WEBVTT - Floods, Fire & Hunger - Lab 105 0:00:00.040 --> 0:00:02.559 Take off your safety goggles, put down your lab coats, 0:00:02.640 --> 0:00:04.840 throw caution to the wind, because it's just me and 0:00:04.920 --> 0:00:06.199 TT for this episode. 0:00:06.280 --> 0:00:07.160 Are y'all ready for that? 0:00:07.280 --> 0:00:09.400 I don't know if y'all are ready for that. We 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:12.280 did this one time before and it seemed like y'all 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:14.520 wasn't ready, But we're jumping right back into it, so 0:00:14.560 --> 0:00:16.880 I hope you are prepared. Hold on to your seats. 0:00:17.079 --> 0:00:20.240 We're talking about the science behind the latest news and 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:24.280 what we're seeing on our feed. So from torrential downpours 0:00:24.360 --> 0:00:29.040 to raging fires, suspicious bruising and swelling, and why food 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:32.000 is both political and scientific. We're covering it all. 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:36.280 Yeah, buckle up because today's Lab is a triple maybe 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:37.280 quadruple feature. 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:38.600 Got a lot of stuff talk about. 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:45.720 I'm TT and I'm Zukiah and this is Dope Labs. 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:51.120 Welcome to Dope Labs, a weekly podcast that mixes hardcore 0:00:51.200 --> 0:00:54.160 science with pop culture and a healthy dose of friendship. 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.360 All Right, this week is a which is always fun 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:03.320 to meet t T because I love to hear you 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:06.520 explain things and we get a little bit more time 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.360 that just you know, laid back and have a little fun. Yeah, 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:12.400 it's a lot more casual, you know than our typical 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.920 labs setups. But we go through a lot and it's 0:01:15.920 --> 0:01:17.920 a lot of topics that we are really interested in, 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:20.440 but just you know, either it's not enough to fill 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:22.480 a whole episode or we want to talk about it 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:23.080 like right now. 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:24.399 Yeah, very impatient, you know. 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:27.720 And also I don't know if it's just me, but 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:30.240 I feel like the news cycle is going so fast, 0:01:30.400 --> 0:01:33.280 like every day, something else, something else, something else, and 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:35.800 so it's like, how do you pick what you're gonna 0:01:35.800 --> 0:01:38.000 talk about if we're going to do a full episode. 0:01:38.160 --> 0:01:40.440 But that's why we have these grab bags, because we 0:01:40.520 --> 0:01:42.400 can put a little bit of everything in there. 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:48.120 You always have like then appetizer sampler, you know, you 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:49.680 want to try all the different things. 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.640 Yes, I'm like a few a mood boosh, Yes, a 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:54.880 mood boosh from the. 0:01:54.840 --> 0:01:59.920 Shift here at the end of July. So, like the 0:02:00.080 --> 0:02:03.840 twenty eighth through the thirtieth, we've seen Detroit grappling with 0:02:03.920 --> 0:02:07.640 flash floods that have led to washed out roads, delayed flights, 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:11.560 and really left thousands of people without power. It's clear 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:14.480 that severe weather isn't just local to Detroit, though, it's 0:02:14.520 --> 0:02:18.320 a national concern. In fact, those recent events in Detroit 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:22.519 echo an even more devastating situation that we saw unfolding 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.720 over the fourth of July weekend when a storm dumped 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:29.520 a ton of rain on Caerra County in Texas. There 0:02:29.600 --> 0:02:33.080 was over like sixteen inches, so that's more than a 0:02:33.080 --> 0:02:36.400 foot over sixteen inches of rain in two hours, so 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:40.280 a flash flood. There was loss of property and really sadly, 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:42.800 the loss of lives. I think one of the big 0:02:42.840 --> 0:02:46.760 stories I saw was about campers and staff, so kids 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.160 and staff members at this camp, and I think they 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:52.120 claimed like twenty seven people's lives, and then for the 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:54.239 entire region, so I think that area is called like 