Podcasts about sweat the strange science

Whole-body deodorants are the latest fad designed to mask our scent, but not everyone agrees that body odour is a bad thing. Sarah Everts, Carleton University associate professor and author of The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration, explains why we smell, why we should pause before applying whole-body deodorant, and why we should chill a little when it comes to BO.For transcripts of The Dose, please visit: lnk.to/dose-transcripts. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. For more episodes of this podcast, click this link.

Have you ever felt embarrassed by the need to carry a towel, or even a fresh shirt, with you during the most sweltering months of the year? You shouldn't. Sweating is one of the most remarkable ways our bodies protect themselves when the mercury heads north.With summer temperatures spiking around the world as the sweat-filled Olympic Games begin in Paris, we're joined by Sarah Everts, a Smithsonian contributor and the author a marvelous book called The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration. She explains why the body's thermostat is so ingenious, and how it cools athletes—and the rest of us. Plus: A series of snack-sized anecdotes about the Olympics!Let us know what you think of our show, and how we can make it better, by completing our There's More to That listener survey here.Find prior episodes of our show here.Read Smithsonian magazine's coverage of the Olympics, past and present, here, here, here, and here.There's More to That is a production of Smithsonian magazine and PRX Productions.From the magazine, our team is Chris Klimek, Debra Rosenberg and Brian Wolly.From PRX, our team is Jessica Miller, Adriana Rosas Rivera, Genevieve Sponsler, Rye Dorsey, and Edwin Ochoa. The Executive Producer of PRX Productions is Jocelyn Gonzales.Fact-checking by Stephanie Abramson.Episode artwork by Emily Lankiewicz Music by APM Music.

As the old saying goes, horses sweat, men perspire, and women glisten. In which case, call me a horse; I'm dripping. Cristen (and her signature sweat mustache) dives into the gender- and class-coded human superpower that is SWEATING. Science journalist Sarah Everts (The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration) explains why our bodies make sweat and how deodorant marketers spun it into a societal problem for women. Highlights include: mythbusting sweat detoxes, smell dating, wild pig pheromones and stinky spinsters.Follow Unladylike on Instagram and TikTokJoin the Unladies' Room PatreonShop merchAdvertise with Multitude Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As the old saying goes, horses sweat, men perspire, and women glisten. In which case, call me a horse; I'm dripping. Cristen (and her signature sweat mustache) dives into the gender- and class-coded human superpower that is SWEATING. Science journalist Sarah Everts (The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration) explains why our bodies make sweat and how deodorant marketers spun it into a societal problem for women. Highlights include: mythbusting sweat detoxes, smell dating, wild pig pheromones and stinky spinsters. Follow Unladylike on Instagram and TikTok Join the Unladies' Room Patreon Shop merch Advertise with Multitude Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah Everts is a science journalist, an associate professor at Carleton University, and the author of "The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration." During our conversation, Sarah talks about how sweating was an evolutionary superpower for humans, what sweat is, why some people sweat more than others, the history of the antiperspirant industry, and why we receive such psychological benefits from sauna exposure and exercise-induced sweating.------------Keep Talking SubstackRate on SpotifyRate on Apple PodcastsSocial media and all episodes------------Support via VenmoSupport on SubstackSupport on Patreon------------00:00 Intro 00:50 Sarah's interest in sweat 02:20 Sweating as an evolutionary advantage 13:08 Why do some people sweat more than others? 19:29 Is being able to easily sweat a sign of health? 24:30 Ethnic differences in sweating 29:05 How advertising created the antiperspirant industry 39:35 The benefits of heat and sweating 51:45 Forcing your heart to exercise

Sarah Everts is fascinated by sweat. What it is, why our bodies do it and why there is a market for buying and selling artificial sweat - are all questions Sarah has answered. She's the author of The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration and has been a science journalist for many years writing for publications like the Smithsonian, New Scientist and The Economist. She's also the chair of digital science journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.

