Hi friends, it's me Mark. I'm just dropping in to tell you about a virtual party brains on is having Saturday, July 29th

It's free and you're invited

Not only are we celebrating our 10th birthday, we're also super excited to share our newest book with you

It's called meet my micro pets. The book is a fact-filled

hilarious journey through the weird and wonderful world of microbes. I know I know you're thinking

But Mark, will there be cool games at this virtual party on July 29th?

I mean, yeah, only the coolest and before you ask

There will absolutely be epic stories and yes

Molly Sandin and I will be there answering as many questions as we can during the whole event

This is a one-time only live virtual party. You do not want to miss again. It's on Saturday, July 29th

11 a.m. Pacific one p.m. Central and two p.m. Eastern had to brains on dot org slash events for a link to sign up

That's brains on dot org slash events. See you on July 29th

Hello brains on listeners. We are celebrating the 4th of July with an explosive blast from the past one of our favorite episodes

We've ever made fart smarts understanding the gas we pass and this encore episode includes a brand new honor roll at the end

And a fresh moment of um where we answer a fascinating listener question now onto the show

You are listening to brains on what we're serious about being curious

Disclaimer this episode acknowledges the existence of intestines flatulence and the various noises made by certain lower parts of the human body

Be warned these things will be discussed in great detail, but also remember it's okay to laugh

Now pull my finger and let's start the show

Now Irene you just heard that announcement do you know what flatulence is?

No, well flatulence comes from the Latin word

Flatus which means a blowing wind so it literally means breaking wind which is another way to describe a certain phenomenon

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