Mary Roach

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1,088 appearances 3 recordings 3 series first heard Sep 2025 last heard 26 Mar

Mary Roach’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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So just straight down.

In the stomach, it is a .

Right.

It's more like a... It's a slurry.

A slurry.

Yes.

Chyme.

Chyme is the... Now, what is chyme?

Chyme is the slurry.

Chyme is, yeah, it's broken down in kind of a slurry.

It can be passed on easily through the sphincter there at the bottom of the stomach.

Sure.

Into the small intestine.

Well, because the intestines are cylindrical, it's a tube.

Yeah, yeah.

So it's a natural, the bolus, the cylinder is a natural shape for the interior of the... Well, listen, hold on one second.

My name is Mary Roach and my pronouns are she and her.

You know, I wish I had a really cool inspiration story because I'm usually not inspired.

It's not like there's a moment of inspiration.

It's rather like

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