Summary
Ever wondered why some people are mosquito magnets and other people barely get bitten? Hannah and Dara grapple with the question of whether these insects are evil or genius, discovering how they’re experts at finding blood when they’re hungry, even using a specially designed syringe to suck it out. But when Professor Leslie Vosshall tells them some people are more than 100 times likely to be attacked than others, the pair start wondering which one of them is more attractive? So they put the science to the test, and reluctantly agree to send their stinky socks to Professor Sarah Reece. She reveals that one of them smells extra special to these annoying little animals, possibly because of their cheesy feet. But can you guess who?
Contributors: Professor Sarah Reece Professor Leslie Vosshall Professor John Pickett
Producer: Marijke Peters Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem A BBC Studios Audio Production
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's Lucy Worsley here and we're back with a brand new series of ladies swindlers. |
| 0:07.5 | Promise never to mention a word of what is going on. |
| 0:10.1 | Join me and my all-female team of detectives as we revisit the audacious crimes of women trying to make it in a world made for men. |
| 0:19.5 | This is a story of working class women trying to get by in a world made for men. This is a story of working-class women trying to get by. |
| 0:24.4 | This is survival. |
| 0:25.3 | Join me for the second season of Lady Swindlers, |
| 0:28.2 | where true crime meets history with a twist. |
| 0:31.4 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:36.3 | BBC Sounds, music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:43.3 | I'm Hannah Frye. |
| 0:44.5 | And I'm Dara O'Brien. |
| 0:45.7 | And this is Curious Cases. |
| 0:47.4 | The show will we take your quirkiest questions? |
| 0:49.4 | Your crudious conundrums. |
| 0:50.9 | And then we solve them. |
| 0:51.8 | With the power of science. |
| 0:53.4 | I mean, do we always solve them? |
| 0:54.4 | I mean, the hit rate's pretty low. But it is with science. It is with science. |
| 1:03.6 | Do you consider yourself a particularly smelly person, Dara? I wash. Is that where you're asking? I'm sorry, I'm with the other side of a table here. Is it that obvious? |
| 1:10.7 | I didn't mean to other humans. |
| 1:11.9 | Oh, okay. |
| 1:12.5 | I meant to insects. |
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