261 - Agents of G.I.R.L.

Science... sort of

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🗓️ 18 April 2017

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Ryan is joined by Rachel Silverstein (@irrelephantidae) and Marina Chanidou (@marinaloveschem) who were featured by Marvel as the inaugural Agents of G.I.R.L. In the first segment, we chat about Rachel's proboscidean paleontology at the Saltville Valley site, and Marina's work using chemistry to figure out what food was kept in very old pots.

00:21:32 - In the past, both elephants and ancient people had drinks, so let's keep the tradition alive! Rachel stays responsible with some water. Marina enjoys some Bramble Scotch Liqueur. And Ryan tries to keep things thematic with a Prop Culture from Odell.

00:30:46 - The reason this interview came about was because of comics, so we can't help but have a free-wheeling discussion about how Rachel and Marina wound up in Marvel's The Unstoppable Wasp #1, representation, and comics we love. The list of comics mentioned or discussed includes:

Princeless
Motor Crush
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls
Chew
Saga
The Autumnlands
Black Road
Heathen
Unfollow
The Flintstones (Yes, it seriously is good.)
Welcome Back

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Music for this week's show:
I Am Chemistry - Yeasayer
Science/Visions - Chvrches
Hank Pym - Adam WarRock (Free album, click here)

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0:00.0	And then we usually have a little musical interlude here.
0:02.9	Sing, Marina.
0:04.5	No, not done by the guess.
0:07.6	It's in the edit.
0:08.7	I drop in some music.
0:09.6	Oh, that's funny.
0:11.5	I should start doing that to guess, though, and just...
0:14.3	Make everyone sing on the spot.
0:15.8	Yep, just do a little science karaoke, a little science improv song.
0:20.3	Oh, that is really funny.
0:21.7	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:44.7	Hello and welcome to Science Sort of. This is episode 261, and our theme this week is Agents of Girl. I am your host, Ryan, and joining me to talk about things that are science,
0:49.2	things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science, are two people who are the agents of girl,
0:56.3	and that is Rachel Silverstein and Marina Hanandu.
1:00.3	It's like, am I getting better or am I getting worse?
1:02.9	No, you're getting better.
1:04.3	You're getting better.
1:05.0	It sounded more Jewish.
1:05.8	Yeah, well, I couldn't tell when she told me the first time if it had that kind of
1:10.0	Hanukkah vibe to it or not, but I just went for it.
1:14.0	Yeah, yeah. It's the only thing that English-speaking people can relate to, so yeah, go for it.
1:22.6	Oh, okay, so it's not quite the same sound, but it's as close as English speaker tends to get.
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