meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Slate News

Bedbugs Are Back, Baby!

Slate News

Slate Podcasts

Politics, News, News Commentary

4.56K Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The bedbug break-out during Paris fashion week this fall was obviously horrifying, but the bad news doesn’t stop there. Bedbugs are on the rise—and on the move.


Guest: Benji Jones, senior environmental reporter at Vox.


If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next TBD. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hey, it's Lizzie. Before we get started, I just want to let you know that if you are squeamish about bugs,

0:05.6

this show might make you itchy. Okay, you've been warned.

0:13.0

What the bed? What the actual how is all of this on the bed?

0:17.0

I'm actually going to fade.

0:20.0

There's no way.

0:22.0

There is bedbogs and the bed is filthier. I don't know what to do.

0:25.0

Goodbye AirB&B you won't be missed.

0:30.0

I was wondering if you have seen any of the Tik-Tocks of Bed Bugs in Paris.

0:36.8

I have, unfortunately.

0:40.0

That's Benji Jones, a senior environmental reporter at Fox.

0:44.0

Any faves?

0:45.8

There's, I mean, honestly, the Tic Talks on public transportation.

0:49.6

There's a video of what looks like bedbugs on the Paris metro and for me like as a subway

0:55.7

writer myself in New York the thought of having bugs that potentially would suck my blood

1:00.7

on a train is very disturbing to me so that I guess would be my favorite in like a very

1:07.2

self-hating sense.

1:12.2

Benji kind of brought this on himself though because he recently wrote a story

1:16.4

about the global resurgence in bedbugs. So it's really his own fault that I

1:21.5

called enough to talk about it. it's in September. They were spotted in homes, hotels, on the Paris metro. French

1:36.6

government officials said they were spreading despair and warned about them

1:41.1

on TV. The recruitment climatic we have

1:44.0

the arm and the demonstration.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Slate Podcasts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Slate Podcasts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.