1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,559 Speaker 1: Take off your safety goggles, put down your lab coats, 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: throw caution to the wind, because it's just me and 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: TT for this episode. 4 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 2: Are y'all ready for that? 5 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:09,400 Speaker 3: I don't know if y'all are ready for that. We 6 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,280 Speaker 3: did this one time before and it seemed like y'all 7 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 3: wasn't ready, But we're jumping right back into it, so 8 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 3: I hope you are prepared. Hold on to your seats. 9 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,240 Speaker 3: We're talking about the science behind the latest news and 10 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 3: what we're seeing on our feed. So from torrential downpours 11 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 3: to raging fires, suspicious bruising and swelling, and why food 12 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 3: is both political and scientific. We're covering it all. 13 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, buckle up because today's Lab is a triple maybe 14 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 1: quadruple feature. 15 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: Got a lot of stuff talk about. 16 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:45,720 Speaker 3: I'm TT and I'm Zukiah and this is Dope Labs. 17 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 3: Welcome to Dope Labs, a weekly podcast that mixes hardcore 18 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 3: science with pop culture and a healthy dose of friendship. 19 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 3: All Right, this week is a which is always fun 20 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 3: to meet t T because I love to hear you 21 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 3: explain things and we get a little bit more time 22 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 3: that just you know, laid back and have a little fun. Yeah, 23 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,400 Speaker 3: it's a lot more casual, you know than our typical 24 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 3: labs setups. But we go through a lot and it's 25 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 3: a lot of topics that we are really interested in, 26 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 3: but just you know, either it's not enough to fill 27 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 3: a whole episode or we want to talk about it 28 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:23,080 Speaker 3: like right now. 29 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:24,399 Speaker 2: Yeah, very impatient, you know. 30 00:01:24,959 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: And also I don't know if it's just me, but 31 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,240 Speaker 1: I feel like the news cycle is going so fast, 32 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: like every day, something else, something else, something else, and 33 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: so it's like, how do you pick what you're gonna 34 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: talk about if we're going to do a full episode. 35 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 3: But that's why we have these grab bags, because we 36 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 3: can put a little bit of everything in there. 37 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: You always have like then appetizer sampler, you know, you 38 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 1: want to try all the different things. 39 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 3: Yes, I'm like a few a mood boosh, Yes, a 40 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 3: mood boosh from the. 41 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:59,920 Speaker 1: Shift here at the end of July. So, like the 42 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: twenty eighth through the thirtieth, we've seen Detroit grappling with 43 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 1: flash floods that have led to washed out roads, delayed flights, 44 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: and really left thousands of people without power. It's clear 45 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: that severe weather isn't just local to Detroit, though, it's 46 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: a national concern. In fact, those recent events in Detroit 47 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,519 Speaker 1: echo an even more devastating situation that we saw unfolding 48 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,720 Speaker 1: over the fourth of July weekend when a storm dumped 49 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 1: a ton of rain on Caerra County in Texas. There 50 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: was over like sixteen inches, so that's more than a 51 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: foot over sixteen inches of rain in two hours, so 52 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 1: a flash flood. There was loss of property and really sadly, 53 00:02:40,520 --> 00:02:42,800 Speaker 1: the loss of lives. I think one of the big 54 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: stories I saw was about campers and staff, so kids 55 00:02:46,760 --> 00:02:49,160 Speaker 1: and staff members at this camp, and I think they 56 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: claimed like twenty seven people's lives, and then for the 57 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 1: entire region, so I think that area is called like 58 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 1: Hill Country. The official death toll rose to one hundred 59 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:01,799 Speaker 1: and thirty eight people. It's really off, it is. And 60 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,560 Speaker 1: when I think of Texas, I don't typically think about floods, 61 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,959 Speaker 1: but I've been thinking about that more and more ever 62 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: since I watched this short from Toppy Story. So we 63 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,840 Speaker 1: know the filmmakers who run Toppy Story. So Samuel and 64 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: I they did a short called Floodplaines from the Texas 65 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 1: Water Federation. We'll have to drop the link in the 66 00:03:22,280 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: show notes because it's so good. It talks about this 67 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: event that happened many years ago. And I think floods 68 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,200 Speaker 1: are scary, but flash floods are even scarier. 