Pop in your headphones, turn up the car stereo, and grab a snack: today’s episode is INFESTED FOODS. You heard us right! Lindsay and Bailey take a journey outside disease vectors to discuss two unique cases of when food goes ary or shall we say a-FLY… Listen to hear Lindsay stump Bailey with a case study about a disease exponentially increasing with climate change. Stick around to hear Bailey highlight about a very rare cheese and its special inhabitant!

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