Bird Pinkerton
speaker
1,078 appearances
11 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 5d ago
Bird Pinkerton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Thanks also to Linda Griffith, who took some time to talk to me about this science, and to Rachel Gross, the author of Vagina Obscura, who helped me think through this episode.
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Okay, so I'm recording.
Do you want to just first start by, can you say your name and how you know me?
That's my mom.
And I called my mom after I found out this fascinating thing.
Basically that some cells from my body are probably hanging out inside of her body and have likely been there for three decades, like ever since she carried me in her womb.
And as I told her, those cells, cells that are genetically me, it seems like some of them might have stuck around in your body and become a part of you.
you.
And I am curious what you make of that.
You can't have the back.
Great.
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