Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Episode 260: Two Scientists.

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Welcome to Episode 260: Two Scientists.

In this episode, I recalled from memory the story of Luca Turin's theory, all from a book called The Emperor of Scent: a True Story of Perfume and Obsession. I do hope I got most of that correct. I read from: my computer's quickie dictionary; a New York Times magazine article called "The Woman Who Could Smell Parkinson's"; and John M. Barry's book, The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History.

I briefly play: the robot from the 1960s television show Lost In Space. Musically, KMFDM backs Henry Giroux in the opening; and I close today with Mistle Thrush.

2 comments:

  1. Get well soon Jim, you sound (like you're feeling) terrible in the last bits.

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  2. I do? Huh.

    I've started napping just before recording, just to loosen my vocal cords and not sound like a yapping chihuahua. I also cut the caffeinated bubbly beverages. I guess between the two, I have yet to wake up enough to sound human.

    Thanks for your concern, Pim!

    —Jim

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