Oh, fun fact about this episode. It's all about sea urchins, but at the very end we put

a little bonus episode for you and it's all about electric vehicles. I've long had a passion

for them. I also like to get away from driving fossil fuels. I have an electric vehicle, so

I got a chance to talk with an up-and-coming science communicator. He has a podcast

called Star Talk, and we discuss electric vehicles and the possibilities around them. So

that's at the very end of the episode, but on to sea urchins. Hi, it's your breast man's

brother, who makes really good kabobs. Alley Ward, let's dive into the Sandee-C bottom,

shall we? Let's gather some facts about water head jogs. Thisology is a kind of derms,

specifically sea urchins and sand dollars. This is a wild one. Echinocin Greek means head

chalk. Urchin Latin for head chalk, water head chalks. So I got into physically the California

Academy of Sciences for this one. That's right. It's an in-person interview. Hi, Ray.

Hello, Rich. Welcome to Sea Urchin Central. You've had quite a morning. I had just flown

up an hour before San Francisco. I raced the academy and I was balancing a cafeteria

coffee and my tiny old Mervin's leather purse with all my sound equipment. I had just

gotten a negative PCR. Things were good. We had some face-to-face communication with one

of the world experts in this field. Who we will meet in a sack, but first thank you

to everyone at patreon.com slash allergies for supporting the show and everyone who has

ever left a review for the show, which keeps it up in the charts. I've read every single

one you've ever left, including one left this week from Lil Philly, who wrote, this

podcast is like the best info dump friend you could ask for. And they write, I love you

so much that I can even forgive you for throwing shade on Chakshuka. Lil Philly, it's mutual.

And Chakshuka would be fine without the tomatoes. Other than that, Chakshuka, you're trash.

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