Hello everyone and welcome to Talk nerdy. Today is Monday, September 2nd, 2019 and I'm

the host of the show, Kara Santa Maria. I'm actually recording this intro from South Africa from a lodge where there's very crappy

Wi-Fi.

So I'm going to keep it short and sweet so I can actually upload this file.

Today's episode features Kit Chapman, but before we dive into that, I want to thank those

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All right, so let's talk about this week's show. As I mentioned, it features Kit Chapman.

He's a science journalist from the UK,

and he has a brand new book called Super Heavy,

Making and Breaking the Periodic Table.

So without any further ado, here he is Kit Chapman.

Well, Kit, thank you so much for joining me today.

No worries.

Take time with me.

Of course.

So we are going to talk about all things elements. Your new book is

super heavy making and breaking the periodic table and of course as a science

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