It’s a whole episode about the biology of The Last of Us in an attempt to tap into the zeitgeist! What’s the deal with Cordyceps? Could this happen in real life? Are we doing SEO right??
*Originally scheduled for release BEFORE the start of our whole March Madness series
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Sources
Basic fungal biology: http://bit.ly/3ZRi4ie
Cordyceps controlling a cicada: https://youtu.be/FAVAVHAptyQ
Cordyceps controlling a beetle: https://youtu.be/EBQNpyAdmfc
Entomophthora muscae example: https://www.flickr.com/photos/anxoresua/6867594070
Entomophthora muscae and its released spores: https://bit.ly/3EV6pXJ
Entomophthora muscae range map: https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Entomophthora+muscae
Snail with nematode parasite (PRETTY GROSS): https://youtu.be/Go_LIz7kTok
Parasitic barnacle: https://youtu.be/sCvTHrzI-Sk
Body temperature vs. fungi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19827944/
Climate change is selecting for heat-resistant fungi: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mBio.00061-10
Climate change is increasing fungal infections: https://www.wired.com/story/fungi-climate-change-medicine-health/
Not a lot of medical solutions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549129/
We breathe a lot of spores and it’s okay: http://bit.ly/3JusTkR
Most fungi aren’t infectious: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453709/
No spores for the show: http://polygon.com/entertainment/23562421/last-of-us-cordyceps-spores-tv-show-hbo
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Episode 161 – The Owls Are Not What They Seem
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Episode 160 – March Bugsness
Episode 159 – Calendars, I Guess
Episode 158 – Things Objects
Episode 157 – Food-Based Thing
Episode 156 – Dorkness Falls
Episode 155 – Indrid, It's Cold Outside
Episode 154 – Little Red Robin Hood
Episode 153 – Home State Horrors (Part 3 of 25+)
Episode 152 – Animalia Sunt, Ergo Cogitant
Episode 150 – Oops! All Bossa
Episode 151 – The 5th Annual Superduperstitious Halloween Spookstravaganza
Episode 149 – In Germany, with My Vampire
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Episode 148 – Once Again, Listener Stories!
Episode 147 – A Classic Lake-Based Parable
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