Special Episode: Ed Yong & An Immense World

Special Episode: Ed Yong & An Immense World

Our final TPWKY book club selection of the season will test the limits of your imagination by asking you to consider what it might be like to smell the world through the nose of a dog or to see flowers through the ultraviolet vision of a bee. It will make you ponder the tradeoffs inherent in sensory perception and what an animal’s dominant senses can tell us about what is most important to their species. It will have you contemplating what the future holds for sensory research, both in terms of what new senses we might discover as well as the impacts of sensory pollution on an ecosystem. In short, it will change the way you perceive the world. Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong joins us to chat about his incredible book, An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us. Yong, whose other book I Contain Multitudes is another TPWKY favorite, leads us on an expedition beyond the boundaries of human senses as we chat about what an octopus tastes, how the line between communication and perception is blurred in electric fish, the evolutionary arms race between bats and moths, and even the long-standing question of why zebras have stripes. Tune in for the riveting and magical conclusion to this season’s miniseries.

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Ep 146 Celiac Disease: Rootin tootin gluten

Ep 146 Celiac Disease: Rootin tootin gluten

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Special Episode: Dr. Rageshri Dhairyawan & Unheard

Special Episode: Dr. Rageshri Dhairyawan & Unheard

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Ep 145 IVF, Part 3: Industry

Ep 145 IVF, Part 3: Industry

CW: mentions of infertility, pregnancy loss, body-shamingThe third and final installment of our series on IVF surveys the current and potential future landscape of this powerful technology. We first t...

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Ep 144 IVF, Part 2: Invention

Ep 144 IVF, Part 2: Invention

CW: mentions of infertility, pregnancy loss, suicideIn the second part of our three-part series on IVF, we’re picking up where we left off last week. From the historical side of things, that means inv...

2 Jul 20241h 20min

Ep 143 IVF, Part 1: Infertility

Ep 143 IVF, Part 1: Infertility

Content Warning: mentions of infertility, pregnancy lossWe’re coming at you with not one, not two, but THREE whole episodes on IVF (in vitro fertilization) and other forms of assisted reproductive tec...

25 Jun 20241h 26min

Special Episode: Dr. Noah Whiteman & Most Delicious Poison

Special Episode: Dr. Noah Whiteman & Most Delicious Poison

The word “poison” is much more subjective than it may first appear. It’s likely you’ve come across the phrase, “the dose makes the poison”, referring to some compounds that are beneficial in small amo...

18 Jun 20241h 1min

Ep 142 Leeches: It’s more powerful than magic, it’s nature

Ep 142 Leeches: It’s more powerful than magic, it’s nature

Did our episode on maggots leave you wanting more squirmy wormy yet oh so cool content? You’re in luck. Because this week, we’re following up our maggots episode with a companion piece on leeches. Lee...

11 Jun 202450min

Special Episode: Dr. Paul Offit & Tell Me When It’s Over

Special Episode: Dr. Paul Offit & Tell Me When It’s Over

The COVID-19 pandemic started with a bang - lockdowns, grocery store shelves cleared of their goods, toilet paper shortages, and a pervasive sense of panic. But more recently, it has slowly faded into...

4 Jun 202452min

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