Happy Thanksgiving friends, or happy Thanksgiving to our U.S.-based friends, at least,

and happy November 28th to the rest of you. On today's episode, we're going to give you some

things to gobble about at the Thanksgiving dinner table other than politics. You're welcome.

First up, we have an expert on to talk about whether or not the trip to fan in Turkey actually

makes you sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner. Then, we're moving on to talking about a vegetable that

comes in a variety of forms, all of which are improved by lots and lots of cheese.

And finally, we're talking about why it takes so stinking long to cook a turkey

and some probably bad ideas for how you could speed this process up.

Welcome to Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe.

Thank you. Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe. Hi, I'm Daniel. I'm a particle physicist, and Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.

Oh, I'm Kelly Weiner-Smith. I'm a parasitologist,

and I really like Thanksgiving. I don't know if it's my favorite holiday, but I do love the food.

It's food, it's family, and crucially for me, it's not commercialized. It's not all about shopping

and expensive presents. It's really just about spending time with your family eating good food and like, hey,

what's better than that, right?

That's pure.

That is.

That's beautiful.

I love that.

So has the commercialization of Halloween ruined Halloween for you?

Because that's a top contender for me.

Yeah.

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