Ever noticed that aluminum foil has a shiny side and a dull side? Why do you suppose that is? Maybe it is significant – after all some recipes call for it to be either shiny side up or shiny side down. But how much difference could it possibly make? Listen and find out. https://culinarylore.com/food-science:aluminum-foil-shiny-side-up-or-down/ Bet you didn't know that radio technology helped to create the quartz watch. Or that railroad technology reshaped how we celebrate Christmas. And how in the world did the telegraph change the way we speak? These are just a few of the fascinating ways older technologies have had an significant impact on how we live today. Ainissa Ramirez, is a material scientist and author of the book The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another (https://amzn.to/2UyQkCy) . Listen as she takes us on a journey through some of the fascinating technologies that continue to shape how we live our lives.  Humans are one of a very few species that actually sweat through the skin. The purpose of sweating is to help you stay cool. And how this cooling system works inside your body is really interesting. You have millions of sweat glands and what kind of climate you spent your toddler years in likely affected how many of your sweat glands were activated and how efficiently they work today. There's a lot to the story of human perspiration. Science writer Sarah Everts has gone deep into the research on sweating for her book, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration (https://amzn.to/3AwyPTX) and she is here to explain.  You know if you have ever flown on an airplane, there are oxygen masks in the event of an emergency. So where do they keep the oxygen? And why do they tell you to tug on the mask to begin the flow of oxygen? Listen because the answer to that question is really going to surprise you. https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/do-airplanes-really-carry-oxygen-for-the-oxygen-masks.html PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Zocdoc is the only FREE app that lets you find AND book doctors who are patient-reviewed, take your insurance, are available when you need them and treat almost every condition under the sun! Go to https://Zocdoc.com/SYSK and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. For the first time in NetSuite's 25 years as the #1 cloud financial system, you can defer payments of a FULL NetSuite implementation for six months! If you've been sizing NetSuite up to make the switch then you know this deal is unprecedented - no interest, no payments - take advantage of this special financing offer at https://NetSuite.com/SYSK ! The Dell Technologies' Black Friday in July event has arrived with limited-quantity deals on top tech to power any passion. Save on select XPS PCs and more powered by the latest Intel® Core™ processors. Plus, get savings on select monitors and accessories, free shipping and monthly payment options with Dell Preferred Account. Save today by calling 877-ASK-DELL ! Discover Credit Cards do something pretty awesome. At the end of your first year, they automatically double all the cash back you've earned! See terms and check it out for yourself at https://Discover.com/match Keep American farming and enjoy the BEST grass-fed meat & lamb, pastured pork & chicken and wild caught-Alaskan salmon by going to https://MoinkBox.com/Yum  RIGHT NOW and get a free gift with your first order! Let's find “us” again by putting our phones down for five.  Five days, five hours, even five minutes. Join U.S. Cellular in the Phones Down For Five challenge! Find out more at https://USCellular.com/findus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You may be wondering if there's a typo in this week's TPWKY book club selection - The Joy of Sweat? Are we supposed to find joy in this secretion? Shouldn't it be The Inconvenience of Sweat? Some of you sauna-goers or hot yoga enthusiasts may already welcome sweat (at the right time and place, of course), but I'm guessing there are plenty of you out there that do everything you can to prevent perspiration and the odor that frequently accompanies it. In this bonus episode, Sarah Everts (@saraeverts), author of The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration and Science Journalism Chair at Carleton University's School of Journalism, joins us to discuss why we should reconsider our stance on sweat and instead recognize it for the superpower it is. Or at the very least, be grateful that we don't do what vultures do to cool off. Our conversation covers topics as far-ranging as sweat forensics, the evolutionary significance of body odor, the shameful marketing of early antiperspirants, the wild world of sweat dating, and so much more. Whatever your current feelings towards perspiration, this episode will have you thinking more about sweaty secretions than you ever have before (and enjoying every second of it).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dressing for extreme heat is not as simple as wearing as little as possible. That's especially true when you have to go to work, court, or a wedding: and especially if gender norms dictate that you need to wear pants or a suit. And many of the new fabrics optimized for cooling aren't climate — or cost — friendly, as New York Times climate adaptation reporter Christopher Flavelle found when hetried out two dozen shirts, pants and suits designed for heat. We'll talk about why choosing an outfit in our warming climate is surprisingly complicated. Guests: Christopher Flavelle, climate adaptation reporter, New York Times. Konrad Rykaczewski, associate professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, and Senior Global Futures Scientist, Arizona State University. Sarah Everts, associate professor and chair in digital science journalism, Carleton University - author, “The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration.”

