8 - Kaiju Kangaroo

We got another transmission from the alternate near-future! We Appreciate (clean, efficient) Power! This week we gather 'round the ole podcasting hearth and discuss our very normal news, the mysterious Hudson Valley Sightings, and our wildflowers are wild trees bearing heirloom fruits. Also:

• Read Octavia Butler: https://www.goodreads.com/series/41747-xenogenesis
• Don't bother visiting Donald J. Trump State Tax Write-Off Park: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/donald-j-trump-state-park
• Taste the Tree of 40 Fruit: https://www.treeof40fruit.com/
• Watch out for the Apple Detective: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/mar/01/apple-detective-finds-five-more-apple-varieties-th/

4 - You Are Not A Muncho

The gang gets together to chat about the death machines we all deal with every day, the horrifying political theater of feeding red meat to racist crowds, the history and legacy of our government's program of weaponizing parasitic insects, and we wrap up by praising some delightful snack foods.

Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons; https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062896278/bitten/

The inventor of the biscuits and gravy flavor winning a prize of $1MM from Frito-Lay; https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lays-biscuit-and-gravy-chips_n_5627b194e4b08589ef49fff7

Throw us a Hammy! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/iJKL8d6DI