Worms | SciShow Tangents Podcast

From big, slimy earthworms to microscopic C. elegans, worms are everywhere... or are they? It turns out, as is often the case on Tangents, that everything you thought you knew about worms is a lie, up to and including their very existence!
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[Trivia Question]
Dave the longest earthworm
www.theguardian.com/science/2...
[Fact Off]
Geosmin smells like danger to C. elegans
www.sciencedaily.com/releases...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35323...
Ice worms in glaciers
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...
link.springer.com/article/10....
glaciers.nichols.edu/iceworm/
www.nationalgeographic.com/an...
www.npr.org/2021/07/13/101137...
[Ask the Science Couch]
Invasive earthworms in North America
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
link.springer.com/article/10....
genesee.cce.cornell.edu/agricu...
www.sciencedirect.com/science...
dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Invas...
Invasive flatworms that prey on earthworms
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
eastland.agrilife.org/invasiv...
www.jstor.org/stable/3858619
[Butt One More Thing]
Largest human coprolite has parasitic worms
www.atlasobscura.com/places/l...
www.theguardian.com/careers/2...
www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryofthewo...
#scishowtangents #podcast #worms #gardening #science #comedy #scishow

[@BizarreBeasts]

Oh, yes! Always more worms! Let's buy KZbin and fill it with WORM CONTENT. We are so excited Tangents has its own channel now!

[@infernalstan886]

Yay they finally put it on the platform I listen to podcasts on! 😁

[@ashleelarsen2233]

1:45 bravo

[@erebedragons]

this. is. everything. Im so excited to SEE your faces!! Especially for when Hank says something completely unhinged

[@Judymontel]

I know, right???

[@yochanan770]

Hank, your fast food idea is basically how public houses and taverns operated for centuries.

[@dstinnettmusic]

I demand Stefan come back. I want to _see_ him proclaim his love for bananas!

[@SciShowTangents]

we'll try and coax him back on, perhaps with a bunch of bananas

[@calico27]

A banana on a string!! Brilliant! That's got to get him back! Loved Stefan since his days of announcing the gifts on scishow quiz show.

[@Judymontel]

I support this initiative. Just because I'm not saying the word "demand" doesn't mean I don't have VERY strong feelings about him being back in the mix. The banter has been great, but not quite the same...

[@ranevsadomadark]

@@SciShowTangents If he can't be pursuaded, perhaps he can be trapped by a banana under a box propped on a stick! Any means necessary.

[@mynamedosntmatter]

Loving the graphics, and the cuts to useful pictures is a nice addition compared to the audio only podcast.

[@D100O]

This is the first time I've seen Sam's face and it's quite different from how I imagined it. Though this is a dilemma for me now: I want to watch the video version, but this was my go-to podcast for when I was somewhere out and about.

[@laurasouth348]

Me too! also Ceri!

[@CatherineLu]

Honestly I'm probably going to end up experiencing every episode twice because of this 😆

[@SeanGHOB]

I genuinely thought I knew what Sam Schultz looked like before today. I assumed I had seen him on SciShow or P4A or something but, no, the image I had in my head was completely imagined.

[@callabeth258]

Glad it’s not just me!

[@nburtoninferno]

I always imagined him as exactly Noah from Smosh. always had that vibe, but I like knowing now what they look like to put a real face to them.

[@andreshm87]

THIS IS AWESOME! It's so weird that I had a completely different mental image of Ceri and Sam and now I have to reformat my mind about who I'm listening to. This was a great idea, thank you for it and thank you for doing such an awesome podcast!

[@andreshm87]

Second thoughts here. I think I'm going to keep my mental image of you when I listen to the podcast and surprise myself everytime I see you on KZbin, just because it's been too long just listening to you that my mind is pretty much made up on how you look like.

[@SciShowTangents]

Sam and Ceri's corporeal beings are canonically non-canonical

[@Judymontel]

Also doing a mental readjustment here... canonical or not, the gravitas their confident voices gave them in my mind added decades to their actual ages!!! LOL

[@muhmuhmonahan4919]

Same!

[@DeliveryMcGee]

I remember the original form of the show, in-studio, with the Science Couch being an actual sofa. But yeah, it's always weird seeing a radio person or voice actor for the first time.

[@ethan-loves]

This is the first SciShow Tangets I've ever heard, and I'm already sold 8 minutes in 😂

[@morganburt2565]

welcome to the club !

[@ethan-loves]

@@morganburt2565 aww, thanks!

[@Kazekiddo101]

I've been wanting this ever since you had that episode on SciShow Pee. Glad to see your guys faces again.

[@osmia]

+

[@yellowflowerorangeflower5706]

The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be delighted.

[@unjordi]

Love you guys 🥰🤩 you beautiful nerds make me feel hugged every episode.

[@stuck_around]

Ive missed this show so much! ever since HFS switched to tangents then went audio only :( im ashamed to say i subscribed immediately to that but then never could commit to the audio-only version, despite it always being the one podcast in my spotify. often popping up on my home page. idk what the difference rlly is. but i am so happy to see all you guys again on youtube ive missed ceri and sam 🪱❤

[@ceddyjester]

"Enchilada A La Hank" is very fun to say

[@realspacemodels]

I was sitting in line to buy gas at Costco when Ceri said she wanted to buy Costco. I love that the podcast is now available as a video as well!

[@Emmuki091]

I'm soooooo happy right now!!! 😄 😄😄 Just a tiny bit sad we never got to see Cery's blanket fort/broom closet

[@naustin4881]

LOVE this!! We listen every Tuesday morning on the way to school. So much fun. So excited to see everyone!

[@BeeKisses]

Jesus that intro is jarring when you're at full volume in headphones 🤣🤣

[@TheInternetBanana]

They're on KZbin!

[@dropkickcorpse]

7:58 It's so cool to see the history and etymology of worms, worms, and dragons. I would seriously subscribe to an additional podcast if it was just Sari researching etymology and history of scientific terms.

[@raymondgilbert7887]

This podcast really brightens my day and keeps me excited about science as I work on my gen eds. Fantastic podcast guys. Thank you!

[@sleepypapercrowns]

It's so nice to see your faces!! Hi humans with faces whose voices I know!

[@Werd2jaH]

Yesssss I love the podcast but rarely drive enough to listen to them (how i consume audio podcasts). Adding to KZbin means I can consume it like all my other content specifically all things scishow!! Thank you for this! Subscribed!!

[@BDTech-yi6ub]

Love seeing you guys. And the visual component is great too. Being able to see pictures of what you’re talking about saves me distracting myself from work going down a rabbit hole 😀

[@zakstentz3354]

Thanks for coming to Y.T! Great to see your smiling faces.

[@110110010]

I didn't know how much I missed SciShow quiz Show until I saw this pop up in my feed. Thank you for bringing your faces back to KZbin.

[@Isabelle-ud2df]

hank's big company idea is just a nation wide dining hall

[@Meg_of_all_threads]

🤣 That last exta statement at the end about diarrhea and constipation. I had the exact reflection, like, what? Lol

[@TamarZiri]

YESSS vid version!! It adds so much fun/ enjoyment/ entertaining factor/ body language insight to see your faces! Makes the podcast 100x better and it's already my go to ♥️ thanks for this

[@irifhir]

YES! Tnx for coming to youtube! I had to unninstall Spotify and I've been missing you all as hell!

[@alphalappen2479]

Love seeing your faces as well and seeing your emotions. Also, for me, as a non Native-English speaker, subs help a bit understanding it better. I love your work and I heard of it pretty late so while you were done with season 3 I started listening to it. I love the podcast and I love learning new things through you guys. Ps: I don't like peppermint chocolate

[@una_10bananas]

I think you have to be a patreon supporter to join the discord

[@SciShowTangents]

Thank you so much for the kind words! You can join the discord server by joining our Patreon at www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents

[@CatherineLu]

Omg tangents with video?!?!? absolute game changer 😱😱😱

[@trilobite-knight7746]

My first tattoo was of a worm!!! I'm loving the poems, 3rd was unironically great

[@meisheencalsado4142]

It's so lovely seeing your faces! Especially Sari and Sam because it's my first time ever seeing them!!!

[@keywestling]

GAH! I would shop at A La Hank. The hubby and I have been wishing for this service for YEARS.

[@conure3029]

I’m obsessed with the worm poems

[@arthas640]

0:30 if I had $50bil to buy any company I'd buy Costco too. I love the company, they treat customers well, and their employees LOVE the company since they treat employees well with good pay and good benefits. The food court is awesome. You have no idea how many immigrants and refugees I know who lived off the food court since they had bosses, friends, hoet families, etc who had memberships or multiple people combined their resources to get a membership. Its super cost effective. I'd buy the company, raise pay for employees, higher recent immigrants, and then ask my super happy employees to get more people to join up. I find it endlessly hilarious that Costco is one of the worlds largest retailers despite not doing much online and having very few locations. I know people who will travel 50-100 miles round trip for giant shopping trips to the nearest Costco. My dad would drive 50 miles round trip twice a month to shop at costco before they opened one near him since costco is JUST THAT AWESOME

[@DumbDrum]

Public access television channels are still around and you can put whatever you want on it for free! Look up your local station!

[@spidermeadows]

My ONLY disappointment is that Ceri is not underneath her blanket fort.

[@SciShowTangents]

It took a lot of convincing to get her out from under the blanket fort...

[@victorconklin3480]

I listened to this already, but was happy to watch it again! This was very fun and the graphics and photos really added to the experience.

[@ClaudioCanzonetta]

+1 for Sam's oversized reusable bottle, containing (what I hope is) water. -1 for Hank's disposable plastic bottle, containing a really unhealthy, petrol-looking drink.

[@Frummification]

This is my favourite podcast, and I love that is now also available on KZbin. Thanks so much!

[@katetoolate234]

This is great because everytime I heard Hank or someone talk about SideShow Tangents I'd go "oh! that sounds cool!" but then they'd say it was a podcast and I'd go "Oh.. I don't really.. I don't really listen to podcasts anywhere (no Spotify); I'd have to change my whole routine to listen to THAT then. Darn."

[@morganburt2565]

SAM I LOVE THE SHINS TOO

[@jennyt2253]

AAAAAHH IM SO EXCITED FOR this, been in love with tangents on Spotify for tiiime, stoked for these uploads here!

[@sk8rdman]

I absolutely love the idea of a widely available restaurant with 3 dollar meals, even if you don't get to choose what food you get. I would totally go there all the time. This is basically school lunch, and it's what I eat pretty much every day already. I'm not going to complain. It's decent food in good portions, and it's cheaper than any other fast food joint. Easily one of the best options out there. Imagine if other food chains had to compete with that...

[@D100O]

Aaaand I only just realised that your logo is a visual pun.

[@anangoons]

Going through the Tangents backlog so yes Im very late. But I can't believe you brought up ice worms without talking about the Iceworm Festival! A little Alaskan fishing village called Cordova has a festival every year in the winter to celebrate the ice worm! They even make a giant ice worm costume for the parade that functions kind of like the Chinese dragons for Lunar New Year with many people wearing it to puppet it.

[@masonp1314]

Mr Green, you completely are amazing.

[@BaddeGrasse]

I have so much trouble remembering to listen to podcasts on Spotify, so this being on KZbin now makes it so much easier for me to catch every episode, thank you!!

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I've used podcast addict for years and it's amazing 😊

[@sonjaya37]

I love this! Thanks so much for making this and the audio version! I listen (or relisten) to at least one tangents pod almost every day. Super looking forward to seeing these as they come out! Y’all are awesome! :)

[@spencer6207]

FINALLY OMG!!! I've been wanting the podcast in this format for so long!!!

[@Judymontel]

Yay!!!! So great to SEE you!!! I've listened to a good several years of the podcast and was always SO curious to see your faces as you say those interesting (and outrageous) things!!

[@chrismacmillan9000]

Love that you guys are doing video now! Love Tangents and have often wanted to SEE everyone as they are having fun and laughing. All this makes my heart happy!

[@sophibeans]

So excited for this channel!

[@bleep8048]

This really makes me happy I really enjoy you guys. Thank you for making this podcast and now sharing the video :)

[@ceilidancr]

Also this episode is fascinating! Ice worms! The soil smell after rain! I am riveted.

[@trevorcarlisle5447]

So glad I stuck around for the ending 😅

[@arianamiller7249]

I love this format.

[@fahimation4870]

I've been wanting a video version of the pod for so long now. Extremely happy it has a home on youtube ^^

[@SIRRAUN]

First time KZbin listener. I am a Spotify listener and they all look amazing! :) Their backgrounds are so fitting to their personalities. I love this so much.

[@xollst]

holy moly! i've been missing scishow talk show since the very day you stopped making it.... and this is the perfect replacement :) thank you!

[@I4get42]

Sam, you're making me want to watch UHF with your excellent idea 😊

[@SciShowTangents]

I've heard from a few people that I need to watch that movie! - Sam

[@Klos1977]

@@SciShowTangents It's pretty much YOUR fantasy personified by Weird Al. 😃👍

[@rowanlivengood]

have always wanted a yt version! glad its finally here

[@adamkamieniarz9223]

10:34 Wyrm is still used in many fantasy settings.