"Everts has an easy hand with demystifying myths associated with sweat.... Packed full of information and unexpected tidbits, this [book] is hard to put down." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Why do we sweat? The science behind this primal bodily function is complicated, fascinating  and often just plain weird.  In her delightful book, “The Joy of Sweat,” science journalist Sarah Everts makes the case that it's time our species finds “serenity instead of shame” in perspiration.  She traveled the world in pursuit of sweat's history and sociological value — from saunas in Scandinavia to dating events in Russia where potential partners sniff each other's sweat to determine attraction.  What she found is that sweat is more than our body trying to stay cool. Trace amounts of drugs and disease can appear in our sweat. Perspiration can reveal what we eat. Even something as basic as our fingerprints are really just “sweat prints.”  Enjoy this conversation from the sweltering July of 2021 when host Kerri Miller talked to Everts about the fascinating world of sweat. And let it build your anticipation for summer reading, with “Take it to the Lake” book recommendations coming on this Friday's Big Books and Bold Ideas show. Guest:  Sarah Everts is a science journalist and the author of the new book "The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration." To listen to the full conversation you can use the audio player above. Subscribe to the MPR News with Kerri Miller podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or RSS. Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations. 

 To sauna is to sweat, and to sweat, as we'll learn, is fundamentally human... and yet, most of us know very little about it.   What is sweat,  why do our bodies do it, and why do we spend a collective fortune on products to hide or prevent it, but gravitate toward activities like sauna, where we openly sweat together?  In this episode of Kivia: The Spirit of Sauna,  your hosts Alan Jalasjaa and Elissa Lansdell take a virtual sauna with the author of The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration, science journalist Sarah Everts.  While researching and investigating all things sweat, she certainly found herself on some unusual adventures! She had her armpits professionally sniffed, her sweat glans counted, her sweat analyzed, and she rated sweaty t-shirts in an effort to find a romantic match.  Sarah even found herself in a massive sauna, with two hundred other naked spectators cheering on competitors vying to come out on top at the World Aufguss Championships. All this and more, in the name of sweat! Now, most sauna enthusiasts will be happy to know that not all sweat or sweat glands are the same... meaning, your sauna sheen is less stink, and more glow.  She'll also set the record straight about what is actually happening to us physically during sauna sessions. Listen in, and develop a passion for perspiration!  Plus, find out why it is a really bad idea to take a sauna with a seal. The book is The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration by science journalist Sarah Everts, and it is on shelves now, make sure you pick up or order a copy today! To learn more about Sarah and the book visit SarahEverts.com, and click here to read more about the book. As always, please take a moment to rate, review and share Kivia: The Spirit of Sauna.  Follow us @kiviasauna on Instagram or find us on Facebook and Twitter.  Please visit our website at Kivia.ca. Sauna questions can be sent directly to Alan at Alan@kivia.ca.   Happy Sauna-ing!  

This week's episode is all about sweat, smelling it, hiding it, and people whose job it is to decide what the nature of yours is like. Never let them see you sweat right? Not this week. And before I forget, this is the second in our special WIS series sponsored by the American Geophysical Union's Sharing Science grant.   Sarah Everts is the author of The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration and she is also a science journalism professor and chair of digital science journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa. To keep up with Sarah you can follow her @saraheverts on Twitter and check out her website http://saraheverts.com To follow us on social media visit @wildconnectpod  and @realDrJen for Twitter & @RealDrJen for Instagram and www.jenniferverdolin.com for more. Love the show or simply enjoyed this episode? Give us a like and share so others can find us too. 

https://www.alainguillot.com/sarah-everts/ Sarah Everts holds a master's degree in chemistry, she's a journalist and author. Her book is The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3r7Pvin

This week we're talking about sweat. Yes, sweat! Science journalist Sarah Everts is on the show this week to unpack her new book, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration. You can check out her book at factuallypod.com/books. 

Let's talk about SWEAT baby! Something about sweating can be so embarrassing. And capitalism has birthed hundreds of products to keep it hidden at all costs. When it comes down to it, sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it's also one of our most vital and least understood. In her book The Joy of Sweat, Sarah Everts delves into its role in the body—and in human history.Sarah Everts is an award-winning science journalist and speaker. She holds a master's degree in chemistry and teaches journalism at Carleton University and lives in Ottawa, Canada.In this episode, she dives into cultural rituals around sweating & saunas, myths and misunderstandings about sweat, the truth about sweating to detox your body, and your sweat's role in sexual attraction.

Let's talk about SWEAT baby! Something about sweating can be so embarrassing. And capitalism has birthed hundreds of products to keep it hidden at all costs.Let's talk about SWEAT baby! Something about sweating can be so embarrassing. And capitalism has birthed hundreds of products to keep it hidden at all costs. When it comes down to it, sweating may be one of our weirdest biological functions, but it's also one of our most vital and least understood. In her book The Joy of Sweat, Sarah Everts delves into its role in the body—and in human history.Sarah Everts is an award-winning science journalist and speaker. She holds a master's degree in chemistry and teaches journalism at Carleton University and lives in Ottawa, Canada.In this episode, she dives into cultural rituals around sweating & saunas, myths and misunderstandings about sweat, the truth about sweating to detox your body, and your sweat's role in sexual attraction.

