67: Epigenetics & The Overlooked World Games

You may have heard Epigenetics used as a buzzword, but what is it really? Is it something we know about, something still new, or... both? And what in the world are the World Games, and what makes them better than the Olympics?Links we Talk About:Ella's SciShow Video on X Chromosome DiseasesSport CastingFin SwimmingHaudenosaunee FlagChristopher Root's Incredible Paper on the Colonization of LacrosseThe Adorable NYMuseum Haudenosaunee VideoTimestamps:(00:00:00) Intro(00:04:21) Epigenetics(00:57:40) The World Games(01:50:54) OutroSupport us with a Max Fun Membership!Join our Discord!We also learn about: Ella passes her driving exam Tom’s not bitter about John Oliver, what is y’alls familialarity, epi- meaning on top of, epigentics are like tabs or blacked out text in the book of your DNA, epigentics stop your brain from turning into bone, oh did other people help Rosalind Franklin with the double helix? bases and double helixes and histones, literally blocking DNA from being read, epigentics are less cyberpunk and more exercise is good for you, epigentics is why you go blind from masturbating, it’s simpler in animals, “I’ve been here the whole time!”, “you’re enough Tom”, 2 X chromosomes means you have an extra, X Inactivation, Calico Cats are Genetic Mosaics, your epigentic markers are like your browsing cookies: you clear them before giving them to someone, are pollinators plant cucks? Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance, is it nature or nurture? generational trauma doesn’t have to be epigenetic to be real, inherited cherry blossom mouse sensitivity, the effects are subtle, Ella might have a high epigenetic age from her rock and roll lifestyle, this is so new there’s so much we don’t know, the epigenetic advice: healthy diet and exercise, how different could the world games be? casting for sport, wait did you hear me say break dancing is this a bit, the worst SEO for a name ever, Rugby 7s started at the World Games, the World Games are as old as Beyoncé, let’s do our own thing we’ll definitely be more popular than the olympics, tried at the hague? we sure did! at the least the World Games are being honest about it being a bumpy ride, the “Memorandum of Understanding” reads like a parenting agreement, grouping by sport not nation, the curse of hosting the olympics, reviving forgotten sports like Tug of War, wait who was first?? guys come on have some respect for yourself! breaking records with fins, shark skin suits aren’t biomimicry, tech doping, fin swimming and barebow archery, murderball is an official world game sport, the NYTimes officially called lacrosse “frat boy” sport, mile long hundred person lacrosse, of course sports are spiritually healing, colonizing lacrosse,  Haudenosaunee - the people of the long house, Tom cut it with the sad voice tell us what happened, “we wouldn’t be here without their medicine game… they need to be there”,  we’ll have to see if the olympics accept the Haudenosaunee, if your games are as old as beyonce you dont have to worry about breaking tradition, “nothing is silly, everything should be respected and held up”, Ella goes OFF and takes over the topic.Sources:Chromosome StructureAboud et al. What Is Epigenetics?Nature: Types of Epigenetic ModificationsStudy on Exercise and EpigeneticsNature: Diet and EpigeneticsMacdonald: Epigenetic ImprintingNature: When Imprinting goes wrongBasta & Pandya: The Beautiful X ChromosomeGetting the Right Amount of XReview on X InactivationCalico Cat X Chromosome InctivationPBS: Lamarckian EvolutionCell: Transgeneration Epigenetic InheritenceHow Epigenetics are Wiped CleanTransgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance Prisoners of War StudyTEI Dutch Famine StudyTEI Study Children of Holocaust SurviversTEI Cherry Blossom Mice StudyEpigenetic Clock Review---Casting Federation RecordsWorld Games Website: About1993 World Games at The HagueThe Olympic "Memorandum of Understanding"Reporting on the First World GamesWorld Games President Interview about Wheelchair RugbyNYTimes on Indigenous LacrosseOnondaga Nation on LacrosseChocktaw Nation on LacrosseChristopher Root's Incredible Paper on the Colonization of LacrosseHaudenosaunee HistoryNPR on Haudenosaunee Players at the Olympics Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/joinlearn