Firstairedwaybackin2009,thisepisodeisallaboutawonderfullyslipperyandsmarty-pantswordforrandomness,Stochasticity,andhowitmaybeattheveryfoundationofourlives.Alongtheway,wetalktoawomansuddenlyconsumedbyafrenziedgamblingaddiction,hearfromtwofriendswhosemeetingseemstodefypurechance,andtakeacloselookatsomeverynoisybacteria.

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