FULL EPISODE: Holiday Cheer Through Legal Action - December 17, 2025
The Polar Bears Are Adapting
The Last Show with David Cooper
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Show Notes
York University professor Jesse Rogerson joins the program for science news covering: Count someone's blinks to know if they're truly listening; A new study reveals whether working from home is good for you; and Polar bears may be evolving to survive in a warmer world. Jesse answers a listener question about fish oil. (Got a general science question for the show? Leave a voicemail at 1-888-505-6644.) Law professor Adam Hofri-Winogradow gives surprisingly serious answers to farcical holiday legal dilemmas. Marketing professor Bryce Pyrah answers whether or not companies should use slang in their marketing. On Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday, therapist and social worker Gary Direnfeld discusses how to handle family turbulence during the holidays. Professor of addiction intervention Matthijs Blankers and drug monitoring and addiction expert Ruben van Beek shares details of their study into the three-day drop in mental well-being after MDMA use. Foreign correspondent Tony Five brings up his favorite scientific finding of the year: poop doping.
Segments:
- (00:00) Introduction
- (01:18) Jesse Rogerson pt. 1
- (10:00) Jesse Rogerson pt. 2
- (20:00) Adam Hofri-Winogradow
- (30:00) Bryce Pyrah
- (39:50) Gary Direnfeld pt. 1
- (49:50) Gary Direnfeld pt. 2
- (59:50) Matthijs Blankers & Ruben van Beek
- (1:09:50) Tony Five
- (1:18:57) Sign-off
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