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Get them while they're hot! The show notes are here! I’m often asked to talk about Global Warming, my answer to that is that I do. I talk about it in almost every 100 Seconds to Midnight episode. Global Warming either influences or affects ju…

For hundreds of years before Germ Theory was discovered, people were trying to find an explanation for the plagues and pestilence that followed them. As millions succumbed to the Black Plague, leprosy, rabies, and tuberculosis, there was no rhyme o…

S7 E1: 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Opioid Crisis Resources: In the US: 1-800-662-4357 https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/index.html International Helplines for Suicide Prevention and Drug Addiction:…

It's been a rough six weeks, but I'm coming back! A new episode will drop on Saturday morning.  Be watching for S7 E1: 100 Seconds to Midnight: The Opioid Crisis This is going to be a rough season of exclusively 100 Seconds to Midnight Episo…

This is a Subscriber Only Bonus Episode.  Hello and welcome to another episode of Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight What’s On My Mind. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. These episodes don’t quite fit into the norma…

Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. In the last 50 years we’ve lost more than 4,000 species that are vital to their habitats. These animals played an important role in the…

The Show Notes have arrived! I know you're all thrilled! S6 E8: We All Go Round in Circles: The Story of Whirling Disease Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. I changed my mind …

Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. Before we get started, I want to welcome my latest Patron to the family. Welcome Elizabeth! I’m so happy to have you here! I thought that since we talked about White Nose D…

Hello and welcome to Cause of Death – 100 Seconds to Midnight. I’m your host, Jackie Moranty. In the last episode, I briefly mentioned White Nose Syndrome. It’s a terrible disease that has killed off about 90% of some species of b…

Bats are the base of several ecosystems and without them those ecosystems would fail, and with them, several food sources would also fail, but bats also carry some of the most deadly diseases known to mankind. SARS, MERS, coronavirus, Ebola, they al…