tim specter professor of genetic epidemiology bestselling author it's great to have you with us today so tim you've done a lot of research on the micro biome which is essentially the math on the inside out that microbes bacteria and all that the micro biome has a direct influence on our hats so in the times of the pandemic the question arises obvious question what role does. play in protecting us against code that. well it's a great question and we know that the micro biome community basically keeps our immune system in good health it keeps it in check from overreacting but also it it makes sure it is properly primed to defend against viruses and other bacteria so we know that people who have become very sick with coated end up in hospital have very poor looking got communities so that there's a definite relationship between being ill and your microbes being disturbed and we also know that many of the risk factors for having a poor got micro biome like. being who ate having diabetes. generate socially deprived. are also risk factors and our latest study which we haven't published yet

tim specter professor of genetic epidemiology bestselling author it's great to have you with us today so tim you've done a lot of research on the micro bio which is essentially the map with on the inside out that microbes bacteria and all that the micro biome has a direct influence on our house so in the times of the pandemic the question arises obvious question grow what role does our macaroni play in protecting us against code that.

specter will shove jacob degrom. >> seth: you - >> and like pick up an outfielder and replace him with tim tebow or something >> seth he sort of started as a voice -- >> yes >> seth: before he became anything that we could see and so now he is back to being a voice on a podcast you must enjoy the real estate that a podcast allows you to have with this incredible character you created. >> i do. any excuse to continue to talk this way, seth, is good news for me this is the generic baseball announcer voice of the 1970s that is also jim brockmire's voice. you know, it really -- this podcast grew out of the way we promoted the show over the years even before it was a series. like, i'd go on "rich eisen show" as brockmire or all these espn shows and they're fun to go on, because you get a very knowledgeable sports commentator giving an informed take on whatever story of the day and then brockmire would come in and give his take. and it was like putting a drunk conspiracy theorist on "meet the press" or something. and he has real sports opinions, but they're insane and giving him a platform is fairly irresponsible but you