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Vaping and vein health! Covid and clots! Easy bruising! Movie blood! Spider veins! Free socks! The heroic vascular surgeon Dr. Sheila Blumberg of NYU Langone Health let me ask her one million questions about how blood gets from point A to B all day. She explains the difference between arteries, veins, capillaries, and vessels and we cover everything from fainting to teenage movie tropes, how to tie a tourniquet, atherosclerosis, aneurysms, stents and why your leg is asleep right now.
View Dr. Blumbergâs publications on ResearchGate
A donation went to BreakingGround.org
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Diabetology (BLOOD SUGAR), Field Trip: My Butt, Colonoscopy Ride Along, Functional Morphology (ANATOMY), Hematology (BLOOD), Surgical Oncology (BREAST CANCER), Biogerontology (AGING), Proptology (THEATER & FILM PROPS), Vampirology (VAMPIRES)
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Transcripts by Aveline Malek
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
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What even IS a breadfruit? How do you cook it? Why have Pacific Islanders grown it for so long? Can it solve world hunger? And what does it have to do with an infamous 18th century mutiny on the high seas? Pack your bags and hop aboard for not one but two island excursions to learn all about this rev-'ulu-tionary tropical staple. We start on a breezy Catalina Island dock to hear about the ethnobotany and ecobiology of breadfruit from Dr. Noa Kekuewa Lincoln before making our way to a farm tucked away on Hawaiiâs Big Island for a tour from research assistant and PhD candidate Dolly Autufuga. On the itinerary: learning where it grows to planting one in your backyard to whatâs that white sticky stuff and how do you make sure it doesnât drop on your noggin? Letâs go Field Tripping.
Learn more about the Rev'ULUtion at EatBreadfruit.com
Follow Dr. Noa Kekuewa Lincoln at the Hawaiâi âUlu Cooperative
A donation went to the Chef Hui Fund, via EatBreadfruit.com
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Indigenous Cusinology (NATIVE COOKING), Ethnoecology (ETHNOBOTANY/NATIVE PLANTS), Indigenous Fashionology (NATIVE CLOTHING), Pomology (APPLES), Indigenous Pedology (SOIL SCIENCE), Island Ecology (ISLANDS), Foraging Ecology (EATING WILD PLANTS), Coffeeology (YEP, COFFEE), Black American Magriology (FOOD, RACE, & CULTURE), Diabetology (BLOOD SUGAR), Dendrology (TREES) Encore, Oceanology (OCEANS) Encore, Volcanology (VOLCANOES)
More Field Trips you may enjoy: Birds of Prey and Raptor Facts, I Chased the 2024 Eclipse with Umbraphiles, I Take You to the Making of a Mural, I Go France and Learn Weird France Stuff
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Managing Director: Susan Hale
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Transcripts by Aveline Malek
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
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Thorny leaves! Embarrassing imports! Basket gossip! Making cool stuff from invasive vines! Renowned weaver and teacher, James C. Bamba, connected more deeply with his Mariana Island heritage through weaving and shares how you know when plant fiber is ready, the anatomy of a coconut tree, how to look a gift basket in the mouth, the baskets that he cherishes the most, how to design with your mind, what he thinks about when heâs weaving, basket jokes he hates the most, and when learning another cultureâs craft is appropriate or appropriation.
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A donation went to Sagan Kotturan Chamoru
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Ethnoecology (ETHNOBOTANY/NATIVE PLANTS), Dendrology (TREES), Indigenous Fashionology (NATIVE CLOTHING), Indigenous Cuisinology (NATIVE COOKING), Indigenous Pedology (SOIL SCIENCE), Heliology (THE SUN/ECLIPSES), Neuroendocrinology (SEX & GENDER), Ergopathology (BURNOUT), Corvid Thanatology (CROW FUNERALS)
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Exhaustion! Numbness! Anger! Youâre stressed out. I get it. Letâs fix it. I cornered one of the worldâs experts on Ergopathology, scholar and author Dr. Kandi Wiens, to ask about the causes of burnout, warning signs, what professions are more at risk, how to recover from burnout and prevent it in the future, which was the focus of her book, âBurnout Immunity.â We also chat about neurodiversity, hockey mascots, childhood trauma, how do you tell your boss you're burned the F out, grit, and guilt. Also, you don't need to wait until you're on a tropical vacation to recharge. In fact, don't. Content warning: we briefly discuss suicide rates in certain professions.
