Silver Screen Science - Deep Blue Sea

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Common Descent

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

4.8 • 764 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It’s a new series of Silver Screen Science! As usual, we’re discussing how science is portrayed on the big screen, this time with a new theme: Sharks! This time, we’re exploring the monster sharks and suspicious science of a 90s shark classic – Deep Blue Sea. Check out our website for blog posts and more: 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 Lots more ways to connect with us: https://linktr.ee/common_descent 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.
0:26.9	Hello, everybody, and welcome back to Silver Screen Science, a series here on the Common Descent podcast where we talk about the science in movies.
0:30.4	Specifically, we like to explore how science and scientists are represented and portrayed on the big screen, sometimes the small
0:39.2	screen, but in this case, the big screen, not just picking at what movies get right or wrong,
0:45.1	but where these films fit into the intersection of science and pop culture.
0:51.4	This month, April 24, we're doing a little batch of silver screen science episodes on the
0:57.3	theme of sharks.
0:59.8	Yep.
1:00.5	Shark movies we started last episode with Meg 2, a very recent shark movie that follows up from
1:08.2	a movie we've already talked about before, also in our wheelhouse
1:12.1	of ancient creatures and stuff.
1:15.3	This episode, we're moving back a couple decades in time for another shark movie,
1:22.2	Deep Blue Sea.
1:23.4	Yeah.
1:24.4	This movie is so much fun.
1:26.1	We're going to talk about Deep Blueie and the Science of Deep Lucie.
1:28.8	This episode, Silver Screen Science, we're talking about the science.
1:33.4	If you're interested in hearing our personal thoughts, after every Silver Screen Science episode,
1:38.9	we put another episode called More Thoughts up on the Patreon, just for our patrons.
1:44.0	But here's a little sneak
1:45.1	preview of that conversation.
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