Wild Mom Science - This Week in Science (TWIS) Podcast - Episode 670
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Channel: This Week in Science (TWIS) · 2018 · Science & Technology
Wild Mom Science - Watch Episode 670 of the This Week in Science Podcast (TWIS), with hosts Dr. Kiki, Blair Bazdarich, Justin Jackson & our special interview guest, Dr. Carin Bondar, Biologist with a Twist! Listen to the full episode in audio or check out the show notes at our website: http://www.twis.org ! Support us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/ThisWeekinScience Follow us on Twitter!@TWIScience Subscribe to us on YouTube! http://youtube.com/ThisWeekinScience View more videos like this: https://goo.gl/4luU1E -------------------------------- Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin explore the world of science news with a few of the week's popular stories: (0:00) - Recording Start (0:26) - Show Start, Intro - Dr. Kiki (0:49) - Disclaimer! Disclaimer! Disclaimer! - Justin (1:48) - Opening Theme Music (2:23) - Opening "Good Science!" Greetings - with Dr. Kiki, Blair & Justin. Intros & Top Story Headlines. (4:38) - Interview w/ Dr. Carin Bondar Making a return appearance on TWIS, is our guest tonight, Dr. Carin Bondar. Carin Bondar is a biologist, author and TV/Web Host. She is a psychotherapist, jungle explorer, glass artist, former ballerina, TED speaker and mother of 4. She does it all, and in addition is a wild mom... no, wait, she wrote a book that's just out called Wild Moms -Motherhood in the animal kingdom. (6:21) - Carin, tell us about your life between your books. First there was Wild Sex, now there are Wild Moms... what has been in your in-between? Dr. Kiki [Ed. Note — YouTube does not give us enough room for the whole interview, find all those notes, here — http://bit.ly/twis-interview-dr-carin-bondar] (45:30) - Wrap up - and Happy Mothers Day! - where else can people find you? Dr. Kiki https://www.carinbondar.com/ @carinbondar on Twitter https://www.facebook.com/drcarinbondar/ http://bit.ly/wild-moms-book http://bit.ly/wild-sex-book (47:17) - And we're at the break! (47:41) - Half-Time Theme Music - "Our 1st Assumptions Were Correct" by Jake Mann from his album, "Daytime Ghost." https://apple.co/2G3ERxV (48:25) - This is where you can find out about our Zazzle store (http://www.zazzle.com/thisweekinscience) and supporting us through Paypal (http://bit.ly/twis-paypal) and Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinsci... Tell more folks about TWIS (http://twis.org). And please leave great reviews for the podcast on iTunes (http://apple.co/2bJGvtB). More minions, please! (53:26) - Interstitial Music (53:40) - And we're back from the break! (54:05) - What has Science done for ME, lately? TWIS Minion Jesse shares how being a welder opened his questioning mind, and with the help of shows like TWIS, helped pursue going back to school to become a mechanical engineer. Please send your own science stories to [email protected] or message us on Facebook - facebook.com/ThisWeekinScience. (59:07) - The politics dominating views on climate change is made in the USA, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/politics-climate-change (1:07:38) - By listening for quakes on Mars, NASA lander will probe Red Planet’s interior, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/nasa-mars-insight (1:10:27) - WASP-96b: The cloudless exoplanet, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/wasp-96b (1:12:53) - Atmospheric seasons could signal alien life, Justin - http://bit.ly/seasonal-aliens (1:18:35) - Method assembles cellulose nanofibres into a material stronger than spider silk, Justin - http://bit.ly/cellulose-nanofibres (1:24:04) - Blair’s Animal Corner (1:24:13) - Blair’s Animal Corner Theme. (1:24:34) - Could seismology equipment help to protect elephants from poachers? Blair - http://bit.ly/elephant-seismology (1:33:36) - Smart skin for flexible monitoring, Blair - http://bit.ly/marine-skin (1:37:40) - Polygamy observed in trio of great horned owls, Blair - http://bit.ly/polygamy-owls Quick Science Bytes! — (1:44:05) - Tourism is four times worse for the planet than previously believed, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/tourism-bad (1:46:22) - Salmon spawn fierce debate over protecting endangered species, thanks to a single gene, Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/salmon-gene (1:47:34) - Fasting boosts stem cells’ regenerative capacity. Dr. Kiki - http://bit.ly/fasting-stem-cells (1:50:47) - Show wrap up (1:51:40) - Thank you’s to patreon sponsors. (1:54:47) - End Theme And that's all, folks! Except, we still have... (1:58:18) - The After Show - we have done Scienced all over the place, there's Science EVERYWHERE. Thanks to all the chats. Blair shares drafts of her drawings for next year's TWIS Calendar. Justin seemed dark. Oh those self-modulating cameras! Dr. Kiki flies in the face of fasting by obsessing over a chicken sandwich she had yesterday ...in PORTLAND, OREGON. Eurovision is discussed. And much, much more...