Visit Kandi Wiensâ website
Buy her book, Burnout Immunity, on Amazon or Bookshop.org
A donation went to Dr. Lorna Breen Heroesâ Foundation
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Eudemonology (HAPPINESS), Personality Psychology (PERSONALITIES), Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD), Funology (YES, FUN), Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY), Suicidology (SUICIDE PREVENTION & AWARENESS), Traumatology (PTSD)
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Theyâre acrobatic fliers with long bodies and veined wings and their babies breathe through their butts: dragonflies. Letâs get into the difference between a damselfly and dragonfly, how fast they dart around, how big they were in the age of the dinosaurs, sci-fi aviation inspiration, mating choreography, attracting them to your yard (maybe to eat them) and lots more with scholar, American Museum of Natural History curator, and dragonfly expert: Dr. Jessica Ware.
Visit Dr. Wareâs website and follow her on Google Scholar, Instagram and X
Buy Jessicaâs childrenâs book, Bugs (A Day in the Life): What Do Bees, Ants, and Dragonflies Get up to All Day?, on Amazon or Bookshop.org
A donation went to the World Dragonfly Association
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Entomology (INSECTS), Lepidopterology (BUTTERFLIES), Cicadology (CICADAS), Sparklebuttology (FIREFLIES), Dipterology (FLIES), Entomophagy Anthropology (EATING BUGS), Plumology (FEATHERS), Melaninology (SKIN/HAIR PIGMENT), Ophthalmology (EYES)
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Theme song by Nick Thorburn
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Folks, come with me. Weâre hanging out under some train tracks late at night in Philadelphia doing street art. As the promised companion piece to our wonderful Modern Toichographology episode on murals and street art, this Field Trip takes us to where the action happens, chatting with several muralists as they work on their 17-foot paintings lining Front Street. Youâll meet UNAPXLXGETIQ, El Toro, and Iris Barbee Pendergrass a.k.a. These Pink Lips, Donna Grace Kroh, and Mr. Scoot and learn about their favorite inspirations, methods to making their designs huge, how many Sharpies it takes to outline a building-sized painting, sticker vs. marker vs. paint, graphic and text mural designs, freehand, and most of all, how not to get caught doing illegal art. Onward.
A donation went to Mural Arts Philadelphia
Conrad Brenner / Streets Dept
Instagram | websiteMural Arts Philadelphia
Instagram | websiteDonna Grace Kroh
InstagramIris Barbee Pendergrass/ These Pink Lips
Instagram | websiteEmmanuel Wisdom/ Unapxlxgetiq
Instagram | websiteMichele Scott / Mr. Scooot
Instagram | websiteJustin Nagatalon / El Toro
Instagram | websiteEmily White (wasnât in the ep but was the 4th muralist of the set)
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Licorice opinions! War chocolate! Candy corn origins, circus peanut secrets, the sourest sourballs, and your great auntâs purse. Stay until the very end for the biggest shocked laugh I have ever had on this show. The incredibly charming author, journalist, candy historian, and Confectiologist Susan Benjamin chats about everything from apothecary origin stories, ethnobotany, having horehound on hand, the warheads that could save you, vegan candy controversy, sugar sources from beets to corn, Turkish temptations, Roman flim-flam, marzipan mini-sculptures, sugar plum ballets, what she gives out for Halloween candy. and the best way to enjoy treats if you're trying to stay healthy. An absolute instant classic.
Visit Susan Benjaminâs historic candy company True Treats
Buy Susanâs latest book, Fun Foods of America: Outrageous Delights, Celebrated Brands, and Iconic Recipes, on Amazon or Bookshop.org
A donation went to Animal Welfare Society of Jefferson County
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Gustology (TASTE), Molecular Neurobiology (BRAIN CHEMICALS), Carobology (NOT-CHOCOLATE TREES), Glycobiology (CARBS), Diabetology (BLOOD SUGAR), Melittology (BEES), Native Melittology (INDIGENOUS BEES), Columbidology (PIGEONS? YES), Felinology (CATS), Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD), FIELD TRIP: My Butt, a Colonoscopy Ride Along & How-To, Nephology (CLOUDS)
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Coffin engravings! Archaeology ethics! Linen wrappings! Repatriation! Sexy hippos!
Weâre back with more mummies in this Part 2 with the wonderful Drs. Salima Ikram & Kara Cooneywho chat about animal mummies, eating mummified remains, plant resins, the debate over human sacrifice, coffin reuse, Egyptian tourism, the worst temple gift shop in history, and what happens if youâre late to your own funeral. Also: is all religion magic? Letâs get into it.
