00:00:00 - Dr. Arik Kershenbaum (@arikkershenbaum) stops by to talk about his new book, The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy: What Animals on Earth Reveal about Aliens—And Ourselves, AKA the fastest we’ve ever said yes to an interview.
00:27:50 - Both life and beef requires water, so let’s talk about what we’re drinking. Patrick has a perfectly adequate Punk AF from BrewDog, Ryan is also having a non-alcoholic Upside Dawn Golden Ale from Athletic Brewing. It is also fine.
00:36:29 - Part 2 of our discussion with Arik Kershenbaum is the second part of our conversation about his book. Please enjoy!
00:58:04- PaloePOWs are a lot like alien life: is it really out there? Ryan begins with a 4-star Apple Podcasts review from Entertaining, but… who is frustrated by politics creeping into the show, which prompts a hopefully helpful discussion about what exactly this sort of criticism might mean. Patrick finishes with an e-mail from Peter C. about classifying human species as we colonize other planets based on the game Stellaris, but of course Ryan can’t help but bring up The Expanse. Discussion ensues.
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Music credit: Alien Language - Podington Bear
Audio Production by Rob Heath
329 - Long Naps and Near Misses
328 - Redox Violations
327 - Soils and Soot
326 - Anchor's Away Part 3
325 - Arch: -osaurs and -eology
324 - Suit up for Science
323 - Harnessing the Power of the Great Old Ones
322 - Drawn to Neanderthals
321 - A Welcome Intrusion
320 - Keeping Cool On Climate
319 - Standing up to Satellites
318 - The X-Men Files: A Star Wars Story
317 - Wild Hogs Can't Be Broken
316 - Message in a Rocket
315 - Planetary Growing Pains
314 - You win some, you lose some
313 - Debating Diapsids
312 - A ’Peake at Chessie
311 - Eat, Scan, Love
310 - Ecosystem Disservice
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