Welcome to Dear Lovejoy podcast special.

Today we're interviewing Adam Rutherford about his book, A Brief History of Everyone

Who Ever lived.

The Stories in Our Jeans is the subtitle.

You'll be spellbound, says Brian Cox on the front cover.

Let me tell you a bit about Adam.

He's a Dr. Adam Rutherford, his name is.

He's just a really good bloke.

He's a science writer and a broadcaster.

He studied genetics University College, London.

He's written and presented many award-winning series and programs for the BBC,

including the flagship BBC Radio 4 program

Inside Science, the cell for BBC 4 and playing God on the rise of synthetic biology for leading

science strand horizon, as well as writing for the science pages of the observer.

He knows his apples, doesn't he, Mark?

He does, and he knows the difference between two different types of apples as well. He knows his apples, doesn't he, Mark? He does. And he knows the difference

between two different types of apples as well. He very much does. And he would know them

certainly from an onion. He does, yeah. So this is going to open your mind to who you are,

what you are, and what you think about the human species.

I found it fascinating.

I hope you do too.

Here's Adam Rutherford.

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