Mapping the brain, competitive puzzlers and an ode to Parks and Recreation

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4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2014

⏱️ 25 minutes

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A chat with the director of Wicker Kittens, a new documentary about competitive jigsaw puzzlers. Then scientist Deanna Barch talks about how the Human Connectome Project is mapping the brain and what it might mean for people dealing with depression. And an ode to the best show about adult nerds on TV: Parks and Recreation. Your homework? Get ready to binge watch HBO's True Detective.

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0:14.0	I'm about to come down on this dude like Thoris Hammer Mule near.
0:22.0	I'm about to go mule near on his ass. down on this
0:24.0	this this manneer. I'm about to go mule near on his ass. It's the Iron Throne.
0:33.0	It's the Iron Throne.
0:36.0	Yes.
0:37.0	When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die.
0:40.0	I'm Tricia Bobita. I'm Greta Johnson and this is the Nardat
0:46.5	podcast. Those clips are from the most recent episode of Parks and
0:50.4	Recreation which if you haven't seen it yet you really really ought to.
0:54.4	Parks and Rec is maybe the best show on TV depicting adult nerds and I'm not the
0:58.7	only one who thinks so. There's a writer from NPR who wrote a blog post
1:02.0	about why Parks and Rec is good for nerds and good for America.
1:05.6	And we have a link to that at nerd at podcast.com.
1:08.2	I love also that patriotism is the ultimate altruism because it kind of fits with Parks and Rec and Leslie
1:13.4	Nope's ridiculous love of government in all of the ways.
1:16.6	Nards if you're not watching this show I promise you they love Game of Thrones as
1:20.0	much as you do. We also wanted to give you a taste of one more clip from that
1:23.8	episode of Parks and Rick. This is John Hodgman.
1:26.1	Ms. Nope, I understand you're here today to try to convince us that this
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