267 - From Russia with Parasites

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Ryan and Kelly are joined by Mikhail "Misha" Gopko to talk about his latest paper exploring parasites controlling their fish host from inside their eye. Brain-infecting is one thing, but when you can see your parasite inside your own eyeball? That's just creepy.

00:24:44 - Kelly considers fibbing but opts for honesty as she drinks her water. Ryan has a Grolsch because he needs a resealable bottle for some home fermentation projects, and why buy empty beer bottles when you can just empty them yourself?

00:31:42 - Part 2 of our interview with Misha chats about the importance of parasite research, and what future projects Misha has in store.

00:49:51 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like parasites in bird guts, they always come out at the end. First up, we thank Terry R. for being a Patron of the show, which earns them a thesis title. There's is A Bird in the Hand: Mechanisms of manipulation of avian defecation by Diplostomum pseudospathaceum. Thanks, Terry! Kelly has a Facebook message from D Rex who ran half a marathon while enjoying hearing about Kelly's research in episode 259. Way to go! Don't forget to pre-order Kelly's upcoming book Soonish, and check out Ryan's episode of the Out There podcast called "The Reluctant Outdoorsman".

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Music for this week's show:
Something in my eye! - Jay and the Americans
In De Hemel Is Geen Bier - De Stamgasten
Plus Profound - Hooverphonic

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0:00.0	Now to figure out how to add a guy whose name I can't type on this keyboard given it.
0:08.7	Can you just copy it from somewhere?
0:11.0	I need to work.
0:12.4	Oh, good.
0:13.0	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of You are listening to episode 267. I'm your host, Ryan, and joining me to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that wish they were science, it's Kelly Wienersmith.
0:40.2	Hello!
0:41.9	Hey, Kelly.
0:43.1	How's it going?
0:44.2	Pretty well, it's hot.
0:45.8	It's hot here in the DMV.
0:47.7	I've learned that's what the cool kids call the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia area.
0:53.4	Oh, I didn't know that.
0:54.7	I know, right?
0:56.1	Thanks for telling me before I moved to that side of the country so that I can be hip
0:59.1	too.
0:59.5	Yeah, I mean, you won't be in the DMV, but you'll be nearish.
1:04.2	Yeah, no, no, I'm going to be where the KKK rallies are, which is really disappointing
1:10.2	news to learn about the city you just planned on moving to.
1:13.6	But that's okay. There'll be more good people in Charlottesville, fighting a good fight.
1:17.1	Right? Yeah. Learn them how to behave right.
1:21.5	Yeah, they're doing more than just not behaving right. It's weird when people say learn them to teach
1:26.5	someone something. For me, that's like when people say learn them to teach someone something.
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