• BODY HEAT with Shane Campbell-Staton

  • Sep 12 2024
  • Length: 30 mins
  • Podcast

BODY HEAT with Shane Campbell-Staton

  • Summary

  • Bundle up for a smol, classroom-friendly episode with Princeton University evolutionary biologist and Thermophysiologist Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton. You’ll learn about everything from heat tolerance to frostbite, anti-freeze woodfrogs to icy alligators, why some people run hot, why your toes run cold, how a fever is like a honeybee, how geography influences our body composition, why mammoths are big, and why you should grab your hat before running out the door. Also: what counts as “balmy” in Alaska.

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    Full-length (*not* G-rated) Thermophysiology episode + tons of science links

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    Sound editing by Zeke Thomas Rodrigues & Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media

    Made possible by work from Mercedes Maitland, Noel Dilworth, Susan Hale,Jacob Chaffee, Kelly R. Dwyer, Emily White, & Erin Talbert

    Smologies theme song by Harold Malcolm

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