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36. Bad News — It’s Your Surgeon’s Birthday

Freakonomics, M.D.

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Society & Culture, Science

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Distractions are everywhere — including in the operating room. So, what happens if a surgeon loses focus? A tap dancer, a health researcher, and a surgeon help Bapu Jena find out.

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0:00.0

So there's this piece, it's probably my favorite one,

0:07.1

choreographed by Lisa The Tush,

0:08.9

who's a really fabulous dancer and choreographer

0:11.7

and musician, it's called Honey Something Blues.

0:17.3

We've actually performed a work in progress version

0:19.9

of it a few times, and I just remember one of those

0:24.3

was this September.

0:26.5

I knew the choreography so well,

0:29.4

and I didn't have to think about the steps at all

0:33.0

while I was doing it.

0:34.8

I was just listening to that music

0:36.8

and feeling it in the body.

0:39.4

That's Katherine Moore.

0:40.7

She's a tap dancer who performs

0:42.3

with the Lady Hofer's Tap Ensemble in Philadelphia.

0:46.9

She's also a cognitive psychologist

0:49.1

at Arcadia University, right outside that city.

0:52.3

I was just enjoying the way the music was combining

0:57.2

with the sounds of our feet

0:58.6

and also that proprioceptive sensory feedback

1:03.8

that I love about tap dancing,

1:05.5

because you're not just hearing it,

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