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.840 Hill Country. The official death toll rose to one hundred 0:02:57.880 --> 0:03:01.799 and thirty eight people. It's really off, it is. And 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:05.560 when I think of Texas, I don't typically think about floods, 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.959 but I've been thinking about that more and more ever 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:13.080 since I watched this short from Toppy Story. So we 0:03:13.120 --> 0:03:15.840 know the filmmakers who run Toppy Story. So Samuel and 0:03:15.919 --> 0:03:20.079 I they did a short called Floodplaines from the Texas 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:22.280 Water Federation. We'll have to drop the link in the 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:25.360 show notes because it's so good. It talks about this 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:29.000 event that happened many years ago. And I think floods 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:32.200 are scary, but flash floods are even scarier. 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:34.760 Because one thing about flash floods is that they happen 0:03:34.880 --> 0:03:39.120 so fast in like a localized area, so there's almost 0:03:39.320 --> 0:03:42.200 no time to react. At first, everything's completely dry and 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:43.800 it might be raining, but then next thing you know, 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:46.920 the water is up to your knees just a few 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.840 minutes later. So it's really really hard to have a 0:03:49.880 --> 0:03:53.280 plan and to act, and it can take only a 0:03:53.360 --> 0:03:56.080 few minutes to hours, And it's really like in the 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:58.080 name flash flood. 0:03:57.880 --> 0:04:01.120 You know, like always you have this sideline commentators. I 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:02.440 saw a lot of people on the internet like I 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:03.920 would have done this, and I would have done that. Baby, 0:04:03.960 --> 0:04:05.880 you don't know what you would do. You don't know, 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.600 you know, you don't know. So there's been a lot 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:12.080 of controversy about the emergency notification system in Kerr County, 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.000 and family said that the warnings came way too late, 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:17.160 so they didn't have time to react. And now we 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:23.520 know from some recent hearings that the county's own emergency 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:27.160 management director admitted that he was home, sick and asleep 0:04:27.640 --> 0:04:30.960 while the flash flood waters were rising, so by the 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:33.839 time he got the call and then woke up, the 0:04:33.880 --> 0:04:36.760 worst of it had already happened. Now, I think that's 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:40.479 a tragedy, and it's also got people asking some really 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:45.160 tough questions about accountability and backup plans and if we're honest, 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.599 this thing isn't just a Texas problem. Flash floods and 0:04:48.640 --> 0:04:52.440 gaps and emergency responses have hit communities all over the country, 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.080 and it's a reminder that disasters are not waiting for 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:55.799 you to be ready. 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:56.279 Yeah. 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:59.120 I mean right where I live in the DMV area, 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:03.880 we just had flooding here in mid July, and different 0:05:03.920 --> 0:05:05.480 areas were underwater. 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:09.080 It was very, very scary, and it happened very quickly, 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:12.440 and so it feels like it's more frequent. And that's 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:14.960 not just my fields, because the National Weather Service backs 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:17.240 this up too, and they say they've issued more than 0:05:17.279 --> 0:05:20.719 three thousand flash flood warnings so far this year, and 0:05:20.760 --> 0:05:23.839 so that's the highest number on records since they've been tracking, 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:26.000 and they started tracking back in nineteen eighty six. 0:05:26.080 --> 0:05:26.920 F rand wow. 0:05:26.960 --> 0:05:29.279 And so it's high in twenty twenty five, but it 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.400 was also high in twenty twenty four. Too, and so 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:32.839 this is all part of a bigger trend. 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:36.560 Yes, and the trend it's shifting with the client our 0:05:36.839 --> 0:05:40.280 climate change issue. So part of climate change is that 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:43.320 it's warmer. So with the warmer climate, you have warmer air, 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:48.120 and with every extra degree celsius, the air holds seven 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:53.360 percent more water. What makes this soul mind bending for 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.840 me is that we're talking about climate change and that's 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:59.599 what's driving like that heat engine. Not only is it 0:05:59.640 --> 0:06:03.479 causing flooding in places like Texas, but it's also drying 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:07.400 up other places that don't get rained. So Texas is underwater, 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:09.799 but California is getting baked. 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:11.360 And you know, you know. 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.200 What happens when it's a drought, right you stretching that 0:06:14.240 --> 0:06:16.960 WaterCycle at both ends. It's bucket loads of water on 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:20.000 one side, bone dry in other places. I'm like, how 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:20.920 do you make sense of that? 0:06:21.240 --> 0:06:25.400 Canada is in its fourth worst fire season one record. 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:30.159 They've had thirteen point eight million acres scorched so far, 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:33.560 and the smoke keeps drifting south. We have the same 0:06:33.640 --> 0:06:37.039 thing I remember I was in when was that That 0:06:37.120 --> 0:06:40.839 was probably twenty twenty three, where the smoke from Canada 0:06:40.960 --> 0:06:43.400 made its way down here and everything was orange. 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.279 Do you remember those pictures from like New York? 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:48.840 I do remember the DC. Oh my gosh, it was 0:06:49.240 --> 0:06:54.120 wild and on the heels of those Canadian fires. Minneapolis 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:57.000 then clocked in as the fourth most polluted major city 0:06:57.040 --> 0:07:00.640 on Earth, and then Michigan and wiscon and also lit 0:07:00.720 --> 0:07:03.440 up as unhealthy on the air Quality Index maps, and 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.080 even New York. The State of New York issued advisories 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:08.480 as a result. They're right up there border in Canada. 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:10.600 So even though fires are happening in another country, the 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:15.200 wind pushes that smoke straight into the US's lungs. 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:16.480 And we are feeling it. 0:07:16.560 --> 0:07:21.080 And that's because borders are social constructs. But I'm gonna 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:24.320 say I'm gonna step off my soapbox because we're talking 0:07:24.360 --> 0:07:25.720 about that in another episode. 0:07:26.120 --> 0:07:28.000 I think it's important to let people know what they 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:30.840 should be doing. If you think you're in a flood zone, 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:34.880 sign up for the NAA text alerts. You know, make 0:07:34.920 --> 0:07:37.800 sure you have little I like these things. Ntt you 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.960 got me one digelt pill cases? Right? If you have 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:45.160 Mason that you take stock up a backup one, because 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.160 when it floods, you also don't have power. You can't 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.600 find things, have stuff that you need readily available, especially 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:52.960 as we move into hurricane season. Just be ready with 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:53.760 these kind of things. 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:56.560 Yeah, having a go back, I mean, that's the key 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:58.200 to that was something you put me on too. When 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.400 the pandemic can have a go bag if you live 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:03.680 in a flood area, I think is really really wise, 0:08:03.800 --> 0:08:07.200 having you know, some cash if you need it, having 0:08:07.440 --> 0:08:10.480 a portable charger for your phone that's already charged up, 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:15.080 and other necessities that if something terrible were to happen, 0:08:15.160 --> 0:08:16.760 that you would be able to just reach for that 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:19.000 bag and have some resources. 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:22.840 And I think similarly, if you are in smoke zones, 0:08:23.080 --> 0:08:26.840 particularly our border states, downloading apps like air now or 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:31.400 iq air before outdoor plans like so knowing even just 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.720 knowing the smoke exposure or the air quality so you 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:38.040 can wear a mask or avoid being outside right for 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:38.760 your own health. 