David Epstein - Self Improvement, Sport Science and Science Communication

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Biology, Life Sciences, Comedy, Youtuber, Science

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🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

David Epstein is an amazing science communicator and the best selling author of "Range: Why Generalist Triumph in a Specialized World" and "The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance". We chat about some of his favourite research in self improvement, his experience in sport science, and his writing process/advice for others interested in writing or communicating science.

We truly had a great time learning from him, and hope you enjoy the episode :)

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Side Note.
0:01.7	Today we are talking to one of our favorite
0:03.6	science communicators, David Epstein,
0:06.2	author of the sports gene and his most recent book, Range.
0:09.7	We talk about him debating Malcolm Gladwell,
0:12.4	some of the most fascinating studies from his new book,
0:14.8	but mostly we just bond and talk and learn from each other
0:17.8	about our jobs as science communicators.
0:20.2	We already sub-science here to make things make sense.
0:23.4	Hello.
0:24.4	Welcome back to Side Note.
0:26.5	Are you there?
0:27.9	Can I be here?
0:28.8	Thanks a lot.
0:29.6	Glad to be here.
0:30.6	Absolutely.
0:31.6	So just so everyone knows, we have David Epstein with us,
0:34.2	who is a New York Times bestselling author of two books.
0:37.5	That are amazing that we've loved both.
0:39.3	You are a journalist.
0:40.6	You previously, he was previously a science
0:42.5	and investigative reporter at ProPublica
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