Family Anti-Matters

Episode 11: Particle Accelerator under Brooklyn (the Spiderverse convo)

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Fri, 1 Mar 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Abby and Reid talk about the use of particle accelerator(s) in Into the Spiderverse & the rest of the MCU, what works, and what wouldn't. Also, both of us remember just how dumb Iron Man 2 really was... daaaaang.

You may have noticed, we're back with a NEW THEME SONG!! Huge thanks again to BTMI for our new theme, 'The First Time I Met Sanawon' from the album 'ADULTS!!!... SMART!!! SH*THAMMERED!!! AND EXCITED BY NOTHING!!!

Episode 10: The Big Bang Theory (Not the Sitcom)

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 09:00:00 +0000

This episode is all about that mind-boggling theory regarding the creation of the universe: The Big Bang! Hear us stumble our way through its meaning and laugh at Abby trying to do mental gymnastics. Also, if you're a cosmologist, please @ us.

As always, HUGE thanks to BTMI for our theme, 'Happy Anterrabae Day!!!' from their album To Leave or Die In Long Island.

Episode 9: Science Buddies - Nuclear Power

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Thu, 11 Jan 2018 05:00:00 +0000

We meet up with our friend Brian, who happens to be a Nuclear Power Plant Operator. We chat all about his career, Homer Simpson, terrible disasters, punk bands, and much more.

For all curious, [THIS][1] is what "millenial pink" is all about.

As always, HUGE thanks to [BTMI][5] for our theme, 'Happy Anterrabae Day!!!' from their album [To Leave or Die In Long Island][6].

[1]: http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/snake person-pink
[5]: http://quoteunquoterecords.com/btmi.php
[6]: http://quoteunquoterecords.com/qur004.htm

Episode 8 - [Self Titled]

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000

Abby and Reid go to the ol' mailbox for a topic suggestion, and talk about our podcast's namesake: Anti-Matter.
We poll the internet, break down what it is and isn't, and some of the stuff that sci-fi gets wrong. We think this episode is far funnier than it probably is, but there's nothing wrong with that ;P

As always, HUGE thanks to BTMI for the use of their song/our theme, 'Happy Anterrabae Day!!!' from the album To Leave or Die In Long Island.

Episode 7 - Much Ado About (Quantum) Nothing

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000

Abby and Reid talk about what may really lay at the heart of "nothingness", and get a nice reminder that magic is everywhere and that physics is anime.

ENERGY FROM THE VACUUM
documentary trailer playlist.

Finally, thanks to BTMI for letting us use their song 'Happy Anterrabae Day!!!' from the album To Leave or Die In Long Island.

Episode 6 - Fire in the Microwave

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Thu, 7 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000

In this one we talk about fire, fuego, flambé, feu... how it's all a bunch of superheated gas and stuff, and what happens when you put it in the microwave. fun!

Here are the links to some visuals we mention:

Finally, thanks to our friends Bomb The Music Industry for letting us use their song 'Happy Anterrabae Day!!!' from the album To Leave or Die In Long Island.

Episode 5 - The One About Particle Accelerators

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 11:00:00 +0000

Our protagonists talk about a bit about particle physics, accelerators, mutant powers, CERN, and the exciting potential of proton-wakefield acceleration (though not necessarily in that order)!

HERE ARE THE LINKS I PROMISED:

Wikipedia page about Anatoli Bugorski

Click bait-y article about his incident, with neat pictures

Intro Music: Happy Anterrabae Day!! by Bomb the Music Industry! !!!!

Episode 4 - Young's Double Chocolate Slit Experiment

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Tue, 6 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000

We continue our quantum mechanics exploration by looking at one of the most famous historic examples of quantum weirdness. Abby laughs at the word "slit" a bunch, and then we go get ice cream. The end.

Factual corrections:

Reid mentions the visible light spectrum is violet to blue; that would be a pretty monochromatic view. He knows it's violet to red (as in ultraviolet and infrared).
Young's experiment was actually done a solid 100+ years before anyone was thinking about quantum mechanics. And people were all like "WHAAAAAAT" and then had to just sit on it for a century. Rough.

Intro: Happy Anterrabae Day!! by Bomb the Music Industry! !!!!

Episode 3 - You can and can't pet Schrödinger's cat

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Fri, 4 Nov 2016 10:00:00 +0000

We start out talking about that thing on all the nerdy t-shirts and devolve into a brain-stew of trying to talk about Quantum Mechanics.
Reid exercised maximum restraint in not using the words "eigenvalue" or "eigenstate" at all during the entire episode!
Ψ(x,t) = ψ(x)T(t)

Shout-outs to Max Plank, Niels Bohr, Richard Feynman, Arthur Compton, C. V. Raman, and Pieter Zeeman.

Intro: Happy Anterrabae Day!! by Bomb the Music Industry! !!!!

Episode 2 - Friggin' MagLev: How Does It Work?!

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Thu, 6 Oct 2016 12:00:00 +0000

After riding one in Shanghai, we discuss magnetic trains aka MagLev and how the frig they work. We also riff on the differences between types of magnets, as well as some highlights of the trip. Pretty NEAT-O. (Content warning: drugs, Chinese fantasy soap operas)

Seriously if I'm wrong about the Mickey ice creams bars, or if you have any topics you'd like us to cover, email us at familyantimatters@gmail.com.

Intro: Happy Anterrabae Day!! by Bomb the Music Industry!

Episode 1 - Gravity: No Math After 11:30 PM

familyantimatters@gmail.com (Abby Armada and Reid Smith) — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 12:00:00 +0000

Reid and Abby discuss the crushing force known as gravity!!! Turns OUT, science is all around us. Abby couldn't slip in a Wicked pun ala "Defining Gravity" and she's really sad about it, but enjoy our first episode.

We're both still trying to figure out any sound issues, but thanks for bearing with us.

If you don't remember Orbitz, or if you're real young, this is what it looked like: http://www.verbicidemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/orbitz-main.jpg

Have an idea for a physics topic you want us to riff on? Email familyantimatters @ gmail dot com.

Intro music is Happy Anterrabae Day!! by Bomb the Music Industry! Thanks to that band for being the best.