271 - Mesozoic Meanderings

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2017

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Kelly and Ryan are joined by Abby Howard (@AbbyHoward) to talk about her new graphic novel Dinosaur Empire! Journey through the Mesozoic Era, the first in her Earth Before Us series of all ages paleontology focused books. We chat with her about how she got her start drawing comics, especially those of a dinosaurian variety.

00:27:05 - We normally don't record in the morning, but when we do, you can expect a very different drinks segment. This is one of those times. Abby is kicking back some water because it's important to stay hydrated. Kelly is having a decaf skim milk latte because it's also important to stay caffeinated, but not too caffeinated. Ryan, advocating for the exact opposite lesson, is having homemade cold brew concentrate straight from the jar. Tastes slightly better than rubbing it right in your eyes.

00:31:36 - Next, we keep chatting with Abby about what she learned about dinosaurs in making her book, and what she learned through the process of trying to teach others about dinos. It's all just sharing and learning in this segment, good vibes. You can find more of Abby's work at her website, Junior Scientist Power Hour, and support her in creating comics on Patreon.

01:01:23 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like all-ages books, they're good for all ages. Ryan begins with a thesis title for Jacob W. (as a reward to supporting us on Patreon). Suspecting that Jacob might be related to a certain cinematic assassin, we grant him the title: Did Velociraptor hunt Protoceratops for money? A theory of dinosaurian currency in the late Cretaceous. Kelly winds things up with a somewhat somber and heartfelt e-mail from Leigh, about the state of the world and turning towards science for comfort. Thanks for the kind words. Also, Kelly's book, Soonish, is out now if you want to feel hopeful(ish) about the future.

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Music:
Picture Book - The Kinks
Caffeinated Consciousness - TV On The Radio
Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime - Beck

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, family, pals, just wanted to do a little pre-pre-show intro to let you know a couple of things.
0:04.8	One, our guest today, Abby Howard had some background noise on her side of the recording, and I did my best to remove it, but in doing so, it can make the person sound a little bit robotic.
0:15.7	In this case, it made her sound a little bit ethereal, which I actually think kind of works for an episode that's coming out around Halloween, even though we recorded it a little while ago. So hopefully that's not too
0:23.9	distracting. Unfortunately, because of the connection issue that you'll hear about on my end, the file
0:30.4	kind of got a little bit messed up so I wasn't able to undo some of the more intense audio
0:34.5	processing that I had put it through. Again, that's on me, but the content of
0:38.7	the interview is still great, so hopefully you're able to enjoy it just fine. And I think that's
0:42.7	about it. This is a really fun conversation with a really great cartoonist, and so hopefully
0:46.9	you will enjoy that and then go check out and support her work in the real world. Okay, with that,
0:51.8	I now present our usual comedic cold open, which was my response
0:55.6	to when my connection cut out and on the end of the show, you'll hear what Abby and Kelly
1:01.4	ended up talking about, so you get to hear two sides of a conversation that was happening
1:05.1	simultaneously, but the parties were disconnected. So that's kind of fun. Enjoy.
1:15.3	It looks like I just lost them both.
1:17.5	Not good.
1:38.3	From sciencesortov.com, you're listening to Science Sort of you're listening to episode 271.
1:41.1	Our theme this week is Mesozoic meanderings.
1:43.6	I'm your host, Ryan Haupten, here to talk with me about things that are science,
1:47.0	things that are sort of science and things that wish they were science, is Kelly Wienersmith.
1:55.1	Hello! Good to be back! Good to have you. And also joining us to talk about her new book, as well as all the fun comics that she does is Abby Howard. That's me. Hello. Creator of the junior scientist power hour and the upcoming comic dinosaur empire, Earth
2:05.8	Before Us Number One, Journey Through the Mesozoic Era.
2:08.8	Yes, upcoming as an already out.
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