69 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 3: Because one thing about flash floods is that they happen 70 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 3: so fast in like a localized area, so there's almost 71 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 3: no time to react. At first, everything's completely dry and 72 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 3: it might be raining, but then next thing you know, 73 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 3: the water is up to your knees just a few 74 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 3: minutes later. So it's really really hard to have a 75 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 3: plan and to act, and it can take only a 76 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 3: few minutes to hours, And it's really like in the 77 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 3: name flash flood. 78 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: You know, like always you have this sideline commentators. I 79 00:04:01,120 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: saw a lot of people on the internet like I 80 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: would have done this, and I would have done that. Baby, 81 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: you don't know what you would do. You don't know, 82 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: you know, you don't know. So there's been a lot 83 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: of controversy about the emergency notification system in Kerr County, 84 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: and family said that the warnings came way too late, 85 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 1: so they didn't have time to react. And now we 86 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 1: know from some recent hearings that the county's own emergency 87 00:04:23,560 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 1: management director admitted that he was home, sick and asleep 88 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: while the flash flood waters were rising, so by the 89 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,839 Speaker 1: time he got the call and then woke up, the 90 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: worst of it had already happened. Now, I think that's 91 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: a tragedy, and it's also got people asking some really 92 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:45,160 Speaker 1: tough questions about accountability and backup plans and if we're honest, 93 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,599 Speaker 1: this thing isn't just a Texas problem. Flash floods and 94 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 1: gaps and emergency responses have hit communities all over the country, 95 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: and it's a reminder that disasters are not waiting for 96 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:55,799 Speaker 1: you to be ready. 97 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 2: Yeah. 98 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,120 Speaker 3: I mean right where I live in the DMV area, 99 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 3: we just had flooding here in mid July, and different 100 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 3: areas were underwater. 101 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: It was very, very scary, and it happened very quickly, 102 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,440 Speaker 1: and so it feels like it's more frequent. And that's 103 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: not just my fields, because the National Weather Service backs 104 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: this up too, and they say they've issued more than 105 00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: three thousand flash flood warnings so far this year, and 106 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 1: so that's the highest number on records since they've been tracking, 107 00:05:24,120 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: and they started tracking back in nineteen eighty six. 108 00:05:26,080 --> 00:05:26,920 Speaker 2: F rand wow. 109 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 1: And so it's high in twenty twenty five, but it 110 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 1: was also high in twenty twenty four. Too, and so 111 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 1: this is all part of a bigger trend. 112 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:36,560 Speaker 3: Yes, and the trend it's shifting with the client our 113 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 3: climate change issue. So part of climate change is that 114 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 3: it's warmer. So with the warmer climate, you have warmer air, 115 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 3: and with every extra degree celsius, the air holds seven 116 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 3: percent more water. What makes this soul mind bending for 117 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 3: me is that we're talking about climate change and that's 118 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 3: what's driving like that heat engine. Not only is it 119 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:03,479 Speaker 3: causing flooding in places like Texas, but it's also drying 120 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,400 Speaker 3: up other places that don't get rained. So Texas is underwater, 121 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,799 Speaker 3: but California is getting baked. 122 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:11,360 Speaker 2: And you know, you know. 123 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: What happens when it's a drought, right you stretching that 124 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:16,960 Speaker 1: WaterCycle at both ends. It's bucket loads of water on 125 00:06:16,960 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: one side, bone dry in other places. I'm like, how 126 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:20,920 Speaker 1: do you make sense of that? 127 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 3: Canada is in its fourth worst fire season one record. 128 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 3: They've had thirteen point eight million acres scorched so far, 129 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 3: and the smoke keeps drifting south. We have the same 130 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 3: thing I remember I was in when was that That 131 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,839 Speaker 3: was probably twenty twenty three, where the smoke from Canada 132 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 3: made its way down here and everything was orange. 133 00:06:43,400 --> 00:06:45,279 Speaker 2: Do you remember those pictures from like New York? 134 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 1: I do remember the DC. Oh my gosh, it was 135 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: wild and on the heels of those Canadian fires. Minneapolis 136 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,000 Speaker 1: then clocked in as the fourth most polluted major city 137 00:06:57,040 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: on Earth, and then Michigan and wiscon and also lit 138 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,440 Speaker 1: up as unhealthy on the air Quality Index maps, and 139 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: even New York. The State of New York issued advisories 140 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 1: as a result. They're right up there border in Canada. 141 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 3: So even though fires are happening in another country, the 142 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 3: wind pushes that smoke straight into the US's lungs. 143 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 2: And we are feeling it. 144 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:21,080 Speaker 3: And that's because borders are social constructs. But I'm gonna 145 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 3: say I'm gonna step off my soapbox because we're talking 146 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 3: about that in another episode. 147 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 1: I think it's important to let people know what they 148 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: should be doing. If you think you're in a flood zone, 149 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 1: sign up for the NAA text alerts. You know, make 150 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 1: sure you have little I like these things. Ntt you 151 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 1: got me one digelt pill cases? Right? If you have 152 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: Mason that you take stock up a backup one, because 153 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: when it floods, you also don't have power. You can't 154 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: find things, have stuff that you need readily available, especially 155 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 1: as we move into hurricane season. Just be ready with 156 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 1: these kind of things. 157 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, having a go back, I mean, that's the key 158 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 3: to that was something you put me on too. When 159 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 3: the pandemic can have a go bag if you live 160 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,680 Speaker 3: in a flood area, I think is really really wise, 161 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 3: having you know, some cash if you need it, having 162 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 3: a portable charger for your phone that's already charged up, 163 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,080 Speaker 3: and other necessities that if something terrible were to happen, 164 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:16,760 Speaker 3: that you would be able to just reach for that 165 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 3: bag and have some resources. 166 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,840 Speaker 1: And I think similarly, if you are in smoke zones, 167 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 1: particularly our border states, downloading apps like air now or 168 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: iq air before outdoor plans like so knowing even just 169 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 1: knowing the smoke exposure or the air quality so you 170 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: can wear a mask or avoid being outside right for 171 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: your own health. 172 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. 173 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 3: And also I think you know, we got into the 174 00:08:41,880 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 3: habit of wearing mask back at twenty twenty twenty twenty one, 175 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 3: and now we're kind of laying off the mask. But 176 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 3: I think that when it comes to air quality, break 177 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,080 Speaker 3: out that mask because it will be very very good 178 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 3: in the long run. Also, having an air purifier, or 179 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 3: you can do a DIY box fan afire and someone 180 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 3: who has asthma and struggles when the air quality is bad, 181 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,600 Speaker 3: having an air per of fire really just saves me. 182 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 1: I like the ones that have an app where you 183 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: can monitor, and like, even when you're cooking, you can 184 00:09:15,840 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 1: see right quality changes. And we should know this because 185 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: we have a friend who did some work on this 186 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: in grad school or maybe in his post doc. But 187 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,959 Speaker 1: I'm like, cooking is bad for you. Well, I don't 188 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:26,840 Speaker 1: want to say bad for you. 189 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 3: My cooking is bad for you. Godspeed to everyone in 190 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 3: my household. There was a picture that showed up on 191 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 3: my timeline and I was like, I don't know whose 192 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,440 Speaker 3: legs those are, but that is not correct. And it 193 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 3: turns out that it was actually Trump's feet and they 194 00:10:01,520 --> 00:10:06,079 Speaker 3: were very puffy and swollen. And I was like, I 195 00:10:06,080 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 3: don't know what's going on with him. But it turns 196 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:12,679 Speaker 3: out he was diagnosed with chronic venus insufficiency. 197 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 1: Yes, let me tell you something that speaks to all 198 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,959 Speaker 1: of my fears. I will get on that now. I'll 199 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 1: save that for later. 200 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,200 Speaker 2: But I was leaning in. I was like, let me 201 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:25,000 Speaker 2: hear you know how I. 202 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 1: Feel about compression socks and all that stuff. First of all, 203 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 1: the human body is just miraculous. Thinking about like valves 204 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: that push blood, like our circulatory system, our vasculatory, Like, 205 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: that's a closed system, which is why although I give 206 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 1: blood to the Red Cross, I always feel very nervous. 