Do I Need A Bath?

Live from the Poundstone Institute

NPR

Comedy

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

We learn all about Forest Bathing, which is a real thing, and it could improve your health. Also, we learn why having a messy desk might be a sign of genius. Plus: Saturday Night Live legend Dana Carvey joins us to take our personality test (and to do some really great impressions).

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0:00.0	Hey there, Paula Poundstone here.
0:04.0	Before we take you over to the Poundstone Institute,
0:07.0	I want to suggest you check out NPR's Hidden Brain, hosted by Shanker Vedantam.
0:11.0	Hidden Brain uses science and storytelling to help you
0:14.1	understand the world around you and yourself. Wondering why it's so hard to
0:18.2	change your best friend's views, feeling like you're in a bit of a rut and need to
0:22.3	get unstuck?
0:23.0	Hidden Brain can help you with those questions and plenty of others.
0:26.0	Find it on the NPR1 app and wherever you listen to podcasts. The 2013 study found 10% of people say they've had sex at work.
0:45.0	Wow! How long do we have this room?
0:48.0	You just created a hostile work environment for me.
0:54.0	Yeah, is that sex? What is that called?
0:56.0	Sexual harassment?
0:58.0	Sexual harassment. No, 10%, 10% of people have had sex at work. Wow you guys yeah there's a couple of yes
1:06.7	You know you would you honestly you would think the hotel industry alone
1:11.7	Yeah would cover that 10%.
1:14.3	Somebody over here said they'd had sex at work?
1:16.8	They're way in the back and they have a paper bag over their head.
1:22.8	All right, I shudder to ask this, but what do you do for a living?
1:27.3	Technology.
1:29.3	Oh, okay, then I'm not surprised.
1:32.3	Was Okay, then I'm not surprised.
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