Episode 43 - Cara Santa Maria and Nerd Power

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Intro:

  • "Fuck pain. Fuck heartbreak. I'm still in love with life"
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Episode:

  • Cara Santa Maria: Daniele can't keep it straight saying her name
  • Why so few female podcasters
  • Nerd pride
  • Mixing is the language of life
  • Daniele is more in touch with his feminine side than it is wise for a straight man to acknowledge
  • The Princess Bride and Jerry Garcia make me cry
  • Responses to women in power: too soft or too hard
  • The politics of prison
  • Cara wants voting to be mandatory
  • Cara had an easier time teaching science in Texas than in New York
  • Cara was seriously freaked out by Orthodox Jews
  • Growing up Mormon
  • Science and cheerleading
  • Same words, different meanings
  • Atheist fundamentalism?
  • Neither believing nor disbelieving
  • Different views on how much knowledge humans have
  • Everyone uses evidence
  • Paul K. Feyerabend
  • Debating without arguing
  • No attachment to who wins
  • Focusing on results rather than getting your way
  • Accepting to be vulnerable
  • Cara's new podcast
  • Making decisions that benefit everyone

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