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Allison
主持 STAT 的生物技术播客「The Readout LOUD」，讨论生物技术行业的最新发展和事件。
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Chrissy
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Grant Barrett
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Harriet
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Ian
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Jamie
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Jerome
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John Chinesky
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Lee
一位活跃在音视频技术播客领域的专家和主持人。
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Linda
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Martha Barnett
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Ramona Mandy
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Vern Correa
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Grant Barrett: 听众们对“如果你是某个职业的人，你会种什么”这个问题给出了有趣的回答，例如棒球投手会种植投手草，而“兰花”这个词让我联想到了orchidectomies（睾丸切除术）。 Martha Barnett: 准宠物主人可能会种植兰花，因为可以给宠物做绝育手术。语言学家可能会种植根类蔬菜。 Ramona Mandy: 语言学家当然会种植欧芹。 Grant Barrett: 如果语言学家在词源学家的花园里种植大量的根类蔬菜，他们就会有很多词的词根和词干。我们之所以用“词根”和“词干”来描述语言，是因为我们借鉴了自然界的术语。 Martha Barnett: 我要感谢Grant容忍我说的这些双关语。

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Have you lived in your home so long that you don’t notice its flaws? In Sweden, they have a name for this condition: It’s hemmablind—literally, “home blind.” A popular Swedish TV program shows what you can do about it. Plus, unlocking the mysterious word conclave. And: How did the expression “throw in the towel” come to mean “give up”? Also, pully, visiting firemen, the origin of conclave, how to pronounce grimace, the reason to substitute a different word for substitute, a word challenge involving the letter Y, shiver me timbers!, kiss the dealer! and more.

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