67: Epigenetics & The Overlooked World Games

You may have heard Epigenetics used as a buzzword, but what is it really? Is it something we know about, something still new, or... both? And what in the world are the World Games, and what makes them better than the Olympics?

Links we Talk About: Ella's SciShow Video on X Chromosome Diseases Sport Casting Fin Swimming Haudenosaunee Flag Christopher Root's Incredible Paper on the Colonization of Lacrosse The Adorable NYMuseum Haudenosaunee Video

Timestamps: (00:00:00) Intro (00:04:21) Epigenetics (00:57:40) The World Games (01:50:54) Outro

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We also learn about: Ella passes her driving exam Tom’s not bitter about John Oliver, what is y’alls familialarity, epi- meaning on top of, epigentics are like tabs or blacked out text in the book of your DNA, epigentics stop your brain from turning into bone, oh did other people help Rosalind Franklin with the double helix? bases and double helixes and histones, literally blocking DNA from being read, epigentics are less cyberpunk and more exercise is good for you, epigentics is why you go blind from masturbating, it’s simpler in animals, “I’ve been here the whole time!”, “you’re enough Tom”, 2 X chromosomes means you have an extra, X Inactivation, Calico Cats are Genetic Mosaics, your epigentic markers are like your browsing cookies: you clear them before giving them to someone, are pollinators plant cucks? Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance, is it nature or nurture? generational trauma doesn’t have to be epigenetic to be real, inherited cherry blossom mouse sensitivity, the effects are subtle, Ella might have a high epigenetic age from her rock and roll lifestyle, this is so new there’s so much we don’t know, the epigenetic advice: healthy diet and exercise, how different could the world games be? casting for sport, wait did you hear me say break dancing is this a bit, the worst SEO for a name ever, Rugby 7s started at the World Games, the World Games are as old as Beyoncé, let’s do our own thing we’ll definitely be more popular than the olympics, tried at the hague? we sure did! at the least the World Games are being honest about it being a bumpy ride, the “Memorandum of Understanding” reads like a parenting agreement, grouping by sport not nation, the curse of hosting the olympics, reviving forgotten sports like Tug of War, wait who was first?? guys come on have some respect for yourself! breaking records with fins, shark skin suits aren’t biomimicry, tech doping, fin swimming and barebow archery, murderball is an official world game sport, the NYTimes officially called lacrosse “frat boy” sport, mile long hundred person lacrosse, of course sports are spiritually healing, colonizing lacrosse, Haudenosaunee - the people of the long house, Tom cut it with the sad voice tell us what happened, “we wouldn’t be here without their medicine game… they need to be there”, we’ll have to see if the olympics accept the Haudenosaunee, if your games are as old as beyonce you dont have to worry about breaking tradition, “nothing is silly, everything should be respected and held up”, Ella goes OFF and takes over the topic.

Sources: Chromosome Structure Aboud et al. What Is Epigenetics? Nature: Types of Epigenetic Modifications Study on Exercise and Epigenetics Nature: Diet and Epigenetics Macdonald: Epigenetic Imprinting Nature: When Imprinting goes wrong Basta & Pandya: The Beautiful X Chromosome Getting the Right Amount of X Review on X Inactivation Calico Cat X Chromosome Inctivation PBS: Lamarckian Evolution Cell: Transgeneration Epigenetic Inheritence How Epigenetics are Wiped Clean Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance Prisoners of War Study TEI Dutch Famine Study TEI Study Children of Holocaust Survivers TEI Cherry Blossom Mice Study Epigenetic Clock Review --- Casting Federation Records World Games Website: About 1993 World Games at The Hague The Olympic "Memorandum of Understanding" Reporting on the First World Games World Games President Interview about Wheelchair Rugby NYTimes on Indigenous Lacrosse Onondaga Nation on Lacrosse Chocktaw Nation on Lacrosse Christopher Root's Incredible Paper on the Colonization of Lacrosse Haudenosaunee History NPR on Haudenosaunee Players at the Olympics

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Lydbog: 1. august 2024