Sand w/ Vince Beiser

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined in-studio by journalist Vince Beiser to talk about his new book, “The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How it Transformed Civilization.” They discuss the surprising and fascinating history of sand, from its foundational role in society to its dealings as a black market commodity.

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0:19.4	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, October 15th, 2018. I'm your host Kara Santa Maria and I am coming at you right now from the QED conference in Manchester here in the UK.
0:28.0	I have been on a whirlwind book tour with my other podcast, The Skeptics Guide to the Universe. I'm having so much fun and I'm
0:35.3	really glad that I get to continue talk nerdy each and every week. I'm really glad that it's
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