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217 - Ah! Real Monsters?
Ep. 217
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On today’s episode: Halloween candy is upsetting the delicate ecosystem in your gut! Do our stories of monsters have roots in real illnesses? All that and more today on All Around Science...
RESOURCES
- Halloween candy binges can overload your gut microbiome – a gut doctor explains how to minimize spooking your helpful bacteria
- https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/vampire-grave-found-in-poland
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/130715-vampire-archaeology-burial-exorcism-anthropology-grave
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/2547233
- https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/vampire-myths-originated-real-blood-disorder
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/this-hallucinogenic-fungus-might-be-behind-the-salem-witch-trials
- https://www.britannica.com/story/how-rye-bread-may-have-caused-the-salem-witch-trials
CREDITS:
Writing - Bobby Frankenberger & Maura Armstrong
Booking - September McCrady
THEME MUSIC by Andrew Allen
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