Saying Goodbye To Science Diction

Science Diction

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4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2022

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Dear Science Diction listeners, It is with sadness that we announce the finale of the Science Diction podcast. Starting with a simple newsletter and a passionate audience, the Science Diction podcast grew to serve up episodes on topics as varied as meme, ketchup, and juggernaut. It has been a joy to share these stories with you for the last two years. In celebration of Science Diction, we are sharing with you now a final mini-episode, a look back on this labor of love. You can relisten and read past editions of Science Diction anytime by visiting www.sciencefriday.com/ScienceDiction. If you find yourself longing for more science esoterica, we invite you to join us at our weekly trivia nights. Hosted by Diana Montano and a variety of guest experts, they are a free, and absolutely nerdy, delight. On behalf of Johanna, Elah, and everyone that has contributed to making Science Diction, thank you for listening!

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0:00.0	Hey, Ira Flato here, host of Science Friday. I wanted to thank you all for listening to Science Diction.
0:06.9	It has been one of our great joys to produce Science Diction, and it's been wonderful to have you sharing in our fun for the last two years.
0:16.4	But all good things must come to an end, and I am sad to say that this will be our final science
0:22.8	diction podcast. So join me, if you will, on this short audio journey to celebrate what
0:28.1	Johanna, Ella, Daniel, and so many other contributors created with science diction.
0:34.7	From Science Friday, this is science diction. I'm Johanna Mayer.
0:38.4	Today, we're talking about the word ketchup, vocal fry, hydrogs, introvert,
0:43.3	umami, restaurant, the Myers-Briggs type indicator, dinosaur, recrudescence, and jargon.
0:50.6	If there's one rule of language, it's that it changes.
0:54.5	And if there's another rule of language, it's that it changes. And if there's another rule of language, it's that some people get very annoyed when it does.
1:00.0	I almost got into a fist bite with a guy one night when he just insisted that the Myers-Briggs is all truth.
1:06.4	We came across this tweet from a professor, and you said that loss of smell might be caused by this one particular gene.
1:14.9	Huh.
1:15.3	And the gene was called Sonic Hedgehog.
1:18.2	Like, that was its real scientific name.
1:22.3	Landslides can cause tsunamis?
1:24.6	Yeah.
1:25.1	And asteroids?
1:26.5	Mm-hmm.
1:29.1	The original ketchup didn't include the one ingredient that we think of as the most essential
1:35.1	thing. It had no tomatoes. The original ketchup was fish sauce. He borrowed the Greek word
1:41.7	mimema, which means imitation, and mashed it together with our English word, gene.
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