He Knows a Lot About Very Little Things

Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda - A podcast by Alan Alda - Tuesdays

The little things Carl Zimmer knows a lot about are genes, parasites and viruses. And he knows how to talk about them in a way that will stay with you forever. In this episode, Alan Alda and Carl Zimmer chat about heredity, evolution and one particularly amazing parasite. But it’s not creepy. It’s fascinating.