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The podcast for curious minds, delving into the science and psychology of why we are the way we are 🪐 Hosted by @EmmaKennedy for @PodmastersUK 👩🏼‍🔬

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Joined November 2023
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
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🧪 NEW SERIES, NEW EPISODES 🔬 Billionaires are trying to cheat death with blood transfusions, gene therapy and biohacks. 🧫 @EmmaKennedy sits down with two experts to find out what happens to the rest of us if the elite get to live forever 🧬💰👴.Listen
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
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The concept of eternal life is a long-standing fantasy in science fiction, but will it ever be possible to upload our consciousness to an external host –  or even a robot? 🧠🤖. @EmmaKennedy finds out in our latest episode ➡️
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
6 months
🌙NEW EPISODE🌙. How are such ambitious films like Interstellar made? And how are surreal exoplanets portrayed onscreen in an immersive way?. @EmmaKennedy is joined by @dneg's Paul Franklin, Oscar-winning Visual FX Supervisor to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
6 months
💥NEW EPISODE💥. In this week's edition @EmmaKennedy chats to astronomer @KalteneggerLisa and Oscar-winning Visual FX Supervisor Paul Franklin about the weird and wonderful planets in our galaxy, and how they're brought to life onscreen. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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🌌NEW EPISODE🌌. Space is fundamentally quite weird, and seldom as weird as the many exoplanets we've recently discovered. But what actually are exoplanets?. @EmmaKennedy is joined by @KalteneggerLisa, author of Alien Earth to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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🪐NEW EPISODE🪐. We've all seen Tatooine in Star Wars, but what are real exoplanets actually like? And how do filmmakers bring them to life onscreen?. @EmmaKennedy is joined by @KalteneggerLisa and Paul Franklin of @dneg to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
6 months
👩‍🔬NEW EPISODE👨‍🔬. There isn't currently a male contraceptive pill - but would men take it if there was?. @EmmaKennedy is joined by endocrinology professor Stephanie Page to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
7 months
🙅‍♂️NEW EPISODE🙅‍♂️. Women have many birth control options - men only have two, and there hasn't been a new commercial contraceptive for men in decades. Why not?. @EmmaKennedy is joined by Krystale Littlejohn and Stephanie Page to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
7 months
🤰NEW EPISODE🤰. "Birth control has the power to feel liberatory and oppressive". Professor Krystale Littlejohn joins @EmmaKennedy to discuss why the uneven burden of contraception isn't just a medical issue, but a sociological one. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
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💊NEW EPISODE💊. The burden of birth control falls overwhelmingly on women - so why isn't there a male pill yet?. @EmmaKennedy is joined by Stephanie Page and Krystale Littlejohn to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
7 months
😭NEW EPISODE😭. From tears of laughter to sadness, we cry all the time - but why? . In our latest episode @EmmaKennedy is joined by Ad Vingerhoets and Tom Lutz to find out why humans cry so much. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
7 months
🥲NEW EPISODE🥲. All humans are capable of crying - so why do we deem it to be socially unacceptable?. @EmmaKennedy is joined by @TomLutz22, Professor and Chair of Creative Writing at UC Riverside and author of 'Crying' to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
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😿NEW EPISODE😿. We shed tears of joy and sorrow - but why do some of us cry more than others?. @EmmaKennedy is joined by Ad Vingerhoets, Professor of Social and Behavioural Sciences @TilburgU to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
7 months
💧NEW EPISODE💧. Crying is a universal human experience - but what actually are tears?. @EmmaKennedy is joined by 'Crying' author @TomLutz22 and Ad Vingerhoets, author of 'Why Only Humans Weep' to find out why we cry. Listen now!🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
7 months
❣️NEW EPISODE❣️. What actually is a fetish and how do they develop? . In our latest episode @EmmaKennedy is joined by @SunnyMegatron and @JustinLehmiller to uncover why fetishes are such a taboo topic. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
8 months
💋NEW EPISODE💋 What if you’ve got a sexual fetish but you wish you didn’t? How can you get past it? In our latest edition @EmmaKennedy finds out from award-winning sexologist @SunnyMegatron. Today’s example: Lego? .🐰 Listen to the podcast 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
8 months
RT @OhGodWhatNowPod: 🎄 Ho Ho Ho God, What Now? .☃️ Last few tickets for our XMAS LIVE SHOW on Tue Dec 10 at @comedystoreuk London, with @Do….
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
8 months
💋NEW EPISODE💋 If you can think of it, someone probably has a fetish for it. But how do fetishes develop, and how can people partake safely and ethically?.@EmmaKennedy is joined by @JustinLehmiller and @SunnyMegatron to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
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🤐NEW EPISODE💕 Many people have sexual and romantic fetishes… but barely anyone talks about them. Why are fetishes so taboo? @EmmaKennedy is joined by @JustinLehmiller, Research Fellow @kinseyinstitute.to find out….⛓️‍Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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Why? with Emma Kennedy
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🍹NEW EPISODE🍹. How does our sense of smell *actually* work? And how good are we at identifying and analysing different scents?. In our latest episode @EmmaKennedy is joined by @Columbia Professor Stuart J Firestein, to find out. Listen now! 🔊⬇️.
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