Ep 131: Science... sort of - Sex Kidneys and Other Distinctions
Science... sort of
Brachiolope
4.7 • 674 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2012
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
00:00:00 - What's the point of being smart if you don't get to argue about the little things? The Paleopals start the show by breaking down some of the pedantic scientific distinctions brought up on io9.
00:27:09 - While there may be no real distinction between left and right, we know for sure that at least one hand of each Paleopal holds a drink, the question is, what is it? For Patrick it's and Old Dominion Oak Barrel Stout. Kelly enjoys a Real Ale Rio Blanco, complete with a drawl. Ryan enjoys an Aviation from Juliana. It's a classic pre-prohibition cocktail, and Juli has been mixing up a storm. Finally, Charlie imbibes a silver bullet.
00:32:42 - Will Ryan been able to let the others speak when Trailer Trash Talk tackles Marvel's The Avengers? The only way to find out is to listen.
00:45:37 - We now know newts use their kidneys for sex. We're not sure exactly how, we're not sure exactly why, but we know that it happens. Thank you, science!
00:54:24 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like sex kidneys, if you really want one you'll have to go and find it. Ryan has a bit of coin in the form of a donation from Doug S. Thanks Dough! Patrick answers a question from retroflatus, who in return promises to buy a mug. How'd we do, retroflatus? Charlie has an e-mail from Pedro P. critiquing the decline of our transitional powers. We do our best. And lastly, Kelly has a comment from Bob about where the atmosphere ends. How appropriate!
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Music for this week's show provided by:
All Hands Against His Own - The Black Keys
The Bullet - The Devil Makes Three
Superheroes - Daft Punk
Kidney In a Cooler - Keller Williams
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | everybody here is really friendly. |
| 0:01.3 | I feel like I've lived here for five years, |
| 0:04.3 | even though I've only been here for a short period of time. |
| 0:06.9 | Like, I go to the grocery store and people talk to me |
| 0:08.9 | and actually seem to care what I say. |
| 0:10.9 | Whereas I felt like in Santa Barbara, |
| 0:12.5 | people didn't even look at you when they asked you how you were doing |
| 0:15.9 | and they can actually care about the answer. |
| 0:17.8 | That's great. |
| 0:18.9 | Yeah, shut up. |
| 0:24.7 | On science sort of.com, you're listening to Science Sort of. Okay. |
| 0:24.7 | Welcome to Science Sort of episode 131. |
| 0:37.3 | This week's theme apparently is sex, kidneys, and possibly other distinctions about things. |
| 0:42.6 | My name is Ryan and joining me to talk about things that are science, things that are sort of science, and things that which they were science. |
| 0:47.6 | I'm a paleo palo-pile podcasting partners in crime. |
| 0:50.7 | Mr. Charlie Barnhart, Mr. Doctor. |
| 0:52.7 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:54.6 | Happy Spoon. Hey, everybody. Happy Spru. |
| 0:55.6 | Hey, Charlie. |
| 0:58.1 | And soon to be Dr. Kelly Wintersmith. |
| 0:58.6 | Hello. |
| 1:05.1 | And rejoining us, his triumphant return risen from the ashes of Virginia, Vermont. |
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