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on part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. Oh, I think it was just click that button.

I did. Maybe you find. Oh, oh, I think we did it. We're on. Cue the theme music.

I'm Karroth and I'm Gilly. We're two viruses with a dream and the ability to hack into podcast

transmissions. And this is going viral with Karen Gilly. We saw that brainson is trying to put

out an episode about the immune system. And let's be honest, you don't need to hear about that.

Talk about snooze fast immune system. More like impune system. What? Oh, sorry, I heard the words

immune system and I fell right to sleep. In addition to being boring, immune cells are and I'm just

going to say it rude so rude. Excuse me, this person invited me into their body. I'm just trying

to make myself at home in a cell and what do they do? They pick a fight. Those immune systems are

always trying to destroy cute, talented little viruses like us. So what if I make the body feel sick?

Isn't there room enough for all of us? Yeah, sharing is caring. Come on. Oh, okay,

our hold on this transmission is oh no. This podcast feed has anti viral software.

Quick disconnect disconnect disconnect before it gets us. First immune systems now this

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