Podcasts about nine pints a journey through

Solid materials get all the production credit. Don't get us wrong, we depend on their strength and firmness for bridges, bones, and bento boxes. But liquids do us a solid, too. Their free-flowing properties drive the Earth's magnetic field, inspire a new generation of smart electronics, and make biology possible. But the weird thing is, they elude clear definition. Is tar a liquid or a solid? What about peanut butter? In this episode: A romp through a cascade of liquids with a materials scientist who is both admiring and confounded by their properties; how Earth's molten iron core is making the magnetic north pole high-tail it to Siberia; blood as your body's information superhighway; and how a spittlebug can convert 200 times its body weight in urine into a cozy, bubble fortress. Guests: Mark Miodownik – Professor of Materials and Society, University College, London, and author of “Liquid rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances that Flow Through Our Lives” Arnaud Chulliat – Geophysicist, University of Colorado and Institut de physique du globe du Paris Philip Matthews – Comparative physiologist at the University of British Columbia Rose George – Journalist and author of “Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood” originally aired April 8, 2019 Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact sales@advertisecast.com to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Solid materials get all the production credit. Don't get us wrong, we depend on their strength and firmness for bridges, bones, and bento boxes. But liquids do us a solid, too. Their free-flowing properties drive the Earth's magnetic field, inspire a new generation of smart electronics, and make biology possible. But the weird thing is, they elude clear definition. Is tar a liquid or a solid? What about peanut butter? In this episode: A romp through a cascade of liquids with a materials scientist who is both admiring and confounded by their properties; how Earth's molten iron core is making the magnetic north pole high-tail it to Siberia; blood as your body's information superhighway; and how a spittlebug can convert 200 times its body weight in urine into a cozy, bubble fortress. Guests: Mark Miodownik – Professor of Materials and Society, University College, London, and author of “Liquid rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances that Flow Through Our Lives” Arnaud Chulliat – Geophysicist, University of Colorado and Institut de physique du globe du Paris Philip Matthews – Comparative physiologist at the University of British Columbia Rose George – Journalist and author of “Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood” originally aired April 8, 2019 Big Picture Science is part of the Airwave Media podcast network. Please contact sales@advertisecast.com to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science. You can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on Patreon. Thanks for your support!   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a mind-expanding Leech Anatomy 101 (2:30), Aaron, Banks and Evan dive into Midsommar's leechiest themes (8:51), scenes (16:44), and characters (27:30). To get some relief, the guys head to the film's sandy ancestral tree for their usual Leech on a Beach segment (37:08). They conclude by considering the film's medicinal qualities (40:03) and giving an overall rating -- from 1 to 4 -- of the film's leechiness (47:58).We're always looking to expand our pond -- please reach out!Series URL: www.theleechpodcast.comPublic email contact: theleechpodcast@gmail.comSocial Media:@leechpodcast on Twittertheleechpodcast on InstagramExternal Links:Rose George, Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood [link]Credits:Hosted by Evan Cate, Banks Clark, and Aaron JonesEditing by Evan CateGraphic design by Banks ClarkOriginal music by Justin Klump of Podcast Sound and MusicProduction help by Lisa Gray of Sound Mind ProductionsEquipment help from Topher Thomas

(repeat) Solid materials get all the production credit. Don't get us wrong, we depend on their strength and firmness for bridges, bones, and bento boxes. But liquids do us a solid, too. Their free-flowing properties drive the Earth's magnetic field, inspire a new generation of smart electronics, and make biology possible. But the weird thing is, they elude clear definition. Is tar a liquid or a solid? What about peanut butter? In this episode: A romp through a cascade of liquids with a materials scientist who is both admiring and confounded by their properties; how Earth's molten iron core is making the magnetic north pole high-tail it to Siberia; blood as your body's information superhighway; and how a spittlebug can convert 200 times its body weight in urine into a cozy, bubble fortress. Guests: Mark Miodownik – Professor of Materials and Society, University College, London, and author of “Liquid rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances that Flow Through Our Lives” Arnaud Chulliat – Geophysicist, University of Colorado and Institut de physique du globe du Paris Philip Matthews – Comparative physiologist at the University of British Columbia Rose George – Journalist and author of “Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood”   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(repeat) Solid materials get all the production credit.  Don’t get us wrong, we depend on their strength and firmness for bridges, bones, and bento boxes.  But liquids do us a solid, too.  Their free-flowing properties drive the Earth’s magnetic field, inspire a new generation of smart electronics, and make biology possible.  But the weird thing is, they elude clear definition.  Is tar a liquid or a solid?  What about peanut butter? In this episode: A romp through a cascade of liquids with a materials scientist who is both admiring and confounded by their properties; how Earth’s molten iron core is making the magnetic north pole high-tail it to Siberia; blood as your body’s information superhighway; and how a spittlebug can convert 200 times its body weight in urine into a cozy, bubble fortress. Guests: Mark Miodownik – Professor of Materials and Society, University College, London, and author of “Liquid rules: The Delightful and Dangerous Substances that Flow Through Our Lives” Arnaud Chulliat – Geophysicist, University of Colorado and Institut de physique du globe du Paris Philip Matthews – Comparative physiologist at the University of British Columbia Rose George – Journalist and author of “Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood”  

You might guess that the United States is the world’s biggest exporter of corn, but did you know that it is also one of the biggest exporters of blood? In fact, the U.S. exports more blood than it does corn, soybeans, or gold. More specifically, blood plasma - the yellow liquid that separates out, once your blood is in a tube or a bag - since it is a critical component in many pharmaceutical products and medicines. Rose George, author of “Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood” walks us through the economics, science, and ethics behind the blood industry.

