Best Zurek Podcasts (2026)

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Murray Siple - FNRad S11E10 2:11:11

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Send us a text Murray Siple is a Snowboard Filmmaker from the golden era of snowboarding who was based out of Vancouver and went to Emily Carr art institute. His unique films stood out and started the careers of some of the other BC film crews like Treetop. In 1996 Murray was in a car accident that left him paralyzed. Over the last 33 years he's na…

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ENCORE Nikola Tesla- The man, the myth, the legend Pt1 - Back story and accomplishments 27:24

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Nikola Tesla has been credited with large leaps forward like AC current and wireless transmission. Including things that are conspiratorial or not feasible like a death ray and limitless free power. Ya his legacy is complicated. So fire up the device and lets get going with this episode! Here is a demo for a Tesla Coil by me! :https://youtu.be/DQK1…

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Matt Standish - FNRad S11E9 1:36:22

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Send us a text Matt Standish is a Golden Era North Shore Pro Snowboarder. Matt was a part of a crew up Mount Seymour that took the torch from the likes of Devun, Kevin Sansalone, Cashen, and the Wildcats. Matt helped with the Coastal Movies and continues to be a part of the vibrant Seymour snowboarding community. Support the show Check us out at ht…

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Clayton Larson - FNRad S11E8 2:37:22

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Send us a text Clayton Larson filmed for Skids and Sandbox movies, shot with legendary snowboarders during the golden years of independent snowboard movies. His life path was set the day he saw his first two snowboarding movies, Whiskey and Whiskey 2. Clayton just co-directed and edited his first full length feature documentary film, Our Kind Of Ch…

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Wandering Stars: How We Found the Planets, Lost Pluto, and Learned How Science Really Works 40:12

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This is a reflective, end-of-year historical deviation. From wandering stars and stubborn philosophers to lost planets, national rivalries, and Pluto’s demotion, this episode explores how we learned what the planets are and why the process matters as much as the answer. You see every once in a while, Whimsical Wavelengths takes a historical deviati…

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Lucas Beaufort - FNRad S11E7 1:16:30

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Send us a text Lucas Beaufort is a French Artist whose latest snowboarding project, The Common Line, debuted in Whistler last weekend. Featuring keynote speeches from countless Canadian Snowboarding Legends past, present, and future followed by a day of riding together. The Common Line is touring the globe giving away tons of product and connecting…

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Alex Lee - FNRad S11E6 35:14

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Send us a text Alex Lee runs the Burton store at the Snow World Mall in Shenzhen China. Snow World has the largest indoor snowboard hill in the world. I say that it's a snowboard hill because snowboarders outnumbered skiers 10 to 1 when we visited. Alex helped us navigate getting set up and then I sat with him and Frank Hao, the man behind the manu…

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Who Becomes a Scientist? Exploring STEM Pathways and Identity in Astronomy with Dr. Zachary Richards 40:30

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If we want a thriving future scientific community, we first need to understand why people choose — or don’t choose — careers in STEM. This week on Whimsical Wavelengths, we turn the telescope around and look not at stars, but at the people who choose to study them. What shapes a scientist’s identity? Why do some students pursue STEM — and astronomy…

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Pear - FNRad S11E5 1:50:45

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Send us a text Pear was my coworker and boss at The Boardroom for the better part of 15 years. Pear's sensibilities lead the charge on a lot of cool Boardroom stuff like snowboard contests, events, movie premieres, and tons of free booze parties for the Boardroom staff. As a career shop rat turned general manager Pear was a mentor and friend throug…

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Remembering Martin Gallant 50:05

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Send us a text Da Godfather, Martin Gallant, passed away from pancreatic cancer this week. My condolences to his family and friends at this very sad time. I hope hearing his voice again will remind you of his light and energy. He will be sadly missed. Support the show Check us out at https://www.fnradpodcast.com FNRad 11 is presented by Flojoy Wate…

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Ben Bilocq - FNRad S11E4 2:19:08

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Send us a text Ben Bilocq is a pro snowboarder who filmed many video parts with crews like Deja Vu and Videograss. His unmistakable smooth style partners with his quiet demeanour to let his snowboarding do the talking. It's common these days to see Ben at Seymour. And when you're lucky you might get to ride a Ben-built feature. He mostly builds for…

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Machine Learning Meets Geophysics: Image Segmentation and Inversion Tools with Johnathan Kuttai 54:03

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In this episode of Whimsical Wavelengths, we explore how machine learning is opening new possibilities in geophysical imaging and inversion workflows. Like image segmentation! We look at how modern computational tools can help interpret what we cannot observe directly beneath the surface. Our guest, Johnathan Kutti, joins us to break down how machi…

