Looking for a science comedy podcast that doesn't skimp on the details? We've got you. Join us once a month as three different science stories are dissected every month by the trio behind comedy phenomenon Festival of the Spoken Nerd. Stand-up mathematician Matt Parker, experiments maestro Steve Mould and geek songstress Helen Arney are experts at investigating things that might not seem particularly interesting on the surface, but become fascinating when you get down to the nitty and / or gritty.Check out festivalofthespokennerd.com/tickets for details of our live shows in the UK and streamed across the world. Come for the Unnecessary Detail. Stay for the A Podcast Of. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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episode 6: Transmission
In this final episode of Series 1, Steve talks about how plants transmit their genes, Helen eavesdrops on whales and Matt decodes spacecraft transmissions. Plus a song about the bravest little transmitter in the known universe:
- Steve's bit (00:45)
- Matt's bit (13:40)
- Helen's bit (26:15)
- The Philae Song (39:15)
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SHOW NOTES:
Unfortunately our show notes are too big for Acast's margins to contain... head to the Transmission episode page to see everything in once place.
Corrections and clarifications:
- Steve repeatedly refers to the Oak Tree as an "Acorn Tree" - which is taxonomically and linguistically incorrect, but as we only spotted the mistake in the final edit we left it as it is. You're smart enough to work out what he meant, right? ;)
- Several people got in touch to say they've consumed a cashew apple! Our pal Simon Watt has tried it in a "caju" smoothie, and Christa Norton tells us that if you mix it with chilli powder it's a great alternative to lemon when you're doing tequila slammers.
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