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:39.120 Yeah. 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.880 And also I think you know, we got into the 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.680 habit of wearing mask back at twenty twenty twenty twenty one, 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:47.320 and now we're kind of laying off the mask. But 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.840 I think that when it comes to air quality, break 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:54.080 out that mask because it will be very very good 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:57.680 in the long run. Also, having an air purifier, or 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:01.440 you can do a DIY box fan afire and someone 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:05.960 who has asthma and struggles when the air quality is bad, 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:09.600 having an air per of fire really just saves me. 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:13.240 I like the ones that have an app where you 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:15.800 can monitor, and like, even when you're cooking, you can 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:19.560 see right quality changes. And we should know this because 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.120 we have a friend who did some work on this 0:09:21.160 --> 0:09:23.280 in grad school or maybe in his post doc. But 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:25.959 I'm like, cooking is bad for you. Well, I don't 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:26.840 want to say bad for you. 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:33.800 My cooking is bad for you. Godspeed to everyone in 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:51.160 my household. There was a picture that showed up on 0:09:51.160 --> 0:09:52.880 my timeline and I was like, I don't know whose 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:56.440 legs those are, but that is not correct. And it 0:09:56.520 --> 0:10:01.520 turns out that it was actually Trump's feet and they 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:06.079 were very puffy and swollen. And I was like, I 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:08.559 don't know what's going on with him. But it turns 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:12.679 out he was diagnosed with chronic venus insufficiency. 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:17.160 Yes, let me tell you something that speaks to all 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.959 of my fears. I will get on that now. I'll 0:10:19.960 --> 0:10:20.800 save that for later. 0:10:21.559 --> 0:10:24.200 But I was leaning in. I was like, let me 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:25.000 hear you know how I. 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:28.280 Feel about compression socks and all that stuff. First of all, 0:10:28.920 --> 0:10:33.360 the human body is just miraculous. Thinking about like valves 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:36.760 that push blood, like our circulatory system, our vasculatory, Like, 0:10:36.800 --> 0:10:39.800 that's a closed system, which is why although I give 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:42.920 blood to the Red Cross, I always feel very nervous. 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:45.160 I'm like, that's a closed system. Don't be putting stuff 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:48.640 in there. Don't puncture these veins. Right, we have valves 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:52.920 that push blood to different places, and they're supposed to 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:56.239 snap shut and not let blood pool in our lower extremities. 0:10:56.520 --> 0:11:00.480 But over time those doors don't make a firm they 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.800 start becoming loose, like a saloon door to start swinging 0:11:03.840 --> 0:11:06.160 back and forth, and then that gravity is going to 0:11:06.200 --> 0:11:09.520 do his thing, you know, and so you get blood pooling, 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:11.600 and that's what leads to that type of swelling in 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:13.200 the legs and ankles like we saw. 0:11:13.520 --> 0:11:16.079 So is this an inevitable thing for folks or is 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:17.240 it like lifestyle? 0:11:17.400 --> 0:11:20.280 Well, I think some of it is a little bit 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:22.079 of both. Part of it is aging, but that has 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.679 to do with how we age, you know, So if 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.679 you're walking more, if you're having more water, if you're 0:11:28.720 --> 0:11:31.640 wearing compression socks, like so even when you travel. You 0:11:31.679 --> 0:11:33.240 know you've been on long trip with me. You know 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:37.360 I'm putting those compression socks on the same and I 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:40.559 think there are different more I would say, more invasive 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:44.480 or more complex treatments, but this is something that's happening often. 