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Visit Dr. Cooneyâs website and follow her on Instagram, X, YouTube, and Facebook
Get Karaâs latest book, Recycling for Death: Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches, and browse her other books on Amazon or Bookshop.org
Subscribe to Karaâs Substack Ancient/Now
Visit Dr. Ikramâs website and follow her on Facebook
Get Salimaâs latest book, Let a Cow-Skin Be Brought: Armour, Chariots and Other Leather Remains in Tutankhamunâs Tomb, and browse her other books on Amazon or Bookshop.org
Donations went to the Yellowhammer Fund and Doctors Without Borders
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Egyptology (ANCIENT EGYPT), Attention-Deficit Neuropyschology (ADHD), Vampirology (VAMPIRES), Forest Entomology (CREEPY CRAWLIES), Demonology (EVIL SPIRITS), Ethnoecology (ETHNOBOTANY), Witchology (WITCHCRAFT), Etymology (WORD ORIGINS), Suicidology (SUICIDE AWARENESS & PREVENTION), Biogerentology (AGING), Taphology (GRAVESITES), Desairology (MORTUARY MAKE-UP), Thanatology (DEATH & DYING)
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Linen wrapping. Expensive resins. Sarcophagi. Preserving for eternity â or until someone raids their tomb. Itâs a brand-new Spooktober episode with not one but two guests: Dr. Salima Ikram is a professor of Egyptology and expert on mummification of both people and animals, and is joined by veteran guest from the Egyptology episode, professor and author Dr. Kara Cooney. The two chat about mummification techniques, how food studies lead into the pyramids, controversy over the word âmummy,â whiffing the dead, socioeconomic factors in mummification, animal mummies, lingering mysteries, field work, a house mouse, and more. Next week in Part 2 weâll dive into more ethics of collections, human sacrifice, the people who ate mummified remains, paint colors, coffin engravings and the meaning of âmagic.â
Visit Dr. Cooneyâs website and follow her on Instagram, X, YouTube, and Facebook
Get Karaâs latest book, Recycling for Death: Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches, and browse her other books on Amazon or Bookshop.org
Subscribe to Karaâs Substack Ancient/Now
Visit Dr. Ikramâs website and follow her on Facebook
Get Salimaâs latest book, Let a Cow-Skin Be Brought: Armour, Chariots and Other Leather Remains in Tutankhamunâs Tomb, and browse her other books on Amazon or Bookshop.org
Donations went to the Yellowhammer Fund and Doctors Without Borders
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Egyptology (ANCIENT EGYPT), Taphology (GRAVESITES), Desairology (MORTUARY MAKE-UP), Thanatology (DEATH & DYING), Ambystomology (AXOLOTLS ⊠AND LIMB REGROWTH?), Melaninology (SKIN/HAIR PIGMENT), Spooktober episodes of the past
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Letâs kick off Spooktober with⊠RATS: They love pizza. They invade taquerias at midnight. They scurry. They cuddle. They outsmart. They inspire movies that inspire musicals. Proving that not just woodsy megafauna can be charismatic, rats have lives we would never suspect. Globally-lauded Urban Rodentologist Dr. Robert Corrigan, or Bobby if you like, has been studying these animals in their big-city ecosystem for decades and he is a wonder-filled joy. Learn about ratsâ origin story, the difference between a rat and a mouse, where they live, their preferred âfood dialects,â and how to (hopefully humanely) keep one out of your house -- or car? Might as well start to love and respect them, because weâre not-too-distantly related and one day⊠they may be steering the ship.
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A donation went to the Yash Gandhi Foundation
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Sciuridology (SQUIRRELS), Hydrochoerology (CAPYBARAS), Procyonology (RACCOONS), Opossumology (O/POSSUMS), Columbidology (PIGEONS? YES), Mammalogy (MAMMALS), Disgustology (REPULSION TO GROSS STUFF), Discard Anthropology (GARBAGE), Epidemiology (DISEASES), Maritime Archaeology (SHIPWRECKS)
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Theme song by Nick Thorburn
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Murals! Frescos! Graffiti! Street art! Philadelphia is the birthplace of graffiti and the mural capital of the world so we sit down with city historian, journalist, curator, and Toichographologist Conrad Benner to chat about public vs. private art, cultural movements, commissioned vs. um⊠un-commissioned murals, how mural topics are chosen, how much it costs to make a mural, where to get that money, vandalism and murals and the fine line between, and how everything you do is art. Let Phillyâs history and 5,000 murals inspire you to gaze at whatâs in your city and find out who made it, how you can get involved, and why it matters. Also: this episode will have a bonus Field Trip weâll release in a week or so that will take you to a series of murals in the process of being born.
