episode 69 12/21/16 - Human Talk Words: with special guest Amanda Kelly Van Winkle

Special guest Amanda Kelly Van Winkle miraculously returns for a second episode!  We must not have scared her off too much.  Six Degrees covers the mechanics of speech in monkeys, giraffes becoming an endangered species, and the mysteries of antimatter.  Reno loses his ability to speak coherently for a few minutes, and we all discuss how we feel about Christmas songs.   http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/09/504890630/say-what-monkey-mouths-and-throats-are-equipped-for-speech?sc=17&f=1001   http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/08/504810338/giraffe-now-listed-as-vulnerable-to-extinction-as-population-plummets?sc=17&f=1007   http://www.independent.co.uk/news/elephants-africa-tusks-ivory-poaching-born-without-a7440706.html   http://www.sciencealert.com/this-man-gets-stung-by-the-most-painful-insect-on-earth-and-it-s-pretty-upsetting   http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/which-european-city-takes-the-most-drugs-according-to-sewage-wastewater-analysis/   http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-control-a-robotic-arm-with-your-mind-no-implanted-electrodes-required   http://www.sciencealert.com/physicists-have-observed-the-light-spectrum-of-antimatter-for-first-time   http://www.iflscience.com/environment/massive-metal-dragon-hiding-inside-earths-outer-core/   http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/19/506151375/this-christmas-song-brought-to-you-by-the-worlds-tiniest-radio-receiver?sc=17&f=1007