The Amazing Extremophiles
2/11/202626 min
In the dark depths of the Gowanus Canal, strange lifeforms lurk... Guests: Brad Vogel, volunteer at the Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club; Elizabeth Hénaff, computational biologist and artist at New York University For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to sign up for our newsletter, view show transcripts, and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! unexplainable@vox.com We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsBrad Vogel· Guest0:00
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Speaker 10:34
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Byrd Pinkerton· Host1:07
[music] There's a trope in comic books where someone ordinary falls into toxic waste, or toxic waste falls on them somehow, and they emerge either as a superhero, like Daredevil or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, or as a supervillain, like the Joker. [upbeat music] Of course, in real life, if you fell into toxic