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Mar 2025
59m 26s

2. Covid was a lab leak? + my uni friend...

Liv Grant & Taz Shipley
About this episode

🦠 We’re BACK with the second episode of… DEBUNKED - this series we are debunking (maybe) the most iconic conspiracy theories with SCIENCE. This week we are diving into one of the most requested conspiracy theories… WAS SARS-CoV-2 LEAKED FROM A LAB? Well we investigate the wuhan virology institute and their activities leading up to the pandemic, virus engineering, and dodgy initial health reports…🔬


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😳 We also have some brand new laboraTEAAAA to share with you guys this season, and you guys have sent us some crazy stories to cover. This week, a listener has written in to tell us all about a clingy friend who wants to do EVERYTHING together… especially uni work, to the point that it’s becoming detrimental to her own learning… what can she do? Listen in to find out what we suggest!


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0:00 intro

4:02 was covid leaked from a lab?

48:03 my uni friend is obsessed with me

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