Episode 163 - Sex at Dawn Author Dr. Chris Ryan, Caitlin Gill and Lisa Best at the Bridgetown Comedy Festival
Probably Science
Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen
4.8 • 707 Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2015
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Dr. Christopher Ryan (@ChrisRyanPhD), author of the New York Times bestseller Sex At Dawn, joins Matt, Andy and comedian guests Caitlin Gill (@robotcaitlin) and Lisa Best (@lisabestcomedy) for a live installment of Probably Science recorded at the 2015 Bridgetown Comedy Festival (@bridgetown) in Portland, Oregon to talk about the prehistoric roots of modern sexuality, the devastating impact of agriculture on our species, why humans and bonobos are so horny and whether it's actually in our nature to be monogamous. Oh, and this was recorded on Mother's Day. With Andy's parents in the audience.
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| 0:00.0 | Good afternoon and welcome to the Bridgetown Comedy Festival. |
| 0:03.0 | Thank you for joining us at the Mailchimp stage at the Bosnova Ballroom for the Probably Science podcast. |
| 0:09.0 | You can get any of the podcasts that were recorded at the festival by visiting iTunes.com slash Bridgetown. |
| 0:15.2 | Please welcome to the stage Andy Wood and Matt Kirshin, the Probably Science Podcast. |
| 0:22.6 | Probably Science. Thank you guys. Thank you so much for coming out on the Sunday afternoon. |
| 0:35.6 | I think we might have planned this wrong. We were like, we'll flank the guests |
| 0:39.2 | and they can sit in the middle, but now I've realized |
| 0:41.1 | they have to climb over us. |
| 0:42.9 | This isn't going to work at all. Hang on, I'm going to scoot |
| 0:45.2 | over. So might me. |
| 0:47.3 | Andy Phil. |
| 0:48.9 | Happy Mother's Day, everybody. |
| 0:50.8 | Thank you for... Wow, that was a... |
| 0:52.9 | I would have thought that would get a, who wouldn't |
| 0:55.1 | applaud Mother's Day? There's a lot of orphans in our fan base. We've got a big orphan, |
| 1:01.0 | I forgot. Andy's own mother and father are in the audience. Yes, let's hear it for my parents. |
| 1:07.0 | Okay, thank you. You guys aren't monsters. You can respect the sanctity of parenthood. |
| 1:14.3 | Yeah. This is, yeah, it's a great idea to have a show on Mother's Day with my parents in the room that's going to be talking a lot about fucking. |
| 1:21.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:22.4 | Mostly about... |
| 1:23.5 | This is entirely, like, we'll bring him on in a bit, |
| 1:29.6 | but I don't know if you're aware, our guest today, |
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