All Tied Up: The Study of Knots

Short Wave

NPR

Science, Life Sciences, News, Nature, Daily News, Astronomy

4.7 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Climbing enthusiast and producer Thomas Lu has long wondered what makes knots such a powerful tool. Today, Thomas digs into the research with the help of Matt Berry, Quality Assurance Manager at the outdoor gear company Black Diamond Equipment, and researcher Vishal Patil.

Reach the show by emailing shortwave@npr.org.

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:04.8	Hello there, world.
0:06.9	Aaron Scott here with Shortwave producer Thomas Liu.
0:10.4	Howdy, howdy, Aaron.
0:11.6	Howdy, Thomas.
0:12.6	Hi.
0:13.6	Today, I have a story to tell you.
0:15.5	Love story, Tom.
0:16.7	So there once was a bunny sitting under a tree.
0:19.4	He's crying because he can't keep his shoelaces tied.
0:24.0	So Mama Rabbit calls him over to her tree.
0:29.4	Just the way he crisscrosses over and goes under the bridge to meet her.
0:37.8	He's excited to see her so his ears perk up and he hops around Mama's tree before popping
0:43.8	down into their rabbit hole home.
0:47.8	Aww, that's so sweet.
0:53.5	But Thomas, that is also the story we tell children to teach them how to tie their shoes.
0:59.4	Are you implying that I don't know how to tie my shoes?
1:03.1	Do you, Aaron?
1:04.1	I mean, are you really tying your shoes the right way?
1:07.0	I think so.
1:08.2	The knot doesn't come undone as you go about your business.
1:11.2	Oh.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.