Whimsical Wavelengths
@whimsicallambda.bsky.social
I Dr Jeffrey Zurek (volcanologist/geophysicist) am the host for this science podcast whimsical wavelengths! Also juggling day job, fatherhood & a “normal” life 😅. Pod found everywhere!
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I am Dr Jeffrey Zurek and your host of Whimsical Wavelengths! A #science #podcast!
Brining some social media to here to hopefully reach more people offering a #scientific escape from a messed up world with scientific dad #jokes and #puns
“Whimsical wavelengths” everywhere pods are found
Brining some social media to here to hopefully reach more people offering a #scientific escape from a messed up world with scientific dad #jokes and #puns
“Whimsical wavelengths” everywhere pods are found
#Algorithms… flattering but I don’t understand!
Ranking anywhere is an #ego boost! However it still doesn’t make sense!
I guess a win is a win but the scientist side is extremely #puzzled 🤨 phantom listeners in #Italy?
Does #bluesky have a hypothesis?
Ranking anywhere is an #ego boost! However it still doesn’t make sense!
I guess a win is a win but the scientist side is extremely #puzzled 🤨 phantom listeners in #Italy?
Does #bluesky have a hypothesis?
February 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
#Algorithms… flattering but I don’t understand!
Ranking anywhere is an #ego boost! However it still doesn’t make sense!
I guess a win is a win but the scientist side is extremely #puzzled 🤨 phantom listeners in #Italy?
Does #bluesky have a hypothesis?
Ranking anywhere is an #ego boost! However it still doesn’t make sense!
I guess a win is a win but the scientist side is extremely #puzzled 🤨 phantom listeners in #Italy?
Does #bluesky have a hypothesis?
🧪⚒️🌋2/2 We dig into
• how 2010 #landslide supercharged #sediment supply
• why the #river keeps shifting & raising flood risk
• the human side of hazard communication & resilience
• engineered logjams for stabilizing sediment‑rich rivers
Pod found on all platforms!
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• how 2010 #landslide supercharged #sediment supply
• why the #river keeps shifting & raising flood risk
• the human side of hazard communication & resilience
• engineered logjams for stabilizing sediment‑rich rivers
Pod found on all platforms!
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
From Canada’s Largest Landslide to Modern Flood Hazards: Mt. Meager’s Volcano‑Driven Sediment Story
Podcast Episode · Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast · 2026-02-02 · 1h 2m
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February 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
🧪⚒️🌋2/2 We dig into
• how 2010 #landslide supercharged #sediment supply
• why the #river keeps shifting & raising flood risk
• the human side of hazard communication & resilience
• engineered logjams for stabilizing sediment‑rich rivers
Pod found on all platforms!
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
• how 2010 #landslide supercharged #sediment supply
• why the #river keeps shifting & raising flood risk
• the human side of hazard communication & resilience
• engineered logjams for stabilizing sediment‑rich rivers
Pod found on all platforms!
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
🧪⚒️1/2 This pod ep is about Mt Meager a #Canadian 🌋
2 weeks ago, volcanologist Dr. Glyn Williams‑Jones walked us through Mt Meager’s 🌋history and why it is unstable. Today I’m joined by Veronica Woodruff a environmental professional, to explore sediment, & human decision‑making with Lillooet River
2 weeks ago, volcanologist Dr. Glyn Williams‑Jones walked us through Mt Meager’s 🌋history and why it is unstable. Today I’m joined by Veronica Woodruff a environmental professional, to explore sediment, & human decision‑making with Lillooet River
February 2, 2026 at 6:39 PM
🧪⚒️1/2 This pod ep is about Mt Meager a #Canadian 🌋
2 weeks ago, volcanologist Dr. Glyn Williams‑Jones walked us through Mt Meager’s 🌋history and why it is unstable. Today I’m joined by Veronica Woodruff a environmental professional, to explore sediment, & human decision‑making with Lillooet River
2 weeks ago, volcanologist Dr. Glyn Williams‑Jones walked us through Mt Meager’s 🌋history and why it is unstable. Today I’m joined by Veronica Woodruff a environmental professional, to explore sediment, & human decision‑making with Lillooet River
🧪The word is getting out everywhere. We have a plastic problem, sure, but it might not be what you think it is.
Be sure to check out the journalism on this! or check out the podcast. Earlier in this season I did an episode on this topic!
Be sure to check out the journalism on this! or check out the podcast. Earlier in this season I did an episode on this topic!
Kudos, @dpcanrington.bsky.social, for highlighting big challenges to a Feb 2025 study finding a plastic-spoon-worth of microplastics in human brains (and rising levels). Classic #whiplasheffect issue. "Matters Arising" paper will never catch up with the fear wave. threadreaderapp.com/thread/20139...
