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Eavesdrop on experts and researchers as they ponder what makes our world so maddening, so strange and so achingly beautiful. Not to mention ridiculous. Join Julie Douglas for this week’s episode of The Stuff of Life, a podcast by HowStuffWorks.com.
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Broken
No matter where you fall on the political spectrum we can all agree that more than ever, the world feels broken. In this episode, we take a trip to Washington DC on the day of the inauguration and the eve of the Women’s March. And we look to Kintsugi, the
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The Big Hurt: Hate & Anger
‘Anger in its time and place,’ wrote the essayist Charles Lamb, ‘May assume a kind of grace.’ We look at how anger can be clarifying, even helpful, and we find out how it can morph into its more dangerous and corrupting form, hate.
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The Great Escape
We all want to hit the eject button on reality and look for a different way to live our lives at one point or another. How about through transforming yourself into another species, meditating on your existence, or just laughing your ass off?
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The Empathy Wall
The antidote to being a jerk is empathy. And thankfully it appears to be hard-wired in the human brain. And yet … we’re increasingly casting off the ability to walk a mile in another person's shoes.
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Men Dancing
Some men dance, many don’t. What are the unspoken rules that govern the ways we move our body, and what does it say about our society and how we treat each other?
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Special Announcement: It's All Odin's Fault
The Stuff of Life is packing up its bags and moving to Fridays. Find out why.
Customer Reviews
A Legacy
The Stuff of Life was HowStuffWorks's first attempt at an edited, produced, and non-continuous podcast, and it was great. The subjects discussed felt important, and Julie did very well presenting them. The miscarriage one really stood out to us. Ultimately, this show's legacy is filled by all of the content that came after it. If you like The Control Group, The End of the World, or TransGenesis, listen to The Stuff of Life to see where those originated here.
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I tried it.
So, I heard of this show from another show. Decided to give it a try. Did not get past the 7 minute mark of the first episode (which turns out to be episode 1, season 2, Broken). This is not what I came here to listen. Now, I might try again with season 1, episode 1 and give a better review and hopefully, just hopefully, it won’t be about orange man bad. For the mean time, I’ll just enjoy inflation.