344 - Stung by the Truth

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🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

00:00:00 - Kelly and Ryan are thrilled to be joined by her friend and colleague, Dr. Andrew Forbes! He’s a parasitic insect kind of guy (not meant as an insult!) and we discuss his journey a bit before diving into some recent and exciting research!

00:35:37 - It could be argued that parasites drink the lifeforce of others, but hopefully that’s not the case with us. Ryan doubles down with an Americano using Jorge Raul Rivera Pacamara Honey #96 beans from Chalatenango, El Salvador via Black & White Roasters, which is delicious. Kelly doesn’t have a beer so is settling for a lactose-free White Salamander after wrapping up season 1 of her new project D.O.R.K.S. Andrew is enjoying some aged beer to celebrate the birth of his son in the form of a 2008-vintage Bigfoot Barleywine from Sierra Nevada. And Ryan comes back around to finish the segment with bourbon-barrel aged elderberry infused cider from Hawk Knob

00:46:46 - We continue our conversation with Andrew, including a discussion of these two (open access!) papers:

For more parasitic insects in your life, you can follow Andrew on Twitter @Lord_Forbinton

01:19:15 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like wasps; they can sting more than once and still survive. First up, Ryan and Kelly tackle a question from Brett H. about hyperparasitoids on Finnish islands (if you believe that Finland even exists) and then they come up with a BSso for patron Roberta A. R. who has impressively completed a study entitled: VESPA (Variability of ectoparasites on species of pollinating Apoidea): A study of a very cool wasps that infect bees then manipulate bee behavior to bury themselves underground so the temperature is better or something see the rest of the thesis for the details. Thanks, Roberta!

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0:00.0	Yeah, you are, let's see, you are at, um, it's either, it's either Ohio, Idaho or Iowa.
0:11.4	Iowa is the one that I have on the, of the correspondence of the papers here.
0:14.6	From science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of.
0:18.8	You're listening to Science Sort of.
0:34.5	Hello, welcome to Science Sort of. This is the show that talks about things that are science, things that are sort of science,
0:37.4	and things that wish they were science.
0:38.8	Our theme, this episode is stung by the truth.
0:42.2	You're going to see why that is in just a moment, because I'm your host, Ryan,
0:45.9	and joining me on this episode, it's the triumphant return of one, Kelly Weiner-Smith.
0:51.2	Hello, it's good to be back.
0:52.8	It's been a long time. Life has been
0:54.2	crazy. It sure has. And I'm ready for a break. But hopefully we can get a break by talking
1:02.3	about all things wasps with our new friend, Dr. Andrew Forbes. Welcome to the show, Andrew.
1:07.7	Hello, thanks for having me. Life has been crazy here too. So Andrew, yeah,
1:12.5	you are, let's see, you're in the Department of Biology at the University of Iowa and Iowa City,
1:17.0	Iowa. Is that correct? That's correct, yes. Yeah, it's a lot of Iowa in one affiliation.
1:21.9	We'll tell us a little bit about your background. We have a couple of papers we want to dive into
1:26.3	that you have worked on with your stuff regarding wasps.
1:30.3	But I think before we do that, just a quick little overview of your academic history up to the point where you're at now.
1:36.9	And I guess also included in that story is how you got to know Kelly.
1:40.7	Sure.
1:41.4	So I went to college at Colgate University in upstate New York and learned just sort of general biology. I got a biology degree and a minor in philosophy as well. And then I met my wife in my junior year, my future wife in my junior year, and she decided she was going to go to grad
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