284 - Pay It Forward

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4.8 • 677 Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Kelly and Ryan are joined by author Carl Zimmer to discuss his latest book: She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity

00:24:28 - In which Kelly and Ryan take a quick coffee break, even if Kelly goes decaf.

00:28:17 - Part two of our chat with Carl. If you simply must have more then you should definitely just get the book. You can find more books on Carl's website and follow him on Twitter @carlzimmer.

00:49:46 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like inherited traits, you think you can predict them, but it can always go wrong. First up, Patron Stu P. (AKA Stoop) gets a BSso thesis with the title: Growing a funny bone: how babies cells modify a mother’s laugh. Thanks, Stu! We also must thank modernarts for their recent 5-star iTunes review pushing us back up the charts!

Bonus fact: the tongue-twister inspired by a paleontologist

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Music for this week's show:
Sons & Daughters - The Decemberists
Cup of Coffee - Johnny Cash
My Father's Eyes - Eric Clapton

Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay, I will start answering your question now.
0:03.7	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:24.5	This is episode 284, and our theme this week is Pay It Forward.
0:28.0	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, is Kelly Waintersmith.
0:34.1	Hello, I've missed you, Ryan. How are you doing?
0:37.1	I'm doing well. I've missed you as well.
0:39.5	I think we've actually hung out in person, even in between since we've last recorded together.
0:44.4	Maybe. I'm glad we're on the same coast now. Yeah, yeah. We just need to find more time to actually
0:48.9	spend time together. But I had no time to spend with anyone because I was nose deep in a book,
0:54.1	because I've been reading. What book have you deep in a book because I've been reading.
0:55.0	What book have you been reading, Ryan?
0:57.0	I've been reading. She has her mother's laugh. Have you heard of this book?
1:01.0	I have. I got to read this book before it came out. I got asked to comment on it, which was really exciting.
1:08.0	And I like this book. Me too. It's a really great book and hey, it just so happens.
1:12.4	Look, ring, ring, ring, who's that at the door?
1:16.2	It's Carl Zimmer.
1:17.8	Yay!
1:18.9	Author of She Has Her Mother's Lab.
1:20.5	Looks like he wants to be interviewed.
1:22.1	Well, I guess we better interview him.
1:24.5	Here we go.
1:25.3	Okay, bye.
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