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:47.839 This is no different than what your cardiologists would give 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.640 your grandma, like the information they would give your grandma 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:53.840 or appearance, you know, just about aging. So I think 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:56.199 it is important. And so some of y'all might be thinking, 0:11:56.240 --> 0:11:57.840 you know, why is this news? Why do we care 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:03.719 that his legs are well? Transparency? You know, we act 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:09.040 candidates for their tax returns, so vascular ultrasounds should not 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:12.800 be off limits. But we saw that physical. Now the 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:14.080 physical was off limits. 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:17.239 Yeah, he tells us that he like lives off McDonald's. 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:20.520 I'm just like, listen, I'm partial to a mc chicken, yes, 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:25.760 and I can't live and a coke coke no ice large, 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:30.120 thank you. But the ultrasounds aren't off limits, just like 0:12:30.200 --> 0:12:34.600 we know, you know, when any president or former president, 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.280 when they get sick and we know what's going on 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:38.520 with their health. A lot of us sit at desks 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:42.720 for our work, and this should be a lesson to us. All, 0:12:43.080 --> 0:12:46.240 get up, stand up, stand up for your rights and 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:50.199 get that bod bump so that you know that blood 0:12:50.200 --> 0:12:52.240 doesn't start pulling and exercising those veins. 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:54.120 And so if you're listening to this, stand up right now, 0:12:54.200 --> 0:12:58.240 walk the rest of this episode, okay, because also this 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.160 is something because T T and I, you know, we 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:03.600 work sitting down. We are at our unless we're out, 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.680 you know, for a special event or something. And that's 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:09.440 been our recent I think just last week we committed. 0:13:09.800 --> 0:13:14.080 We said we were going to do two fifteen minute 0:13:14.160 --> 0:13:18.160 sessions a day to just break up that seated position. 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:19.199 Hold us accountable. 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:22.040 If you're listening to this right now, put a comment 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.040 on Instagram and say, hey, have y'all done? 0:13:24.080 --> 0:13:25.160 Y'all fifteen minute walk? 0:13:25.600 --> 0:13:28.120 Because one thing about me and my friend, we can 0:13:28.120 --> 0:13:29.520 come up with an excuse to not. 0:13:30.120 --> 0:13:32.920 I'm gonna go ahead and be really transparent. Now I'm 0:13:32.960 --> 0:13:35.640 not the president, so they don't need full transparency for me. 0:13:35.720 --> 0:13:40.640 But just tonight I told T t U huh, I said, hey, tomorrow, 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:42.240 I don't know about our walk because I'm getting my 0:13:42.280 --> 0:13:42.680 hair done. 0:13:42.880 --> 0:13:43.760 I know that's not right. 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:47.600 I know because Cecily, doctor Schulinferd told us what to 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.640 do to keep that hair intact. I have no reason, 0:13:50.800 --> 0:13:51.120 but the. 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:52.400 Thing is, y'all. 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:53.880 When she said that to me, you know what, my 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:57.080 response was good because I just washed my hair today. 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:04.920 Birds of a feather Yup. We're gonna get it together. 0:14:04.960 --> 0:14:06.440 No check in on us, hold us account. 