So: I just went on the show This Week on Science--otherwise known as "TWIS," otherwise known as "The Kickass Science Podcast"--to talk about Storm World. And just as we strove to keep the science fun (& funny) at Yearly Kos, so hosts Kirsten and Justin of TWIS regularly do the same...and they're pretty darn good at it.
Let's just say I didn't know the discussion would turn to how we could reframe "global warming" as "climatea," a venereal disease the planet has caught.
To figure out how that happened, guess you'll just have to listen to the Podcast. My segment starts just before minute 30. Enjoy...and use protection.
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There are inevitably plenty of typos, but after the jump I've pasted in the transcript of my Science Friday conversation with NPR's Ira Flatow about hurricanes and global warming. Callers raised several interesting questions.
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I assumed it should be spelled "Climydia" (c.f. Chlamydia)...
I am a regular reader of your article. And I am very impress with your blog upon Global Warming. Now I am also write a blog upon effects and causes of Global Warming. This blog is collection of news & reviews like the study found that global warming since 1985 has been caused neither by an increase in solar radiation nor by a decrease in the flux of galactic cosmic rays. Some researchers had also suggested that the latter might influence global warming because the rays trigger cloud formation.
Yeah, I'm sure that's what Justin from the show meant....although it sounded like he was saying "climatea." But "climydia" is just a hell of a lot funnier.
Whatever it is, it burns....
He has pronounced it as Climydia on previous occasions. I think that he was really trying to sound it out for people this time. Anyway, it's one of Justin's new goals - to change the way we think about global warming.
Thanks for letting us interview you, Chris! It was a lot of fun, and I think we got to some really important points.
And, uh, does it itch, too? If so, I might be able to get you a cream for that.
I enjoyed your interview Chris. KDVS at UCDavis is not far from our high school. Thank you for turning me onto this great science program.