Episode 80: Evolution (2001)

Evolution (2001) is a star-studded soft-disclosure propaganda film masquerading as a shampoo commercial intended to prepare us for extraterrestrial butt stuff. I think? I mean it doesn’t seem to know what evolution is. In this episode we discuss organic chemistry, asexual reproduction, and Lamarckism, and also firetrucks for some reason.

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In this episode:

• Evolution (2001) production information

• Tillers and Quillers (i.e. fire trucks)

• Head and Shoulders “Intensive treatment”

• Lamarckism

• Asexual reproduction in plants

• Stephen J. Gould (1989) Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History

• Multiple sexes in fungi

• Starfish Regeneration

• Hypothetical types of biochemistry

• Natural Gas Odorizers

• Evolution wouldn’t follow the same path twice