RT Podcast: Ep. 315 

First Gus gets outsmarted by Gavin about the "where is the end of the rainbow" discussion, and now he's outdone once again about the trackpad. It's like their intelligence has connected and is reaching an equilibrium now

Sally is pretty cool. Good podcast :)

Pengwings.

we need her on every single podcast ever!!!!!!!!

On the Black Hole "How did that start?" "The Daily Mail." I burst out laughing. Worst newspaper in the UK.

Sally's clever and has a great sense of humour, please get her more on the podcasts in the future

Randomly had this episode pop up and it's probably the one I remember the most fondly and often. I'm glad it's not just nostalgia that these guys were witty and fun to listen to

1:16:40 Never thought I hear Gus laugh like that at all. Almost spit my cream soda hearing him laugh. Plus cannot stop watching this part.

She essentially helped to validate half of Gavin's claims that were once considered stupid, and made Burnie look a little bit dumber

So sad they didnt ask her about the running down a mountain theory.

This is, hands down, my favorite podcast. Funny and educational.

As a biology major, thank you Sally for joining the podcast and setting things straight about their science theories! It gives me a sigh of relief knowing that they now know the answers lol

"2017. That's the future." Not it being 5 years ago... time flies 😬

*Honestly I think the Brit sprayed Liquid Ass on the flight that got turned around :) **3:37*

37:54 that little giggle shows the pure hilarity and immaturity of gus and gavin together

Sally asking why Gus and Gav have nests in their homes was the cutest thing ever xD I laughed for a good 10 minutes

I liked Sally, but as someone who likes physics and loves flying, I was about to pull my hair out when they were talking about a plane on a treadmill. The Mythbusters tested it as proof; the treadmill in no way effects the thrust of the propeller or jet. If this treadmill was going 200 mph the plane would be pushed forward by the engine as the wheels are free floating. They would be spinning about 280 mph at take off in a small propeller aircraft even though the plane would only be traveling about 80 mph.

Have this guest on all the time, she's great!

I never noticed before how often Barbara ends these by saying "I love you", that's honestly the sweetest. And Sally is freaking amazing! She explains things so well, and it was good to see Gavin validated in some instances - Feel bad for Burnie though...

Sally is awesome. I seriously want her to come back! Rest of the cast was great as usual.

I have to say, this is one of my favorite podcasts of all time. The podcast crew totally nailed the formula of this broadcast by having the best cast members (in my opinion), with the addition of a young, attractive, and supremely intelligent British woman, against the back drop of a live event with real life fans. I was thoroughly entertained. I loved science questions being answered, both those that I was intensely frustrated with due to the crew's ignorance on certain subjects, as well as the topics that I had no fucking clue about in the first place.

The senses question is a little weird because there isn't a definite answer.

This podcast was absolutely amazing, super fun to listen to. Great guest, and I especially loved Burnie during this podcast, the things he brought up and talked about, like that scene from Contact, were great contributions to the discussion.

This is my favorite podcast in a LONG time!

Just a fact i feel like sharing. While Burnie is correct that Fahrenheit is a good way to measure the survivable spectrum for humans, that's not how the scale was constructed. In 1724 the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit designed his scale with 0* as the freezing point of salted ice water (ammonium chloride, not sodium chloride) and 100* being the human body temp (the inaccuracy was later fixed to give us today's reading) The purpose of these two numbers was that they were constant (mostly as body temp varies by a few degrees). The problem this was meant to solve was that at that point in scientific history many scientists were exploring the fundamentals of heat (thermodynamics) however all thermometers were made using different materials (alcohol/mercury) and had different scales (most scales were built randomly, or were made based on that days weather). The Fahrenheit scale however could be easily replicated very accurately and so different scientists were able to exchange and present findings. However the most important use was for exploring the idea of absolute zero (this was after the discovery that cold is only the absence of heat, hence scientist theorized that there must be a lower limit and they were trying to find it) The thermometers with a unified scale allowed scientists to record the freezing point of gases with a measurement that other scientists would know and hence test/replicate/dispute/agree. Fahrenheit used to be the "scientific" thermal measurement where as today we consider Celsius or Kelvin (Kelvin is just Celsius only the scale starts at absolute zero (-273*C=0K, 0*C=273K, 100*C=373K...)) The reason Celsius was not invented/used (I'm not sure when it was created) at the time was because the boiling point of water changes with pressure, its 100*C at Standard Pressure (100kPa) and because pressure changes with elevation two scientists in different cities may have different boiling points for water

