Micro Wave: Are Seasonal Allergies Getting Worse?
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4.7 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2021
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Shortwave from NPR. |
| 0:04.4 | Hey nerds, today we are talking allergies with shortwave producer and in-house allergy |
| 0:11.2 | sufferer Britt Hansen, hi Britt. |
| 0:13.4 | It's good to be back, Maddie. |
| 0:14.8 | Okay Britt, I know that you and more than 50 million other Americans are plagued by |
| 0:20.6 | allergies. |
| 0:21.6 | Yeah, Maddie, I don't want to be too whiny about this, but plagued is right. |
| 0:26.7 | We're talking pollen. |
| 0:28.7 | Bold. |
| 0:29.7 | Yes. |
| 0:30.7 | Dust, dust mites, pet dander, and you know, spring just started and I already have a very |
| 0:37.7 | unpleasant combo of sticky eyes and itchy throat, which you can probably hear. |
| 0:43.5 | No, no. |
| 0:44.5 | You sound great. |
| 0:45.5 | You sound great. |
| 0:46.5 | But honestly Britt, I just started out having allergies too, like a couple of years ago, |
| 0:51.4 | and it's a racket. |
| 0:52.4 | It's the worst. |
| 0:53.4 | You know, Maddie, I've had allergies for a really long time, but I got to say it kind |
| 0:58.6 | of seems like each spring, my allergies are getting worse. |
| 1:03.1 | And that's what I want to talk about today because it's not just me, I swear. |
| 1:07.2 | I've heard this idea from a lot of people that allergies, especially the seasonal ones, |
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