Ah, Benny's parents, thanks for coming.

Hiya.

So, Benny has really blossomed this term.

You're telling me, he outgrew his bike. We sold it, on eBay.

Oh, that's not quite what I meant.

It's free to sell on there.

Free to sell?

Easy too. Sold Benny's bike, your guitar, my jacket.

You sold my guitar?

Shall we talk about Benny?

When it's this easy to sell for free, you can't help but say when it's eBay.

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Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American posted on February 18th, 2010.

I'm Steve Murski.

And you know what the hottest sport in the world is right now.

Thanks to the Winter Olympics, it is, of course, curling.

That's the one where the guy slides the big heavy rock down the ice,

while two other guys furiously sweep the ice in front of the moving rock.

Well, maybe you've seen this fairly hilarious commercial on NBC promoting Olympic curling. The skip brings the hammer. He doesn't want to leave this one too thin. Oh, nice rock. Oh, he's got good line. Good line. Down the sheet it comes. This one's got a chance. Oh, into the house. He's got it. A double takeout! It's a double takeout!

The Americans have to deliver a message.

Not in my house.

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