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Unexplainable

Itch hunt

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Itch used to be understood as a mild form of pain, but scientists are learning this sense is more than just skin deep. How deep does it go? For show transcripts, go to vox.com/unxtranscripts For more, go to vox.com/unexplainable And please email us! [email protected] We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox: vox.com/givepodcasts Please take a second to help us learn more about you! vox.com/podcastsurvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Support for this show comes from Krakan.

0:03.0

Krypto is like the financial system, but different.

0:07.0

It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score,

0:11.0

or your outrageous food delivery habits.

0:13.7

crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.

0:18.4

Krakhan, see what crypto can be.

0:21.3

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.

0:25.0

This is a high-risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong.

0:30.3

Support for Unexplainable comes from another podcast.

0:33.7

It's called Technically Optimistic,

0:36.1

and it's about the world's most valuable resource, data.

0:40.4

Our behavior is being tracked all the time and then sold.

0:44.0

So what does that mean for us?

0:47.0

In season 2 of technically optimistic,

0:50.0

host Rafi Kricorian is going to take you on a deep dive into how our data is being used

0:55.6

and what we might be able to do about it. The show covers everything from social media feeds

0:59.9

to the most basic human rights. from the familiar to the intriguingly unexpected.

1:06.6

New episodes of Technically Optimistic drop every Wednesday.

1:09.6

Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. Everyone itches. You get a sunburn, a bug bite, even a little stray hair on your shoulder, it's enough to make you itch.

1:25.6

You'll probably feel itchier than usual just by listening to this episode, because it's

1:29.2

also contagious.

1:31.2

It's usually something that we can just scratch away.

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