Follow Conrad on Instagram, TikTok and X
Visit his guide to Philadelphiaâs public art and public space at StreetsDept.com
Donations went to the William Way LGBT Community Center and SkypeAScientist.com
Purchase a Frog Facts Advent Calendar at SquidFacts.net
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Political Sociology (VOTER TURNOUT & SUPPRESSION), Nomology (THE CONSTITUTION), Domicology (ABANDONED BUILDINGS, RECYCLED HOUSES & GHOST TOWNS), Wildlife Ecology (FIELDWORK), Very Special Episode: BlackAFinSTEM, Mythology (STORYTELLING), Museology (MUSEUMS)
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Smaller than you can imagine. Potato-shaped. Mysterious. Romantic. And tough enough to survive the vacuum of space or decades of desiccation. Join professor and confirmed Tardigradologist Dr. Paul Bartels to saunter into a microscopic wonderland of bizarrely long naps, foreign genomes, moon landings, glow-in-the-dark moss piglets, cryptobiosis, kitten claws, knife mouths, balloon butts, spiders on Mars, splicing tardigrade DNA into ours, debunking flim-flam and the friends living in your gutters.
Follow Dr. Bartels on ResearchGate and Google Scholar
A donation went to the Xerces Society
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Bryology (MOSS) with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, Planariology (VERY COOL WORMS, I PROMISE), Benthopelagic Nematology (DEEP SEA WORMS), Radiology (X-RAY VISION), Microbiology (GUT BIOME), FIELD TRIP: My Butt, a Colonoscopy Ride Along & How-To, Diplopodology (MILLIPEDES & CENTIPEDES), Saurology (LIZARDS), Astrobiology (ALIENS), UFOlogy (UNEXPLAINED AERIAL PHENOMENA), Etymology (WORD ORIGINS), Ursinology (BEARS), Carnivore Ecology (LIONS, TIGERS, & BEARS)
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Give yourself a hug and take a deep breath and letâs chat with renowned Suicidologist Dr. DeQuincy Meiffren-LĂ©zine. He is an absolute wonder and helps us understand the risk factors for suicide, prevention strategies, socio-economic factors, gender statistics, LGBTQ+ suicide prevention, what happens if you call a hotline, thoughts on hospitalization, how to support loved ones who have ideation, mourning those lost, learning to take care of yourself and your mental health and how living through the worst means by definition, shit gets better.
** IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING A CRISIS, PLEASE CONNECT WITH THE 988 SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE. CALL OR TEXT 988 OR VISIT 988LIFELINE.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION. OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, CONSULT WITH FINDAHELPLINE.COM **
Follow Dr. Meiffren-LĂ©zine on ResearchGate, Instagram and LinkedIn
Buy his book, It is My Blood to Scribe: Poetry of a Suicide Attempt Survivor, on Bookshop.org or Amazon
More books by Dr. Meiffren-LĂ©zine available on Amazon
A donation went to Active Minds
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Dolorology (PAIN), Molecular Neurobiology (BRAIN CHEMICALS), Addictionology (ADDICTION), Traumatology (PTSD), Eudemonology (HAPPINESS), Awesomeology (GRATITUDE FOR LITTLE THINGS)
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When did coffee get into our mouths? Whoâs right when it comes to the best coffee? Whatâs the most ethical way to enjoy it? What about the cats that eat the beans? How will climate change affect your morning coffee? Peter Giuliano is the executive director of the Coffee Science Foundation explains folk stories behind coffee, what makes beans taste the way they do, why cold brew and nitro feel like rocket fuel, shade-grown coffee, roasting chemistry, flimflam, atmospheric pressure, dead espresso, and the best way to brew it, in his opinion. Also: why it tastes better outside â for some of us.
Follow Peter Giuliano on Instagram and LinkedIn
A donation went to the Coffee Science Foundation, an arm of the Specialty Coffee Association
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Gustology (TASTE), Disgustology (REPULSION TO GROSS STUFF), Scatology (POOP), Dendrology (TREES), Carobology (NOT-CHOCOLATE TREES), Critical Ecology (SOCIAL SYSTEMS + ENVIRONMENT), Agnotology (IGNORANCE), Pomology (APPLES), Lupinology (WOLVES)
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A very special encore in memory of our favorite Museologist, Ronnie Cline. In this 2018 episode, we talked about the life and work of a great dude and a good pal who passed away this morning. On the agenda of his legendary episode: Museums! Mummies! Paintings! Hot dogs! Alie sits down with her dear internet friend and museologist Ronnie Cline, who manages 30,000 artifacts over 22 California State Park Museums. Get the hot gossip about behind-the-scenes museum life, vintage ghosts, following your dreams, changing the tone of history and the time Alie ruined a 16th Century Dutch portrait. Also: why Jack London is your new dead celebrity crush.
