It's Friday, January 22nd, 2016, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds.

I'm Kishore Hari. Each week, we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science, politics, and society collide.

We endeavor. We endeavor to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it all matters.

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Joining us this week is special guest host Rebecca Watson. Hey, Rebecca. Hey, Kishore. Thanks for having me on. Yeah,

thanks for coming back. I mean, I'm no Indre, but I'm maybe slightly better than a

horrifically ill Indre. That is a certain bar that you've said. Yeah. We're going to hold you

to that bar of excellence. Yeah, great.

Great.

Set everyone's sights low and you'll always succeed.

Well, I think we have a great discussion lined up for today.

We're going to be talking about El Nino.

El Nino, in fact, affected your life so far?

Yes, actually, because I live here and I'm seeing rain for the first time in

over here. Well, it's rain and it's not in the form of snow, so I think that makes you

happier. Oh, I'm very happy. I love it. I love the rain, so I'm, except I can't go

surfing, but other than that, it's so it's slightly impacting my perfect California lifestyle.

And for that, I want it gone.

This week's episode is sponsored by Mack Weldon. I am wearing a pair of Mac Weldon underwear right now,

and they're some of the most comfortable underwear I've ever had. I did not know that this podcast was going to get this personal this quickly. Oh, it is very comfortable. And not only

that, they're naturally antimicrobial. I mean, I thought that you looked more comfortable and

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