PLAY PODCASTS
The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes
Episode 570

The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes

We speak to the people picking up the slack after their colleagues quit and get stuck into a messy argument about microbe names.

The WIRED Podcast

June 24, 202242m 36s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (podtrac.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

Coming up today: we speak to the people picking up the slack after their colleagues quit and get stuck into a messy argument about microbe names.


The stories we talked about this week:


The Almighty Squabble Over Who Gets to Name Microbes

https://www.wired.com/story/microbe-names-fight/


They Quit. Now You're Picking Up the Slack

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/they-quit-now-youre-picking-up-the-slack


Music by Filip Hnizdo

Produced and edited by Matt Burgess

Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices