Miscellaneous
This episode is gonna get twisted, y’all.Jocelyn and Bradley are joined by science sensation Dr. Carin Bondar, Biologist with a Twist, who regales us with weird, wonderful, twisted tales of the natural world! From the many talents of animal genitalia to the biological superpowers that make moms uniquely equipped to rule the world, Carin considers what humans can learn about ourselves by looking at the social lives of animals. The friends also discuss how anti-anthropomorphism—the assumption that nonhuman animals do not think and feel as humans do—is as baseless and potentially dangerous as viewing other animals through an excessively anthropomorphic lens. And Carin shares some of the surprising twists that made her journey from art into science so unique and rewarding, and how she has used social media to pioneer a whole new form of science communication.Follow Carin on Twitter and Instagram @carinbondar, and learn more about her amazing work at https://carinbondar.com/ and at the links below!Books:Wild Sex: The Science Behind Mating in the Animal Kingdom: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Sex-Science-Behind-Kingdom/dp/1681775107/Wild Moms: Motherhood in the Animal Kingdom: https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Moms-Motherhood-Animal-Kingdom/dp/1681776650/The Nature of Sex: The Ins and Outs of Mating in the Animal Kingdom: https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Sex-Mating-Animal-Kingdom/dp/1780229119/The Nature of Human Nature: https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Human-Dr-Carin-Bondar/dp/0557457939/YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/user/DrBondarCarin’s TED talks:“The birds and the bees are just the beginning”: https://youtu.be/N39x_WTPix0“Motherhood in the Wild: Lessons on Evolution”: https://youtu.be/8VkNW5hQ8u0Carin’s science song parodies:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr1tglWEJeA&list=PLMemAikxmpoYLQlULj3_pNiy5nMs_OuRQ“Evo Devo” (“Despacito” parody by A Cappella Science): https://youtu.be/ydqReeTV_vkOutrageous Acts of Science: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2857312/Related episodes:Sex is Always Weirder Than We Can Imagine (Maurine Neiman): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/67-maurine-neiman-sex-is-always-weirder-than-we-can-imagine/id1471423633?i=1000497201747The Musical Shape of Science (Tim Blais): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/61-tim-blais-the-musical-shape-of-science/id1471423633?i=1000492250770This Episode is a Venn Diagram (discussion): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/45-discussion-this-episode-is-a-venn-diagram/id1471423633?i=1000473780846