A couple summers ago, Radiolab reporter Alex Neason got out of the shower and almost stepped on her worst nightmare: an American Cockroach. It was flipped onto its back, struggling, and for a split second, Alex swears she felt the spiny tickle of its legs on the underside of her bare foot. And, like every other time she has come into contact with a roach, this sent her into a debilitating spiral of fear, anger, and disgust. 
 This week, Alex tries to understand what might be behind her fear, in the hopes she can overcome it. And in doing so, Alex learns more about these so-called pests than she could have ever wanted to.Special thanks to Jessica Ware, Timothy Marzullo, Alexandra Bell, and Changlu WangEPISODE CREDITS: 
 Reported by - Alex Neason
 Produced by - Jessica Yung and Annie McEwen
 with mixing help from - Jeremy Bloom
 Fact-checking by - Sophie Samiee
 and Edited by  - Pat Walters
EPISODE CITATIONS:
Articles - 
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 <li><a href="https://www.environmentandsociety.org/arcadia/american-cockroaches-racism-and-ecology-slave-ship" rel="noopener noreferrer">American Cockroaches, Racism, and the Ecology of the Slave Ship</a> (<a href="https://zpr.io/UNKsMz7ZaLvb" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://zpr.io/UNKsMz7ZaLvb</a>) by Lindsay Garcia, Arcadia</li>
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Books -  
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 <li><a href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/pests-bethany-brookshire?variant=40262537379874" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains</a> (<a href="https://zpr.io/6E5wJBM4Kvcv" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://zpr.io/6E5wJBM4Kvcv</a>) by Bethany Brookshire</li>
 <li><a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-cockroach-papers-a-compendium-of-history-and-lore-richard-schweid/9d02eb4319bfe507" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Cockroach Papers</a> (<a href="https://zpr.io/CvKePYxEMEAW" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://zpr.io/CvKePYxEMEAW</a>) by Richard Schweid</li>
 <li><a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo3536632.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cockroach</a> (<a href="https://zpr.io/UuEAjmfqKccQ" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://zpr.io/UuEAjmfqKccQ</a>)  by Marion Copeland</li>
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