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This Podcast Will Kill You

Ep 8 ABRACADABRA - Go Away Malaria!

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness, Science

4.817.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

It's both a disease of dinosaurs and a plague of people. A gin and tonic might make you forget how much those bites itch, but it won't protect you much from this mosquito-borne monster. That's right people, today we're talking about malaria! We're super excited to tell you about this parasite since it's one of EAU's personal favs (are we allowed to have favorite horrible diseases?). Come along as we travel back millions of years to explore malaria's wee beginnings, trace its path as it shaped human evolution, take a short botanical detour to make that G & T, and end up where we first began--in 2017. Turns out that monster hasn't released humanity from its clutches quite yet.

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0:00.0

Life is short, and it's full of a lot of interesting questions.

0:03.2

What does happiness really mean?

0:05.1

How do I get the most out of my time here on Earth?

0:07.6

And what really is the best cereal?

0:11.0

These are the questions I seek to resolve

0:12.7

on my weekly podcast, Life is Short with Justin Long.

0:16.2

If you're looking for the answer to deep philosophical questions,

0:18.4

like what is the meaning of life?

0:20.1

I can't really help you.

0:22.1

But I do believe that we really enrich our experience here

0:24.9

by learning from others.

0:26.3

And that's why in each episode,

0:27.9

I like to talk with actors, musicians, artists, scientists,

0:32.2

and many more types of people about how they get the most out of life.

0:35.6

We explore how they felt during the highs.

0:38.6

And sometimes more importantly, the lows of their careers.

0:42.1

We discuss how they've been able to stay happy

0:44.3

during some of the harder times.

0:45.4

But if I'm being honest, it's mostly just fun chats

0:48.5

between friends about the important stuff.

0:50.4

Like if you had a sandwich named after you,

0:52.6

what would be on it?

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