Sweat is this thing that many of us seem to loathe, but also pay a lot of money to do while being yelled at by professionals. So what is sweat? And why do we do it? And why are we often so embarrassed by it? This episode features writer Sarah Everts, who recently wrote a book called The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration.

Why do human beings sweat? And what other animals on this planet sweat, and why do they do it? Are there health benefits to sweating? Our guest is Sarah Everts, a science writer who has written for Scientific American, Smithsonian, New Scientist, and other publications, and who teaches journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Her new book, "The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration," has been praised by The New York Times as "an entertaining and illuminating guide to the necessity and virtues of perspiration." And futher, per a starred review in Publishers Weekly: "Everts has an easy hand with demystifying myths associated with sweat.... Packed full of information and unexpected tidbits, this [book] is hard to put down."

This is a downright hilarious and often surprising chat about sweat. That's right smelly, wet, sweat. We discuss why it happens, why it sucks, some of the weird (and occasionally scary) things it can do and some of the amazing things it can tell us. Expert guest: Sarah Everts is an award-winning science journalist and speaker from Ottawa, Canada. Her most recent project is the taboo-busting romp through the shame, stink and science of sweat in her new book 'The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration'. You can learn more about her work and the book at http://saraheverts.com/Comedy guest:One of the funniest men around town, Jamie Allerton's career creds include. 2016 Liverpool Echo New Comedian Finalist 2017 So You Think You're Funny semi-Finalist 2018 Max Turner Finalist “Where the other stand up sets held the stage, he owned it. A flurry of energy with a clever routine” – Broadway Baby Jamie is now 1/4 of WTD Comedy, focusing on comedy events around the country, including regular live comedy at The Stags Head in Hoxton. You can learn more about what he's up to on Instagram at @allertonjamie

Carleton University professor Sarah Everts shares what our sweat reveals about us, how sweating became stigmatized, and why some of us sweat more... or less... than others. Sarah's new book is The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration.

It's summer and that means sweat. But why do we use all those antiperspirants and deodorants? Why are we so ashamed of a cooling bodily function? This week host Bethany Brookshire talks with Sarah Everts, author of the new book "The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration".

A multi-billion-dollar industry has been built around our desire to hide the fact that we all sweat. Sarah Everts teaches journalism at Carleton University, and she joins host Krys Boyd to talk about why we fight our body's natural function – and about what sweat can tell us about our health. Her book is “The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration.”

This week we check in with Jacoby Cochran, host of City Cast Chicago, and WBEZ politics reporter Mariah Woelfel about the CDC's re-masking guidelines, the Jan. 6 hearing, and that Adam Driver centaur ad. Then, Carleton University journalism professor Sarah Everts joins to talk about her new book ‘The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration.' AND, Gabrielle Bluestone (aka the VICE reporter who broke the story on Fyre Festival) explains why we just can't stop falling for scams.

Sweating is evolution's most efficient cooling strategy, allowing humans to stay on the move far longer than most fur-covered animals. But how much sweat is too much? Where should we be perspiring the most? (Our armpits? The backs of our knees?) And why does some sweat smell so much? These are among the questions that journalist, amateur athlete, and heavy sweater Tom Vanderbilt has pondered for years. In this episode, he finally gets them answered by Canadian chemist Sarah Everts, author of the new book, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration. This episode is brought to you by Sonos, maker of the Sonos Roam, the portable smart speaker for all of your listening adventures. Check out the Roam for yourself and discover sound made easy at sonos.com.

