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b'The zombie eco-thriller \\u201cThe Last of Us\\u201d has alerted us to the threats posed by fungi. But the show is not entirely science fiction.\\xa0Our vulnerability to pathogenic fungi is more real than many people imagine.\\xa0\\nFind out what human activity drives global fungal threats, including their menace to food crops and many other species. Our high body temperature has long kept lethal fungi in check; but will climate change cause fungi to adapt to warmer temperatures and threaten our health?\\xa0\\nPlus, a radically new way to think about these organisms, how they make all life possible, and how we might find balance again.\\nGuests:\\nEmily Monosson\\xa0\\u2013 Toxicologist who writes about changes in the natural world. A member of the Ronin Institute and an adjunct faculty at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, she is the author of \\u201cBlight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic.\\u201d\\nArturo Casadevall\\xa0\\u2013 Microbiologist, immunologist, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.\\nMichael Hathaway\\xa0\\u2013 Anthropologist, director of the Asian Studies Center at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, and author of \\u201cWhat a Mushroom Lives For.\\u201d\\nFeaturing music by\\xa0Dewey Dellay\\xa0and\\xa0Jun Miyake\\nBig Picture Science is part of the\\xa0Airwave Media\\xa0podcast network.\\xa0Please contact\\xa0sales@advertisecast.com\\xa0to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science.\\nYou can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on\\xa0Patreon. Thanks for your support!\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'