Fruit Flies: Seriously, Where Do They Come From?

Every Little Thing

Gimlet

Comedy, Education, Science

4.6 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Flora is away this week, so we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes — about a summer visitor no one wants. Caller Jeremy has a problem: fruit flies have moved into his apartment, and he needs to know how they got there. ELT finds out where Jeremy’s freeloading flatmates came from. Guests: Biologist Marcus Stensmyr, Lund University. Chemical ecologist Kevin Cloonan, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. Thanks to Jeremy and all the listeners who shared their gnat knowledge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey listeners, this week I'm away on an important investigative reporting trip,
0:04.9	tracking down whether our credits voice is a person or a robot.
0:09.0	So we're replaying one of our favorite episodes from the year.
0:12.8	It's a summertime special about an unfortunate roommate situation.
0:17.9	One I bet a lot of you can relate to.
0:21.9	You have reached the Every Little Thing helpline. Please leave your message after the tone.
0:28.7	Laura, I need your help. Fruit flies. Where do they come from? Why do they never end once you have them?
0:40.0	It's actual emergency.
0:43.3	Where do they come from?
0:45.9	Thanks. Bye.
0:51.4	Hello?
0:52.6	Hey, Jeremy. It's Flora from ELT.
0:55.0	Hi, Flora.
0:56.0	That whisper at the end, Jeremy.
0:59.0	Where do they come from?
1:01.0	Yeah.
1:02.0	Is that how you leave all your voicemails?
1:05.0	You're like, call me back.
1:07.0	Yeah.
1:08.0	Yeah, that's how I leave voicemails for like my sister to call me back. I'm like,
1:13.7	I love you. You sound really desperate. I was. And I will have you know that it wasn't necessarily a speedy response.
1:25.9	So I've been suffering for months.
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