Fearology Pt. 1 (FEAR) with Mary Poffenroth

Punted seals. Sunken yachts. Beach ambushes. And salmon hats? What’s even happening with killer whales? Are they sadists, or just hungry hungry hippos turned marine mammals? The Natural History Museum of LA County’s marine mammal expert Dr. Jorge Vélez-Juarbe joins the show to ch ...  Show more

Thrills. Chills. Hiding behind your hands. It’s officially SPOOKTOBER month with a huge, fascinating (and I promise, mellow) episode on why humans watch horror, and what’s happening in your brain. Not only do we have the author of “Horror on the Brain: the Neuroscience Behind Sci ...  Show more

Teddi unravels the mystery of Fear.Whether you are afraid of the dark or afraid of death, we are discovering why we are afraid. If you are filled with anxiety or simply afraid of mice, Teddi is answering why. With experts and those who seem to have no fear, we answer why are we a ...  Show more

Fear is something we all face in our lives, sometimes in profound ways. We develop fear-based behaviors that prevent us from living the lives we want to. Our guest for this episode explains how this happens and how to change our behavior to reduce fear’s grip on us. Hosted by Gab ...  Show more

Fear brings with it a kind of powerful temptation: people want to know fear, to confront it, and maybe even conquer it. In the lead up to Halloween, we're devoting an episode to all things scary. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks with psychologist Lisa Feld ...  Show more

This week on Know It All, Greg Brown and Mitch Moffit from AsapSCIENCE look at why we like getting scared and what exactly happens in our brains when we experience fear. Inspired by the movie White Noise, they also look deeper into just how common phobias are, and why humans have ...  Show more