0:14:06.520 --> 0:14:10.640 Yes, yes, And I think while our media has been 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:15.040 looking at ankles and looking at bruises on hands, the 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:17.040 rest of the world has their eyes on something else. 0:14:17.120 --> 0:14:20.240 The United Nations twenty twenty five Global Report on Food 0:14:20.240 --> 0:14:24.440 Crises landed with a thud. It said two hundred and 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:28.880 ninety five million people are at crisis hunger levels. And 0:14:28.960 --> 0:14:31.160 I know that there are a lot of people who 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:34.080 make up that number that are in Gaza right now, 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:41.840 experiencing absolutely horrible circumstances. And my heart just breaks every 0:14:41.920 --> 0:14:46.320 time I see any updates on the news. It's something 0:14:46.400 --> 0:14:48.640 we really need to draw attention to and need to 0:14:48.680 --> 0:14:53.880 be talking about more absolutely. The UN report specifically highlights Gaza, 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:57.840 South Sudan, Haiti and Molly Right. Yes, we have extreme 0:14:57.880 --> 0:15:03.720 weather events like droughts and floods, but conflict and economic shocks, 0:15:03.720 --> 0:15:06.800 those are the primary factors. Those three things for the 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.600 rising hoss for the rising hunger levels, Oh my god. 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:14.600 And this is the sixth consecutive year of increasing food insecurity. 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:16.640 We're gonna put some links in the show notes if 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.800 you're looking for something that you can do to help 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:20.600 with this hunger crisis. 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:25.200 Absolutely, we have a global lens. And then I think 0:15:25.240 --> 0:15:29.640 here in the US, what we're also seeing is legislation 0:15:29.760 --> 0:15:36.120 that's being proposed to cut our Supplemental Nutrition Access Program 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:39.480 or SNAP by roughly thirty dollars a month per in 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:44.720 roly So, groceries are only going up. And now we're saying, Okay, 0:15:45.000 --> 0:15:47.840 if you need assistance, we're gonna give you less assistance. 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:48.560 Right. 0:15:48.640 --> 0:15:52.520 Think that thirty dollars, that's four gallons of milk or 0:15:52.760 --> 0:15:56.720 a week's worth of school lunches just disappearing from a 0:15:56.760 --> 0:15:57.560 family's budget. 0:15:57.680 --> 0:16:00.120 And I think, you know, I don't know about you, 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:03.200 but I am very fortunate to be in the position 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:06.720 that I have not been hungry in a very long time, Okay, 0:16:07.280 --> 0:16:10.160 And I think it's easy to forget about what happens. 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:11.840 Let's say you go a day you haven't eaten and 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:14.520 you're like, oh, I feel lightheaded. That's because your blood 0:16:14.560 --> 0:16:18.560 sugar is tanking, right, your adrenaline is spiking. But when 0:16:18.560 --> 0:16:21.560 you get past that, we start talking about three days 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:26.040 in your body is already pulling from muscle, okay, pulling 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:29.760 from muscle for protein for its regular function. Then we 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:34.400 start talking about weeks, your gut lining things, and that 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:37.120 leads you to infection, stuff like that, immune cell production, 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:40.080 things that keep you healthy, fighting against other things. And 0:16:40.120 --> 0:16:42.320 when you have severe hunger like that, we know that 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.440 doesn't happen in isolation. You are properly exposed to the elements. 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:47.840 You're exposed to more things that can cause infection, and 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:50.240 now your system is weaker. And so when we move 0:16:50.320 --> 0:16:52.560 into a month, we're talking about all the way down 0:16:52.560 --> 0:16:55.520 to your bones, bone marrow. The fat in your bone 0:16:55.560 --> 0:16:58.440 marrow begins to drain, your red blood cells are not 0:16:58.480 --> 0:17:01.960 being produced, or those factory stall, and there are MRI 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:04.840 studies that show you start to lose brain volume. Wow. 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:05.560 Wow. 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:08.040 The other thing is like you can't just say, Okay, 0:17:08.080 --> 0:17:11.240 somebody's been starving or they're hungry and been so hungry 0:17:11.280 --> 0:17:12.639 for a really long time. Now we're just gonna give 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:14.760 them all the calories, because if you give feed them 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:16.719 too fast, that can be fatal. 