{"id":5833,"date":"2012-01-07T18:25:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T00:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=1848"},"modified":"2012-01-07T18:25:03","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T00:25:03","slug":"spider-silk-on-the-radio-sunday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/07\/spider-silk-on-the-radio-sunday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider Silk on the Radio, Sunday Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Skeptically Speaking # 146<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This week, we\u2019re looking at some of nature\u2019s most accomplished materials scientists, and the amazing substance they produce. We\u2019re joined by Leslie Brunetta, co-author of Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of <strong>Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating<\/strong>. We\u2019ll discuss the form, function and uses of the sticky wonder material, and the ways that its study can help us understand evolution. And on the podcast, science writer Ed Yong tells us about silkworms with spider genes and the hybrid silk they spin.<\/p>\n<p>We record live with Leslie Brunetta on <Strong>Sunday, January 8 at 6 pm MT<\/Strong>. The podcast will be available to download at 9 pm MT on Friday, DATE. <\/Blockquote><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skepticallyspeaking.ca\/episodes\/146-spider-silk\">Click Here for Details<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skeptically Speaking # 146 This week, we\u2019re looking at some of nature\u2019s most accomplished materials scientists, and the amazing substance they produce. We\u2019re joined by Leslie Brunetta, co-author of Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating. We\u2019ll discuss the form, function and uses of the sticky wonder material, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/07\/spider-silk-on-the-radio-sunday-night\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Spider Silk on the Radio, Sunday Night<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5020],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1w5","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}