Feminism, Fear, And Physics At The Winter Olympics

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Greta Johnsen

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4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2018

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Olympians and experts on the science of fear, the physics of sliding down ice super duper fast, and the feminist fight to get women into more sports.

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0:00.0	This fall, W bez invites you to our upcoming live events.
0:05.0	Join us in person for smart discussions, heartfelt storytelling, and more.
0:09.0	Check out the full calendar now at W be easy.org slash events.
0:15.0	From W be easy Chicago, this is Nurdette.
0:20.0	I'm Tricia Bobita.
0:21.0	And I am Greta Johnson and this week we are talking all about sporks.
0:25.6	Sporks?
0:26.7	Well, sports, actually.
0:27.8	One of my favorite things about you, Greta Johnson,
0:29.3	is that once when you are alive on the radio here at WPEZ.
0:32.6	Yep.
0:33.3	You meant to say, and now we turn to sports.
0:35.6	Yep.
0:36.6	And you did. And I said sports.
0:38.0	So in honor of the Olympics this week, we're going to talk about sports balls.
0:42.0	But really, there are very few balls involved.
0:45.0	That's true.
0:46.0	And we don't normally talk about sports on Nurdette,
0:48.0	but Nurdette is a show where we do talk to people about their obsessions,
0:51.0	people who are scientists and poets, astronauts and adventurers, people who dare to ask
0:55.7	big questions and explore the unknown.
0:58.0	And you know, to be an Olympian takes a high level of obsession and the sports we're going to talk about today are super weird and
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