WNYC; Radiolab; Parasites
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- WNYC
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- Radiolab
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- Parasites
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- WNYC (New York, New York)
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- cpb-aacip/80-35gb65xx
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- What's gotten into you? In this hour we explore nature's moochers - the good, the bad, and the hideous. We have stories of lethargic farmers, zombie cockroaches, and maybe even mind-controlled humans. Could parasites be the shadowy hand that pulls the strings of life? wasp small parasite flickr/teejaybee In Defense of Cheats Carl Zimmer plays defense lawyer, trying exonerate parasites for their wrongs, while Jad and Robert argue in defense of the victims. Lulu Miller moderates the lightning round, in which the question,"Parasites: are they evil, or are they awesome?" is given three impressive case studies: the wasp that infects cockroaches, the nematode that transforms ants, and the blood flukes that fall deeply in love inside of you. A parasitic wasp and its cockroach prey Ant after parasitic nematode infection The blood fluke Parasite Rex, by Carl Zimmer Photo: flickr/teejaybee * Comment * Email * Save "flickr/grumpies" outhouse b&w "old west" Sculptors of Monumental Narrative Dickson Despommier tells us the story of how the insatiable millionaire John D. Rockefeller turned an eye to the untapped market of the American South and ended up eradicating the hookworm. And, in the process, a number of other awful afflictions. Patrick Walters introduces us to Jasper Lawrence, a modern-day entrepreneur whose passion for hookworms stems from lifelong battles with allergies and asthma. But unlike Rockefeller, Jasper sees this parasite as friend, not foe. Photo: flickr/grumpies A bit of background on Mr. Rockefeller * Comment * Email * Save "flickr/marksebastian" cat The Scratch When executive producer Ellen Horne was expecting a baby, she really had no particular intention of becoming an self-made expert on a parasite named Toxoplasma Gondii. Robert Sapolsky explains to us why Ellen had reason to worry when she was scratched by her cat, and he traces the unlikely path that the parasite might follow, right up to the point that it rewires a rat's brain. Fuller Torrey details Toxoplasma's potential associations with other human disorders, including maybe even schizophrenia.
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WNYC-FM
Identifier: 60973.1 (WNYC Media Archive MDB)
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- Citations
- Chicago: “WNYC; Radiolab; Parasites,” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 2, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-35gb65xx.
- MLA: “WNYC; Radiolab; Parasites.” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 2, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-35gb65xx>.
- APA: WNYC; Radiolab; Parasites. Boston, MA: WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-35gb65xx