#35 Fly Girl: Dr Erica McAlister and the Crime-Busting Maggots

We Can Be Weirdos

Global

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality

4.9 • 736 Ratings

🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

"There can't be zombies if flies exist"

Dr Erica McAlister is the Natural History Museum's Senior Curator of Diptera and Siphonaptera (A.K.A Flys and fleas!) overseeing a collection of nearly 4 million specimens. Erica has presented a Radio 4 series on Insects (Who's the Pest) and her books include The Secret Life of Flies, A Bug's World, and her upcoming title Metamorphosis: How Insects Are Changing Our World.

You can get in touch with Dan Schreiber on Twitter and Instagram (@Schreiberland). In his bio, you'll find the link to our Discord channel - a global community of likeminded weirdos!

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0:00.0	A safe trip begins with TRIP.
0:02.0	Take a road trip with your family.
0:04.0	Get there safely.
0:06.0	Do your trip checks.
0:08.0	T, drop up on island fuel.
0:10.0	R. Rest every two hours to.
0:13.0	I inspect your pressure and tread.
0:16.0	T. preparing for the weather ahead.
0:18.0	A safe trip begins with TRIP. OIS, let me a seven. A safe trip begins with TRIP.
0:21.7	Oh, yes, obviously.
0:23.7	A safe trip begins with T RRIZE.
0:25.7	Do the four trip checks before every journey.
0:28.4	National Highways.
0:32.1	This is a Global Player Original podcast.
0:37.1	Warning! The following episode contains a lot of strong language, bizarre theories,
0:42.3	unexplainable experiences, and a giant botfly burrowed in your head and crunching along
0:47.1	your skull. It may not be suitable for younger weirdos.
0:51.8	I have flies that have grown things out of their cheeks.
0:55.8	You know, there's ice stalks, genitale with flags on, they have sex combs on their front legs.
1:01.0	It's like what? Hey, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
1:23.6	Hey, everyone, welcome to another episode of We Can Be Weirdos.
1:32.1	My name is Dan Schreiber, and I am coming to you today from my home, Rough Way by Sea,
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