Oh, hey, it's the day drunk lady who loves your perfume.

Allie Ward, back with the episode you don't want to want, but you know that you need it.

You're just itching for it.

Listen, a few things I know about you, all right?

You hate mosquitoes? You want to try to appreciate

literally one thing about them if you can. Also you want to kill them. We got you.

So I have waited four years to have this very specific guest on ever since we had her on the Black AF in STEM episode in the year of our lockdown 2020. Let's revisit it.

Did you know that mosquito is Spanish for little fly?

So despite my nudging and begging her every spring to talk mosquitoes, she has been a bit

tied up becoming Dr. Mazzie and is now working in a postdoc for the US Centers for Disease Control.

For years I've been like whenever you're ready I have two mics I got a million questions.

That time is now which we will get to but first, just quick thanks to everyone who sends

those questions in via Patreon.com slash ologies.

You can become a patron for as well as a month.

Thank you to everyone out there getting bitten in our ologies

merch from ologies merch.com where we have also a tick shirt that boldly

reads check your crevices. We also have swimsuits you can put on your body.

Thank you to everyone who is listening to our spin-off show, Somologies, which just a few weeks ago launched as its own show in its own feed.

Look for this colorful new logo with a bird and a frog. That show, Somologies, is in your

podcast app or at the link in the show notes, they're shorter, entirely kids-safe classroom

friendly episodes. Also, thanks to everyone who leaves reviews for

this show ologies which I read all of just hungrily including this recent

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