Oh, hello! It's that lady that sells air plants in abalone shells at the farmer's market,

Alley Ward, back with other episodes of Oligies. So, in this podcast, I usually try to get

you to love and appreciate things you think you do not care about. Because people and subjects

are crazy and beautiful with just a little bit of context. But in this episode, it's time

to know then enemies. So, we're going to discuss disease. This is the lack of ease, shit

that makes you ill. Sometimes actual shit that makes you ill. And breath that can kill a

million soldiers. So, it's dark, it's fascinating. I'm kind of scared. But as we learned in last

weeks, Selma, so, Selma, Selma, Selma, Selma, Selma, Selma, Selma, Selma, Selma,

come more apology episode about sharks. Our brain is programmed to get a little square

to happy juice when we're scared. Okay, so before we go down an infectious

whole of viral wonders, let's just think some quick little happy thoughts first. Okay,

so number one, today is your last day to cash in on the Oligiesmerch.com July sale with

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keep the show running. It wouldn't run without you. So, thank you. And thank you to everyone

who has rated or reviewed or subscribed. You guys are keeping Oligies. One of iTunes top

rated science shows this has bad words. It's a distinction that probably dismayes my parents,

my Nancy, hi Larry, but not enough science podcasts go there. The embarrassing places,

the gross places, the profane places. Thank you for all the kind reviews. As you guys know,

I'm just, just a touch creepy. And I read them because I think it's so nice that you

leave them and to prove it, I shout out one each episode as a thank you. This week,

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