Hey everybody we're going to be talking about biodiversity and

uh... biodiversity loss today and its impact on humans including

uh... the spread of novel diseases that tend to,

you know, these are, people seem to think of diseases and viruses is just this

oh, it's just this natural. It's just a part of mother nature and

and you just got to let this natural process just work its way through your lungs and

your neurologic system and that's it's not the case there's a there are a number of

evolutionary mismatches the world that we were built for the world that our immune system was built for the world that our immune system was built for the world that

our mating patterns you know all all different things though the way that we advertise ourselves status seeking

cooperation aggression all of those things were were shaped in a very different environment than we're currently in and those have a huge

impacts so I'm really happy that my guest Deb Miller today is on because I just keep on hearing this from people both both sides of the fence.

I don't know why there's only two sides, but I guess that's what we're doing for now.

And both sides seem to be, I've heard a lot of people just say well it just just happens something you know

This is just what happens. It's just a natural perfectly natural pathogen, nothing to worry about.

And, you know, these are conversations we're going to have to deal with.

This is what people want to say with climate change and write it off as a natural process and

and there are even if that were the case, whatever the word natural means, even if that were the case, it has dramatic consequences on our lives and our future and life as we know it.

So if you also want to hear more about some of my takes on COVID I did a solo

episode recently where I kind of talk about the kind of things that I have to think about when trying to plan out a tour, when thinking about possibly doing shows, distance shows, outdoor shows, those sorts of things,

commenting on the state of current comedy during COVID and so if you want to go back and listen to that touch on a couple of those

ideas on on this episode as well so sorry if it's a little redundant and don't want to hit you

over the head with COVID stuff haven't done much in the last two months and I

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