Welcome to the Commune podcast. My name is Jeff Krasnow. So as you may detect, I do a tremendous

amount of research for the interviews that I feature here on this podcast. And from time to time,

I feel compelled to record extemporaneous videos that consolidate some of my research into little lighthearted packets of fun and information.

So today's episode features the audio from such a video addressing the various roles of the mitochondria. Yes, they are the power plants of ourselves,

but oh, ho, they do so much more. I delve into our developmental co-evolution with these

jelly bean-shaped organelles, how they dysfunction, and what we can do to upregulate their functionality.

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Pretty, pretty cool. Lastly, if you prefer video, you can watch this episode titled The

Unexpected Magic of Mitochondria and others on the commune YouTube channel. Okay,

without further delay, here's today's episode titled The Magic of Mitoch mitochondria. The topic for today is mitochondria.

The topic for today is mitochondria, these 0.5 micrometer

organelles that animate all of life.

In fact, this very video is made possible by the mitochondria,

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