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Jun 14, 2018 59 min

284 - Pay It Forward

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00:00:00 - Kelly and Ryan are joined by author Carl Zimmer to discuss his latest book: She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity 00:24:28 - In which Kelly and Ryan take a quick coffee break, even if Kelly goes decaf. 00:28:17 - Part two of our chat with Carl. If you simply must have more then you should definitely just get the book. You can find more books on Carl's website and follow him on Twitter @carlzimmer. 00:49:46 - PaleoPOWs are a lot like inherited traits, you think you can predict them, but it can always go wrong. First up, Patron Stu P. (AKA Stoop) gets a BSso thesis with the title: Growing a funny bone: how babies cells modify a mother's laugh. Thanks, Stu! We also must thank modernarts for their recent 5-star iTunes review pushing us back up the charts! Bonus fact: the tongue-twister inspired by a paleontologist More cool rewards await you if you decide to support us on Patreon! Music for this week's show: Sons & Daughters - The Decemberists Cup of Coffee - Johnny Cash My Father's Eyes - Eric Clapton

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