Midlife Crisis: What Happens To Your Brain!

Midlife Crisis: What Happens To Your Brain!

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Buttholes: how the anus made us human

Buttholes may be the key to human evolution. It might sound insane, but the need for animals to evolve relied on us being a "tube" - what makes us a tube? Having a mouth and an anus. It turns out our buttholes are potentially an integral part of our ability to evolve consciousnes ...  Show more

WE'RE BACK and addressing the rumours ...

WE ARE BACK! We took two months off as things were rough. We didn't THINK we were keeping you guessing about the podcast ending, but I guess we were. This week we are ADDRESSING THE RUMOURS, while talking about heated rivalry, the emergence of science and why we love brazil.Check ...  Show more

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