Episode: 10 Xenogenesis - Dawn: III: Nursery Chapter 1

Show Notes

In Episode 10, Richard and Michael discuss the chapter 1 from the new part: Nursery. The chapter introduces us potential new human allies, all with their quirky characteristics.

Timestamps

00:00:32 - Intro
00:02:39 - Chapter 1 predictions
00:06:23 - Chapter 1 introduction begins
00:07:00 - “Giant fart” transport [1, 2]
00:11:21 - Back to Chapter 1
00:12:10 - “Earthrise” and Mars pictures [3, 4]
00:15:00 - Lilith’s new abilities
00:17:00 - The new room Lilith is stuck in
00:19:54 - Lilith’s new mission
00:22:00 - Proper way to tackle the language barrier in books/movies
00:23:50 - Introduction to the new humans
00:28:14 - Human 1: Vidor Domonkos
00:30:21 - Human 2: Leah Bede
00:33:38 - Human 3: Joseph Li-Chin Shing
00:35:04 - Human 4: Celene Ivers
00:35:33 - Human 5: Gabriel Rinaldi
00:37:03 - Human 6: Beatrice Dwyer
00:38:04 - Human 7: Hilary Ballard
00:39:33 - Human 8: Conrad Loehr
00:41:00 - Human 9: Derick Wolski
00:41:31 - Human 10: Tate Marah
00:43:23 - Autism vs ADHD [5, 6]
00:47:42 - Discussion on the people and what would we do if we had to choose the humans to go back to Earth
00:51:40 - The “photo-drawing” abilities of Oankali
00:55:47 - The images produced by Oankali allow for more than expected
00:57:20 - The choice of the first human
00:58:34 - The chapter 1 introduction finishes
01:00:30 - Discussion on Lilith’s new powers usefulness on Earth
01:03:40 - Michael’s prediction for the rest of the chapters
01:10:23 - Outro

References

Air embolism:

• [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_embolism - Wiki article on the topic.
• [2] https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/air-embolism/ - NHS article on the air embolism.

Earth photos:

• [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise - Apollo mission picture.
• [4] https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/images/index.html - NASA pictures of Mars surface.

Autism vs ADHD:

• [5] https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Autism-Spectrum-Disorder-Fact-Sheet - Details on autism.
• [6] https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/ - Article on the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Intro: L’Etoile danse (Pt. 1) by Meydan Outro: Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio

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