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Here's Flora's goodbye message. For anyone who isn't able to, or doesn't want to, listen to it on Spotify.
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And these are the talented, funny, kind people who made the show.
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And to read more of Adrienne Mayor's work on fierce women, check out her book "The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World" web.stanford.edu/dept/HPS/Mayor
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Full episodes are also available on our website
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To hear the full episode, and learn why it took one U.S. public institution until *cough* 1993 to allow women to wear pants, listen to ELT on
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"The idea of these real women warriors must have influenced the stories of Amazons ... they lived in exotic lands to the east and every Greek hero had to prove himself by fighting an Amazon queen."
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How long have women in pants been freaking people out? Let me tell you about a group called the Scythians... 🏹🐎⚔️
Featuring historian Adrienne Mayor ()
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All with special guest Emily Spivack ()! You can find more of Emily's work over on her website emilyspivack.info, and the Netflix show Worn Stories.
Be sure to wear your comfy pants ✌️
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Plus, historian Adrienne Mayor () let's us in on how long women in pants have been striking fear into hearts 🏹
Photo 📸: Greek alabastron vessel, circa 470 BC; via the British Museum
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How might those ancient pants have moved and felt? Artist and clothing researcher pulled on that thread with this re-creation 🪡🧵
Does it give you a clue?
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And move over sweatpants! Let us present the Original Comfy Pants™️, discovered by archeologists in western China's Xinjiang region. They were designed for a specific activity — and no, it wasn't watching Netflix
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When did pants arrive in our closets? While clothes have been around for 170,000 years, your trusty trousers might be newer than you think . . . 👖
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This month I went on to discuss our paper on infant-directed speech and lullabies with , , many others.
This was one of the funniest interviews I've ever done. Listening to it back, our host Jorge has me in stitches.
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New Episode! Why Do We Baby Talk?
Listener Ben called with a goo-ga-good question: Why do we talk all cutesy to babies? And is this a global phenomenon? We adult spoke with baby talk researcher @LTF_01 and ecologist @MKnornschild to get the answer. (1/3)
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Want more bats and babies? You can test your own baby talk detection ability here: themusiclab.org/quizzes/ids, and download the collected here zenodo.org/record/5525161. And read a good introductory overview of 's work here: mirjam-knoernschild.org/wp-content/upl
Enjoy!
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Mirjam Knörnschild leads the Behavioral Ecology & Bioacoustics Lab at Berlin's Museum of Natural History and is a global expert on bat cognition and communication. Read all about her work, and get lots of bat video and audio samples at mirjam-knoernschild.org (3/4)
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About our experts: Cody Moser worked with on a massive international study of infant-directed speech. He's also studied frog & primate vocalizations, the evolution of human institutions, and *lots* more. See all his work here: culturologies.co/bio/ (2/4)
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New Episode! Why Do We Baby Talk?
Listener Ben called with a goo-ga-good question: Why do we talk all cutesy to babies? And is this a global phenomenon? We adult spoke with baby talk researcher and ecologist to get the answer. (1/3)
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i am regularly delighted by . lots of great episodes, but hard to beat the 'is winnie the pooh a baby or an old man' episode
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"A genius who came up with an invention that really changed how women dress" 💚💚💚
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If you're interested in learning more about how these finned friends bubbled up onto the scene, check out Kasey Grier's work over at her website
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We dive into the wide world of goldfish (the pet, not the snack), from fancy fan tails to really cute Ranchus
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oh my gosh! I got to tape sync an interview with Rommy for when I lived in Florida, she was a delight! She showed me the sewing machine she made her first scrunchie on!
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Can’t believe the death of Queen Elizabeth overshadowed this very important news:
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In celebration 
of @worldafroday: an excerpt from my interview with the good folks @eltshow.
I loved sharing my #hairstory & experiences working in #tvnews.
Full listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4ZqoSP
Be authentic. Be Bold. Be YOU!
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#WorldAfroDay #PassTheCrown
of @worldafroday: an excerpt from my interview with the good folks @eltshow.
I loved sharing my #hairstory & experiences working in #tvnews.
Full listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4ZqoSP
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Heroine of hair tie history Rommy Revson died last week.
Her interview with is one of my favorites. I highly recommend listening to her tell about where she got the idea for the Scrunchie, and why she called it a "scunci."
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Want to hear something amazing about crying?
Emotional tears have higher protein concentration than irritant tears, which makes them fall down your cheeks more slowly—increasing the chance they’ll be seen and solicit care.
In literal ways, your body is built for community.
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Their caller Meg in Colorado is feeling doubt over what to make of her lawn during a drought. Should she turf it for good? Get the lowdown with HTSAP’s Daniel Ackerman () and lawn expert Peter Groffman
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The ELT helpline is constantly fielding the question: What’s the deal with lawns? Well, our friends at have the answer . . . and this week we're sharing their episode on our feed
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Today was a VERY special day in the world of my fav podcasts.
This morning I was listening to the latest about credit card fraud and who appears but a wild !
Then on my ride home, I listened to about color changing animals...with !
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New Episode! Chameleons: Kings of Camo... or not? Caller Christy's question: Could her kid's cherished chameleon book be crammed with canards? We get the truth about color change from chameleon expert Russell Ligon and biologist @SarahMackAttack. (1/4)
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Finally: If you're listening to the episode, here's the video Flora and Christy watch together. It comes from this longer BBC video: youtube.com/watch?v=pgDE2D (4/4)
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And is a squid biologist who also runs , created the Squid Facts Hotline & a cephalopod themed coloring book, & has an online course starting soon. Lots of links here: linktr.ee/SarahMackAttack and follow her if you celebrate #squidtember. (3/4)
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About our experts: Russel Ligon is a chameleon expert who (presumably on a dare) titled a paper "Defeated chameleons darken dynamically during dyadic disputes to decrease danger from dominants" Read more and see chameleon videos here: russellligon.wixsite.com/russell-ligon/ (2/4)
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New Episode! Chameleons: Kings of Camo... or not? Caller Christy's question: Could her kid's cherished chameleon book be crammed with canards? We get the truth about color change from chameleon expert Russell Ligon and biologist . (1/4)
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