{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a613c9244c9eabf3c57fa81/6ac356861b614c9be0a2ebae?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Tech Vampires and Science Zombies!","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a613c9244c9eabf3c57fa81/1791188336616-036ec5af-2ce8-4e85-89b3-4e99b77b74aa.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In our Halloween episode, a French zombie and a Vampire Witch experience Leech Mania talking about Hirudo Medicinalis, spring-loaded lancets, and fancy leech jars. We like to keep the humor(s) high around here: black bile and phglegm specifically. What form will the Zombiepocalypse take? Is it rabies (rabid whales, what?), prion disease (legit terrifying), or cordyceps (coming for the last of us)? Our listeners share their eponym experiences. Niki slaps on some anti-AI-slop stickers. Huyen is still an otaku (and a brimmed cap).</p><p><br></p><p>----</p><p><br></p><p>03:16 Tech Vampires!</p><p>35:56 Patron Thanks</p><p>36:48 Science Zombies!</p><p>55:36 Listener Feedback</p><p>59:12 Something We Enjoyed This Month</p>","author_name":"Nicole Ackermans, Huyen Tue Dao"}