207 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: I'm like, that's a closed system. Don't be putting stuff 208 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,640 Speaker 1: in there. Don't puncture these veins. Right, we have valves 209 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 1: that push blood to different places, and they're supposed to 210 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:56,239 Speaker 1: snap shut and not let blood pool in our lower extremities. 211 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: But over time those doors don't make a firm they 212 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 1: start becoming loose, like a saloon door to start swinging 213 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: back and forth, and then that gravity is going to 214 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: do his thing, you know, and so you get blood pooling, 215 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 1: and that's what leads to that type of swelling in 216 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 1: the legs and ankles like we saw. 217 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,079 Speaker 3: So is this an inevitable thing for folks or is 218 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 3: it like lifestyle? 219 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,280 Speaker 1: Well, I think some of it is a little bit 220 00:11:20,280 --> 00:11:22,079 Speaker 1: of both. Part of it is aging, but that has 221 00:11:22,120 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 1: to do with how we age, you know, So if 222 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: you're walking more, if you're having more water, if you're 223 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,640 Speaker 1: wearing compression socks, like so even when you travel. You 224 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:33,240 Speaker 1: know you've been on long trip with me. You know 225 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: I'm putting those compression socks on the same and I 226 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,559 Speaker 1: think there are different more I would say, more invasive 227 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:44,480 Speaker 1: or more complex treatments, but this is something that's happening often. 228 00:11:44,520 --> 00:11:47,839 Speaker 1: This is no different than what your cardiologists would give 229 00:11:47,880 --> 00:11:50,640 Speaker 1: your grandma, like the information they would give your grandma 230 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: or appearance, you know, just about aging. So I think 231 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 1: it is important. And so some of y'all might be thinking, 232 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:57,840 Speaker 1: you know, why is this news? Why do we care 233 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:03,719 Speaker 1: that his legs are well? Transparency? You know, we act 234 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:09,040 Speaker 1: candidates for their tax returns, so vascular ultrasounds should not 235 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: be off limits. But we saw that physical. Now the 236 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:14,080 Speaker 1: physical was off limits. 237 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:17,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, he tells us that he like lives off McDonald's. 238 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 3: I'm just like, listen, I'm partial to a mc chicken, yes, 239 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 3: and I can't live and a coke coke no ice large, 240 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:30,120 Speaker 3: thank you. But the ultrasounds aren't off limits, just like 241 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 3: we know, you know, when any president or former president, 242 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 3: when they get sick and we know what's going on 243 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 3: with their health. A lot of us sit at desks 244 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 3: for our work, and this should be a lesson to us. All, 245 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 3: get up, stand up, stand up for your rights and 246 00:12:46,480 --> 00:12:50,199 Speaker 3: get that bod bump so that you know that blood 247 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:52,240 Speaker 3: doesn't start pulling and exercising those veins. 248 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: And so if you're listening to this, stand up right now, 249 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:58,240 Speaker 1: walk the rest of this episode, okay, because also this 250 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:00,160 Speaker 1: is something because T T and I, you know, we 251 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 1: work sitting down. We are at our unless we're out, 252 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: you know, for a special event or something. And that's 253 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: been our recent I think just last week we committed. 254 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:14,080 Speaker 1: We said we were going to do two fifteen minute 255 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 1: sessions a day to just break up that seated position. 256 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:19,199 Speaker 2: Hold us accountable. 257 00:13:19,240 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 3: If you're listening to this right now, put a comment 258 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 3: on Instagram and say, hey, have y'all done? 259 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:25,160 Speaker 2: Y'all fifteen minute walk? 260 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 3: Because one thing about me and my friend, we can 261 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:29,520 Speaker 3: come up with an excuse to not. 262 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead and be really transparent. Now I'm 263 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: not the president, so they don't need full transparency for me. 264 00:13:35,720 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: But just tonight I told T t U huh, I said, hey, tomorrow, 265 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 1: I don't know about our walk because I'm getting my 266 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:42,680 Speaker 1: hair done. 267 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:43,760 Speaker 2: I know that's not right. 