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Love it or hate it, sweat is the reason why you don't die of heatstroke in the summer—though you might want to die of embarrassment if you work up too much of it. But perspiration also contains a trove of secrets about our body's inner workings, from sexy pheromones and disease markers to what we had for lunch. In her new book, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration, science journalist Sarah Everts explores what it reveals about our biology and behavior, debunking overheated myths—and maybe even some stigma—along the way.Go beyond the episode:Sarah Everts's The Joy of SweatDip into the world of custom perfume, which can smell quite different depending on who wears itDon't cancel your gym membership, but do give your heart a workout in the saunaYes, you really do smell your hand after shaking someone else's: here is the experiment with the videos to prove itTry out the first “mail odor dating service”Tune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you'd like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Love it or hate it, sweat is the reason why you don't die of heatstroke in the summer—though you might want to die of embarrassment if you work up too much of it. But perspiration also contains a trove of secrets about our body's inner workings, from sexy pheromones and disease markers to what we had for lunch. In her new book, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration, science journalist Sarah Everts explores what it reveals about our biology and behavior, debunking overheated myths—and maybe even some stigma—along the way.Go beyond the episode:Sarah Everts's The Joy of SweatDip into the world of custom perfume, which can smell quite different depending on who wears itDon't cancel your gym membership, but do give your heart a workout in the saunaYes, you really do smell your hand after shaking someone else's: here is the experiment with the videos to prove itTry out the first “mail odor dating service”Tune in every week to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • AcastHave suggestions for projects you'd like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Start jogging around the block, or simply sitting outside on a hot summer day, and you begin to feel moisture develop all over your body. Maybe a drop of sweat will roll down your face. Your clothes get sticky. You start feeling in greater intensity a process that's actually going on all the time: sweating. You may never have thought too much about your sweat, or perhaps been a little embarrassed by it when your sweat became noticeable in a socially delicate situation. But my guest today says that human sweat is in fact incredibly fascinating, and something you should embrace with real appreciation and enthusiasm. Her name is Sarah Everts and she's a science journalist and the author of The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration. Sarah and I begin our conversation with what sweat is, the two kinds your body produces, and how human sweating is unique and what Sarah calls our species' superpower. We then get into the surprising quickness with which the things we drink start coming out of our pores, why we sweat when we're anxious or nervous, whether how much you personally sweat comes down to genetics or environment, and why the fitter you are, the more you sweat. Sarah unpacks whether there are differences between how men and women sweat and smell, whether our dislike for body odor is innate or culturally conditioned, why some people are smellier than others, and the role that smell and pheromones play in attraction. Sarah also explains whether antiperspirants are bad for you and if you should switch to natural deodorant. We end our conversation with why it feels so good to make ourselves intentionally sweat through things like sauna-ing, and whether hitting the sauna can detox your body. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why do we sweat? The science behind this primal bodily function is complicated, fascinating  and often just plain weird.  In her delightful new book, “The Joy of Sweat,” science journalist Sarah Everts makes the case that it's time our species finds “serenity instead of shame” in perspiration.  She traveled the world in pursuit of sweat's history and sociological value — from saunas in Scandinavia to dating events in Russia where potential partners sniff each other's sweat to determine attraction.  What she found is that sweat is more than our body trying to stay cool. Trace amounts of drugs and disease can appear in our sweat. Perspiration can reveal what we eat. Even something as basic as our fingerprints are really just “sweat prints.”  For more sticky science, host Kerri Miller talks to Everts about the fascinating world of sweat.  Guest:  Sarah Everts is a science journalist and the author of the new book "The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration."

