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The Birds and The Bees
TED Radio Hour
The Birds and the Bees: How Behavior Evolves and Why It Matters
Comedian Julia Sweeney remembers having the talk with her daughter, which went in all kinds of unexpected directions. Here she is telling the story on the TED stage in 2010. We have spent the hour talking about procreation or as some people prefer to obliquely call it the birds and the bees. Making animal imagery was how parents used to avoid speaking frankly about human reproduction.
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