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Ancient Tweezers, Modern Leprosy, Space Rock Recycling | The Weirdest Thing I Learned S7E19 | PopSci
PopSci’s Laura Baisas hops on Weirdest Thing to talk about ancient tweezers (and their accompanying screams), Rachel explains the state of Leprosy in past, present, and future, and Sara Kiley talks about tools and weapons made from space rocks. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week is a podcast by Popular Science. Follow Rachel: Follow…
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Taco Cat
October 13, 2023 at 1:04 am
These most recent episodes have been instant classics, and I like the asterisk on the intro! It made me think of a suggestion if you ever rewrite the intro: “…we reconvene and *you* can decide what the weirdest thing we learned this week actually was.”
My first thought was to replace both “we”s with “you,” but this preserves the title and friendly competition too (or “you,” the audience, could interpret it as the weirdest thing each of the reporters learned)! The improv at the end of the intro is fun too, but I’ll log in to Twitter to vote if there’s a poll or something 😛
Taco Cat
October 13, 2023 at 1:19 am
Also if I end up working in science journalism it’s 90% because of how fun it sounds to work at Popular Science 😹
@tcaDNAp
October 13, 2023 at 1:04 am
These most recent episodes have been instant classics, and I like the asterisk on the intro! It made me think of a suggestion if you ever rewrite the intro: “…we reconvene and *you* can decide what the weirdest thing we learned this week actually was.”
My first thought was to replace both “we”s with “you,” but this preserves the title and friendly competition too (or “you,” the audience, could interpret it as the weirdest thing each of the reporters learned)! The improv at the end of the intro is fun too, but I’ll log in to Twitter to vote if there’s a poll or something 😛
@tcaDNAp
October 13, 2023 at 1:19 am
Also if I end up working in science journalism it’s 90% because of how fun it sounds to work at Popular Science 😹