The funcasts

Each podcast contains two parts,

1) a funcast featuring a cast of characters: a human, a virus, and a robot. It usually lasts 2 minutes and is intended to bring a smile on the face of the overworked scientist prior to going into the presentation skills segment.

2) a profcast featuring the interview of a prof or luminary sheding light on how-to, what-not-to-do, why-do, and other interesting topics related to scientific presentations.

Since each funcast is a little play with its actors. Here is the synopsis of each play.

001 – The virus helps create an audience but things get a little out of hand.

002 – The virus inattention, due to its inadequate anatomy, starts a battle of references.

003 – A chairperson is not a chair person – as the virus soon finds out.

004 – Time shuts the window, with a rather loud bang.

005 – The virus demonstrates culture in a gross sort of way.

006 – Prison cells have bars but bars don’t.

007 – Homophones create massive miscommunication between the host and the virus.

008 – The virus is accused of facilitating apoptosis.

009 -The live virus dreams of being a computer virus.

010 – It is a good thing our virus never played Hamlet on stage.

011 – The virus manages to send our host to the Pasteur institute for a rabies check.

012 – The virus creates a sobering limerick.

013 -A quiz on collective names leads to a lie.

014 – The competitive advantage of viruses may not apply to presenters.

015 – The host tries to stop our virus from spilling the beans.

016 – The virus supports women’s rights.

017 – The host turned psychologist exposes the virus’ freudian slip.

018 – The virus gets under the skin and into the delusional brain of the host.

019 – The virus outsmarts the host attempting to get rid of it.

020 – The virus masters the art of metaphoric language.

021 – The host upsets the text-to-speech agents and begs for mercy.

022 – The host is up and running… to save his hard disk.

023 – The Virus takes a back seat and plays second fiddle.

024 – The virus gives a lesson on cheese and pedantic knowledge.

025 – The virus calls on the Geneva Convention to protect its rights.

026 – The virus in Hollywood mentions the Virus oscar awards.

027 – The virus promotes unethical sponsoring.