Episode 89: Neil Strauss, Cold (Con)fusion, and Rabbit Rex
The Dinner Party Download
American Public Media
4.6 • 821 Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2011
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
This week: Author/Interviewer Neil Strauss inhales rock-n-roll… Science gives cold fusion the cold shoulder… And *Radiolab*’s Jad Abumrad unearths a giant rabbit. Plus music from Bright Eyes, and a joke from top tailor Vahram Mateosian.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Rico Gagliano. I'm Brendan Francis Nuneum. And spoiler alert, a little bit later |
| 0:05.2 | on in this podcast, we're going to share with you the history of Cold Fusion. |
| 0:08.8 | Yes, cold fusion is complicated, but basically it's this holy grail of science. And like |
| 0:14.2 | a perpetual motion machine, most people doubt that it's even possible, actually. |
| 0:17.9 | Now, you know what else is pretty near impossible? Creating a radio show for free. |
| 0:22.2 | Trust us. |
| 0:23.1 | We've tried. |
| 0:23.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.2 | And the good news is the show's become pretty popular, |
| 0:27.0 | but to keep it amazing and engaging for our audience costs cash. |
| 0:30.5 | And so we turn to you, dear listeners. |
| 0:32.9 | If you dig the DPD, why don't you buy us a bottle of wine in the form of a donation? |
| 0:37.6 | It can be a super nice bottle of wine or plonk, which is what we usually drink around here. |
| 0:41.9 | Either way, the money helps us make the show and lets our overlords know that people actually listen. |
| 0:46.7 | That's right, because sadly, the DPD is not a perpetual motion machine. |
| 0:51.6 | Maybe in our teens. |
| 0:53.3 | Yeah, it could have been when we were younger and had energy. |
| 0:56.4 | Head to our website, dinner party download.org, and click on the contribute tab, please. |
| 1:01.0 | Because the House of Representatives is not clicking on that tab. |
| 1:03.6 | That is true. |
| 1:04.6 | And now on with the show. |
| 1:07.0 | Here's your icebreaker. |
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