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Liam Drew

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I'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to people who use words - written, spoken, performed and even sung. The guest brings along a word and so do I...it's all downhill from there on...In this episode I talk to the science writer Liam Drew, author of I-Mammal, a great book about what it means to be a mammal.Liam's word for this episode was Connection whilst mine was auto-correct (I can't link to my usual Visuwords as it's not there; the Oxford English Dictionary only listed it in 2011 here..so here's the word 'correct' instead).We talked about Liam's book and his writing for Nature, New Scientist and the Guardian amongst others. We talked about what makes science-writing good and how Liam made the transition from being a neuroscientist - studying the senses and epilepsy - to a freelance writer. We discussed evolution, brain implants, the need for a human perspective on science stories, scientists, pandemics, Twitter antivaxxers and his forthcoming book for children...but we didn't talk about the Tapir.You can order Liam's book from Mr Books Bookshop here (and find out about the tapir yourself). You can find Liam's other writing by going to Nature and searching for his name. Likewise at the New Scientist website and The Guardian.Ideas in Writing is produced with the support of Mr Books Bookshop in Tonbridge - the home of inspiring, imaginative and intelligent books, gifts and conversation. They're on Twitter too @mrbooks_ton. But most importantly of all, you can visit them (in the lovely market town of Tonbridge in Kent) for a browse any Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm.Don't forget to subscribe for new episodes coming up.CREDITS &amp; linksLiam also mentioned a few writers that he admires so here they are...Gay Talese - http://www.gaytalese.com (takes you to his page at his publishers Random House)Rebecca Solnit http://rebeccasolnit.net/ and at the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rebeccasolnitEd Yong https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/Ideas in Writing is recorded and produced by Philip Holden using Zencastr and Acast.comThe Ideas in Writing theme "Farting Around" is by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The "Light Easy March" sting is by ...dog http://www.besonic.com/dog Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm Philip Holden and this is Ideas in Writing - the podcast where we talk to people who use words - written, spoken, performed and even sung. The guest brings along a word and so do I...it's all downhill from there on...In this episode I talk to the science writer Liam Drew, author of I-Mammal, a great book about what it means to be a mammal.Liam's word for this episode was <a href="http://visuwords.com/connection " rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Connection </a>whilst mine was auto-correct (I can't link to my usual Visuwords as it's not there; the Oxford English Dictionary only listed it in 2011 <a href="https://public.oed.com/updates/new-words-list-june-2011/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>..so here's the word '<a href="https://visuwords.com/correct" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">correct</a>' instead).We talked about Liam's book and his writing for Nature, New Scientist and the Guardian amongst others. We talked about what makes science-writing good and how Liam made the transition from being a neuroscientist - studying the senses and epilepsy - to a freelance writer. We discussed evolution, brain implants, the need for a human perspective on science stories, scientists, pandemics, Twitter antivaxxers and his forthcoming book for children...but we didn't talk about the Tapir.You can order Liam's book from Mr Books Bookshop <a href="http://www.mrbooks.co.uk/imammal" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> (and find out about the tapir yourself). You can find Liam's other writing by going to <a href="http://www.nature.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Nature</a> and searching for his name. Likewise at the <a href="https://www.newscientist.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">New Scientist </a>website and The Guardian.Ideas in Writing is produced with the support of <a href="http://www.mrbooks.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Mr Books Bookshop </a>in Tonbridge - the home of inspiring, imaginative and intelligent books, gifts and conversation. They're on Twitter too <a href="https://twitter.com/mrbooks_ton" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@mrbooks_ton.</a> But most importantly of all, you can visit them (in the lovely market town of Tonbridge in Kent) for a browse any Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm.Don't forget to subscribe for new episodes coming up. CREDITS &amp; linksLiam also mentioned a few writers that he admires so here they are...Gay Talese - <a href="http://www.gaytalese.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.gaytalese.com </a>(takes you to his page at his publishers Random House)Rebecca Solnit <a href="http://rebeccasolnit.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://rebeccasolnit.net/</a> and at the Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rebeccasolnit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/profile/rebeccasolnit</a>Ed Yong <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/</a>Ideas in Writing is recorded and produced by Philip Holden using <a href="http://zencastr.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Zencastr</a> and <a href="http://Acast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Acast.com</a>The Ideas in Writing theme "Farting Around" is by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a>The "Light Easy March" sting is by ...dog <a href="http://www.besonic.com/dog" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.besonic.com/dog</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Connection/Auto-correct with Liam Drew

Streamed live on 30 July 2019. Since forever, it seems, people have been trying to decide what unique characteristic separates mammals from all other animals–and what unique characteristic separates humans from all other mammals. And yet, no one seems to have a definitive answer. Liam Drew, in his book I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals, takes a different tack, and looks instead at the characteristics that humans have in common with other mammals, and at how evolution has created a number of shared characteristics. Which came first: the milk or the mammary glands? How did animals that give live birth to their young evolve from animals who lay eggs, and where do marsupials fit into that evolutionary picture? What makes the mammalian placenta the extraordinary organ that it is, and how did that come about? And, in discussing why we owe the entire book to an unfortunate encounter that the author had with a soccer ball, why in the world do so many mammalian males wear their testicles outside their body? Author Drew weaves a remarkable number of fascinating facts into fun, informative stories about mammals and how we evolved, and we had a great deal of fun trying to mention all our favorites as our very short hour allowed. Put it all together and we find out that mammals are less a collection of traits, and more a parallel collection of histories of how we came to be. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and news about RS! guests: https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience/.

Streamed live on 30 July 2019. Since forever, it seems, people have been trying to decide what unique characteristic separates mammals from all other animals–and what unique characteristic separates humans from all other mammals. And yet, no one seems to have a definitive answer. Liam Drew, in his book I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals, takes a different tack, and looks instead at the characteristics that humans have in common with other mammals, and at how evolution has created a number of shared characteristics. Which came first: the milk or the mammary glands? How did animals that give live birth to their young evolve from animals who lay eggs, and where do marsupials fit into that evolutionary picture? What makes the mammalian placenta the extraordinary organ that it is, and how did that come about? And, in discussing why we owe the entire book to an unfortunate encounter that the author had with a soccer ball, why in the world do so many mammalian males wear their testicles outside their body? Author Drew weaves a remarkable number of fascinating facts into fun, informative stories about mammals and how we evolved, and we had a great deal of fun trying to mention all our favorites as our very short hour allowed. Put it all together and we find out that mammals are less a collection of traits, and more a parallel collection of histories of how we came to be. Like “Read Science!” on Facebook to hear about upcoming programs, easy links to the archive, and news about RS! guests: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ReadScience/</a>.

S13:E01, “Mammalian” edition, with Liam Drew (audio)

Liam Drew is a writer, former neurobiologist and mammal. He has a PhD in sensory biology from University College London, and spent twelve years researching the neural and genetic basis of schizophrenia, the biology of pain and the birth of new neurons in the adult mammalian brain at Columbia University, New York and at UCL. His writing has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, Slate and the Guardian. Liam's first book is I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liam Drew is a writer, former neurobiologist and mammal. He has a PhD in sensory biology from University College London, and spent twelve years researching the neural and genetic basis of schizophrenia, the biology of pain and the birth of new neurons in the adult mammalian brain at Columbia University, New York and at UCL. His writing has appeared in Nature, New Scientist, Slate and the Guardian. Liam's first book is I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

496 - Liam Drew's I, Mammal