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Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone

Ep 135 - Species in Pieces

Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone

Lipstick Nancy, Inc. & Glassbox Media

Comedy

4.7 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

What is biodiversity, why is it important, and does it have a beat you can dance to? Dr. Lauren Oakes comes by to tell us why diversity isn’t just for humans, and how maintaining it can help us all. Plus, our cast plumbs the depths of both Moby Dick and our ever-popular... mailbag! GUEST Dr. Lauren Oakes Conservation Scientist and Adaptation Specialist, Wildlife Conservation Society Adjunct Professor, Stanford University HOUSE BAND David Bragger www.OldTimeTikiParlour.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/OldTimeTikiParlour Instagram: davidbragger Instagram: tiki.parlour.recordings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Abby's just woken up. It's 731 and she's forgotten to ring the doctor. There's no point

0:05.5

ringing now. She needs to get to work, but she's not worried. She's got an HSBC Premier bank account

0:10.5

with access to digital GP appointments plus two second opinions a year should she need them.

0:15.1

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0:22.4

The Doctor will see you now.

0:24.6

Apply with ÂŁ100,000 annual income or ÂŁ100,000 savings or investments with HSBC UK or Premier status abroad.

0:30.7

The Monopoly game at McDonald's is back.

0:33.5

There's over ÂŁ2 million worth of cash prices to be won.

0:36.5

And a chance to hit your hands on some epic prizes.

0:39.3

Go on. It's your go.

0:41.3

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0:46.3

App may be required. May depend on winning moment.

0:48.3

See victory rules.co.

0:49.3

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0:50.3

Sky beans under.

0:52.3

Coming to you live from our houses in Los Angeles, California, it's nobody listens to Paula Poundstone, your comedy field guide to life.

1:05.0

Tonight, biodiversity. When nature's diversity is threatened, does that make us more vulnerable to COVID?

1:12.5

Did the extinction of the Sumatran rhino cause men in the United States to wear face paint, fur, headdresses, and buffalo horns?

1:19.3

Has the wrong species been driven to extinction?

1:22.2

Ecologist Lauren E. Oaks is here to talk about biodiversity, the origin of viruses, and possible win-wins when it comes to nature-based solutions to climate change.

1:31.9

Plus, mailbag!

1:33.7

Tony Nina Hull opens up the listener mailbag and discovers a wonderland of epistolary diversity.

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