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Adam Ruins Everything

Ep 5: Science Journalism with John Bohannon

Adam Ruins Everything

MaximumFun.org

Comedy

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Science journalist John Bohannon is a contributing correspondent for Science magazine and has a Ph.D. in molecular biology from Oxford University. John discusses his fake chocolate study, his latest expose on Sci-Hub, and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Adam Ruins Everything, on the

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this is a podcast where I talk to some of the most fascinating people in the world

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about some of the most fascinating topics in the world.

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You might have heard of my TV show,

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Adam Ruins Everything,

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If you haven't, check it out at true TV.com

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slash Adam Ruins Everything or watch clips and episodes on the

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watch True TV app.

0:30.4

On that show, I tell you the awful truth about everything you never wanted to have to need to know.

0:34.8

I think something like that's one of our taglines. I forget. Anyway, on that show I talked to these

0:39.0

awesome experts for like 90 seconds, two minutes. On this podcast I talked to them for a whole lot longer

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and we really get into it.

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Today's guest is John Bohannon, a science journalist who appeared on the nutrition

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episode of Adam Ruins Everything, where we talked about the flaws

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in science journalism and especially nutrition journalism. This guy is so fascinating.

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He's really a really interesting person. He's a PhD. he's a science journalist, a contributing

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correspondent at Science magazine, writes for other magazines like Wired, but he also

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has such a cool approach to science and journalism and the problems with both of

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them. He's always doing the most fascinating projects and stunts

1:14.0

to highlight the issues in science and in science reporting

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and in journals.

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And he's also just got this really like fascinating wide-ranging mind.

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