Everything Mixtape

This week, Sam speak to Dr. Rachel Bronson manages the Doomsday Clock! We talk about the threat of nuclear war, how the clock was conceived and what we can do from now! If you want more info & links on this story, Sam wrote a blog at thebeanspodcast.com - you can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at beanspodcast@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and themicroband.bandcamp.com/

Sam talks about TV shows and their finales, going through a list of the weirdest ones! We make a special stop at Lost and discuss the way they decided to end that whole thing... If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and themicroband.bandcamp.com/

It's that time of the month when we discuss someone else's work on the show! On today's podcast we have a look at Elisa Gabbert's piece; 'Bedroom in Alcatraz', which discusses the uncanny parallels between Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles and a diagram of a prison cell in Alcatraz. You can read the article here: http://themapisnot.com/issue-vi-elisa-gabbert/ And explore some of Gabbert's work (which we recommend!), here: http://www.elisagabbert.com/essays/ If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and themicroband.bandcamp.com/

Erin gets inspired by childhood memories of a special museum display and explores the strange ability of some sea creatures to make their own light, as well as a look at a few of the ways humans have made use of this. If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and themicroband.bandcamp.com/

Sometimes when you don’t pay attention to new technology it continues on developing without you. Recently Valerie found out some of the ladies in her reading group—all in their seventies—had been on a virtual reality tour of the V&A. The ladies talked about it like it was some normal, run of the mill thing, while Valerie didn’t even know that technology already existed. The future? It’s now. In a rush to catch up with the zeitgeist, Valerie interviews Shauna Witherspoon, an employee at a virtual reality startup in California, about now and the future. If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on https://alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and https:/

Ryan McLeod from the podcast Creative Chit Chat Dundee tells us the history of KFC and Colonel Sanders! You can find his pod on cccdundee.com If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and themicroband.bandcamp.com/

Erin tells us all about the Common Riding and the shaping of this Scottish tradition! Thanks to @EttrickValley for the photo! If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and themicroband.bandcamp.com/

On this minisode Valerie talks about the Cassini–Huygens, a probe on a mission to reach Saturn! Have a look at some of the Cassini images on this excellent piece: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/14/science/cassini-saturn-images.html Also, in the first of four appearances, Ryan McLeod from the podcast Creative Chit Chat Dundee joins the conversation! You can find his pod on cccdundee.com If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and themicroband.bandcamp.com/

This week Sam is thinking about his bias. He speaks to artist Miriam Mallalieu who has explored Encyclopedia Britannica and its bias, on a recent piece. Also, tune in to hear Sam saying 'breakfast' instead of 'brexit'. You can check Miriam's work, here: http://cargocollective.com/miriammallalieu/An-Encyclopaedia-of-Existing-Knowledge-Structured-2017 If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and themicroband.bandcamp.com/

In this minisode we have some fun reading advice columns! If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on https://alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and https://themicroband.bandcamp.com/

Once a month we bring a guest into the studio hear stories from them about their work! This month it is maker of comics; DAVID ROBERTSON! Here are a couple of links where you can explore his work: http://www.fredeggcomics.com/ https://twitter.com/FredEggComics If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on https://alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and https://themicroband.bandcamp.com/

Erin plans a dinner party inspired by the Futurist art movement’s strange ideas about food and the experience of eating. If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on https://alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and https://themicroband.bandcamp.com/

How we experience love varies from person to person, and not everyone wants the same thing. In this episode, Valerie interviews two polyamorous friends to ask about their experiences, and how those experiences have shaped their views. If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on https://alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and https://themicroband.bandcamp.com/

After reading The Stranger Beside Me, Sam tells the story of crime writer Ann Rule and her close relationship with infamous serial killer, Ted Bundy. If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on https://alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and https://themicroband.bandcamp.com/

In the run-up to Halloween, Erin explores the story of Mary Shelley’s connection to Dundee and soon finds out, with the help of Dundee University's Eddie Small, that ghosts and monsters might be closer to us than we'd like to think. If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on https://alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and https://themicroband.bandcamp.com/

In our first ever minisode, Valerie takes the opportunity to gripe about survivorship bias, and how often we let our views be coloured by it.

On the very first episode of The Beans Podcast, Sam wants to figure out how to be convincing in an argument. He speaks to the creators of the Tinder Bot who helped Labour get elected, Yara Rodrigues Fowler (@yazzarf) and Charlotte Goodman (@charlgoodman). If you want more info & links on this story, go to thebeanspodcast.com and look it up on our blog! You can also find us on Twitter: @thebeanspod and email us stories you’d like to see covered at thebeanspod@gmail.com Our show is hosted by Valerie Mullen (@v_glenmullen), Sam Gonçalves (@SidlingBears) and Erin Farley (@aliasmacalias). Music for this episode was created by Alex Auldsmith, whose work you can find on https://alexauldsmith.bandcamp.com/ and https://themicroband.bandcamp.com/