January 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
🧪The word is getting out everywhere. We have a plastic problem, sure, but it might not be what you think it is.
Be sure to check out the journalism on this! or check out the podcast. Earlier in this season I did an episode on this topic!
Be sure to check out the journalism on this! or check out the podcast. Earlier in this season I did an episode on this topic!
Might just have an upcoming podcast episode that touches on some of this! It is also likely to be one of the biggest #science stories for 2026. #Science or #STEM communication. Written by me. Remember the #podcast is found everywhere they are listed!
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Whimsical Wavelengths: Why Artemis II matters - Freshet News
If Artemis II is successful, it will mark more than a flight, writes Freshet News science columnist Jeffrey Zurek
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January 21, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Might just have an upcoming podcast episode that touches on some of this! It is also likely to be one of the biggest #science stories for 2026. #Science or #STEM communication. Written by me. Remember the #podcast is found everywhere they are listed!
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
3/3🧪 If you have ever wondered why #Canadian #volcano rarely enter public conversation, or what it takes to reconstruct #eruptions that happened thousands of years before written records, this ep is a grounded & accessible look at a 🌋system that deserves more attention.
www.sfu.ca/volcanology....
www.sfu.ca/volcanology....
Physical Volcanology Research Group
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January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
3/3🧪 If you have ever wondered why #Canadian #volcano rarely enter public conversation, or what it takes to reconstruct #eruptions that happened thousands of years before written records, this ep is a grounded & accessible look at a 🌋system that deserves more attention.
www.sfu.ca/volcanology....
www.sfu.ca/volcanology....
2/3🧪 The episode also discusses the largest ever landslide recorded in #Canada, & why #landslides may be a more immediate #hazard than 🌋 eruption. it also gets into #monitoring, & how we model future scenarios.
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Mount Meager: Canada’s Most Dangerous Volcano? Cascadia, Landslides, and Hidden Risk
Podcast Episode · Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast · 2026-01-19 · 49m
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January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
2/3🧪 The episode also discusses the largest ever landslide recorded in #Canada, & why #landslides may be a more immediate #hazard than 🌋 eruption. it also gets into #monitoring, & how we model future scenarios.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/m...
1/3 🧪In this time heading to Mt Meager, a 🌋complex that is 150 kilometres NW of #Vancouver. The #Cascades eg Mount St. Helens continue north into #BC 🍁.
This ep tackles Meager’s past, how pyroclastic flows once dammed the #Lillooet #River, how that dam failed, block/ash flow, & cooling joints.
This ep tackles Meager’s past, how pyroclastic flows once dammed the #Lillooet #River, how that dam failed, block/ash flow, & cooling joints.
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
1/3 🧪In this time heading to Mt Meager, a 🌋complex that is 150 kilometres NW of #Vancouver. The #Cascades eg Mount St. Helens continue north into #BC 🍁.
This ep tackles Meager’s past, how pyroclastic flows once dammed the #Lillooet #River, how that dam failed, block/ash flow, & cooling joints.
This ep tackles Meager’s past, how pyroclastic flows once dammed the #Lillooet #River, how that dam failed, block/ash flow, & cooling joints.
2/2🧪Plastic like every substance we use is flawed. But it has significant carbon offsets with respect to shipping etc. Most of the time plastic is the right material. However we need to get better cleaning up and recycling. Here is the episode that covered this
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The Science of Plastic: Environmental Trade-Offs and Sustainability with an Industrial Scientist | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Plastic and the environment and what you think you know. A discussion about science which honestly misses the mark but a useful discussion. Understanding the good is just as important to the badThe fi...
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January 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
2/2🧪Plastic like every substance we use is flawed. But it has significant carbon offsets with respect to shipping etc. Most of the time plastic is the right material. However we need to get better cleaning up and recycling. Here is the episode that covered this
rss.com/podcasts/whi...
rss.com/podcasts/whi...
1/2 a 🧪share on a topic previously covered by the podcast. Research on Micro plastics is necessary! But there are pitfalls and perception issues. New letter (peer reviewed and published) questioning brain plastics increasing towards the present
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Challenges in studying microplastics in human brain - Nature Medicine
Nature Medicine - Challenges in studying microplastics in human brain
www.nature.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
1/2 a 🧪share on a topic previously covered by the podcast. Research on Micro plastics is necessary! But there are pitfalls and perception issues. New letter (peer reviewed and published) questioning brain plastics increasing towards the present
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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@whimsicallambda.bsky.social delves into the messy, fascinating process of science with volcanologist Dr. Jeffrey Zurek. Explore topics from volcanoes to ice cream with scientists, all while embracing uncertainty and the joy of discovery—bad jokes included!
