Is Sexual Attraction Just Our Pheromones Going Nuts? | 18
Call Me Curious
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4.4 • 555 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Ever wonder what that certain "tingle" is you feel every Spring? You know what we mean. The weather gets warmer, the days get longer and suddenly love... or lust... is in the air. Ever wonder why that is? We all know it as Spring Fever. But what is it that turns us on and makes us happier in Springtime? Are our pheromones working overtime? Nikki and Malone are here to make sense of our mysterious yearnings. Joined by behavioral neuroscientist Charles Wysocki and Dr. Norman Rosenthal, the renowned researcher who brought us Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), they’re out to discover why we’re suddenly in the mood for love.
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| 0:00.0 | From Wondry, I'm Nikki Boyer, and this is Call Me Curious, where every week I'll get to the bottom of those funny, strange, puzzling, or just got-a-no questions you have. |
| 0:16.9 | And we'll tell you the best we can what the answer is. |
| 0:21.0 | Because I've got 21 questions. |
| 0:23.6 | I've been 21 guessing you could teach me a lesson. |
| 0:28.3 | Call me curious. |
| 0:32.2 | Call me curious. |
| 0:34.2 | Call me curious. |
| 0:36.2 | So tell the truth. I need to know that it's real. |
| 0:46.7 | So tell the truth. |
| 0:50.1 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:51.3 | Hi, and welcome to the show. |
| 0:53.2 | Today, I have an important public health warning. |
| 0:57.2 | Every year around this time, a highly contagious and mysterious condition goes viral, |
| 1:02.4 | sweeping across the country and infecting just about everyone in its path. No, not the flu. I am |
| 1:08.2 | talking about spring fever. Symptoms include mild euphoria, disruptions of |
| 1:12.9 | sleep patterns, and a certain restlessness in our bathing suit areas. So what's going on here? |
| 1:18.5 | Why does spring always kick our libidos into overdrive? I want to know. Is spring fever just our |
| 1:25.1 | pheromones going nuts? Well, we're going to find out today on this late springtime edition of Call Me Curious. |
| 1:32.6 | But first, someone who is always springtime fresh. |
| 1:38.7 | I'm alone. |
| 1:40.6 | Hi. |
| 1:41.6 | Nikki, oh my gosh, I'm not, okay, I do have a restlessness in my bathing suit right now. Yes. Oh, okay. I'm ready to go on this one, big time. And you know what? You are always springtime fresh because you always smell good. When I see you, I'm like, mm, you smell delicious. Thank you. Thank you. Fresh. I'm just spring fresh. I like that. Yeah, you are. So, listen, Malone, I know it's really late spring. I mean, who are we kidding? It's the beginning of summer, right? But I think those spring feelings are still kind of lingering, if you know what I mean. So I wanted to check in with you. Are you experiencing spring fever? |
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