Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?

Not much to it, is there?

Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.

Mmm, that is good.

Now that's what Asani should sound like.

Go all crisp in with walkers.

Delicious.

I'm Jason Gatz and you're listening to Think Again, a big think podcast.

Do you have a body?

I do, but I was mostly unaware of this fact until sometime in my mid-30s when my life

strategy of living like a bourbon-loving brain in a vat

became increasingly untenable. Since then, I've come to understand something that might

have been obvious to you all along. The body's not just a convenient support system for coming

up with clever things to say. It's how we experience the world. It's much of what we mean by living.

And for all its marvelous autonomy, it's also wonderfully bafflingly complex. My guest today is the author Bill Bryson.

In his new book, The Body, A Guide for Occupants, he has been kind enough to demystify it for us to the extent that that's possible,

and to help us revel in its mystery everywhere else.

Bill is the beloved author of a short history of nearly everything and a walk in the woods,

and I'm delighted to have them here on my show.

Welcome to Think Again.

Thank you, Jason.

It's great to be here with you.

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