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Ella Al-Shamahi

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
344 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Radiolab
Creation Story

Latif, how do I pronounce your name?

Radiolab
Creation Story

Because I'm pronouncing it the Yemeni way.

Radiolab
Creation Story

Because it's used heavily by Yemenis.

Radiolab
Creation Story

Or how's your day going?

Radiolab
Creation Story

It's like, at the end, it's too much.

Radiolab
Creation Story

Everyone kept calling me Alaa, and I was like, I know I'm great, but you know.

Radiolab
Creation Story

The thing is as well, our story is kind of epic, man.

Radiolab
Creation Story

Our story's epic.

Radiolab
Creation Story

We lived in a world that was a bit like Lord of the Rings.

Radiolab
Creation Story

There was obviously the Neanderthals, which so many people have heard of, but there were all these other species, including one of my favorites, Homo floresiensis, who were basically these hobbit-like humans.

Radiolab
Creation Story

They were really short.

Radiolab
Creation Story

They were about three and a half feet tall.

Radiolab
Creation Story

Now, that means humans the size of penguins were living on this island in Indonesia called Flores.

Radiolab
Creation Story

And on this island, there were giant rats and elephants the size of cows.

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