Why is NPR suddenly talking about the zombie apocalypse???

I don’t know what the deal with NPR is, but they’ve been giving a lot of attention to the zombie apocalypse lately.  I’m being totally serious.

Last Friday they interviewed someone with a book about math and the zombie apocalypse.  A few days before that they had a bit about a course in zombie studies.  Today I heard a caller on their morning call-in show ask a question about the zombie apocalypse. 1

What is it about zombies, apocalypses, or zombie apocalypses that has brought these issues to the forefront of NPR’s coverage?

Halloween?  Full moons?  The recent Resident Evil movie?

  1. It seems that this trend may go back well over a year… []

Zombie apocalpyse

I saw a shirt today that had three words I found very intriguing.  Zombie, apocalpyse, and homeschool.  The woman wearing the shirt was gone before I could get a good look, so I may never know.

I now fear what will happen to this child of the traditional educational school system on the day of the zombie apocalpyse.

If you’ve seen this shirt, please tell me what it says.