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Ologies with Alie Ward

Smologies #30: SPIDERWEBS with Randy Lewis

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.923.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Invisible but stronger than steel. Complex architectural marvels. Things that stick to your face. Spiderwebs are much more than just Halloween decor or something to feather dust from your corners. Spider silk expert Dr. Randy Lewis of Utah State University not only coined the word "spidroin" for the proteins comprising the many types of silk, but he is considered one of the foremost experts on the wonders of spiderwebs. Alie visits his lab and chats about how spiders weave them, what the silk is made of, and how realistic your favourite spidey superhero’s antics are. You'll never (not) see a spiderweb the same.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, hey, it's that bottle of mustard.

0:02.5

You don't even remember buying,

0:04.0

but you've moved with twice now.

0:06.2

Alleyward.

0:07.0

Oh, we're walking into Spiderwebs for smallages.

0:10.1

Here's the deal.

0:11.0

Smallages are shorter,

0:12.3

edited to be kid friendly and classroom safe versions

0:16.0

of our original episodes.

0:17.2

So if you're not with kids,

0:18.8

you can go ahead and have the full version.

0:20.7

It's linked in the show notes,

0:21.5

but hey, if you're looking for something shorter

0:23.4

and less swearier,

0:24.5

you've come to the right place.

0:25.7

Okay, here we go, Spiderwebs.

0:27.8

Okay, I just wanna say if you're listening,

0:30.2

you're not a huge fan of spiders.

0:32.6

I wanna tell you that you're brave,

0:34.2

I'm proud of you.

0:35.6

And spoiler alert, this is not scary at all.

0:38.7

We barely even talk about spiders themselves,

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