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Slime: A Natural History by Susanne WedlichEpisodes

  1. A Billion Years of Slime

    5/5The long history of slime on Earth and its future as our climate changes.

  2. Snails

    4/5The novelist Patricia Highsmith’s life-long obsession with snails and slime.

  3. Disgusting

    3/5Why we find slime, more than almost any substance, so universally disgusting.

  4. Primordial Slime

    2/5The story of the Victorian obsession with primordial slime.

  5. The Cosmic Horror of Slime

    1/5The story of how slime has oozed its way into every corner of our cultural life.