Fang Theory

For one last time, we reflect on our time hosting Fang Theory, be our usual silly goofy selves, and visit the Twilight universe together. We hope you enjoyed it, and thank you for any precious moments you've spent with us.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

An update for any concerned listeners: Paige and Hannah have since acquired Taylor tickets and will be seeing her together :)

Links:

Paige's article about falling in love with Twilight (again)

Big Joel and autonomy in Twilight

My favorite Phoebe Bridgers tweet

And the perfect quote-tweet

A little parting gift

Goonies never say die…but vampires sure do. As Hannah so eloquently put it, this is “the last one where we’re not just dicking around.” Tune in to hear how vampires die (and why it’s so hard to kill them) as well as some horrifying real life examples of regeneration in nature, featuring the wackiest goofiest animals. Also, don’t worry. Your liver is always looking out for you.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

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Hydra picture

Are Vampires Bald??? (Our hair episode)

Our White Whale (Our semen episode)

Hammerhead worms

Itchy deer antlers

Inventor of the pap smear and why it's called that

Regeneration overview

Regeneration and axolotls

Axolotls and human regeneration research

Hydras are immortal probably

Replantation of digits

In a lowkey, silly one, Hannah and Paige make the case that New Moon has the best movie soundtrack in the Twilight franchise, if not in cinema history as they talk about what they love about each song and rank them. 

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

The New Moon Soundtrack

White Demon Love Song

Here We Go Again Video (by OK Go)

The Killers are Mormon (?)

Who is Thom Yorke

Songs written exclusively for the soundtrack

This week Paige and Hannah go on a little self-indulgent jaunt through the first twilight movie. They talk about their favorite parts, the cinematography moves they thought were brilliant, the decisions they thought were, uh, questionable, and generally have a little silly time.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

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SNL Skit

The New Girl episode with Eric

Clip 1 (1:00-3:00)

Clip 2 (1:55-end)

Clip 3

Clip 4

Clip 5

Clip 6

Paige brings Hannah her favorite and most heinous wig pictures from the entire Twilight series, and Hannah tier ranks them. Heads up, folks, some of these are pretty rough.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

The doc with all the links to the wigs Paige and Hannah discuss

"Who Wears Wigs in Twilight?"

"Which actors wore wigs..."

"The Wiggiest Hair of the Twilight Franchise"

"Good News for Twilight Cast Members: No More Wigs"

Interview with Nikki Reed and Elizabeth Reaser

Rob on BD Pt 2 Hair

"You nicknamed my daughter after the loch ness monster?!" clip

Hannah's Glee tier ranking youtube video reference

AHTIFICE!

"You think they fooled me, brother?" (starts 2:40)

Dakota Fanning's education

The most sensual scene in twilight

Ariana Grande on hair damage :(

We humbly present Another Silly One. Basically, Paige walks Hannah through some moments in Midnight Sun and they make fun of Edward a little bit but also generally fawn over how much he loves Bella. It'll be fun, we promise.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

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Feeling lucky?

Stephanie laid down the gauntlet when she said that vampires can never get stronger or weaker. We answer the challenge this week by explaining how muscles work, grow, and atrophy and how vampires can't do most of those things.

Plus, this week turned out to be a culmination of our past episodes in many ways, so if you haven't already, here are a few that we think you should check out!

Our White Whale

The Real Virus Was the Friends We Made Along the Way

You And Me, Baby, Ain't Nothing But Mammals

The Gang Gets Hormonal

Shine Bright Like a Diamond

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

How the Muscular System Works

Muscular System Crashcourse 1

Muscular System Crashcourse 2

Muscular System Crashcourse 3

Intro to muscle growth

Muscle growth overview

Muscle atrophy overview

Why muscle tired :(

Big Boy Science™ (muscle atrophy)

More Big Boy Science™ (muscle atrophy)

EVEN MORE BIG BOY SCIENCE™ (macronutrients)

Lactic acid

Proteasome inhibitor definition

This week, we're back with something a little different: a little more raw and a lot less researched. Paige and Hannah show their uninitiated friend Marissa iconic clips from the Twilight movies and she explains to them what they mean and why they're important. Some highlights include: that Blue-Ass Movie, what Alice and a Puffle from Club Penguin have in common, and Jacob Revealing Himself.

CONTENT WARNING: Hannah insisted on explaining the Omega Verse for reasons unknown.

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Clips Featured:

Jacob Is a Wolf

She Broke Her Hand. Punching My Face.

hey did you get contacts?

Jacob Reveals Himself

Green is what? GOOD.

I wanna be a cowboy, bay-bey

it’s la push, baby, la push

Movie theater and want me to PUT you in the hospital?

you nick-named my daughter

This week we tackle one of the bedrocks of the Twilight vampire lore: why doesn’t Edward sleep? Featuring an overview of current theories about why humans do sleep and Paige and Hannah being icked out by Edward watching Bella but commiserating with her about talking in her sleep.

Donate:

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Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

"Spittin' Facts" (AKA the "Spit on Me" episode)

Who are we / what do we want / why are we doing this

Coral reef teleosts being the most average fish imaginable

Social media and sleep deprivation

Maintenance Phase on sleep

"The Science of the Midnight Snack"

Why we sleep theories

"Is Sleep Essential?"

Dolphins and unihemispheric sleep

More on unihemispheric sleep

Sleep deprivation and pigeons :(

EEG definition

What happens in the body during sleep

More things the body does during sleep

2L of saliva a day 

Why do vampires have such good eyesight, and why do “vegetarian” and “regular” vampires have different eye colors? Find out in this week’s episode, where we answer your burning questions by discussing how human eyes work and what works differently in animals with better eyesight than us. Featuring a passionate defense of tofu by Hannah.

Note: Eagles are SWIMMING in cones: "In a human, the fovea has 200,000 cones per millimeter, giving us wonderful vision. In the central fovea of an eagle there are about a MILLION cones per millimeter." It also turns out we were mistaken: bats don't have more cones; they have rods that have evolved to detect UV light which actually compensates from relative color blindness that comes as a result of having few cones (whoops).

Donate:

Quileute Move to Higher Ground Fundraiser

Our intro and outro music:

In the Gloaming - American Quartet (1910)

Links:

Disturbing artist rendition of a human with eagle eyes

Eye shape and impaired vision

Vision overview (god bless hank)

Diagram of an eye

Why goats have horizontal pupils

Bat vision

More bat vision

More more bats

Echolocation

Owls

Cat vision

Eye color variation in humans and domesticated animals

Orange and gold eyes

Albinism and red eyes

Birds with red eyes

Malaga tourist site