What Is the Coolest Thing About Birds?

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This is patricia ferra. I think she the same country as neil ferguson. Richard prum, his basic point was, he loves birds and that guides everything he does. He doesn't particularly care about grand research agendas or revealing the answer to big questions. Daniel carpenter, but that's a stab in the dark. His research subject that i removed for context clue is birds. What do you think? Is that a general approach that should be followed, or as that may be uniqueo oranthology?

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On this special year-in-review episode, Tyler and producer Jeff Holmes talk about the past year on the show, including one episode’s appearance on Ancient Aliens, Tyler’s picks for most underrated guests, how his 2021 predictions fared from last year’s retrospective, further reflections on the most downloaded—and most polarizing—episode of the year, how David Deutsch influenced Tyler’s opinions of Karl Popper, why he thinks his interviews with women tend to be better, and more. They also evaluate Tyler’s pop culture picks from 2011, play “Name that Production Function,” and answer listener questions from Twitter.

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Recorded December 8th, 2021 Other ways to connect

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