January 15, 2026 at 5:45 PM
@whimsicallambda.bsky.social delves into the messy, fascinating process of science with volcanologist Dr. Jeffrey Zurek. Explore topics from volcanoes to ice cream with scientists, all while embracing uncertainty and the joy of discovery—bad jokes included!
🧪Encore addition today to allow me some 🕘to catch up! And get over a nasty 🐛. Going back ~ 1 year S1E8 to a story about wavelengths all about the enigmatic Nikola Tesla.
His name gets thrown around alot in scientific and conspiracy circles. Rightly & Wrongly.
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His name gets thrown around alot in scientific and conspiracy circles. Rightly & Wrongly.
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ENCORE Nikola Tesla- The man, the myth, the legend Pt1 - Back story and accomplishments
Podcast Episode · Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast · 2026-01-05 · 27m
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January 5, 2026 at 9:28 PM
🧪Encore addition today to allow me some 🕘to catch up! And get over a nasty 🐛. Going back ~ 1 year S1E8 to a story about wavelengths all about the enigmatic Nikola Tesla.
His name gets thrown around alot in scientific and conspiracy circles. Rightly & Wrongly.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
His name gets thrown around alot in scientific and conspiracy circles. Rightly & Wrongly.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
Did a #collab with @bestieapproved.bsky.social talking all about the 🧪 of wind! Need the bare bones instead of the in-depth article diving? this is for you.
We Cover
Why the #wind blows
#hurricane formation
#Climate Change Implications
#witty banter
and more!
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We Cover
Why the #wind blows
#hurricane formation
#Climate Change Implications
#witty banter
and more!
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Travis FINALLY learns about wind with a literal scientist.
Podcast Episode · bestie approved · 12/31/2025 · 35m
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January 2, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Did a #collab with @bestieapproved.bsky.social talking all about the 🧪 of wind! Need the bare bones instead of the in-depth article diving? this is for you.
We Cover
Why the #wind blows
#hurricane formation
#Climate Change Implications
#witty banter
and more!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
We Cover
Why the #wind blows
#hurricane formation
#Climate Change Implications
#witty banter
and more!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
🧪Happy Holidays From the host of Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast!
If you are looking for a short holiday read I have just started writing for my local Newspaper! Following the newest EP, here is a 🎄themed short article! Holiday #Scicomm
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
If you are looking for a short holiday read I have just started writing for my local Newspaper! Following the newest EP, here is a 🎄themed short article! Holiday #Scicomm
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
Whimsical Wavelengths: Why we still look to the stars - Freshet News
This is what the planets teach us about science, writes Jeffrey Zurek, a Burnaby-based geophysicist, science communicator and SFU PhD alumnus
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December 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
🧪Happy Holidays From the host of Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast!
If you are looking for a short holiday read I have just started writing for my local Newspaper! Following the newest EP, here is a 🎄themed short article! Holiday #Scicomm
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
If you are looking for a short holiday read I have just started writing for my local Newspaper! Following the newest EP, here is a 🎄themed short article! Holiday #Scicomm
www.freshetnews.ca/whimsical-wa...
3/3 The planets remind us that 🧪doesn’t advance in straight lines. It moves slowly, unevenly, and corrects itself through #evidence.
Every winter, when we look up at the #stars for meaning, we’re also looking at the same sky that taught us how knowledge moves — one step at a time.
Happy Holidays!
Every winter, when we look up at the #stars for meaning, we’re also looking at the same sky that taught us how knowledge moves — one step at a time.
Happy Holidays!
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🧪2/3 In the latest EP, we trace how #planets went from mysterious lights in the sky to worlds governed by #physics — From Babylonian astronomers, to Copernicus and Galileo, to Newton, Neptune, Pluto, and today’s debates about unseen mass in the outer solar system.
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Wandering Stars: How We Found the Planets, Lost Pluto, and Learned How Science Really Works
Podcast Episode · Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast · 2025-12-22 · 40m
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December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
🧪2/3 In the latest EP, we trace how #planets went from mysterious lights in the sky to worlds governed by #physics — From Babylonian astronomers, to Copernicus and Galileo, to Newton, Neptune, Pluto, and today’s debates about unseen mass in the outer solar system.
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...
🧪1/3 At this time of year, the night #sky tends to mean a little more.
Stars show up in #holiday #stories, winter traditions, and old myths. Long before telescopes, people looked up for meaning.
But those same lights— especially the wandering ones — also tell a story about how #science works.
Stars show up in #holiday #stories, winter traditions, and old myths. Long before telescopes, people looked up for meaning.
But those same lights— especially the wandering ones — also tell a story about how #science works.
December 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
3/3 🧪Whether you are a scientist, an educator, or curious about how people come to devote their lives to understanding the universe, this conversation offers a thoughtful look at the human side of STEM.
journals.aps.org/prper/pdf/10...
