66: 100% Safe to Drink
About this episode
The episode discusses various quirky topics including meteors, lightning, and unusual animals.
Meteors! Lightning! Moon! Kitten! Poop! Purple! Dolphins! Descartes! Turkeys! Tinnitus! Newfoundland! Typos! Meteors embiggening: https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-say-recent-rash-of-meteor-sightings-warrants-serious-investigation-2000738638?utm_source=DamnInteresting Crazy lightning article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/04/lightning-strike-survivors-body-mind/686057/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ-X29a3sQP9dT9t6OaO3vMk Magnetic safe zone on the moon: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/earths-magnetic-field-may-be-more-powerful-than-we-thought/ Purple isn't real: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a70129575/purple-is-fake-science/ Saber toothed kitten: https://www.npr.org/2024/11/16/nx-s1-5193845/35000-year-old-kitten-siberia-frozen?emci=dc70b4ec-05a6-ef11-88d0-6045bdd62db6&emdi=9ba28b99-4da8-ef11-88d0-6045bdd62db6&ceid=2410533 Bear Poop Beer: https://www.axios.com/2026/01/28/bear-poop-beer-columbia-breakside Enigmatic Cat Bird Research: https://www.science.org/content/article/dolphins-make-peace-and-love-not-war-when-they-encounter-strangers Typo exhibit…
People in this episode
Hosts: Joe Fisher, Finlay Stevenson
Topics covered
- meteors
- lightning
- moon
- animals
- science
- typos
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Business Goose Media
Books & works: My Own Kind of Tango, Bear Poop Beer, Crazy lightning article, Purple isn't real, Saber toothed kitten, Enigmatic Cat Bird Research, Typo exhibit
Places: Newfoundland
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