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ZOMBIES

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NPR

Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.715K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Zombies have become a global phenomenon — there have been at least ten zombie movies so far this year. Which made us wonder, where did this fascination for the undead come from? This week, how one of our favorite monsters is a window into Haiti's history and the horrors of slavery.

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0:00.0

The fear is to become a zombie.

0:09.5

The moment a family member is dead, they will drive a stick into the person's heart or

0:16.2

into the person's head so that their children and so forth will not be turned into a zombie.

0:25.7

And so the people are taking precautions out of their own understanding that perhaps

0:32.6

a dead person is not fully dead.

0:37.8

The zombie is real, right?

0:39.8

A zombie is real.

0:41.8

As you already know, the zombie of apocalypse is upon us, the flesh eaters appear to be everywhere.

0:46.9

The centers for disease control and prevention posted a guide called Reparateness 101,

0:52.3

a zombie apocalypse.

0:54.1

Economic modeling specialists, international ranked cities on their ability to defend against

0:58.9

a zombie attack, stockpile and food, containing zombies, finding a cure.

1:03.4

You may think that this is all fun and games, but these guys mean serious business.

1:07.5

They're model ways.

1:08.5

If you can survive a zombie apocalypse, you can survive anything because you never know

1:12.0

what can happen.

1:14.0

There is going to be a zombie apocalypse.

1:17.1

It's just when.

1:22.3

You're listening to Thru Line from NPR.

1:31.9

Will we go back in time?

1:34.2

To understand the prosciutto.

1:39.4

Hey, I'm Miranda DeFuta.

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