Talk Nerdy Podcast 🎙🎧

@CaraSantaMaria’s in-depth and candid conversations on "Talk Nerdy" span a wide range of topics, from science to politics to atheism and beyond. 🎙🔬🔭

[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

New @TalkNerdy_Pod is up for your listening!

I'm joined by Harvard University Professor of Social Sciences - Dr. Robert J. Sampson.

His new book is "Marked by Time: How Social Change Has Transformed Crime and the Life Trajectories of Young Americans."

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[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

Don't miss this week's @TalkNerdy_Pod about deep time!

My guest is science and environmental journalist, Laura Poppick. We discuss her work and new book, "Strata: Stories from Deep Time."

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[Robert Forto @robertforto]

Talking a cue from @TalkNerdy_Pod we dropped a show about Zombie Dogs on @dogworksradio

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[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

🎙All new @TalkNerdy_Pod is up! 🎙

This week's guest is a psychologist, author, and textile enthusiast -- Dr. Nicole Nehrig!

We discuss her book: "With Her Own Hands: Women Weaving Their Stories."

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[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

On a brand new @TalkNerdy_Pod I chat with science writer and producer, #MindyWeisberger about zombie bugs!

Her book is, "Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control."

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[Gina Rippon @ginarippon1]

Live in London on Monday 16th (available online too).
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[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

On this week's @TalkNerdy_Pod, I speak with UC Irvine Law Professor, and author -- Prof. Mehrsa Baradaran!

We get into the racist history behind money inequality and discuss the systems that have kept the wealth gap in place.

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[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

On this week's @TalkNerdy_Pod, I speak with journalist and book author -- Rose George.

We discuss her newest book, "Every Last Fish: A Deep Dive into Everything They Do for Us and We Do to Them."

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[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

New @TalkNerdy_Pod is here for your listening!

I speak w/ licensed clinical psychologist, author, & speaker -- Dr. Jonathan Mathias Lassiter.

His book is: How I Know White People are Crazy and Other Stories: Notes from a Frustrated Black Psychologist.

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[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

🎧 A brand new @TalkNerdy_Pod is here! 🎧

I speak with Bloomberg journalist and author, #EllenHuet about her investigation into the controversial wellness company, OneTaste.

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[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

🎊 Happy New Year! 🎊

@TalkNerdy_Pod is back and all new with American historian, author, and writer -- Dr. Christine Rosen.

We discuss her latest book, "The Extinction of Experience: Being Human in a Disembodied World."

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Your impact can go twice as far today thanks to @GivingMultipler. Support @GiveDirectly’s Pods Fight Poverty campaign before 12/31 to help impoverished families in Rwanda.

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Talk Nerdy is joining @GiveDirectly’s #PodsFightPoverty campaign to help families in Rwanda access food, education, and opportunities to start small businesses. @GiveDirectly @GiveMultiplier

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[Beth Pratt @bethpratt]

“The knowledge that the Park Service has gleaned from these decades of research [has] helped us understand how they travel and use the landscape in the Santa Monica Mountains,” Pratt told @LAist

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Science is literally all around us!

Science photographer and author Felice Frankel chats about her work behind the lens on the latest #TalkNerdy.

Her book, "Phenomenal Moments" is out now (and makes a great holiday gift!)!

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Beautiful tribute, @bethpratt ❤️

More on P-22's legacy here: https://t.co/vO7i6oi0XT

[Beth Pratt @bethpratt]

Honoring the Legacy of P-22

Dear Friends,

How do you say goodbye to a mountain lion?

Three years ago today, on December 17, 2022, the world said goodbye to one of the most beloved and celebrated animals in history—the mountain lion known as P-22.

After we announced his passing, millions of people posted reactions online, expressing grief and showing compassion for the lonely and heroic cougar who meant so much to so many. Governor Gavin Newsom shared that he “grew up loving these cats”; Hilary Duff commented on Instagram that “P-22 = Icon”; and Rainn Wilson tweeted, “RIP to P-22, a gorgeous LA icon.” Media outlets as diverse as Rolling Stone, CNN, the Economist, NPR, and Buzzfeed featured stories about his passing, and on the day he died, P-22 was trending on Twitter, which I’m guessing is the first time in history that a wild mountain lion has taken over the Internet.

The day before the world learned of his death, I said my own intimate farewell to this remarkable animal. But how do you say goodbye to a mountain lion? Although I had advocated for his protection for a decade, we had never met before.

That day, as I approached him to say farewell, at first he hissed at me, and I thought, “that’s my boy, you still have it.” Yet then he calmed, regarded me with curiosity, and I sat next to him. I was torn between elation and sadness at seeing the real P-22 for the first, yet also the last time.

His face was still handsome and rougish, the one that charmed us all, but his body was so thin and ragged. Through my tears, I spoke to him, and he listened. I was so close I could feel his breath. I told him he was a good boy. I told him I loved him. How much the world loved him. And I told him I was so sorry that we did not make the world a safer place for him.

As I said goodbye to this cat, I promised him I would never stop working to honor his legacy and would dedicate my life to building more wildlife crossings to make the world safer for his kind.

It was so very hard to walk away from him. Saying goodbye was one of the most profoundly sad moments of my life--weeping in front of this magnificent wild creature and knowing I could not do anything to save him.

P-22 never fully got to be a mountain lion. His whole life, he suffered the consequences of trying to survive in unconnected space, right to the end when being hit by a car led to his tragic end. He showed people around the world that we need to ensure our roads, highways, and communities are better and safer for wildlife.

The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing would not have been possible without P-22, but the most fitting memorial to P-22 will be how we carry his story forward in the work ahead. One crossing is not enough – we must build more, and we must continue to invest in proactive efforts to protect and conserve wildlife and the habitats they depend on—even in urban areas.

Please help me uphold my promise to P-22.

Donate to #SaveLACougars today to ensure the successful completion of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, fund critical mountain lion and wildlife research, and advance other crossing projects in Southern California and beyond. Donate at https://t.co/izMiaJhJUi

I miss you, P22. We all miss you.

With kindness and gratitude,

Beth Pratt
Regional Executive Director, California, National Wildlife Federation
Leader, #SaveLACougars Campaign

[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

This week on #TalkNerdy, I chat with #FeliceFrankel.

We discuss her journey into science photography and her new book, "Phenomenal Moments: Revealing the Hidden Science Around Us."

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Yes! Thanks so much for listening 🤗

[Cara Santa Maria @CaraSantaMaria]

New @TalkNerdy_Pod is up for your listening!

This week's guest is a climate change researcher, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College -- Dr. Thea Riofrancos.

Her new book is, "Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism."

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On the latest #TalkNerdy, @CaraSantaMaria chats with journalist @MelanieDGKaplan about animal use in science research.

They also chat about her book "Lab Dog" honoring rescued lab dog, Hammie the beagle.

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