This week, Liberty and Vanessa discuss Ghost Forest, Sword Stone Table, The Final Girl Support Group, and more great books. Pick up an All the Books! shirt, sticker, and more right here. Follow All the Books! using RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. BOOKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW: Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness by Kristen Radtke Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices by Swapna Krishna and Jenn Northington A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk & Robot 1) by Becky Chambers  The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean  The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer by Dean Jobb M, King's Bodyguard by Niall Leonard  WHAT WE'RE READING: The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo MORE BOOKS OUT THIS WEEK: ParaNorthern and the Chaos Bunny A-hop-calypse by Stephanie Cooke, Mari Costa The Stone Face by William Gardner Smith The Great Big One by J.C. Geiger The Letters of Shirley Jackson by Shirley Jackson , Laurence Jackson Hyman The Rules of Arrangement by Anisha Bhatia Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis The Director: My Years Assisting J. Edgar Hoover by Paul Letersky and Gordon L. Dillow It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything by Kate Biberdorf Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering by Scott A. Small Tall Men, Short Shorts: The 1969 NBA Finals: Wilt, Russ, Lakers, Celtics, and a Very Young Sports Reporter by Leigh Montville Awakening: #MeToo and the Global Fight for Women's Rights by Rachel B. Vogelstein, Meighan Stone Grand Dishes: Recipes and stories from grandmothers of the world by Iska Lupton and Anastasia Miari  Faking Reality by Sara Fujimura  Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma When All the Girls Are Sleeping by Emily Arsenault  Up All Night: 13 Stories between Sunset and Sunrise by Laura Silverman Prepare Her: Stories by Genevieve Plunkett Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender, and the Body by Savala Nolan Trepczynski Secrets of the Force The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Wars by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman  Born Into This by Adam Thompson Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle Stereo(TYPE): Poems by Jonah Mixon-Webster Always On: Hope and Fear in the Social Smartphone Era by Rory Cellan-Jones A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan  The Lost and Found Necklace by Louisa Leaman Magma by Thóra Hjörleifsdóttir Embassy Wife by Katie Crouch The Therapist by B. A. Paris A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri, Mary Jo Bang (translator) The Mythic Koda Rose by Jennifer Nissley The Rehearsals by Annette Christie While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory  It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey The Verdigris Pawn by Alysa Wishingrad What Is a Dog?: A Memoir by Chloe Shaw Yoga Pant Nation by Laurie Gelman Appleseed by Matt Bell  The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration by Sarah Everts The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam Midnight, Water City (The Water City Trilogy) by Chris Mckinney Journey Beyond the Burrow by Rina Heisel T: The Story of Testosterone, the Hormone that Dominates and Divides Us by Carole Hooven The Comfort of Monsters by Willa C Richards Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training by Adam Stern Checkmate in Berlin: The Cold War Showdown That Shaped the Modern World by Giles Milton  Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge, Jeremy Tiang (Translator) I Couldn't Love You More by Esther Freud Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light: Essays by Helen Ellis To Walk Alone in the Crowd by Antonio Muñoz Molina, Guillermo Bleichmar (translator) The Freedom Race by Lucinda Roy The Right Side of Reckless by Whitney D. Grandison Love Lockdown: Dating, Sex, and Marriage in America's Prisons by Elizabeth Greenwood Look What You Made Me Do by Elaine Murphy  Margie Kelly Breaks the Dress Code by Bridget Farr Other People's Comfort Keeps Me Up at Night by Morgan Parker See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You have probably noticed that aluminum foil has a shiny side and a dull side. Why? What's the difference - and why do some recipes call for it to be either shiny side up or shiny side down? This episode begins with an explanation. https://culinarylore.com/food-science:aluminum-foil-shiny-side-up-or-down/ How did radio technology help create the quartz watch? How did railroad technology reshape how we celebrate Christmas? How did the telegraph change the way we speak? These are just a few of the fascinating ways technologies have had an important impact on how we live. Ainissa Ramirez, is a material scientist and author of the book The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another (https://amzn.to/2UyQkCy) . Listen as she takes us on a journey through some of the fascinating technologies that continue to have a powerful impact on how we live our lives.   We humans are one of a very few species that sweat through our skin. As you probably know, the purpose of sweating is to help you stay cool. What is so interesting is how the whole system works. You have millions of sweat glands and what kind of climate you spent your toddler years in likely affected how many of your sweat glands were activated and how efficiently the work. And that's just scratching the surface of the perspiration story. Science writer Sarah Everts has gone deep into the research on sweating for her book, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration (https://amzn.to/3AwyPTX) and she is here to explain what she found. Airplanes have oxygen masks in the event of an emergency. So where do they keep the oxygen? And why is it that they tell you to tug on the mask to begin the flow of oxygen? Listen because the answer to that question is really going to surprise you. https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/do-airplanes-really-carry-oxygen-for-the-oxygen-masks.html PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Save time, money, and stress with Firstleaf – the wine club designed with you in mind! Join today and you'll get 6 bottles of wine for $29.95 and free shipping! Just go to https://tryfirstleaf.com/SOMETHING Get 10% off on the purchase of Magnesium Breakthrough from BiOptimizers by visiting https://magbreakthrough.com/something Dell's Semi Annual Sale is the perfect time to power up productivity and gaming victories. Now you can save what Dell employees save on high-performance tech. Save 17% on the latest XPS and Alienware computers with Intel Core processors. Plus, check out exclusive savings on Dell monitors, headsets and accessories for greater immersion in all you do. Upgrade today by calling 800 buy Dell, or you can visit https://dell.com/Semi Annual Sale Discover matches all the cash back you earn on your credit card at the end of your first year automatically and is accepted at 99% of places in the U.S. that take credit cards! Learn more at https://discover.com/yes Go to https://RockAuto.com right now and see all the parts available for your car or truck. Write SOMETHING in their “How did you hear about us?” box so they know we sent you! Learn about investment products and more at https://Investor.gov, your unbiased resource for valuable investment information, tools and tips. Before You Invest, https://Investor.gov. Visit https://remy-cointreau.com to learn more about their exceptional spirits! Visit https://ferguson.com for the best in all of your plumping supply needs! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices