S4E12- Annihilation Vacation (Annihilation- 2018)

This week, the team is joined by Dr. Kirsty Macleod, an evolutionary ecologist and fellow podcaster (W.E.E.)! We walk through both the weird and wild in the 2018 film Annihilation. From horizontal gene transfer, to plants with Hox genes, to faceless, screaming bears, this movie has us all asking: is this shimmer real or is everyone just absolutely hammered? TIME POINTS: 00:00 - 08:18 Intro and News 08:18 - 21:24 Movie synopsis and thoughts 21:24 - 22:53 plugs 22:53 - 41:14 ASSIMILATION TALK 41:14 - 49:20 Ecology of The Thing 49:20 - 54:28 Thoughts on the reworked plot with Libby 54:28-1:01:51 Final thoughts and goodbyes