268 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,600 Speaker 1: I know because Cecily, doctor Schulinferd told us what to 269 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: do to keep that hair intact. I have no reason, 270 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: but the. 271 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:52,400 Speaker 2: Thing is, y'all. 272 00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 3: When she said that to me, you know what, my 273 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:57,080 Speaker 3: response was good because I just washed my hair today. 274 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:04,920 Speaker 3: Birds of a feather Yup. We're gonna get it together. 275 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 3: No check in on us, hold us account. 276 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, And I think while our media has been 277 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 1: looking at ankles and looking at bruises on hands, the 278 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:17,040 Speaker 1: rest of the world has their eyes on something else. 279 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:20,240 Speaker 1: The United Nations twenty twenty five Global Report on Food 280 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: Crises landed with a thud. It said two hundred and 281 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: ninety five million people are at crisis hunger levels. And 282 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: I know that there are a lot of people who 283 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 1: make up that number that are in Gaza right now, 284 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: experiencing absolutely horrible circumstances. And my heart just breaks every 285 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:46,320 Speaker 1: time I see any updates on the news. It's something 286 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:48,640 Speaker 1: we really need to draw attention to and need to 287 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: be talking about more absolutely. The UN report specifically highlights Gaza, 288 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: South Sudan, Haiti and Molly Right. Yes, we have extreme 289 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 1: weather events like droughts and floods, but conflict and economic shocks, 290 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: those are the primary factors. Those three things for the 291 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: rising hoss for the rising hunger levels, Oh my god. 292 00:15:10,600 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: And this is the sixth consecutive year of increasing food insecurity. 293 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:16,640 Speaker 3: We're gonna put some links in the show notes if 294 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 3: you're looking for something that you can do to help 295 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 3: with this hunger crisis. 296 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:25,200 Speaker 1: Absolutely, we have a global lens. And then I think 297 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: here in the US, what we're also seeing is legislation 298 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: that's being proposed to cut our Supplemental Nutrition Access Program 299 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 1: or SNAP by roughly thirty dollars a month per in 300 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:44,720 Speaker 1: roly So, groceries are only going up. And now we're saying, Okay, 301 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,840 Speaker 1: if you need assistance, we're gonna give you less assistance. 302 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 2: Right. 303 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 3: Think that thirty dollars, that's four gallons of milk or 304 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 3: a week's worth of school lunches just disappearing from a 305 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:57,560 Speaker 3: family's budget. 306 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 1: And I think, you know, I don't know about you, 307 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: but I am very fortunate to be in the position 308 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: that I have not been hungry in a very long time, Okay, 309 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: And I think it's easy to forget about what happens. 310 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: Let's say you go a day you haven't eaten and 311 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 1: you're like, oh, I feel lightheaded. That's because your blood 312 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: sugar is tanking, right, your adrenaline is spiking. But when 313 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:21,560 Speaker 1: you get past that, we start talking about three days 314 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: in your body is already pulling from muscle, okay, pulling 315 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 1: from muscle for protein for its regular function. Then we 316 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: start talking about weeks, your gut lining things, and that 317 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: leads you to infection, stuff like that, immune cell production, 318 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: things that keep you healthy, fighting against other things. And 319 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,320 Speaker 1: when you have severe hunger like that, we know that 320 00:16:42,360 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: doesn't happen in isolation. You are properly exposed to the elements. 321 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 1: You're exposed to more things that can cause infection, and 322 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: now your system is weaker. And so when we move 323 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: into a month, we're talking about all the way down 324 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:55,520 Speaker 1: to your bones, bone marrow. The fat in your bone 325 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 1: marrow begins to drain, your red blood cells are not 326 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 1: being produced, or those factory stall, and there are MRI 327 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: studies that show you start to lose brain volume. Wow. 328 00:17:05,200 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 2: Wow. 329 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: The other thing is like you can't just say, Okay, 330 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 1: somebody's been starving or they're hungry and been so hungry 331 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,639 Speaker 1: for a really long time. Now we're just gonna give 332 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: them all the calories, because if you give feed them 333 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:16,719 Speaker 1: too fast, that can be fatal. 