Episode 131: Top TV comedies of the 2000’s / Brain Worms

Based on a recent article from the AV club, Ali and Asif list their top 10 TV comedies from the 2000’s (2:03). See who made the list, and who was left off (horrific spoiler – the following shows did NOT make our top 10: Schitt’s Creek, Ted Lasso and Brooklyn 99). 

 

Then the guys discuss the recent new article about a woman in Australia who had a parasitic worm removed from her brain (41:46). Asif discusses this rare diagnosis and how scientists eventually figured out it actually was a worm that typically infects pythons. Asif then discusses a much more common infection – neurocysticercosis which is a tapeworm infection of the brain. Asif discusses how common it is and how people can contract it (often by eating infected undercooked pork). Asif talks about the presenting symptoms and how it is one of the most common causes of epilepsy around the globe. He then goes over the treatment of the disease. 

 

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Show notes:

• The 50 best TV comedies since 2000: https://www.avclub.com/best-tv-comedy-shows-since-2000-1850752856
• ‘Still alive and wriggling:’ Doctors remove 3-inch parasitic worm from woman’s brain in world first: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/29/australia/australia-parasitic-worm-brain-scn-intl-hnk/index.html
• Cysticercosis FAQs: https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/cysticercosis/gen_info/faqs.html
• Neurocysticercosis: https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1168656-overview?icd=login_success_email_match_norm#a4