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Podcast: The Update with Brandon Julien
Episode: The Update- August 13th
Description: Video game-turned-HBO series “The Last of Us,” of course, is science fiction. Yet the idea is loosely based on a real fungus, cordyceps, that infects and manipulates the behavior of a wide range of insects, including ants. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, a judge ruled that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name should not appear on New York’s ballot, saying that he falsely claimed a New York residence on nominating petitions despite living in California. State Assemblywoman Jenifer Rajkumar — a close ally of Mayor Eric Adams — officially announced her not-so-secret run for comptroller. And in the A...