My Salad Tried to Kill Me

Explosive diarrhea is spreading! Think your salad is a healthy choice? We dig into America’s worst-ever outbreak of a sticky, explosive parasite that is turning bagged lettuce into a bioweapon. Cyclospora is a microscopic, sticky parasite that hitches a ride on fresh produce to cause weeks of severe, explosive food poisoning. Also on the show: the worst last names that correspond with a specific job, Chuck Schumer might have the parasite after farting a Senate floor speech; daylight savings time might be coming to an end, and we play Impossible Trivia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.