Taboo Science
Taboo Science is a podcast that answers the questions you're not allowed to ask. It's hosted by Ashley Hamer, a science writer and podcaster. Every episode dives into a different societal taboo to understand the science that makes it tick, the reasons we don't talk about it, and the impact that has on society at large. Why don't we eat people? Why are my swear words different than my parents'? And what makes porn, porn? It's science class if science class had one of those anonymous question boxes. It's Taboo Science.Podcasts
RERUN: Necrophilia (with Dr. Victoria Sullivan & Dr. Jens Foell)
Published: Oct. 26, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 12 seconds
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Attraction to Monsters (with Ella Gallego)
Published: Oct. 19, 2023, noonDuration: 40 minutes 30 seconds
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Animal Testing (with Dr. Katherine Roe & Dr. Emily Trunnell)
Published: Oct. 5, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 55 seconds
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Introducing: How to Do the Pot
Published: Sept. 28, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 44 seconds
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IQ / Intelligence (with Dr. Steven Piantadosi)
Published: Sept. 21, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 28 seconds
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Climate Anxiety (with Dr. Thomas Doherty)
Published: Sept. 7, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 27 minutes 22 seconds
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Remastered: Depression (with Dr. Gerard Sanacora)
Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 29 minutes 33 seconds
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Menstruation (with Dr. Kate Clancy)
Published: Aug. 10, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 8 seconds
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Makeup (with Ilise S. Carter)
Published: July 27, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 11 seconds
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Heterosexuality (with Dr. Hanne Blank Boyd)
Published: July 13, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 54 seconds
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Race (with Agustin Fuentes, Ph.D.)
Published: June 29, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 9 seconds
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Nudity (with Ruth Barcan, Ph.D.)
Published: June 15, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 30 minutes 22 seconds
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Introducing: Based on a True Story
Published: June 8, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 59 seconds
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Breastfeeding (with Bridget McGann & Sascha Mayer)
Published: June 1, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 23 seconds
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Poop (with Bryn Nelson, Ph.D.)
Published: May 18, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 38 minutes 22 seconds
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Asexuality (with Canton Winer & Sarah Costello)
Published: May 4, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 57 seconds
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Addiction (with Judy Grisel, Ph.D.)
Published: April 20, 2023, 11 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 25 seconds
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Butts (with Dr. Jeanne Bovet)
Published: Sept. 23, 2021, 5:54 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 19 seconds
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Disability (with Emily Ladau)
Published: Sept. 9, 2021, noonDuration: 31 minutes 10 seconds
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Depression (with Dr. Gerard Sanacora)
Published: Aug. 26, 2021, noonDuration: 29 minutes 17 seconds
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Body Hair (with Rebecca Herzig)
Published: Aug. 12, 2021, noonDuration: 34 minutes 49 seconds
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Hormones (with Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D.)
Published: July 29, 2021, 4:56 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 48 seconds
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Critical Race Theory (with Janel George)
Published: July 15, 2021, noonDuration: 37 minutes 45 seconds
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Money (with Ted Klontz, Ph.D.)
Published: July 1, 2021, noonDuration: 35 minutes 24 seconds
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Head Transplants (with Dr. Brandy Schillace)
Published: June 17, 2021, noonDuration: 39 minutes 50 seconds
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STIs (with Ina Park, MD)
Published: June 3, 2021, noonDuration: 38 minutes 42 seconds
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Bodily Fluids (with Erika Engelhaupt)
Published: May 20, 2021, noonDuration: 36 minutes 18 seconds
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Ageism (with Dr. Hannah Swift)
Published: May 6, 2021, noonDuration: 39 minutes 28 seconds
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Eating Animals (with Dr. Melanie Joy)
Published: April 22, 2021, noonDuration: 33 minutes 1 second
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Marriage (with Stephanie Coontz)
Published: March 25, 2021, noonDuration: 40 minutes 1 second
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Dying (with Jennie Dear)
Published: March 11, 2021, 1 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 10 seconds
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Childbirth (with Tina Cassidy)
Published: Feb. 25, 2021, 1 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 4 seconds
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Lying (with Judi Ketteler)
Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 1 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 41 seconds
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Necrophilia (with Dr. Victoria Sullivan & Dr. Jens Foell)
Published: Jan. 28, 2021, 1 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 44 seconds
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Infidelity (with Lucia O'Sullivan)
Published: Jan. 14, 2021, 1 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 15 seconds
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Vaginas (with Rachel E. Gross)
Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 1 p.m.Duration: 39 minutes 6 seconds
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Acne (with Dr. Alexa Shipman)
Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 1 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 20 seconds
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Obesity (with Dr. Yoni Freedhoff)
Published: Dec. 3, 2020, noonDuration: 40 minutes
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Cannibalism (with Bill Schutt)
Published: Nov. 19, 2020, noonDuration: 33 minutes 54 seconds
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Penises (with Emily Willingham)
Published: Nov. 5, 2020, noonDuration: 30 minutes 12 seconds
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Pornography (with Joshua Grubbs)
Published: Oct. 22, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 31 minutes 28 seconds
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Profanity (with Benjamin K. Bergen)
Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 11 a.m.Duration: 22 minutes 52 seconds
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Introducing: Taboo Science
Published: Sept. 28, 2020, 4 a.m.Duration: 2 minutes 37 seconds
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