If you are a researcher & want to come on the pod reach out!
journals.aps.org/prper/pdf/10...
If you are a researcher & want to come on the pod reach out!
journals.aps.org
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
3/3 🧪Whether you are a scientist, an educator, or curious about how people come to devote their lives to understanding the universe, this conversation offers a thoughtful look at the human side of STEM.
journals.aps.org/prper/pdf/10...
If you are a researcher & want to come on the pod reach out!
journals.aps.org/prper/pdf/10...
If you are a researcher & want to come on the pod reach out!
2/3 Joined by Dr. Zachary Richard we turn the #telescope around, not on galaxies but on the #people who study them. What shapes a scientist’s identity? Why do some students pursue #STEM while others drift away? How does #mentorship, representation, & community influence who feels they belong in 🧪?
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
2/3 Joined by Dr. Zachary Richard we turn the #telescope around, not on galaxies but on the #people who study them. What shapes a scientist’s identity? Why do some students pursue #STEM while others drift away? How does #mentorship, representation, & community influence who feels they belong in 🧪?
1/3 🧪Who Becomes a Scientist? Exploring #STEM Pathways and Identity in #Astronomy
If we want a thriving and diverse scientific community, we need to understand why people choose or do not choose careers in STEM.
Hooked? Listen to the newest Ep!
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If we want a thriving and diverse scientific community, we need to understand why people choose or do not choose careers in STEM.
Hooked? Listen to the newest Ep!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
1/3 🧪Who Becomes a Scientist? Exploring #STEM Pathways and Identity in #Astronomy
If we want a thriving and diverse scientific community, we need to understand why people choose or do not choose careers in STEM.
Hooked? Listen to the newest Ep!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
If we want a thriving and diverse scientific community, we need to understand why people choose or do not choose careers in STEM.
Hooked? Listen to the newest Ep!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
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Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
Reposted by Whimsical Wavelengths
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
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• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Monday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *2nd* lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 770,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,390,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,010,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,530,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Following! Tangential, the stories of Dr Clair Patterson & Thomas Midgley are fassinating. Its the intersection of science, industry, and government. Shameless plug as I have 2 episodes on that story. Did I did a good job🤷♂️ I didn't find a good 📖 in my research sadly
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Scientific and Historical look at The rise Leaded Gasoline - When industry poisoned the world
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November 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Following! Tangential, the stories of Dr Clair Patterson & Thomas Midgley are fassinating. Its the intersection of science, industry, and government. Shameless plug as I have 2 episodes on that story. Did I did a good job🤷♂️ I didn't find a good 📖 in my research sadly
open.spotify.com/episode/5laX...
open.spotify.com/episode/5laX...
⚒️🧪People fear the void — the dark nothingness where meaning dissolves.
Geophysicists don’t.
Geophysicists label it “low sensitivity” and immediately argue about whether the prior was too restrictive.
Join me for this EP! We get #nerdy about #geophysics #scicomm
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Geophysicists don’t.
Geophysicists label it “low sensitivity” and immediately argue about whether the prior was too restrictive.
Join me for this EP! We get #nerdy about #geophysics #scicomm
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Machine Learning Meets Geophysics: Image Segmentation and Inversion Tools with Johnathan Kuttai
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November 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
⚒️🧪People fear the void — the dark nothingness where meaning dissolves.
Geophysicists don’t.
Geophysicists label it “low sensitivity” and immediately argue about whether the prior was too restrictive.
Join me for this EP! We get #nerdy about #geophysics #scicomm
open.spotify.com/episode/07ME...
Geophysicists don’t.
Geophysicists label it “low sensitivity” and immediately argue about whether the prior was too restrictive.
Join me for this EP! We get #nerdy about #geophysics #scicomm
open.spotify.com/episode/07ME...
3/3 🧪⚒️ If you're into subsurface imaging, ML workflows, or how we model the unseen 🌎, this EP goes deep— #physics → #algorithms.
Interact & ask #questions or if you are in a #scientific field come on the show! General Science Pod for all! #STEM
Listen:
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Interact & ask #questions or if you are in a #scientific field come on the show! General Science Pod for all! #STEM
Listen:
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Whimsical Wavelengths - A Science Podcast
Science Podcast · Updated Biweekly · A whimsical journey through science topics hosted by Dr Jeffrey Zurek, who is a volcanologist and geophysicist. A passion for science communication, teaching, hear...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
3/3 🧪⚒️ If you're into subsurface imaging, ML workflows, or how we model the unseen 🌎, this EP goes deep— #physics → #algorithms.
Interact & ask #questions or if you are in a #scientific field come on the show! General Science Pod for all! #STEM
Listen:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Interact & ask #questions or if you are in a #scientific field come on the show! General Science Pod for all! #STEM
Listen:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...