Life Changing w/ Helen Pilcher

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2020

⏱️ 82 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara chats with comedian and author Dr. Helen Pilcher about her newest book, "Life Changing: How Humans are Altering Life on Earth." They talk about everything from de-extinction to fascinating animal adaptations to the fate of the planet if we as a species don't act quickly to right some of our most egregious wrongs.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is August 10th
0:18.0	2020 and I'm the host of the show Kara Santa Maria and this week we've got a great chat coming up for you but first I want to thank those of you who continue to support the show week after week.
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0:34.1	slash talk nerdy. This week I want to thank Mary Niva Michael Goshay
0:39.6	Brian Holden Charles Payet David J. E. Smith, Dutus Infinitas,
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1:07.0	All right everyone. Who are we talking with today? None other than Dr Helen Pilcher, and she had quite the journey.
1:17.1	She went from a PhD in cell biology to a stand-up comedian and now she's a freelance science writer.
1:25.8	She's written for BBC Wildlife, The Guardian, Science Focus.
1:30.0	She was a reporter for nature in the past,
1:32.7	and her most recent book is called
1:36.4	Life Changing,
1:38.0	how humans are altering life on Earth.
1:41.5	How are we altering life on Earth? I guess you got to stick around to find out.
1:45.0	Without any further ado, here she is Dr Helen Pilcher. Well Helen, thank you so much for
1:52.3	joining me today.
1:54.0	You're very, very welcome. It's lovely to be here.
1:57.0	All right, so I can sense by the accent and by the time difference that we are connecting from across the pond, are we we are I'm based in the UK I'm in the
2:05.9	the center of England in a very green leafy area called Warwickshire oh I love that how
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