Silver Screen Science - 65 (2023)

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Science, Education, Earth Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

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🗓️ 27 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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There’s a new paleontology-adjacent movie out there, and as usual, it’s a great opportunity to examine how science is translated to the big screen. Back to the Cretaceous (kind of) – 65 (2023) Check out our website for more stuff:http://commondescentpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon to support the podcast and enjoy bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Got a topic you want to hear about? Submit your episode request here:https://commondescentpodcast.com/request-a-topic/ We’re an Audible Affiliate Partner! Use this link for a 30-day free trial to Audible: https://www.audibletrial.com/CommonDescent Or make a one-time donation via PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/4c68u4hp Find merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descent Join the Common Descent Discord server! https://discord.gg/CwPBxdh9Ev Follow and Support us on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/commondescentpodcast/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduwPodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ You can email us at commondescentpodcast(at)gmail.comOr send us physical mail at:The Common Descent Podcast1735 W State of Franklin Rd. Ste 5 #165Johnson City, TN 37604 The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome.More music like this at http://ocremix.org.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:19.0	Hello, Will. Hello, David.
0:21.2	Hello, listeners, and welcome to Silver Screen Science.
0:23.9	This is our series where we talk about the science in movies that relate to the kind of science that we like to talk about.
0:31.4	It's been a while since we did our last Silver Screen Science.
0:33.8	It has.
0:34.8	Earlier this year, a movie came out that we figured we were going to have to do a
0:38.8	silver screen science about.
0:40.5	This episode, we are discussing the movie, 65.
0:44.0	Mm-hmm.
0:44.5	Came out earlier this year in March of 2023, directed by Scott Beck and Brian Woods,
0:50.1	and starring Adam Driver and Ariana Greenblatt, and featuring a bunch of ancient creatures.
0:56.5	Dinosaurs and dinosaur-like things.
0:59.9	Dinosaurs, quote, quote.
1:01.3	Dinosaurs, things that are almost dinosaurs and things that wish they were dinosaurs.
1:05.8	If you've not listened to Silver Screen Science before our mission, our goal, the reason that we like to do
1:12.2	silver screen science, is to discuss how scientific concepts are portrayed on the silver screen,
1:20.3	not just the nitpicky stuff that the movie got right or wrong, but that intersection of
1:25.8	science and pop culture. And this is a great movie for talking about
1:30.2	tropes in paleo-related fiction, because this movie is just so full of tropes. Yes. We're going to have a lot
1:37.1	of trope discussions to go into here. It's tropes all the way down. So this episode we'll be discussing
1:42.4	the scientific perspective on the stuff in 65.
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