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This week we talked about Fame and brought in the host of a fellow earwolf podcast – the godfather of them all – Comedy Bang Bang’s Scott Aukerman to shed some light on the subject. What is it like growing more and more famous? Can there be a happy middle ground? How do people react to famous people? Why is Chipotle so good? Answer all the questions and more at earwolf.com

Aaron also played this terrible clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_584127&feature=iv&src_vid=8Tve_N03ZuI&v=BRm01IruyWA

As you may have heard, Tig was quite ill recently. The technical name of her ailment is Clostridium Difficile, or C Diff for short. And it’s a bastard. It is a type of bacterial strain, that left unchecked, can run rampant and is responsible for over 14,000 deaths per year. How does it spread? How do you get it? Or avoid getting it? Is it like a cat in a hamster ball? We brought back one of our favorite guests, Emily Rittershaus – a PhD student at the UMass Medical School, to give us all the answers. Listen now at earwolf.com

We also referenced this article with some C Diff facts:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-03-20-c-diff-bacteria_N.htm

This week we have a doctor in the hatch. A doctor of Physics. We welcome comedian/scientist/PhD Dr. Dave Relyea to clue us in to exactly what it is that happens inside an atom. And how the hell do LED lights work? And what do they have to do with quantum physics? What is quantum physics? Does it tell us anything about the world that might help explain what it is? Find out all of this at earwolf.com


We also referenced these clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgyTEHo-nHQ&feature=fvwrel