Listen and learn: the five best podcasts for the curious-minded

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Would you like to understand why we yell, whats incorrect with the body mass index or why individuals make fun of Kenny G? Theres a podcast for that

A current episode checks out shrieking with input from the worlds only “screamologist”: which animals shriek? As Ward cautions, it is “definitely not calming whatsoever”– but its generally fascinating.Curiosity Daily, with episodes of about 15 minutes, uses more bite-size science.Economist Russ Roberts, of Stanford Universitys Hoover Institution, hosts this long-running (considering that 2006: geriatric, in podcast years) “conversation for the curious”, differentiated by its magpie-minded scope. The recent episodes on the misconceptions underpinning the reported “sleep loss epidemic”, the modern culture of protein and the “scientif-ish” body mass index will open your mind to the hollow basis of much traditional wellness knowledge.

A current episode explores shouting with input from the worlds only “screamologist”: which animals shout? As Ward cautions, it is “absolutely not relaxing whatsoever”– however its typically fascinating.Curiosity Daily, with episodes of about 15 minutes, provides more bite-size science.Economist Russ Roberts, of Stanford Universitys Hoover Institution, hosts this long-running (considering that 2006: geriatric, in podcast years) “conversation for the curious”, identified by its magpie-minded scope. As co-host Artemis Irvine states of the episode about the “concealed case” of trans male Ewan Forbes half a century ago, Travels Through Time is a reminder of “why studying history is so important for comprehending the present”. The recent episodes on the misconceptions underpinning the reported “sleep loss epidemic”, the contemporary culture of protein and the “scientif-ish” body mass index will open your mind to the hollow basis of much traditional health wisdom. If you find yourself quickly overwhelmed by the news cycle, Tortoise Medias day-to-day Sensemaker provides an episode “to make sense of the world” in under 10 minutes.

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