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You are what you eat. Whether you dine on kimchi, carnitas, or corn dogs determines which microbes live in your stomach. And gut microbes make up only part of your total micro biome.\xa0\nFind out how your microbes are the brains-without-brains that affect your health and even your mood. Also, why you and your cohorts are closer than you thought: new research suggests that you swap and adopt bugs from your social set.\nPlus, the philosophical questions that are arise when we realize that we have more microbial DNA than human DNA.\nAnd a woman who skipped soap and shampoo for a month to see what would grow on her.\nGuests:\n\n\nBill Miller \u2013 Physician and author of The Microcosm Within: Evolution and Extinction in the Hologenome\n\n\n\nBeth Archie \u2013 Biologist at the University of Notre Dame\n\n\nNada Gligorov \u2013 Assistant professor of medical education at Mount Sinai Hospital\n\n\nJulia Scott \u2013 Freelance reporter working in San Francisco. Her article, \u201cA Wash on the Wild Side\u201d appeared in the May 22, 2014 issue of the New York Times Magazine. of the New York Times Magazine.\n\nFirst released\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices