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Stuff You Should Know

How Alien Hand Syndrome Works

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.582.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2009

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

When a person has alien hand syndrome, his or her hand can move involuntarily, and seemingly of its own volition. Tune in and learn more about this misunderstood syndrome in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:30.5

Brought to you by the reinvented 2012 Camry.

0:33.3

It's ready for you.

0:35.9

Welcome to Stucky Should Know, GrimhouseStopworks.com.

0:39.7

Hey and welcome to the podcast, this creepy, creepy podcast.

0:49.5

It's time to Halloween.

0:51.3

I'm Josh, that's Chuck.

0:54.0

This stuff you should know.

0:55.0

How you do it?

0:56.0

I'm well sir.

0:58.0

Chuck, it's going to sound like a bad edit.

1:01.4

I'm sorry, you're pretty sugary for that one though, it's just weird.

1:05.0

Chuck, I think I speak for everybody.

1:06.9

Would I say I want to hear about one of your favorite movies, one called Dr. Strange Love,

1:13.4

subtitled or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb?

1:16.8

Great, great film.

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