Wednesday, January 13, 2021

OTT Xtra #118.1 (Introductionists, Bryan Sykes remembered, hominin research, microscope madness)


Well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the latest episode in our new series: On The Track Xtra! We hope that you enjoy it.
It contains:
* Update about Lockdown
* Jon does peculiar things with a microscope
* Louis gets violent
* More on the Forest of Dean project
* Introductionists
* Mazarine blue
* Remembering Bryan Sykes
* Richard Freeman interview
* Mystery hominin research
* Gef the talking mongoose
* Wally and Kev Jevons tell us stuff
I think the production values are ever improving and we are learning (slowly) all the bells and whistles which are now available via YouTube. I should - however - warn you that If you hear strange noises in the background of the segments which feature me doing a piece to camera, those are the filters of the two tanks in the office; one containing Clarence the walking catfish, and another containing a large and massively elusive Pristolepis leaf fish that we have been looking after for Max ever since he went off to university, something in the region of ten years ago.
I really miss doing the Weird Weekends each year, but with the health problems currently bedevilling the CFZ to restart them is impossible. But I truly hope that these shows have something of the taste of the mixture of hard science, weird shit and surreal odness that made the 17 Weird Weekends such a joy to be part of.
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Some useful contacts:
CFZ Website
Jon on Twitter
@cfzjon
CFZ Next Generation Initiative

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