ShortHand: How Likely is a Zombie Apocalypse?

About this episode

This episode explores real-life scenarios that could lead to a zombie apocalypse, comparing them to fictional portrayals in media.

Rage-inducing viruses that spread through bites; a flesh-eating fungus that controls its host like a puppet; deadly pathogens trapped for millennia in Arctic ice… sometimes nature is more gruesome than fiction. From the Walking Dead to the Last of Us, stories of contagion are never far from our screens. So what are the closest real-life scenarios that could turn our world into a full-on zombie wasteland? (And, what makes insects go on a sex-crazed, amphetamine-fuelled rampage until their literal butts fall off?) This is the ShortHand. -- Patreon - Ad-free & Bonus Episodes YouTube - Full-length Video Episodes TikTok / Instagram

People in this episode

Host: RedHanded

Topics covered

• zombie apocalypse
• contagion
• viruses
• fungus
• nature
• fiction
• pathogens

Keywords

• zombie apocalypse
• viruses
• fungus
• contagion
• pathogens
• nature
• The Walking Dead
• the Last of Us

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Walking Dead, the Last of Us

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