Episode #8: “Let’s Talk About Sex” w/Tanya Mendoza In this hot-button, controversial edition of Orders of Magnitude, Patricia and Mandy speak with special guest Tanya Mendoza about sex education and its current state in Oklahoma. Subscribe to us via iTunes or subscribe to us on Tumblr!
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ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE #7
Episode #7 – “Reading Rainbow: Science Edition” In this edition of OOM, our fair hosts take a break from the scientific and embark on a literary quest to inform your earholes of radium and space vomiting. Subscribe to us via iTunes or subscribe to us on Tumblr!
ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE #6
#6 – “Human Evolution!” In this episode, Patricia and Mandy talk about all things evolution and if the human race is keeping pace. Subscribe to us via iTunes or subscribe to us on Tumblr!
ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE #4
Episode #4: “Skeptically Skeptical” The OOM duo update on the Higgs boson “God Particle” as well as question anti-vaccination lobbyists and psychics. Subscribe to us via iTunes or subscribe to us on Tumblr!
Ain’t Nobody Here, Not Even Us Chickens
The age of urban chickens is upon us. Or, at least, it’s upon Tulsa, Austin, New York City, Portland, and a variety of other cities nationwide. All of these cities allow people to keep backyard hens for their egg-consuming, chicken-watching enjoyment. Residents can buy fancy, architect-designed coops that any urbanite would be proud to own. [...]
A Ride Along with the Sex Police
Greg Heartsill has a difficult job. He works as a Disease Intervention Specialist at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department. His coworkers jokingly call him the “Sex Police,” though most disease intervention specialists hate that term. Heartsill gives out the results from tests for HIV, syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases. He is trained to compassionately [...]
My Dinner With Cleverbot
Cleverbot is a state of the art project in artificial intelligence. It is designed to score well on the Turing Test- a double blind experiment where humans interact with both a machine and a human and try to guess which is which. I decided to have a chat with Cleverbot this morning. The result reads [...]
TB Blues: Reducing “Consumption” in Oklahoma County
When one thinks about tuberculosis, it’s tempting to think of pale Victorian ladies, delicately coughing into blood-dappled handkerchiefs. It is also wrong. TB still exists, and still kills- even in Oklahoma City. Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious health risk throughout the rest of the world. According to the World Health Organization, one third of the [...]
