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Podcast: In the Weeds
Episode: The Apocalyptic #3: Invasive Species by Joe Wallace
Description: After a long hiatus, In the Weeds picks up where we left off with a third installment of our series on the apocalyptic!From parasitic wasps to zombie ants and the hive mind, Joe Wallace’s novel Invasive Species takes strange natural phenomena and spins them into an apocalyptic yarn, in which a new, emergent predator threatens the human species. This is an unusual take on the apocalyptic genre I explored previously in interviews with theologian Bernard McGinn (episode #18) and novelist Brian Francis Slattery (episode #21). In this case, the end-of-days is not the end for everyone, just po...