This is a banter-filled opener where Lester Nare introduces the episode alongside Krishna Choudhury, talking about a Chelsea Football Club jersey and his prediction for the upcoming match against Arsenal. He then briefly sets up the episode as a relaxed, light rundown of fall science events rather than a deep dive.
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3:44your captain speaking Lester Nar joined as always by my co-host and our resident PhD Krishna Chowdery. For those who joined us for the last episode as we mentioned we are going into our Labor Day weekend and are going to have a little bit of a relaxing episode and I will start off with something that is not very scientific. but is very near and dear to my heart and it has to do with the jersey that I currently have on my body which was purchased at Stamford Bridge during the Carabal Cup against Tottenham Hotspur, the second biggest team in London behind Chelsea. And this is happening prior to
4:25our first game against the third biggest team in London, Arsenal, which will be happening on Labor Day on Monday. And my assumption is that we're going to win that game. So I am wearing this jersey in celebration of the unexpected success of Jabi Alonzo's vision to bring Chelsea Football Club to a Premier League championship in his first year. It's going to happen. >> It's going to happen. >> I predicted that for the first time in 5 years we're going to beat Arsenal. I believe you know Arsenal and >> five let's not talk about third biggest
5:05team in London it's Chelsea Tottenham Arsenal West Ham we won't even talk about that and so up the Chelse well done boys on a big victory I will stop with the sports ball talk we're going to have a fun relaxing episode we're just going to do a little bit of a rundown we're going into the fall season and there's a couple of different big scientific events that are happening And so we're just going to do a very light overview of what those look like. So unlike some of our normal deep dives, we're just going to cover the surface, but still keep it focused on the science because this is from first principles.
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