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All right guys, today's episode,

I am pleased to announce features science writer Brian Sweetek. Now Brian's a great friend of mine and he's

also an amazing writer that focuses on all things paleo. His blog is called Lailaps and it's found on the

Phenomena Network on National Geographic and he's also written two books,

written in stone, evolution, the fossil record and our place in nature, and his most

recent book is called My Beloved Bronosaurus on the road with old bones, new science, and our favorite dinosaurs.

Thanks so much for being here, Brian.

I'm glad to be here.

Thanks for inviting me.

It's so much fun. We're hanging out in my dining room.

Absolutely, and we're surrounded by dinosaurs.

We are because I am a huge nerd and actually we're surrounded by dinosaurs because also you're covered

in dinosaur tattoos.

At least partially.

You're wearing a dinosaur t-shirt. I have a dinosaur tattoo. We're

rocking this today. I like the pun. Well done. So we we met probably a

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