SYSK Selects: The Wind Cries Typhoid Mary

SYSK Selects: The Wind Cries Typhoid Mary

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Selects: Thrill to the Stunning Bicameral Mind Hypothesis

Psychologist Julian Jaynes came up with a stunning hypothesis in 1976, that human consciousness only developed in the last 3000 years. And he seemed to have proof in ancient texts. Scholars have been picking it apart ever since and in this classic episode we join the club.See omn ...  Show more

How to Drink a Tree's Blood

Of course we're talking all about maple syrup today - the tapping, the processing, the eating.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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