2018 Ig Nobel Prizes, Flu Shots Don’t Make You Sick, and Setting Broad Goals for Longer Happiness
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 963 Ratings
🗓️ 12 October 2018
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Learn about why the flu shot will not give you the flu; how you can set the right goals to make happiness can last longer; and the hilarious winners of the 2018 Ig Nobel Prizes.
In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:
- No, The Flu Shot Can't Give You The Flu. Here's Why You Think It Can
- Happiness Can Last Longer If You Set Broad Goals
- These Are the 10 Hilarious Winners of the 2018 Ig Nobel Prizes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Cody Gough. |
| 0:06.0 | And I'm Ashley Hamer. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, you learn about why the flu shot will not give you the flu, |
| 0:10.0 | how you can set the right goals to make happiness last longer, and the hilarious |
| 0:15.0 | winners of the 2018 Ig Nobel Prizes. |
| 0:18.0 | Let's satisfy some curiosity on the award-winning Curiosity Daily. |
| 0:21.7 | Have you gotten your flu shot yet? |
| 0:23.6 | As a reminder, you should get it sometime in October for reasons we talked about on a recent |
| 0:28.2 | episode. |
| 0:29.2 | Today, though, we wanted to talk about a common myth around flu shots. You know how sometimes you feel |
| 0:33.8 | sick a little while after you get a flu shot? Well it's not the flu shot that did it. |
| 0:38.6 | Trust us, getting a flu shot does not actually give you the flu. |
| 0:43.0 | Ever. |
| 0:43.6 | It is not a thing. |
| 0:45.0 | Are you sure? |
| 0:46.0 | I'm sure. |
| 0:47.0 | Final answer. |
| 0:48.0 | That is absolutely my final answer. |
| 0:50.0 | Well then why do all my friends get sick after they get their flu shot Ashley? Well, here's the my friends get sick after they get their flu shot, Ashley. |
| 0:53.5 | Well, here's the reason. |
| 0:55.0 | So you might think that you get the flu from a flu shot, |
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