Maggies: The Healing Power of Baby Flies

Terrestrials

WNYC

Education For Kids, Storytelling, Education, Educational, Terrestrials, Pets & Animals, Radiolab, Kids, Kids & Family, Stem, Nature, Podcast, Fun, Science, Family-friendly, Children, Animals

4.5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What happens when we push through disgust?

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Wait, you're listening?
0:01.6	Okay.
0:02.9	All right.
0:04.1	Okay.
0:05.5	All right.
0:06.9	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.9	For kids.
0:11.1	Radio Lab.
0:11.6	From W-N-Y-C.
0:14.5	See?
0:14.9	Yeah.
0:15.5	Three, two, one.
0:23.2	Imagine...
0:24.0	Your arms fall off.
0:26.1	And then your legs fall off.
0:29.0	And the only way you can get around is to sort of wiggle.
0:32.5	And you shrink.
0:34.0	You're smaller than your dog.
0:36.1	You're smaller than a peanut.
0:37.9	Your skin turns kind of seethru, and your eyes disappear.
0:42.8	And instead of liking, like, candy, all you want to eat is dead flesh.
0:48.6	You have become a maggot.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WNYC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of WNYC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.