Well it seems that we are on our way to getting a new Supreme Court Justice. The FBI turned in its report on Brett Kavanaugh and Republicans seem more confident that he will be confirmed, while Democrats remain unhappy with the report saying it was not a thorough enough investigation because they didn’t talk to enough witnesses. A procedural vote is set for today and a final vote to confirm Kavanaugh could come this weekend. Daniel Strauss, reporter for Politico, joins us for what we know about the FBI report and the final Senate vote.

Next, it’s October, so that means Halloween is around the corner and to get in the mood we are going to talk about zombies. More specifically ant zombies. Matt Simon, writer for Wired, will tell us about a fungus called Ophiocordyceps, which literally takes over the bodies of ants until it eventually kills them. It is a fascinating story of how the fungus grows in the muscles of the ant, uses it to infiltrate the colony, and forces it to its death, only to rain down more fungal spores on the rest of the colony.

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