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Episode 132 - Burning Man with Jordan Morris and Dr. Matt Faulkner!

Returning Probably Science guest Jordan Morris of Jordan, Jesse, Go! and @midnight fame joins Matt, Jesse and Andy this week to share stories about Burning Man and to pick the brain of Caltech computer scientist Dr. Matt Faulkner, who built an insanely awesome musically controlled Tesla coil for this year's burn:

Topics discussed include deciduous breasts, Googling with Bing, lying about your Burning Man car rental, refilling your pudding phallus, $80 car washes, Camp HeartNSoul, "safety third," naked people everywhere, unbearable levels of EDM, the sweet release of Thunderdome heavy metal, showing your penis to get a snow-cone, Tesla coil hobbyists, how to create duophonic music with lightning, angering the gods with technology, electrical storms in the desert, machine learning and distributive systems, picking up your transformer at the railyard, the upcoming Steam Carnival put on by LA-based technology and entertainment collective Two Bit CircusDr. Brainlove and, of course, welding while listening to Rush.

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