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🗓️ 31 July 2022
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Researchers have untangled a world of illicit trade that threatens ecosystems and endangers species.
Guest: Dr. Alice Hughes, Richard Stewart
Host: Lizzie O'Leary
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by Peats. |
| 0:03.0 | Few things start your day better than a good coffee. |
| 0:06.0 | That's why Peats hand roast their coffee |
| 0:08.0 | from a specific selection of high-quality beans. |
| 0:10.0 | And they don't just put those beans into anyone's hands. |
| 0:13.0 | Peats trains their roasters for 10,000 hours |
| 0:16.0 | so they can master the roast that gives you the most. |
| 0:19.0 | Peats coffee, coffee for coffee people. |
| 0:22.0 | Find Peats online or at your local retailer. |
| 0:25.0 | My name is Richard Stewart. |
| 0:30.0 | I run a YouTube channel called The Tarantula Collective |
| 0:33.0 | where I make videos about tarantulas, scorpions, |
| 0:35.0 | and other invertebrates. |
| 0:38.0 | Back in college, Richard was actually scared of spiders. |
| 0:42.0 | And I had a professor that kind of challenged me |
| 0:45.0 | and said that my fear isn't actually of the spiders. |
| 0:48.0 | It's just a fear of the unknown. |
| 0:50.0 | And so to conquer his fear, Richard got a tarantula. |
| 0:54.0 | His roommate wasn't thrilled. |
| 0:56.0 | But 20 years later, he's still keeping tarantulas. |
| 1:00.0 | He's part of what you might call the spider internet. |
| 1:03.0 | His YouTube channel has 117,000 subscribers, |
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