Episode 178 - Wetter is Better
Pictured: A 60 year old lobster.
00:00:00 - When Ryan claims that lobsters are immortal, only one man can be relied upon to deliver the hard truths:
! Zen breaks into the show to tell us all about this immortality meme and
. Be sure to check out his blog
and his e-book
.
00:30:08 - Lobsters live in the drink, so we decide to have some. Moving his way through a gift given by Ryan, Patrick cracks open a Cropduster Mid-American IPA. Kelly enjoys a Cabernet Sauvingon from Bogle Vineyards, complete with Patrick's approval. And Ryan heartily enjoys his
.
00:35:45 - Trailer Trash Talk has to tackle some troubling issues about animals in captivity after seeing the troubling footage in the trailer for the documentary
.
00:51:07 - Patrick presents a
about
how freshwater systems may have survived the K/T extinction
better than the marine world. Take that dinosaurs!
01:10:27 - PaleoPOWs survive better in freshwater too, not that anyone bothered to ask. Patrick thanks Kevin D. for his generous
. Thanks, Kevin! Ryan read an e-mail from Aaron D. suggesting we conduct an online pub quiz potentially titled
Science... war off.
All we need now is a 36-hour day. And Kelly rounds out the segment with a 5-star
review left by the_HAL9000. I wonder if he knows Ben?
Thanks for listening and be sure to check out the
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Music for this week's show provided by:
- Jonathan Coulton
- Led Zeppelin
- Miike Snow
- The Weepies
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