Do lucky charms work? (Or, Are women more superstitious?)

Stuff Mom Never Told You

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Society & Culture

4.2 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2012

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Are men or women more superstitious? Why do people practice superstitious behaviors? Are positive superstitions, i.e. lucky charms, actually helpful? Listen in as Cristen and Caroline search for the science behind superstition.

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1:32.3	2012 camera. It's ready, are you? Welcome to Stuff Mom Never Told You from houseofworks.com.
1:42.4	Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Kristen and I'm Caroline and today we are talking about
1:53.4	superstitions and lucky charms which you know that might sound like a ridiculous topic for this
2:00.0	podcast. Only it would only be ridiculous if it were serial. If it were serial like charms.
2:05.7	Oh, keep going. Okay. I was like wait wait like pop. Just corn pops. Yeah, just popcorn roll it.
2:15.0	Okay, lucky charms. Not the serial although now I'm kind of craving lucky charms. Thank you,
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