Ep 146: How Jellyfish and Chicken Can Save Your Life

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We start off the show by pondering if Barack Obama is a terrorist and conclude that, despite his unfortunately rhyming name, he's probably on our side.

We check our email...

- Georg explains why there's no E on the end of his name.
- Peter provides us with this week's Dick of the Week, a guy with impressive swimming skills, and tells us why we were wrong about the snakes.
- Frando Bagel tells us about his clown bus experience.
- Julio from New York has a really good podcast called "Julio From New York." You should check it out!

Japanese scientists have discovered some fish living 30,000 feet under the ocean, deeper than it was thought fish could survive. But can you eat them? Check out the video here.

Congratulations to the four, count 'em, four, Japanese scientists who landed Nobel prizes for Chemistry and Physics!

If you've ever slept through a classical concert, you can appreciate this "Sleepy Bed" concert, brought to you by Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream. Check out the video...


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And speaking of food, some other Japanese scientists have discovered that eating chicken legs might be able to reduce your blood pressure. Problem solved.

The government's "Visit Japan" campaign wants people to visit Japan. But some Inn and Hotel owners aren't quite on board.

Japanese artists are earning their keep by coming up with some cool new designs for the normally boring barcode.



Jen fills us in on her wedding plans.

We finish the show with a cool rap tune from Dakoda Collins, who just happens to be the son of Carol Birtwell, the lovely "Voice of Planet Japan" who introduces the show each week. It's called "Come Up."

That's it for this week. Thanks for listening!

 

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