[0:25:00] Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the Emerging Writers Festival (EWF) is going digital. Ruby Rose, a coordinator at EWF, comes on the show to explain what to expect from the annual festival that brings together young and/or new writers to explore their creativity through a mix of media storytelling forms. The festival will run this June 16th-23rd. 

To find out more about EWF head to https://emergingwritersfestival.org.au/

 

[0:40:00] This week's Tram Thought centres around Flower Language, the messenger system used in the Victorian Era to convery messages between lovers, haters or close friends. We discuss the way we convey our deepest emotions and desires in 2020, and whether we share similarities to the Flower Language in the way we communicate.

 

[1:16:00] Charles from the University of Sydney joins us on the show to discuss how the tree-toed skink (Saiphos Equalis) may be in the process of transitioning from egg-laying to live birth. We chat about this cool moment in evolution which scientists are currently tracking. Charles explains how this process called dichotomy is possible, with the three-toed skink being one of the few animals that can produce young both ways.