69: Placentas, Microbiomes, and Popular News

This week we discuss recent science reporting on bacteria in placentas and then we talk about the line between speculating and misleading.

Show notes:

[53: Allisons Fridge
FermUp](https://fermup.com/podcast/53/)

[Study Sees Bigger Role for Placenta in Newborns Health
NYTimes.com](https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/health/study-sees-bigger-role-for-placenta-in-newborns-health.html)

[The Placenta Harbors a Unique Microbiome
ScienceMag](https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/6/237/237ra65)

[The Tree of Life: Overselling the microbiome award
Phylogenomics](https://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/2014/05/overselling-microbiome-award-many-for.html)

[Jonathan Eisen: Meet your microbes
TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_eisen_meet_your_microbes)

Reedsburg Fermentation Fest

[Farm to Fermentation Festival
August 24th 2014 at Finley Community Center](https://www.farmtofermentation.com/)

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