[@katetoolate234]

Bleh, I remember having to read "How to Eat Fried Worms." I think I even had to read it in both 3rd AND 4th grade.

[@aaronb2686]

Sam and 50 billion dollars, bringing back Sifl & Olly

[@SciShowTangents]

I would be honored! - Sam

[@NoodleBear]

Right at the start when Ceri talks about Vermes I was like "hmm, that sounds similar to 'vermicelli' to me" and while I was looking that up I found out there's a snake genus called Vermicella* and I refuse to believe that these three noodly things' names are unrelated. *Vermicella are commonly known as bandy-bandies and I think that's just delightful. Anyway thanks for spurring on my own tangent of sorts 😅

[@TheEnderKitty1]

Woah!! Ive been listening forever and its so freaking cool seeing yall talk!

[@lukechild]

HOW DID I MISS THERE WAS A VIDEO VERSION NOW?!?! I do normally listen to this as I sleep though... do I now have to double enjoy Tangents both visually AND aurally? Damn straight I am.

[@balqend]

Aaah! So exciting to have video now, came so fast to youtube after listening to today's intro lol. Love the pod

[@sera8697]

SciShow tangents crew is is better ad revenue wise for me to listen here or on apple podcast? Wondering if it makes a difference I’ll go with whatever is more ad rev for you all!

[@thomasmann3560]

I have a crush on Ceri! Her intelligence and beauty are both rare in this world!

[@doodlesparks8431]

YES visual tangents!!! I do miss the couches though.

[@uny984]

Absolutely excited about this! 30 seconds in and I realized that I had no clue what sam and Ceri look like! Hello 👋

[@SciShowTangents]

Hello!

[@Justjjaze]

Ah finally a channel worth belling up. Thank you for this.

[@owgirl]

YEEESSSS everything I’ve been wanting in a podcast IN VIDEO FORM

[@matthewslome4786]

Finally. 🎉 now we just need to get there KZbin stuff on Spotify.

[@myrmatta1]

Yes! Finally on KZbin!

[@julicaru4812]

Aww you guys are so cute ! Seriously though, great show , entertaining, informative and just fun ! All the best Jules 👏

[@osmia]

Subscribed :) Great info included in the description

[@alien9279]

Yet another Sci/Greene channel added to my subs :D

[@takumi2023]

I finally found you guys on KZbin. I love tangents

[@xxManscapexx]

Look at ya'll!!! This is very exciting.

[@carriesutton1215]

And I’m here nerding out about the Narnia map.😅

[@MiaMulder]

This is so good

[@theglobalwarming6081]

This is one of the best thing that has ever happened in 2022

[@travfrancisco]

Coooool format!

[@ajc389]

Hank's business could Green eggs & ham.

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

I might be new, but for a show called Tangents, they sure do stick to a theme. Not that I'm complaining xD

[@beauregardgovoni4784]

I love video podcasts! So excited to see your faces! 10/10

[@lorenbradley9068]

Already listen to Tangents during work, seeing your faces is such a joy! Why is Sam choosing to stand

[@una_10bananas]

I guess maybe it's just an excuse to not be sitting down while working

[@longline]

Wow, I would buy Shell in a heartbeat and commit the entire resource to solar and wind and batteries

[@DeliveryMcGee]

Sam's not far off from something that really happened -- Howard Hughes bought a local TV station in Las Vegas in the '70s, and pretty much used it like we use Netflix -- if he didn't like the movie, he'd call the station manager and tell him to play something else.

[@SciShowTangents]

That's the dream!

[@agnivela]

It's really nice to put faces on the voices

[@anarchy5944]

ok now second one of these ive seen(/heard) now and i still think Sam should make childrens books

[@anarchy5944]

i feel strongly like theyd be full of whimsy and delight

[@anarchy5944]

although perhaps maybe just children-style books for adults. that might be more fun? idfk

[@anarchy5944]

hers was fabulous too though and thats worth being pointed out (sorry Hank... )

[@bonniehowell6604]

Having way too much fun!

[@AbhayPeshin]

I had a simmilar idea about 🐙! Are they just brains with limbs

[@AbhayPeshin]

They seem to have more neurons in their linlmbs than we in our brain.

[@jennitro]

Buy the cable channel and show the oddest shows? Sounds like the plot to UHF.

[@julietaaguilera4622]

I LOVE this!!! ✨♥️

[@Fuzreads]

I didn't know I wanted this knowledge . But it has been bestowed upon me. I am both honored and ashamed !

[@SciShowTangents]

"Honored and ashamed" is exactly the feeling we're trying to instill! - Sam