The expanding science of avian perception with Ed Yong
5/11/20261 hr 18 min
If you've read anything by Ed Yong, you know that he tackles the challenge of explaining some of the most difficult-to-grasp concepts in the animal world in ways that humans can (nearly) imagine. In this episode, we're chatting with Ed — Pulitzer Prize–winning science writer and bestselling author — about migration, animal senses, and seeing the world differently through nature.
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First 90 secondsMollee Brown· Co-host0:00
Welcome to Life List: A Birding Podcast.
Ed Yong· Guest0:02
[upbeat music] Hello, hello. Welcome, welcome. This is British George Armistead. [laughs] And you are listening to Life List: A Birding Podcast.
Mollee Brown· Co-host0:16
All right.
Alvaro Jaramillo· Host0:17
[laughs] Hello. [laughs] This, this is great.
Ed Yong· Guest0:21
How did I do, guys?
Alvaro Jaramillo· Host0:22
This is great, you know?
Mollee Brown· Co-host0:24
You are hired.
Alvaro Jaramillo· Host0:24
[laughs] George always says- Don't tell George ... he's irreplaceable, but it's obvious that he, you know, uh, it's, uh, well, you know, George, you- when you s- you, you're not here for a while, we, we start finding people who can, uh, do the intros and all sorts of other stuff. Um- But no, I've been studying George Armistead.
Ed Yong· Guest0:44
I've been really, like, doing my research upon all methods. Um- [laughs] Well, hey, be- before...
Alvaro Jaramillo· Host0:52
Uh, first I should say, w- we have Ed Yong with us, and I'll, I'll introduce him- Ed is here.
Mollee Brown· Co-host0:57
Hello ...
Alvaro Jaramillo· Host0:57
uh, in a little, in a little bit as... And, uh, and I am here. I'm Alvaro Jaramillo. And also Molly Brown is here. Life List: A Birding Podcast.
Mollee Brown· Co-host1:08
Hey there.
Alvaro Jaramillo· Host1:08
[laughs] And, uh, like I said, we, we have a British George [laughs] which- [laughs] And, you know, uh, I, I should just roll in here with a bit of an introduction. Um, and, um, first of all, um, I wanna say, you know, you... if you know, uh, Ed Yong's