Taboos. Intolerable foods. Sad songs. Sexy kinks. Candy that looks like poo. Let’s get a little gross, shall we? The foremost expert in disgust, Dr. Paul Rozin, chats about the emotions related to revulsion – and BOY HOWDY do we cover some ground. Why do some things gross us out and others don’t? Can we change that? Learn how research psychologists study disgust, from butterflies to bigotry, and from pranks to power dynamics. Maybe don’t eat lunch while you listen, but definitely tune in to learn how to conquer some fears.
Browse Dr. Rozin’s publications on Google Scholar
Donations went to InterAct Theatre Company and the International OCD Foundation
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Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions and Jake Chaffee
Managing Director: Susan Hale
Scheduling producer: Noel Dilworth
Transcripts by Aveline Malek and The Wordary
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
Theoretical & Creative Ecology (SCIENCE & ECOPOETRY) with Madhur Anand
Smologies #37: PROTEINS + DNA with Raven “The Science Maven” Baxter
Evolutionary Anthropology (METABOLISM) with Herman Pontzer
Carcinology (CRABS) Part 2 with Adam Wall
Smologies #36: FEATHERS with Allison Shultz
Carcinology (CRABS) Part 1 with Adam Wall
Ethnoecology (ETHNOBOTANY/NATIVE PLANTS) with Leigh Joseph
Smologies #35: COMPUTER PROGRAMMING with Iddris Sandu
Alieology (YOUR HOST): an Ask-Me-Anything Goofy Hang
Smologies #34: PENGUINS with Tom Hart
Lemurology (LEMURS) with Lydia Greene
Quasithanatology (NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES) with Bruce Greyson
Smologies #33: SCORPIONS with Lauren Esposito
Syndesiology (CONNECTIONS) with James Burke
Audiobook Mixtape 3: Gift Ideas from the Ologists’ Brains
Smologies #32: CLOUDS with Rachel Storer
Abstract Mathematology (UH, IS MATH REAL?) with Eugenia Cheng
Road Ecology (ROAD KILL) with Ben Goldfarb
Smologies #31: INDIGENOUS COOKING with Mariah Gladstone
Garology (LONG CUTE ANCIENT PATIENT BOOPABLE NIGHTMARE FISH) Encore for GAR WEEK with Solomon David
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