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Lucy Cooke

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
67 total appearances

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Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

And at some point...

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

One of Giles' assistants.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

A non-human research assistant.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

Eber the dog.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

The former street dog from Sacramento.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

We'll pick up the scent.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

We're not talking a solid turd by any means.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

It's more of a... Thick pancake batter?

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

Yeah, it was assumed that human females were the only species that went through it.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

So we were just, yeah, we were just freaks.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

Natural selection takes a pretty dim view of a loss of fertility.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

And once you stop breeding, you die.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

That's the general story.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

So the idea was that perhaps human females were living beyond their reproductive shelf life because we were being propped up by regular meals and modern medicine.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

And it's a thing, menopause.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

It's a roller coaster.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

You know, it's an emotional and physical roller coaster.

Radiolab
The Menopause Mystery

But she also says... Once it's... I was going to say it's icy fingers, but it's anything but icy.