Author Teresa Platt Talks Writing Secrets, Silver Medicine, and Hidden Overseas Biolabs
Teresa pulls back the curtain on her grueling writing process for the sequel to "The Dark Side of Hunger Mountain," revealing how she trimmed one chapter from 11,000 words down to 4,200, with more cuts ahead. She opens up about why isolation fuels her creativity and why she left Southern California behind for Europe. The conversation turns serious fast as Teresa exposes troubling details about 120 taxpayer-funded biolabs overseas, including 40 in Ukraine with roots tracing back to Soviet-era vaccine programs. Trent and Teresa dig into why American tax dollars are funding secretive research abroad, tying it to the Darien Gap crisis and the screw worm outbreak. They also explore the surprising medicinal history of silver and how the animal rights movement pushed critical research out of U.S. labs and overseas, including the shutdown of a U.S. beagle research facility.
