Molecules From Caesar's Last Breath Are Inside You

Inquiring Minds

Science, Society & Culture, Neuroscience, Female Host, Interview, Social Sciences, Critical Thinking

4.4 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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We talk to science writer Sam Kean about his latest book Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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0:00.0	It's Monday, October 2nd, 2017, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds. I'm Indra Viscontas.
0:08.0	And I'm Kishar Hari. Each week, we bring you a new, in-depth exploration of the space where science, politics, and society collide.
0:14.5	We endeavor to find out what's true, what's left to discover, and why it all matters.
0:18.8	You can find us online at inquiring. show, on Twitter at Inquiring Show, and on Facebook.
0:24.3	And you can subscribe to the show on iTunes or any other podcasting app.
0:32.2	Hey, so I got a riddle for you.
0:36.2	Okay.
0:36.8	What's invisible, but without it, you'd be dead in minutes.
0:42.3	Oxygen?
0:43.3	Yeah, pretty much.
0:44.5	The answer I was going for is air.
0:47.3	Uh-huh.
0:48.2	And air is not something we talk about much on this show.
0:51.7	I mean, sure, we talk about carbon dioxide in the context of climate change, but for something
0:55.8	that is omnipresent, we don't really talk about the science of it very much.
1:00.9	Although I do think, possibly some people think we're full of hot air.
1:05.0	Is that not good?
1:06.9	I haven't read the reviews on iTunes lately.
1:11.0	Well, hopefully not. Okay. Sorry and interrupt. reviews on iTunes lately. Well, hopefully not.
1:12.2	Okay, sorry and interrupt.
1:13.2	Go on.
1:14.6	Well, this week we're going to change all of that because we have an old guest back.
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