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Other episodes you may enjoy: FIELD TRIP: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS), Egyptology (ANCIENT EGYPT), Anthropodermic Biocodicology (HUMAN LEATHER BOOKS), Deltiology (POSTCARDS), Hematology (BLOOD)
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Caves! Caverns! Grottos! Crystals! Let's get down and dirty with Speleology with explorer, researcher, professor, and paleoclimatologist Dr. Gina Moseley. She shares what itâs like to spend a week straight in a cave, safety tips, climate research breakthroughs, and the deepest and darkest caves. Also: stalactites, stalagmites, cave clouds, show caves, who counts as a spelunker, what ancient climate science can tell us about our current sticky situation, cave diving, cave rescues, creepy caves, gated caves, old school versus new school cave mapping, if cavers ever lose their damn minds down there, and why nothing beats the longing for the underground. Grab a friend and wear a helmet. Weâre goinâ in.
Follow Dr. Gina Moseley on GoogleScholar
A donation went to the British Cave Rescue Council
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Other episodes you may enjoy: Chiropterology (BATS), Indigenous Pedology (SOIL SCIENCE), Geology (ROCKS), Disasterology (DISASTERS), Metropolitan Tombology (PARIS CATACOMBS), Fearology (FEAR)
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Forks on teeth. Lip smacking. Metal on metal. (Donât worry, there are no sonic examples of triggers in this episode!) Why do some of us haaaate certain noises and other folks cannot comprehend how a sound could be so irritating? Letâs meet in the middle with a professional Misophonologist, clinical psychologist, and Oxford University research fellow Dr. Jane Gregory. Dr. Gregory not only has misophonia, but has propelled research and public awareness of the condition. We lob so many questions to learn: what it feels like to have it, how many people experience it, the most common sounds that trigger it, what your brain thinks is happening, why certain people or situations may be worse than others, how to be helpful to people with misophonia, headphones, earplugs, exposure therapies, cognitive behavior therapy, experimenting on oneself, age and misophonia, and where zombies fit into it.
Visit Dr. Jane Gregoryâs website and follow her on Instagram and X
Get her book, Sounds Like Misophonia: How to Stop Small Noises from Causing Extreme Reactions on Bookshop.org or Amazon
Read her papers on ResearchGate
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What exactly is âfun?â How will you know when youâre having it? Do introverts have special alone fun? Is it okay to seek fun in bleak times? Catherine Price is an award-winning journalist and author who spent years researching the science of fun for her book âThe Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again.â She let me lob many questions at her including: adult vs. childhood fun, whatâs the difference between happiness and laughter and fun, what does fun do to your actual meat body, how can you have more of it, do substances mean more fun, and how to have fun when the world is crumbling in cinders around you â and why itâs important that you do. Itâs a fun one, I promise.
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Read her book: The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again
Subscribe to her Substack newsletter, How to Feel Alive with Catherine Price
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Itâs an updated mega-encore of one of my favorite episodes â with 2024 research â to learn: How many genders are there? How do you know if youâre queer? Is sexual orientation biological, and if so, how? The amazing neuroscientist and endocrinology researcher Dr. Daniel Pfau joins to share their path in academia finding the perfect research, understanding their own genderqueer identity, what animals in nature exhibit queer behavior, how hormones affect our moods, the variation of gender expression, queer lizards, how a strict gender binary is harmful to entire populations, hormone replacement therapy, hormones in sports, gender dysphoria, additional info on the Gender Unicorn and more. They are just charming and kind and wonderful and this episode will help you understand just how many ways there are to be human. Iâm off in the woods this week for a wedding, and I canât think of a better occasion to revisit this one.
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Feathery gills! Adorable smiles! Cultural icons! Habitat ecology! And superhuman limb regeneration? Itâs an entire episode on axolotls. You either love these aquatic salamanders, or youâve never heard of them. Clap your tiny slimy hands for Ambystomologist Dr. Jessica Whited of Harvard Medical Schoolâs Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology who raises and studies these beautiful creatures â including the biomedical marvels being discovered. Also discussed: their narrow niche, the ecology movement to save them from wild endangerment, pet care ethics, color morphs, green glowing genetically modified ones and so much more. And of course: Minecraft.
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Visit the Whited Lab and browse Dr. Whitedâs papers on ResearchGate
Pre-order her childrenâs book: Axolotl (Young Zoologist): A First Field Guide to the Amphibian That Never Grows Up (October 1, 2024)
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