Hello, hello, hello. This is Outside In, a show about the natural world and how we use it.

I'm Sam Evans Brown and I'm here today with two very special guests.

Maybe we'll start with Kendrick, can you introduce yourself?

Sure, my name is Kendrick Pierre-Louis and I'm a climate reporter with the gimlet spot

if I show how to save a planet.

Hey, thank you for being here and Maddie.

Hi. Oh, okay. This is what I do for a living.

I'm Maddie Sophia. I am the host of MPR Shortwave,

which is MPR's daily science podcast.

And I have invited you both on here because you're participating in a segment that is

a regular for us, which is mortifyingly at this point called Ask Sam.

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, Sam.

Why do geese make beans? Does a bumblebee sneeze?

Can a person eat tree? Can a polar bear freeze?

Is a kidney stone kind of like a pearl in a clan?

I don't know, ask Sam.

I just want to play that for you to get you all in the mood.

That's a very specific mood, Sam. It's a very specific mood.

I feel like I need to buy a banjo.

For a version of this, we have listeners who are submitting questions all the time.

And we pull them out. We speculate wildly.

And then we find experts who actually know the answers.

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