Nostoc
Subject in Life Sciences
Nostoc has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Georgia HardstarkAmerican writer, TV host, and co-host of My Favorite Murder
Hardstark explained Nostoc as a bacterium that swells into jelly when it rains, but noted the theory fails because the weather was clear.
“Basically, it's a bacteria that swells up into a jelly-like substance when it rains”
My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark: 539 - It Keeps Getting Ruined (Jul 2, 2026) · Listen from 57:24
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539 - It Keeps Getting RuinedMy Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark · Jul 2, 2026 · 1 h 4 min
Karen Kilgariff recounts the 1778 murder of Joshua Spooner and execution of his pregnant wife Bathsheba, and Georgia Hardstark tells the story of the 1876 Kentucky meat shower.