Introducing: Deeply Human

Deeply Human

iHeartPodcasts/BBC/APM

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science

4.8 • 807 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2021

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

Musician, writer and science fiend Dessa explores the hidden motors that drive human experience and behavior. Why do we get déjà vu? Why are we attracted to symmetrical faces? Why do we listen to music that makes us sad? Why is the female orgasm still such a mystery to sex researchers?

Here are tender and moving personal stories as well as the latest scientific and psychological understanding of human nature. All combined at times with fits of laughter and just plain puzzlement. Deeply Human finds out what we all want to know: why do you do what you do?

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Dessa, the host of a new show called Deeply Human. I normally make my living
0:08.5	is a musician and a writer, but I've always been a science fiend, fascinated by the hidden
0:13.6	motors that drive human experience and behavior. Why do we get deja vu? Why are we so attracted
0:19.0	to symmetrical faces? Why do we listen to music that makes us sad?
0:22.6	Why is the female orgasm still such a total mystery to sex researchers?
0:27.6	Somehow, I have landed a very fancy podcast.
0:31.6	Do you guys have errands here?
0:33.6	No.
0:35.6	No.
0:36.6	It's the one that goes,
0:38.8	bah, blah, blah. Yes. That's it exactly. I have got a freaking podcast where I am tasked with
0:46.5	finding out what we all want to know. Why do you do what you do? There will be romance and
0:52.9	flesh wounds, contagious laughter, and chilling hallucinations.
0:57.0	You tend to sort of swim up to them and wiggle.
1:01.0	And I said, trust me, God does not want me to walk on fire.
1:05.0	Why aren't you Beyonce? She has the same 24 hours you do.
1:08.0	The socks stay on and I don't know what you can do to get somebody's socks off.
1:12.7	He lied.
1:13.7	Yes.
1:14.1	I was very happy.
1:16.5	We were attempting to induce deja vu through virtual reality.
1:20.5	You're in my head, Dan.
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