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b'\\u201cDiversity or die\\u201d could be your new health mantra. Don\\u2019t boost your immune system, cultivate it! Like a garden, your body\\u2019s defenses benefit from species diversity.\\xa0Find out why multiple strains of microbes, engaged in a delicate ballet with your T-cells, join internal fungi in combatting disease. Plus, global ecosystems also depend on the diversity of its tiniest members; so what happens when the world\\u2019s insects bug out?\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nMatt Richtel\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Author, most recently, of \\u201cAn Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of The Immune System\\u201d\\n\\n\\nRob Dunn\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Biologist and professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University. Author of \\u201cNever Home Alone\\u201d\\n\\n\\nDavid Underhill\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Professor of medicine, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles, California\\n\\n\\n Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson\\xa0\\u2013\\xa0Professor in conservation biology at the Institute for Ecology and Nature Management at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences.\\xa0Author of \\u201cBuzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects\\u201d\\n\\nOriginally aired August 12, 2019\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'