Barb seems really happy this podcast! I love it!

I don't think I've ever heard the word "brunch" so much in my life. Seriously one minute of them is equal to every point up until now in my life

Propably one of the best podcast episodes in a while.

The guest on this one is amazing, i hope you guys can bring her back on someday

I assume that Gavin watches a lot of Vsauce, with his questions...

This was a really refreshing podcast, great stuff guys. Hope we see more of Sally in some future podcast.

This podcast was great. Very interesting discussions and hearing Sally actually discuss stuff was amazing. It would be awesome if she could go on the podcast again sometime.

REALLY enjoyed this podcast! :)

Drinking game- whenever they say brunch take a shot

This was one of the best podcasts in a really long time

Sally is so awesome! I love science, so this podcast was really interesting and fun to watch.

1:00:00 Gavin: I have a question I have a question. Burnie: *waits* Gavin: What are you on about?

That moment they talk about your home town :3

this is by far the best podcast they have ever made.

Barbara's face reactions to what Sally would say were priceless

Don't know why, but the podcasts on location are never as good as in the studio. Not in terms of quality, but in terms of quality of commentary.

This could be my favorite podcast ever. The addition of..unnamed english girl? - was great!!

Sally's one of the best guests on the podcast imo

I really hope they somehow have Sally back on the podcast one day she's awesome!

came here from the podcast on 6/20/2016, its like the same questions they are asking lol

This is the first time i've wanted to hear more from the guest than the RT guys, definitely bring her back for another show. =]

A plane... on a treadmill... here's just a spec of info from an aerospace engineering student. 1) Airflow over the wings = Lift; NO airflow over the wings = NO lift. Treadmill=unimportant; 2) Put a plane in front of a massive fan: Say the airplane needs an airspeed of 200 Mph to lift off, usually it achieves that speed rolling down the runway, rolling because the wheels are NOT motorized, the thrust from the jet engines/propellers provide the forward force needed to achieve the 200 Mph required for lift off. For the plane to work like this in front of a big fan, this fan would need to be as large in diameter as the wingspan of the plane at least, and to blow air at least at 200 Mph in order to achieve the airspeed of the airflow over the wings required for lift off, provided that the power plant of the plane is running (either the jet engines or the propeller) as it would be for a 200 Mph airspeed, the plane would lift off from the surface it's sitting on, but will appear to hover above the ground not moving forward or backward, because the engines are pushing the plane 200 Mph toward the fan and at the same time the fan is pushing the plane away at 200 Mph, thus canceling the relative speed of the aircraft relative to the ground (aka "ground speed") but the airspeed would remain at the necessary 200 Mph required for flight. This phenomenon happens in real life to light planes, when flying into the wind, and if the wind is matching the speed of the aircraft moving forward, the aircraft is stationary above the ground and not moving toward the destination. Larger aircraft use this effect when flying downwind, airliners ride the jet stream which has a speed of around 900 Kph, coupled with the speed of the airliner (around 800 Kph), the airliner basically doubles its ground speed (gets faster to the destination, in about half the time) without increasing its airspeed (airflow over the wings remains at 800 Kph, and not at 1700 Kph, which is in excess of 1.4 Mach, which is way more than enough to strip the wings of the plane and peel the skin of the plane of the fuselage structure.) Trust me, I'm an engineer. For Gavin, and the rest of the Podcast. Keep up the great work! Cheers!