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Mark McMorris - FNRad S11E3 52:19

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Send us a text Mark McMorris, Russel Chai, and Brock Crouch joined skier Max at the UBC Ski and Snowboard Club presentation of Redbull's Paved Q&A. I set up in the background, recorded it and am putting it out as a McMorris episode... I've been working on getting the great Canadian Superpro snowboarder on the show for over ten years and even after …

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Natasza Zurek - FNRad S11E2 1:50:14

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Send us a text Natasza Zurek makes her second appearance as season 11's second guest. She's got two kids and went to the olympics two times and even though she doesn't get out snowboarding very much these days she's taken the passion and dedication she had for snowboarding and put it into her art. You can check that out at www.nataszazurekart.com w…

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A New Species of Pterosaur Unearthed in Australia with Adele Pentland 1:13:14

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We’re heading back through deep time on Whimsical Wavelengths — but this time, we’re not walking with dinosaurs, we’re flying with them! Flight has evolved at least four separate times in Earth’s history, and today’s episode focuses on one of the earliest masters of the skies: pterosaurs. Host Jeffrey Zurek is joined by Dr. Adele Pentland, palaeont…

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Jamie Meiselman - FNRadS11E1 1:39:02

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Send us a text Jamie Meiselman was the managing editor at Transworld from 1993 to 1995 (my favourite snowboarding era). From his early life all the way through Jamie has been tinkering and inventing in snowboarding and surfing. He helped get snowboarders on chairlifts in New England. An he continues to innovate today with his company Solite heat mo…

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Win A PJ Gustafsson Snowboard!! 0:32

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Send us a text Go to our website www.fnradpodcast.com and buy one of our $5 imaginary items and that's your ticket to the draw! Simple Support the show Check us out at https://www.fnradpodcast.com FNRad 11 is presented by Flojoy Water https://www.flojoyh2o.com FNRad 11 Sponsors: Burton Snowboards https://www.burton.com Bluebird Coffee Tuning and Re…

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The Science of Plastic: Environmental Trade-Offs and Sustainability with an Industrial Scientist 59:11

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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 bad The first fully synthetic plastic was developed in 1907. What they needed was an electrical insulator. Thanks to alternating current (covered in season 1 t…

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Modeling Supermassive Black Holes and Accretion Disks with Dr James Chan – New Research Insights 44:01

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Diving straight into the deep end of the universe: supermassive black holes! An episode with enough gravitational pull that you can’t help but get sucked in. Host Dr. Jeffrey Zurek welcomes Dr. James Chan, a postdoctoral researcher at the American Museum of Natural History and City University of New York, to explore the strange physics and luminous…

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The Science of Ice Cream - fat networks, sugar, temperature, air and temperature with Dr. Abigail Thiel! 50:00

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I scream you scream we all scream for Ice cream. Time for some sweet delicious science delivered right here on whimsical wavelengths. Food science! Love the breath we get to explore here. This discussion is going to investigate some of the science that goes into perfecting and understanding the greatest frozen dessert that comes in so many differen…

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Why Ingemar Backman Was Considering Selling One Of The Most Famous Snowboards 11:21

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Send us a text This week was crazy with Ingemar asking in the Facebook group Vintage Snowboard Estimates "How much is this board worth" about the actual Atlantis board he rode at Riksgransen in 1996 for that epic backside air. When I reach out to ask him what was up, he told me he was wrapping his head around what was happening and that we could re…

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Understanding Masaya Volcano – The Science Behind Its Basaltic Plinian Eruptions 41:41

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Its the start of Season 2!! Time for Basaltic plinian eruptions, melt inclusions, viscosity and more. Today we going to head into one of my papers! Because it’s one of my papers that means heading back to volcanology. Like other historical scientists covered here on Whimsical wavelengths I will follow where the data is pointing. Follow the path. Wh…

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Encore: The whimsical sounds of the Birds, Ornithology and why birds sing, territory and more with Miranda Zammarelli 36:30

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Today the pod shows its fitness with im-peck-able wordplay. That's right, today's episode is for the birds. At least those which have a raven-ous appetite for knowledge. Our guest, PhD candidate Miranda Zammarelli (Dartmouth College) has research that takes place in what I guess can be best described as the closest we can get for lab conditions in …

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Encore: Paleontology & Theropods PT2! Dinosaur behaviour from fossils - With Dr François Therrien 42:25

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Part2 jumps in where part 1 left off so more about Theropods! specifically about one of Dr François Therrien's recent studies about a Gorgosaurus and what was found inside its stomach!!!! incase you missed it from the notes of the last episode: Dr François Therrien - The Curator of Dinosaur Palaeoecology at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller Al…