In this finale episode of Endure and Survive: A “The Last of Us” Podcast, Sox and Monkey discuss playing the DLC on Grounded, EXTREMELY inaccurate stat sheets, they dig through a fabulous mail bag segment, and easter eggs. So many easter eggs. On Thanksgiving.

SEE YOU NEVER, SUCKERS.

 

A big lovely thanks to the peerless Dr. Strangely Literal, whose citations can be seen below. Find her on Twitter at @StrangelyLiteral.

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Dr. Strangely Literal's Bib

https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1007184

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_use_of_endophytic_fungi_in_defense

https://phys.org/news/2017-04-fungi-enormous-potential-antibiotics.html

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/lab-rat/fighting-bacteria-with-weapons-from-fungi/

https://mmbr.asm.org/content/72/3/457.short

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLmEZJ2s4oc

https://www.nature.com/articles/nrmicro.2017.45

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ele.12904

https://www.ava.com.au/17095http://www.davidquammen.com/spillover

 

In this episode of Endure and Survive: A “The Last of Us” Podcast, Sox and Monkey discuss Riley's tale, U-Haul Lesbians, and cute 'lil vamp faces.

GO VOTE.

Music by The Darkness. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesse_agins0 Bandcamp: https://jzero.bandcamp.com/

 

In this episode of Endure and Survive: A “The Last of Us” Podcast, Sox and Monkey discuss the events of approximately 46 days ago, we heathens got dem Catholic jokes, and Riley is the ultimate completionist.

Continuous gratitude to Dr. Strangely Literal, whose citations can be seen below. Find her on Twitter at @StrangelyLiteral. 

Music by The Darkness. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesse_agins0 Bandcamp: https://jzero.bandcamp.com/

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Dr. Strangely Literal's Bib

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap8Ts6lv_k0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7r1S6-op8E

https://today.ucf.edu/the-science-behind-zombie-ants/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3118224/pdf/1472-6785-11-13.pdf

https://www.livescience.com/47751-zombie-fungus-picky-about-ant-brains.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/how-the-zombie-fungus-takes-over-ants-bodies-to-control-their-minds/545864/

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/07/is-this-fungus-using-a-virus-to-mind-control-an-animal/565982/?utm_source=twb

https://www.inverse.com/article/38278-zombie-cordyceps-fungus-ant-brains

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/but-not-simpler/the-fungus-that-reduced-humanity-to-the-last-of-us/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii

https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1005037

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All the Twatter's made by Lily Nishita (https://lilynishita.com/):

@DrewBecks_1987

@ellebee_01

@Westons_Pharm

@Swirls_CO

@PetVille_Pets

@SpringsHospital

 

In this episode of Endure and Survive: A “The Last of Us” Podcast, Sox and Monkey interview Deiter, an avid listener with a fascinating perspective on reality.

 

Major big thanks to The Jelly Man for lending us his dulcet tones.

In this episode of Endure and Survive: A “The Last of Us” Podcast, Sox and Monkey discuss GIRAFFES, how the Firefly's hate is a major mystery, and also, Marlene DOESN'T EVEN KNOW.

Unending thanks to Dr. Strangely Literal, whose show notes can be seen below. Find her on Twitter at @StrangelyLiteral. 

Music by The Darkness. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesse_agins0 Bandcamp: https://jzero.bandcamp.com/

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Fever! 1974: https://www.amazon.com/Hunt-New-Killer-Virus-ebook/dp/B00SLWGZG2/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533545347&sr=1-2&keywords=fever+fuller

Mary Mallon's very own Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon

"Did Black Death boost HIV immunity in Europe?" https://www.nature.com/news/2005/050307/full/news050307-15.html

"Biologists discover why 10% of Europeans are safe from HIV infection" https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-03/uol-bdw031005.php

Penny Pinneo survived Lassa infection, Obituary: https://www.astmh.org/blog/october-2012/astmh-remembers-penny-pinneo,-a-pioneer-in-combati

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Also, the alternate ending: https://youtu.be/3PAxWCn9sTA?t=172

Also also, the Ladyboss song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4iSIL2kVT4

Also also also, there's a comic book about Ellie and Riley: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1616552123/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

In this episode of Endure and Survive: A “The Last of Us” Podcast, Sox and Monkey do a mail bag, Sweeney Todd songs lead the way, and SPOILERS: E3 happened and we couldn't resist.

Time stamps for Trailer discussions are as follows:

Trailer 1: 10:44

Trailer 2: 28:01

Trailer 3: 43:17

In this episode of Endure and Survive: A “The Last of Us” Podcast, Sox and Monkey discover that Joel has no door chill, we discuss the pros and cons of Weaponized Infected, and "My room, my dog."

There are TWO, count 'em, TWO trailers for The Last of Us 2 to tide you over until the 2018 E3 Conference! It's soon, though, guys—June 12-14th—so bone up so you're ready for some big announcements!

Links to the trailers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPNiIeKMHyg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW0hsiycrDU

The theory that the Earth has an immune system can be explored here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_immune_system

In this episode of Endure and Survive: A “The Last of Us” Podcast, Sox and Monkey complete their discussion on Summer. This week Sox and Monkey discuss Rupert Grint’s stint as a permanently-on-fire ice cream clicker, the purpose of life in an apocalypse, and the seat of power that a wet nurse could theoretically hold in this new world.

Warning: Candid discussions of suicide by people who are afraid of the serious.

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In this episode of Endure and Survive: A "The Last of Us" Podcast, Sox and Monkey discuss the first half of the second half of Summer. Yup, you just read that. Here you will find Ellie's first woods adventure, queries about the existence of notes, and the cowardice of Bill.

 

Crazy big thanks to our good friend Doctor Strangely Literal for contributing to this episode! If you would like to reach her, you can find her on twitter @StrangelyLiterl. See all her sources below The Darkness' deetz.

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Doctor Strangely Literal's LINKS OF WISDOM

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12275-016-0647-8

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/signs_and_symptoms_of_plant_disease_is_it_fungal_viral_or_bacterial

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19827944

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1799/20142335

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8355354

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534703000697

In this mini-episode Sox and Monkey celebrate the greatest Apple Podcasts review of all time. Enjoy.

 

Thank you to The Darkness for his dramatic musical stylings, check him out: https://jzero.bandcamp.com/