Interested in "gross" and "taboo" topics? Are insects the future of food? Would your dog eat you if you died? What does an autopsy entail? Why should we save the decreasing parasite populations? Erika Engelhaupt, author of Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science, and prior writer for National Geographic, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and NPR answers it all and more.

Website - https://erikaengelhaupt.com/

Book - https://erikaengelhaupt.com/gory-details-book/

National Geographic blog - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/topic/gory-details

If you're listening through Spotify, you may have noticed the new artwork for this episode. This is a new collaboration with the artist Phillip Thor! You can find more info about him, or view his Instagram at https://linktr.ee/Philipthor_art.

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As always thank you Don Grant for the Intro and Outro. Check out his podcast - https://threeinterestingthings.captivate.fm 

Intro guitar melody copied from Aiden Ayers at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UiB9FMOP5s