Are we yes? Where are we here? Why are we here not entirely clear? We are Ms. Vitt's

grossed into existence by random chance with no hints at all as to how we're supposed

to make sense of it all. It's immensely bizarre. Here we are.

Hello everybody and welcome to the here we are podcast. I am Shane Moss and my guest today

is a journalist and science writer who I've been trying to get on the show for months now.

We've been having a little back and forth via Twitter and email and such. She's the author

of the book, the informed parent, a science-based resource for your child's first four years.

Also a new book coming out in December, I believe, right Emily?

Yeah, that's right.

And maybe we'll have her back on to talk about that. The tailored brain from ketamine,

de keto, to companionship, a user's guide to feeling better and thinking smarter today.

Oh my gosh, drum roll. Please long time listener of the show, you may have heard me on

as a guest on other podcasts and someone that's heard me on the right podcast will probably

think, well, this guy has a very peculiar interest in animal genitalia and knows an

odd amount about it. And it's a fascinating subject that isn't just kind of silly and goofy

to hear about or whatever, but also is just mind blowing what you can learn about life

itself from animal genitalia throughout the animal kingdom, believe it or not.

And so we're talking about her brand new book, fallacy, life lessons from the animal

heinous. Thank you so much for joining me, Emily Willingham. How are you doing, Emily?

I'm doing great. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it.

All right. Well, let's get into it. Tell people first off, why did you decide to write

a book about life? Oh, actually, you want to play my favorite game first?

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