334 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:20,040 Speaker 3: And kids feel it the fastest. It leads to stunted growth, 335 00:17:20,119 --> 00:17:23,720 Speaker 3: delayed cognition, and in the long term you find that 336 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 3: kids that struggle with food security make less money. Pregnant 337 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:34,400 Speaker 3: folks higher calorie demand plus nutrient deficits means that you 338 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 3: will have smaller, less healthy babies. Hunger is an inter 339 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:43,320 Speaker 3: generational science experiment no one consented to. I mean, it 340 00:17:43,520 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 3: just puts everyone in a tough predicament and it has 341 00:17:47,040 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 3: ripple effects. It's not, like you said, happening in a vacuum, 342 00:17:50,119 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 3: and is not just happening to that one generation because 343 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:57,080 Speaker 3: there's epigenetics. We know that from old famine studies that 344 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 3: we're done. And then you have to think that these 345 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,239 Speaker 3: people not just sitting in a room being hungry. They 346 00:18:02,400 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 3: a lot of them still have to work and go 347 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:07,919 Speaker 3: to school and juggle a lot of other things. So 348 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,400 Speaker 3: there's a lot of stress that's also wrapped up in that. 349 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 3: It just all of us is just crippling. It feels 350 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 3: really terrible, particularly at a time where we think about 351 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:36,800 Speaker 3: organizations like USAID being slashed, you know, or completely done 352 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 3: away with, because what we know is that conflict blocks 353 00:18:41,720 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 3: the regular transit paths for food and grain you know, 354 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 3: and there were USAID programs that were specifically meant to 355 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 3: feed hungry populations or people who are living in food 356 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 3: crisis areas, and with the dismantling of USAID, all of 357 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:04,440 Speaker 3: those programs were immediately stopped, and so millions of children, 358 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 3: millions and millions of children, millions of people are dying 359 00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:08,920 Speaker 3: because of it. 360 00:19:09,480 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 1: I think the key thing, you know, I feel like 361 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:13,879 Speaker 1: this can feel really overwhelming, and it can be like, oh, 362 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 1: I don't want to look at that, but we have to. 363 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 1: There's no way you can solve a thing until you 364 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: look at it or even begin to address it. I 365 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 1: think something that's been really interesting and nice for me 366 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 1: to know is that just donating a few dollars. Right. 367 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:29,080 Speaker 1: I may say like, okay, I have five dollars, and 368 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:30,760 Speaker 1: if you have five dollars, what are you going to 369 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,920 Speaker 1: do with that at the grocery store. But at your 370 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,040 Speaker 1: local food bank, because of different deals and wholesale buying, 371 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 1: five dollars can be stretched to twenty or twenty five 372 00:19:39,080 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: dollars at your food bank. Monetary donations are the way 373 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: to go. 374 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:43,359 Speaker 2: Now. 375 00:19:43,520 --> 00:19:47,840 Speaker 1: There is some uplifting or some positive science on the way. 376 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:54,120 Speaker 1: There has been a lot of genetic engineering to create 377 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,639 Speaker 1: food that can survive different conditions. Lately, there's been a 378 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 1: push to kind of tweak the basic machine of plants, 379 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 1: so editing the enzymes that are responsible for photosynthesis in wheat, maize, 380 00:20:05,880 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: and soybeans so they can keep growing even as we 381 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: continue to see you heat waves becoming more and more common. 382 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: I know we don't have time to talk about it today, 383 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: but at some point, please y'all google course with so 384 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:21,879 Speaker 1: we're not just thinking about genetic engineering being meat grown 385 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 1: in a petri dish. Sometimes food innovation is just a 386 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:28,919 Speaker 1: hearty or resistant plant, something that can resist what climate 387 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:29,879 Speaker 1: change is throwing at it. 388 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 3: And guess what. All of them are chemicals. The stuff 389 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 3: you get out the ground, everything is a chemical. So 390 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 3: chill chill, chill, chill. So sometimes it takes a whole 391 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,920 Speaker 3: community to solve a problem, and we need to think 392 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 3: of ourselves. We say this all the time on this show. 393 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:46,119 Speaker 3: We need to think of ourselves as a global community 394 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:50,680 Speaker 3: and do our part to make sure that everybody has 395 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 3: a life that they can love and that they are 396 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 3: thriving here on this planet Earth. It is so so 397 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 3: important we are all here together. 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