Ep. 264: dolphin love & missing scientists

Everybody loves a dolphin... but no one quite as much as Margaret Howe Lovatt, who loved her charge, Peter the Dolphin, far more than was appropriate. Corrigan tells the story. Plus, why is everyone so freaked out about eleven missing "scientists?" Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about a dolphin trainer who got intimate with a dolphin[47:26] We discuss Mark's angst about the world and also his hopeful moment. But also this whole Strait of Hormuz thing is for the birds.[01:17:00] What we watched: Hoppers, Rain Bomb, Bombshell, Devil Wears Prada, Apex, Dolly, [01:50:30] Should we be worried for U.S. scientists? Stuff we referenced: 11 Scientists Are Dead or Missing. It Was Only a Matter of Time Before Conspiracy Theories Hit the White House. The ‘Missing Scientist’ Story Is Unbelievably Dumb Who are the missing or dead scientists with connections to government research? Relatives of 10 scientists who died or vanished grapple with impact of wild speculation Fact-checking claims about missing, dead scientists: Were they researching UFOs, nuclear weapons? At least 10 people tied to sensitive US research have died or disappeared in recent years, sparking federal investigation The dolphin who loved me: the Nasa-funded project that went wrong The Woman Who Talked to — and Dated — a Dolphin How A Science Experiment Led to Sexual Encounters Between a Woman and a Dolphin The woman who lived in sin with a dolphin Man who had sex for a year with a captive Dolphin called Dolly speaks out about their year-long love affair in new documentary and claims SHE seduced him