Screamtime: Zombie Fungus

Endless Thread

WBUR

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4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Imagine a fungus that could infiltrate your whole body, turn you into a puppet, and grow right out of the top of your head. Actually, you don't have to imagine it -- IT'S REAL. It's called Cordyceps, and fortunately, it only has this effect on insects... for now.

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0:00.0	Produced by the iLab at WBUR Boston
0:10.0	Dim Sum is it the Dim Sum place?
0:12.0	No.
0:13.0	Or is it the new Saigon Banyi Sandwich spot?
0:16.0	No.
0:17.0	Which place is it?
0:19.0	I love it.
0:21.0	The Joy Luck Hapa?
0:23.0	Maybe it's a street down.
0:25.0	Oh, here we go.
0:27.0	Team Endless Thread is walking around Boston's Chinatown neighborhood, talking about a restaurant
0:32.4	recommended by a friend which we cannot find.
0:36.0	Are you still living that building that has been completely gutted?
0:39.0	The shell of the building.
0:40.0	Right.
0:41.0	Is that a strip club?
0:44.0	Is there a strip club there?
0:45.0	Yeah.
0:46.0	Here's the thing.
0:47.0	This new Saigon sandwich situation looks quite legit.
0:52.0	Despite Ben's spidey sense for sandwich shops, we aren't looking for food.
0:57.0	Ben, producer Josh Swartz and I are here looking for a rare dietary supplement with legendary properties.
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