And Just Like That, You Have Nostalgia
Curiosity Weekly
Warner Bros. Discovery
4.6 • 935 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Every parent has wondered if their baby’s crying is normal at some point or another. While there is no “normal,” evidence shows that genetics might actually have a part to play in how long babies cry for. And another universal experience, harking back to “the good old days” in pop culture and our personal lives. Senior Producer, Teresa Carey, speaks with Dr. Clay Routledge about the good feelings - and sometimes sad memories - that come with nostalgia. And finally, host Samantha Yammine explains neuroplasticity and what physically changes in your brain when you practice something. Even juggling.
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| 0:00.0 | You know that feeling when a familiar song from your childhood comes on the radio? Maybe it's that one that |
| 0:06.6 | play during family road trips or that class anthem everyone belted out during Friday night football games. |
| 0:12.6 | As soon as you hear it, the memories come rushing back. Suddenly you're right there again, |
| 0:17.9 | arm in arm with your besties, swaying and laughing. But what if that |
| 0:22.7 | bittersweet rush is more than just a fleeting connection to the past? What if nostalgia |
| 0:27.1 | actually plays a powerful role in shaping our sense of meaning, motivation, and well-being? |
| 0:33.3 | Senior producer Teresa Carey chats with Dr. Clay Rutledge about how nostalgic feelings can impact depression, foster a sense of purpose, and even help us navigate difficult times. |
| 0:43.3 | Now, I know Teresa is a nostalgia skeptic, so let's see if he changed her mind about nostalgia after the conversation. |
| 0:49.3 | We'll also tackle a question every new parent has. Why do babies cry? And just a heads up, |
| 0:56.4 | you might find yourself rummaging for old socks to fill with rice after this episode. |
| 1:00.9 | I'll tell you why I'm learning to juggle and, no, I'm not running away with the circus. |
| 1:05.7 | I'm Dr. Samantha Amin, and this is Curiosity Weekly from Discovery. |
| 1:10.0 | As a certified auntie, chel Chachi, Zia taunt to many adorable cuties, |
| 1:16.5 | one of the biggest struggles I hear from my friends with newborns is the stress and heartache |
| 1:21.0 | when the baby won't stop crying despite all their efforts. |
| 1:24.9 | And to make it worse, the comparisons people in laws make between parents |
| 1:30.4 | to try and cast blame, it's a lot. Well, a study out of Sweden might just be the clapback |
| 1:36.5 | you've been looking for. This is one of the first studies ever to look at genetic and environmental |
| 1:41.5 | influences on a baby's crying in the first few months. |
| 1:45.0 | To tease apart the genetic aspects of crying, the researchers focus their analysis on identical |
| 1:50.0 | and fraternal twins. Identical twins develop from the same fertilized egg that splits into two |
| 1:55.8 | embryos, so they share nearly all of their genetic makeup. Fraternal twins, on the other hand, come from two |
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