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Chapter 1: What sparked Alex Neason's fear of cockroaches?
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Chapter 2: How does Alex's experience with roaches affect her daily life?
I'm a science reporter. This has to stop.
Okay, so is what we're doing here, it's like how Alex learned to stop worrying and love the roach?
Not really. I'm not really trying to get cozy with roaches, but... I just want to figure out how to get to a place where I'm not terrified of them. And obviously, I know this is something that a lot of people are afraid of. And I wanted to figure out, is there something I can do so that the next time I see one, I don't completely lose my mind?
So I figured I'd go hang out with people who face basically the worst version of this every single day.
Okay.
Which is how I ended up at the after party.
One of the finest expos in New York, probably in the nation. For the New York City Pest Expo. And we get top-notch pest control companies and exterminators from all over. There was like a roach ball?
Yeah, it's like the social part. Like there's food, there's drinks, there was a DJ, like there's music. And also... Oh yeah, I've seen roaches drop off the ceiling. A ton of people who have been in straight up nightmare scenarios.
I've knocked on doors and seen them running up and down the doors.
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Chapter 3: What insights do pest control experts provide about cockroaches?
which is exactly how I feel about roaches. And she sort of proposes that we should do away with the category of pest altogether. Wait, that's fascinating. And, you know, the wheels in my head just like start spinning. And I just kept thinking like, huh, this is how I want to be in the world. What I want my politic to be.
Like I'm going to make a t-shirt that says abolish pests and let people ask me about it. Like I'm down. And I really want to not hate the roach. Yes. But how?
Well, so a lot of the way we respond to animals and the anger we feel and the frustration arises out of our own ignorance.
Sounds like you need to, you know, walk a mile in their little weird, disgusting feet.
I know. I think it's time to learn about these revolting, repulsive, nauseating, offensive, terrible animals.
Okay, so let's chat a little bit about the disgust response.
So I called up entomologist Sammy Ramsey, professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Okay, I needed you to see what is happening on this tree. Look at this.
Because this guy... Somebody look at this. Really? How cute is this bird? This bug loves bugs. This bug, how cute is this bug? He even has a YouTube channel where he sometimes sings to bugs.
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Chapter 4: How do cultural perceptions shape our views on pests?
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