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Spidroinology (SPIDERWEBS) with Randy Lewis

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.923.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2019

⏱️ 72 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, the street value of a spool, future applications of spider silk, transgenic experimentation, best spider movies, worst spider myths and why he deserves an ice cream cake. You'll never (not) see a spiderweb the same. A donation went to the Women's Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Workshop Sponsor links: periodbetter.com, code OLOGIES; TakeCareOf.com code OLOGIES50; thegreatcoursesplus.com/OLOGIES; calm.com/ologies More links up at alieward.com/ologies/spidroinology Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and STIIIICKERS! Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies

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0:00.0

Oh hey, it's that bottle of mustard. You don't even remember buying, but you've moved with twice now.

0:06.1

Alley Ward back with another episode of Ovalogies. Okay, I just want to say if you're listening, you're not a huge fan of spiders

0:13.0

I want to tell you that your brave I'm proud of you and spoiler alert. This is not scary at all.

0:19.5

We barely even talk about spiders themselves, but rather we just kind of focus on things that come out of their

0:26.0

Rears. So for anyone in your life who's a spider phob, just gently maybe send them this episode. Tell them it's a great way to admire the critters and

0:35.5

There are very few goose bumps in the road ahead. So one day we're gonna work up to a racknology

0:41.2

We're gonna talk about the animals themselves one day, but today is not that day my friends. So today we're just walking into spider webs

0:48.7

But before that a quick detour into

0:51.7

Thank you, Shire. So thank you to everyone supporting the show on patreon. You submit questions for theologists each week

0:59.1

A dollar a month gets you in that club. Just go to patreon.com such allergies and it lets me pay my editors well and donate to four or five charities each month

1:08.1

Well, still getting to be choosy about who sponsors the show. So thanks to everyone also wearing allergies merch from oligiesmarch.com

1:15.7

Thanks to everyone who has made sure that you're subscribed

1:19.1

Especially with the recent iOS updates. So check and make sure that you're subscribed and it's auto downloading the fresh ones

1:25.2

And thank you to everyone who rates the podcast to keep it up in the charts and of course those of you who leave reviews for me to creep with

1:31.7

Tiri eyes such as for example

1:33.4

M stand 96 who is applying to grad school and says thanks dad

1:37.0

That's me for combating imposter syndrome by sharing the human side of science and for always supporting all of your

1:42.7

Pod children's dreams. Well, thank you M stand 96. I look forward to calling you doctor

1:48.1

M stand 96. Okay, spider-nology

1:50.9

What in the dark shadowy night is that?

1:53.4

So unless you are a spider doctor you probably did not know that there is a word for spider webs and it's

2:00.2

Spidroins well

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