Do Spider Exoskeletons Go Out Of Style? with Dr. Maydianne Andrade

Getting Better with Jonathan Van Ness

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Self-improvement, Education, Comedy, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 5 January 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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As the itsy bitsy spider crawls up the water spout, it dawns on her: her exoskeleton doesn’t fit. Is it a fashion emergency—or her moment to shine? This week, Dr. Maydianne Andrade joins Jonathan to share the ins and outs of spider growth, behavior, and reproduction. Dr. Maydianne Andrade is a professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Toronto Scarborough, and president of the Canadian Black Scientists Network. You can follow Dr. Andrade on Twitter @WidowWeb, and at maydianne.com. The Canadian Black Scientists Network is on Twitter and Instagram @canblacksci. For more resources referenced in this episode, make sure to check out the work of Professor Karen Warentkin at Boston University, including the presentation Crossing boundaries, disrupting binaries: A queer perspective on studying behavioral diversity. Many thanks to Dr. Senthurran Sivalinghem at University of Toronto for permission to use the amazing spider footage featured towards the end of this conversation. And thank you to Dr. Jessica Ware for sparking our curiosity here! Dr. Ware’s episode of Getting Curious about cicadas, dragonflies, and other insects is a perfect follow-up listen. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Check out Getting Curious merch at PodSwag.com. Listen to more music from Quiñ by heading over to TheQuinCat.com. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Getting Curious, I'm Jonathan Vanness, and every week I sit down for gorgeous
0:04.3	conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:09.0	On today's episode, I'm joined by Professor Median Andrade, where I ask her, do spiders
0:14.6	exoskeletons ever go out of style?
0:17.1	Welcome to Getting Curious, this is Jonathan Vanness.
0:21.9	I cannot wait for today's episode as like seriously so major it's a long time coming
0:25.4	who knew I was gonna become a 30 year old who's obsessed with insects, arachnids and spiders,
0:29.8	that had happened.
0:30.8	And the last, let's introduce our guest, who is Median Andrade.
0:35.0	Her research on spiders centers on how the reproductive behaviors of males and females
0:39.2	evolve through the interaction of sexual and natural selection and variable ecological
0:44.4	context and how the sheep's individual phenotypes and population level characteristics.
0:49.1	She's also the president and co-founder of the Canadian Black Scientist Network, also known
0:54.8	as CBSN, with a PhD in neurobiology and behavior from Cornell University.
1:03.1	Maybe it has over 20 years of experience in science and research teaching and outreach.
1:06.2	Okay, first of all, that gave me chills on my thighs, like your resume, like you better.
1:12.4	And I'm also, I wish people could see this podcast and I'm sure you get this all the
1:17.2	time.
1:18.2	Your hair is so stunning.
1:20.6	Thank you, thank you.
1:21.6	And your texture, I did do this thing where I'm trying to not compliment everybody on
1:26.4	their looks, because I'm trying to be more like, you know, journalist.
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