In the first episode of The Slightly Foxed Podcast, SF founders Gail Pirkis, Hazel Wood and Steph Allen meet author Jim Ring round the kitchen table at No. 53 to remember how it all began, and Veronika Hyks gives voice to Liz Robinson’s article on Anne Fadiman’s well-loved Ex Libris. [www.foxedquarterly.com/pod](https://foxedquarterly.com/podcast-episode-1-kindred-spirits/) Books Mentioned * [Erskine Childers by Jim Ring](https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571276837-erskine-childers.html) is available directly from publishers Faber & Faber * Second-hand copies of Anne Fadiman’s Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader are available. Please [get in touch](https://foxedquarterly.com/help/) for details * Jean Rhys, [Wide Sargasso Sea](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-wide-sargasso-sea/) * Jane Smiley, [A Thousand Acres](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jane-smiley-thousand-acres/) * James Lees Milne’s memoirs are out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second hand copies. Please [get in touch](https://foxedquarterly.com/help/) for details Related Slightly Foxed Articles & Illustrations * Veronika Hyks reads Liz Robinson’s article Kindred Spirits, which can be read in full [here](https://foxedquarterly.com/kindred-spirits-article-liz-robinson/) * The article on The British Seagull, The Best Outboard Motor for the World was written by Ben Hopkinson and appeared in [Issue 26](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-26/) of Slightly Foxed * The article on Modesty Blaise was written by Amanda Theunissen and appeared in [Issue 11](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-the-real-readers-quarterly-issue-11/) of Slightly Foxed * The article on [Georgette Heyer](https://foxedquarterly.com/georgette-heyer-julia-keay-literary-review/) was written by Julia Keay and appeared in [Issue 16](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-16/) of Slightly Foxed * The articles on Proust were written by Anthony Wells and appeared in Issues [56](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-56-great-present-for-someone-who-likes-books/), [57](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-57-books-literary-magazine/) and [58](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-58-published-1-june-2018/) of Slightly Foxed * The article on M. R. James was written by Tim Mackintosh-Smith and appeared in [Issue 4](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-4/) of Slightly Foxed * Jim Ring’s articles have appeared in Issues [14](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-14/), [18](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-18/), [27](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-27/) and [43](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-43/) of Slightly Foxed. His article on Swallows and Amazons [can be read here](https://foxedquarterly.com/jim-ring-arthur-ransome-swallows-amazons/), and on Erskine Childers [here](https://foxedquarterly.com/jim-ring-erskine-childers-riddle-sands/) Other Links * Granta’s [Share a Pint](https://www.thebookseller.com/news/granta-unveils-bookshops-share-pint-campaign-882316) campaign with the NHS, promoting Rose George’s book [Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood](https://granta.com/nine-pints/) * [The Leaping Hare at Wyken Vinyards](http://wykenvineyards.co.uk/country-store/) * [Anthea Bell obituary](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anthea-bell-obituary-zg3zq6vcz) Music & Sound effects: * Reading music ‘Trio for Piano, Violin and Viola’ by Kevin MacLeod [www.incompetech.com](https://incompetech.com/) with thanks to [freesfx.co.uk](https://freesfx.co.uk/) * Reading sound effects ‘Pendulum Slow Ticking’ by Klankbeeld with thanks to [freesound.org](https://freesound.org/) The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by [Podcastable](https://www.podcastable.co.uk/). []...

Rose George is the author of A Life Removed: Hunting for Refuge in the Modern World, and The Big Necessity: Adventures in the World of Human Waste, which was judged one of the best books of 2008 by the Economist, and one of the top ten science books of the same year by the American Library Association, and Deep Sea and Foreign Going: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry that brings you Ninety Percent of Everything, which was a Radio 4 Book of the Week, and won the Mountbatten Literature Award by the British Maritime Foundation. Rose writes frequently for the Guardian, the New Statesman and many others, and her two TED talks, on sanitation and seafaring, have had 3 million views. Her latest book in Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Blood is essential to human life—it runs through all of our bodies, keeping us alive—but the life-giving liquid can also have a mysterious, almost magical quality. As journalist Rose George points out, this association goes back to thousands of years, even showing up in “The Odyssey.“ Odysseus, while traveling in Hades, comes across his mother Anticlea, who will not speak to him. At least, she says, “Not until she drinks the blood that Odysseus has taken from reluctant sheep. For Homer, blood had a power as fierce and invisible as electricity: a mouthful of blood, a switch flicked, and Anticlea could now speak to her son.” George's new book, “Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood,” traces the cultural significance and business of blood. She talks about how we've tried to harness blood through the idea of the blood banking happened in 1937 at Chicago's Cook County Hospital and the search for possible synthetic substitutes. Take a deep breath in. With one single inhalation, the human nose takes in a bunch of information about your environment. And unlike vision and hearing, that information goes straight to the limbic system, the part of the brain that controls emotion and memory. Recent studies suggest that rhythmic breathing through the nose (as opposed to mouth breathing) can have a have a positive impact on these brain regions.  On November 6th, millions of Americans will cast their votes in districts that have been declared unconstitutional by a federal court. A panel of three judges ruled that North Carolina's congressional districts had been unfairly gerrymandered to favor Republicans over Democrats—and the key evidence in the case? Math. Annie Minoff and Elah Feder tell the story of that case—now waiting to be considered by the Supreme Court—in the next episode of Undiscovered. Subscribe to this podcast. Plus, to stay updated on all things science, sign up for Science Friday's newsletters.