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The Gaming with Science Podcast looks at the intersection of science and tabletop board games, with the occasional dip into video games, RPGs, game theory, or whatever else the dice roll up. If you ever wondered how natural selection shows up in Evolution, whether Cytosis reflects actual cell metabolism, or what the socioeconomics of Monopoly are, this is the place for you. (And if not, we hope you’ll give us a try anyway.) So grab a drink, pull out some dice, and let’s get gaming with science!
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Summary
In this episode we get elemental for the game Periodic, with the amazing Dr. Raychelle Burks as our special guest. We talk about why the table is arranged like it is, why some elements are weird, what the groupings mean, why we should love *all* subatomic particles, how isotopes help solve crimes, and how some people get viscious when playing Monopoly. So grab some dihydrogen monoxide and join us for Periodic, by Genius Games.
Timestamps
00:00 - Introductions
02:52 - Molybdenum poisoning & glowing plants
12:39 - Basics of Periodic
19:14 - What is the Periodic Table?
32:35 - Why are some elements weird?
39:53 - Not just electrons
55:16 - Nitpick corner
1:00:37 - Final grades
Links
Periodic official site (Genius Games)
Cattle molybdenum poisoning (Australian Veterinary Journal)
Glowing succulents (Matter)
Glowing rubidium (Youtube; Royal Society of Chemistry)
NIST periodic table
Dr. Raychelle Burk on Tiktok, and her Trace Analysis column
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Jason 0:00 Jason, hello
Jason 0:06 and welcome to the gaming with Science Podcast, where we talk about the science behind some of your favorite games.
Brian 0:12 Today, we're talking about periodic by genius games. Hello. Welcome back to gaming with science. This is Brian
Jason 0:20 this is Jason
Brian 0:21 and we are joined by Dr Raychelle Burks, Raychelle, could you introduce yourself please?
Raychelle 0:26 Yes, I am Raychelle Burks, I am a chemist and a forensic scientist.
Brian 0:32 Well, I'm so glad you're able to join us today. We were just talking about, let's see you said that your Instagram handle is radium, yttrium, and you'rr Dr. rubidium. And this is game is all about the periodic table. You use three different elements in your sort of social or media, like internet handles. So I think we got the right person for this.
Raychelle 0:51 I hope so.
Jason 0:52 And just to give a bit more information to our listeners, you said you're at American University in Washington, DC, right?
Raychelle 0:57 Yes, the and actually, it's funny, because it's like, it is American University. What a wild name for a school. We have a lot of universities, but it is one that's kind of got a congressional mandate. There was, you know, back in the day, they were like, we are going to have the American University. And it's like, it didn't quite work out,
Brian 1:16 but that's interesting. So you said there's a congressional mandate. So this is kind of like, we're at the University of Georgia. We're a land grant institution, so we sort of have this mission that the university is supposed to satisfy you. You are in a similar situation.
Raychelle 1:29 It's, well, it's weird, you know, I went to a land grant institution, so I'm a proud corn Husker. That's where I got my PhD. So University of Nebraska at Lincoln and so land grant institutions, definitely a bit different, right? Because you're taxpayer money, there's some property involved, and you have a mandate, you have an extension office. I believe you have a fantastic extension office. I think all state residents you know, have the ability to have, like, a library card and come to a university event, like there's a real community kind of based thing. And in a way, American actually also has that many universities do, especially for the neighborhood they're in. But American University is actually chartered by Congress, like, way back in the day, I think it's 1893 is this a pop quiz now? But so it's, it'
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The Gaming with Science Podcast looks at the intersection of science and tabletop board games, with the occasional dip into video games, RPGs, game theory, or whatever else the dice roll up. If you ever wondered how natural selection shows up in Evolution, whether Cytosis reflects actual cell metabolism, or what the socioeconomics of Monopoly are, this is the place for you. (And if not, we hope you’ll give us a try anyway.) So grab a drink, pull out some dice, and let’s get gaming with science!
