Jonathan Kennedy with Isy Suttie
The Penguin Podcast
The Evil of Bacteria
"Why do some bacteria want to destruct and someone to help that's a really good question" "I found myself thinking why is it so evil why does it want to kill people but of course you're personifying something that all it wants is to reproduce" 'From the perspective of the earth there's not that much difference between humans as a species and and bacteria or viruses i guessYeah it's just that we think of ourselves it's really brilliant yeah okay well and we ask you to bring a few things to talk about," he says. He then takes us back to his parents home in rural Somerset where they still live.
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