Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

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Zodiac: A Circle of Animals—Literally (49:17)
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Of the 88 constellations officially recognized by Western astronomy, 40 of them are named after animals — 43 if you count the mythical animals. We’re going to talk about 12 ...
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Eating Crow? Try Eating Humble Pie, Instead! (18:43)
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

If you’ve made a serious faux pas and need to acknowledge it with humility, you might be said to be “eating crow” or “eating humble pie.” In this episode, I uncover the dirty ...
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Muscle: Flex Your Mouse (09:32)
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Roll up your sleeve past your bicep, flex your arm at the elbow, and squeeze — or contract — your bicep muscle. Take a look at it. What do you see? Movement, right? Do you ...
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Coccyx: Please Don't Sit on the Cuckoo (05:37)
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

Coccyx is a small triangle-shaped bone at the base of the spinal column in humans and other apes. Representing a vestigial tail and most commonly called the tailbone, coccyx ...
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Inauguration: On a Wing and a Prayer (22:14)
From: Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

The word “inauguration" takes us all the way back to the politics of ancient Rome and the birds behind the words inauguration, inaugural, auspicious, auspices, and more.