Best podcast I've seen in ages! This was awesome, I'm watching it again :D

They all ignored Gavin's "Don't all babies have blue eyes" comment

I don't know of any British universities with a mascot

I just love Barbara's face at 54:43 like "wtf am i hearing"

Burnies reaction at 1:28:36 has me dying of laughter

gavin got more british this episode

Breakfast is bullshit -Gus Sorola 2015

Gus's face when she says you could see into the past.. Perfect lol

i love this vids they always make my day better no matter how shitty I feel XD thanks guys!

Where's the yearly science person in 2016?

If an airplane is on a treadmill it still can take off. It does not get forward momentum from the wheels, but rather the propellers/jet engines. The treadmill just has to keep up with force the jet engines/propellers are applying to to the plane... If this doesn't make sense look up a past Mythbuster episode.

That fist bump at 1:31:00 though! i love when Barbara and Gav are both on the podcast.

You can tell when Barb blushes. Her part in her hair turns red.

No run-down-a-hill theory?

2 hot grills in 1 video my pants are gonna be filled

At 37:00 the conversation becomes one of the most educational ones I've ever witnessed while eliciting such a juvenile fit of laughter from my 13 year old self.

Sally is awesome!! My favourite podcast in a long time

Are Burnie's headphones on backwards?

Barbara's awesome, but what does she actually do on these podcasts? ?

Someone needs to make a Gif when gavin says "WHAT AREYOU ON ABOUT?!" at 11:30 xD

Lived in Calgary for a few years. Spent a winter where it was -42.

52 views on watching this... Fuck me I'm early..

supertroopers 2 Hype!

Sally is awesome, I could listen to her talk for days.

This is a really lovely episode of the podcast. This is nice.

my sister came on my pet snake also 15th

/chatoff

I've learned quite a bit more from this podcast, than I have in some of my classes at school...

I like the ambient background noise of the bar. Made it feel more personal.

Wait what happen to his nut?

Gavin should date Sally.

I don't know what it is but the special guest they had on (sorry, I forget her name) is a really nice person. It would be awesome to see her in more RT videos.

This... hands down... the best.. RTVP I have seen.

How can you people think that a airplane on a treadmill will not take off? Unlike a car the wheels are not powered in any way, All the power of the airplane goes into the prop that then pulls the airplane forward through the air, Regardless of how fast the wheels are spinning.

She's obviously brilliant, but I'm pretty sure she's wrong on the mirror question. The issue is the mirror instantaneously appears, therefore the first light reflected will be the light from a year ago (not two as claimed), and we would only be able to see this light reflected a year later. So it would be two year old light, but it would be (from the point in time when we started looking in the telescope) a year old. I think that makes sense.

I wish they could get Sally on the podcast every week XD This is definitely one of the better podcasts thats come out recently.

As a Baton Rouge resident currently, it's amusing to hear the podcast's take on Louisiana.

First

Barbara feels threatened by a hotter and smarter chick

I was there for the live recording, people were watching on their phones because all they could see was the back of your heads and because they can't hear your conversation in that room lol. The bar room was somewhat audible with the speakers, but then there was the problem of not being able to see you guys...

That was one of the best podcasts for a long time

Why are clever women like her so rare? So sad...

Gavins dot problems hit me in the feels

This is my favorite (Rooster Teeth) podcast to date just because of Sally

I have have watched every video podcast and this probably the best.

this was awesome!! Have like a section every podcast about science questions and asnwers

Barbra's face throughout the video gives me life lol

Awesome guest. Great podcast!

This is my favorite podcast.

I don't know why, but I just got a good laugh when Burnie said they are broadcasting from the Pontiac Silver Dome as a joke. I live in Michigan nothing has really happened in that stadium for about 10 years. (For those that don't know, the Silver Dome was the previous home of the NFL team Detroit Lions who now play at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.)

I died at what Burnie said in response to Gus's question at 1:14:16

Favorite cast setup, aww yeah

This was a great guest appearance on the podcast.