meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
This is Love

One in a Million

This is Love

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.79.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In 2016, scientist Angus Davison got an email about a rare, left-coiling snail. He began a quest to find it a mate. This episode was first released in 2018. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2BmMZr5 Want to listen to This is Love ad-free? Sign up for Criminal Plus – you’ll get This is Love, Criminal, and Phoebe Reads a Mystery ad-free. Plus, behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal and other exclusive benefits. Learn more and sign up here. We also make Criminal and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

The world is changing faster than ever. Now, with The Economist Insider, a new premium video offering,

0:05.8

we're giving you unprecedented access to the debates shaping our world. I have set around that

0:10.6

table at NATO. There is an incoming missile attack now. Could you answer the question? I'm sorry,

0:15.3

we've got way little time left. With a few surprises along the way. I can't promise we'll have a cocktail

0:19.2

every time, but we'll try.

0:25.9

So, don't just be an Economist reader. Get on the inside track with The Economist Insider.

0:28.8

Go to Economist.com to join the conversation.

0:36.7

Support for this show comes from Macy's. Layering is an art form. All it takes is a bit of intention, style, and of course, the perfect cold weather staples.

0:40.3

So find the perfect look for you with the help of Macy's fall fashion guide,

0:44.3

your one-stop shop for fall's latest trends and must-haves, curated by their experts.

0:49.3

From leather to denim to cozy knits, find everything you need to piece together your new fall look.

0:54.8

Explore the Macy's Fall Guide for yourself and shop in store or online at Macy's.com.

1:03.2

When snails, sometimes they'll take no note of each other whatsoever. They'll just either, you know,

1:09.1

slide on by each other. But they, they will,

1:13.1

it almost looks like they're kissing each other. They'll just touch each other with their,

1:18.8

with their, with their eyes stalks. And they just kind of have a general, you know, just a touch of

1:24.3

each other. When a snail mates, it's called traumatic insemination.

1:30.5

They stab each other with a spear about the size of a fingernail.

1:35.1

It's sometimes called a love dart.

1:38.2

If you scale it to the human body, it would be like a 15-inch knife

1:42.3

that contains a fertility-boasting hormone.

1:46.6

Snails are hermaphrodites, so any snail can mate with any other snail.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.