0:17:16.840 --> 0:17:20.040 And kids feel it the fastest. It leads to stunted growth, 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.720 delayed cognition, and in the long term you find that 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:29.880 kids that struggle with food security make less money. Pregnant 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:34.400 folks higher calorie demand plus nutrient deficits means that you 0:17:34.480 --> 0:17:38.720 will have smaller, less healthy babies. Hunger is an inter 0:17:38.960 --> 0:17:43.320 generational science experiment no one consented to. I mean, it 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:46.960 just puts everyone in a tough predicament and it has 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:50.040 ripple effects. It's not, like you said, happening in a vacuum, 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.960 and is not just happening to that one generation because 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:57.080 there's epigenetics. We know that from old famine studies that 0:17:57.160 --> 0:17:59.639 we're done. And then you have to think that these 0:17:59.680 --> 0:18:02.239 people not just sitting in a room being hungry. They 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:04.920 a lot of them still have to work and go 0:18:04.960 --> 0:18:07.919 to school and juggle a lot of other things. So 0:18:08.000 --> 0:18:10.400 there's a lot of stress that's also wrapped up in that. 0:18:10.920 --> 0:18:28.760 It just all of us is just crippling. It feels 0:18:28.760 --> 0:18:31.160 really terrible, particularly at a time where we think about 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:36.800 organizations like USAID being slashed, you know, or completely done 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:41.640 away with, because what we know is that conflict blocks 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:45.320 the regular transit paths for food and grain you know, 0:18:45.600 --> 0:18:49.639 and there were USAID programs that were specifically meant to 0:18:49.840 --> 0:18:55.040 feed hungry populations or people who are living in food 0:18:55.160 --> 0:18:59.919 crisis areas, and with the dismantling of USAID, all of 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:04.440 those programs were immediately stopped, and so millions of children, 0:19:04.800 --> 0:19:08.119 millions and millions of children, millions of people are dying 0:19:08.280 --> 0:19:08.920 because of it. 0:19:09.480 --> 0:19:11.879 I think the key thing, you know, I feel like 0:19:11.920 --> 0:19:13.879 this can feel really overwhelming, and it can be like, oh, 0:19:13.880 --> 0:19:15.600 I don't want to look at that, but we have to. 0:19:15.840 --> 0:19:18.000 There's no way you can solve a thing until you 0:19:18.080 --> 0:19:20.760 look at it or even begin to address it. I 0:19:20.760 --> 0:19:23.560 think something that's been really interesting and nice for me 0:19:23.600 --> 0:19:26.840 to know is that just donating a few dollars. Right. 0:19:27.240 --> 0:19:29.080 I may say like, okay, I have five dollars, and 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:30.760 if you have five dollars, what are you going to 0:19:30.800 --> 0:19:32.920 do with that at the grocery store. But at your 0:19:32.920 --> 0:19:36.040 local food bank, because of different deals and wholesale buying, 0:19:36.359 --> 0:19:39.040 five dollars can be stretched to twenty or twenty five 0:19:39.080 --> 0:19:41.960 dollars at your food bank. Monetary donations are the way 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:42.240 to go. 0:19:43.080 --> 0:19:43.359 Now. 0:19:43.520 --> 0:19:47.840 There is some uplifting or some positive science on the way. 0:19:48.640 --> 0:19:54.120 There has been a lot of genetic engineering to create 0:19:54.280 --> 0:19:57.639 food that can survive different conditions. Lately, there's been a 0:19:57.680 --> 0:20:00.800 push to kind of tweak the basic machine of plants, 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:05.800 so editing the enzymes that are responsible for photosynthesis in wheat, maize, 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:08.600 and soybeans so they can keep growing even as we 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:11.439 continue to see you heat waves becoming more and more common. 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:13.480 I know we don't have time to talk about it today, 0:20:13.560 --> 0:20:17.040 but at some point, please y'all google course with so 0:20:17.640 --> 0:20:21.879 we're not just thinking about genetic engineering being meat grown 0:20:21.920 --> 0:20:24.960 in a petri dish. Sometimes food innovation is just a 0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:28.919 hearty or resistant plant, something that can resist what climate 0:20:29.000 --> 0:20:29.879 change is throwing at it. 0:20:30.200 --> 0:20:32.480 And guess what. All of them are chemicals. The stuff 0:20:32.480 --> 0:20:34.840 you get out the ground, everything is a chemical. So 0:20:35.240 --> 0:20:38.960 chill chill, chill, chill. So sometimes it takes a whole 0:20:39.000 --> 0:20:41.920 community to solve a problem, and we need to think 0:20:41.920 --> 0:20:44.040 of ourselves. We say this all the time on this show. 0:20:44.040 --> 0:20:46.119 We need to think of ourselves as a global community 0:20:46.600 --> 0:20:50.680 and do our part to make sure that everybody has 0:20:50.880 --> 0:20:53.399 a life that they can love and that they are 0:20:53.480 --> 0:20:56.600 thriving here on this planet Earth. It is so so 0:20:56.760 --> 0:21:00.280 important we are all here together. We all share this 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:03.800 Earth and I want it to be good for me, 0:21:03.960 --> 0:21:05.440 good for you, good for everybody. 0:21:05.480 --> 0:21:05.800 Amen. 0:21:23.400 --> 0:21:26.280