for scientific expertise
- hosted by Seth Shostak & Molly Bentley, Big Picture Science
7/30/20
8/8/20, 8/15/20 Morgan, Kevin Ziegler, Josh: Wisconsin Energy Broadcast 8/6/20
8/22/20, 8/29/20 Robert Mathieu: Being an Astronomer 8/20/20
9/5/20 Dennis Shaffer, Nan Fey, Heather Allen: Last monthly Wisconsin Energy Broadcast 9/3/20
9/12/20 Josh, Ary, & Kelly: Vaccines & Other Madison COVID-19 News 9/10/20
9/19/20, 9/26/20 Zack Quirk: Grad Student Strike 9/17/20
10/3/20 Emily Willingham: Phallacy: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis 10/1/20
10/10/20 Dr. William Hartman: REGN Clinical Trials 8/13/20
10/17/20 Laura Heisler, Karen Schloss: Wisconsin Science Festival 2020 10/8/20
10/24/20 Todd Newman: Communicating Science as a Brand 9/24/20
10/31/20 Benji Backer: American Conservation Coalition on climate change 10/15/20
11/7/20 Josie Mitchell: Nobel science prizes 10/22/20
11/14/20 Fungus Among Us with Dr. Christina Hull 11/5/20
11/21/20 PNM Goes to the Movies: 28 Days/Weeks Later 10/29/20
11/28/20 Lauren Riters: Bird Songs, Social Behavior, and Feel-good Opioid Endorphins 11/12/20
12/5/20 Patrick Kaiser, Robert W Monthey: The Wild Turkey Show! 11/26/20
12/12/20 George Huber, Reid van Lehn: No More Landfill! Complex Plastic Recycling in Post-Industrial Waste12/10/20
12/19/20 Bassam Shakhashiri: Christmas Cheery From Shakhashiri (repeated from 1/2/16)12/3/15
12/26/20 Neil Whitehead: Violence (Rebroadcast From Feb. 2, 2006) 12/17/20
Perpetual Notion Machine 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.