Is Itching Contagious? (And Does Scratching Really Help?)
Part-Time Genius
iHeartPodcasts and Kaleidoscope
4.5 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Finally, an episode that scratches at all those answers you've been craving (in the most satisfying way)! Did an itching epidemic really halt the Revolutionary War? What happens when you scratch an itch and look in the mirror? And can tiny electrocutions really help your itchy skin?
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This episode originally aired on September 26, 2024.
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| 0:45.3 | Guess what, Will? |
| 0:46.5 | What's that, Mango? |
| 0:47.5 | I was looking through the ignoble prizes, which released this week. |
| 0:51.3 | And for those who don't know, these are funny prizes that honor academic papers |
| 0:55.8 | that are so surprising that they make people laugh and then think. |
| 0:59.3 | And one of the articles that caught my attention was a peace prize that they gave out |
| 1:02.7 | for studying the pleasureability of scratching and itch. |
| 1:06.4 | I do love that they gave out a piece prize for this, |
| 1:09.1 | but like what did the scientist actually |
| 1:10.8 | find in this study? So apparently they were looking into when you itch, what areas that you |
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