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A copper vest for a penguin sounds like a punchline until you hear why it exists. We kick things off with a report from Chile where El Niño-driven warmth cuts into the fish supply, leaving young penguins injured and at risk. Researchers are trying a surprising fix using copper and zinc vests, and that sends us straight into the messy line between science, folk remedies, and the stories we tell ourselves about what heals.

Then we get personal and a little annoyed. Joe talks about sewing a San Fermín Festival patch onto a travel shirt as a simple memento, only to be stopped by security and pressed to “explain” what the patch is for. From there it’s the Braves game sun, the search for a bandana, and the unsettling reality of customer service jobs where the person selling the products doesn’t know what the products are called.

We also dig into modern sales pressure and online weirdness, including a pitch to appear on the podcast that devolves into insults and threats before asking if we still want to buy the book. Add a record-setting haul of trash from the Grand Canyon area (yes, including a single Uno card), and we finish with a hostage hypothetical that forces the hardest question of all: do you choose who dies, or refuse and live with the outcome?

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