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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Science doesn't have a good explanation for why we sense color, yet it is everywhere and affecting us all the time. But why should minutely different wavelengths of light have such an impact on our moods and motivations? Explore these questions and more with Josh and Chuck in this classic episode.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm David Eagleman. I have a new podcast called Inner Cosmos on I Heart. I'm going to explore

0:06.8

the relationship between our brains and our experiences by tackling unusual questions. Like,

0:13.6

can we create new senses for humans? So join me weekly to uncover how your brain

0:20.9

steers your behavior, your perception, and your reality. Listen to Inner Cosmos with David Eagleman.

0:27.4

On the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:33.0

Last season, millions tuned into the betrayal podcast to hear a shocking story of deception.

0:38.1

I'm Andrea Gunning and now we're sharing an all-new story of betrayal.

0:43.3

Ashley Litten was helping her husband set up a business fan mail count when she discovered a

0:47.5

terrible secret. I saw a hidden folder and I opened it with the help that I just see.

0:53.6

Listen to season two of betrayal on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your

1:01.2

podcasts. Hi everybody, this is Chuck here happy Saturday. Hope you're doing well. Do you want to

1:07.9

know how color works? There's a lot to it and you can learn it all right now. This one is from

1:13.0

May 21st, 2015. Hope you enjoy it. Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart

1:23.3

Radio. Hey, I'm Welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh Clark with Charles W. Chuck Bryant and Jerry

1:35.2

and it's Stuff You Should Know, color and technicolor. Yeah, which is really something to see.

1:43.2

Technicolor? Yeah, imagine what it was like back then. Oh man, oh debuted. Just

1:48.2

melted people's eyes. Oh, man. Oh, we did. You're like, wow. How are you doing? I'm great.

1:54.9

I'm glad to hear that. Yeah, how are you? I'm good. I'm tired, but I'm good. Yeah,

2:00.7

I got a pretty early to study. Oh yeah? Uh-huh. I had to get up early to make the cheese.

2:08.8

What? No, you know, it's just saying. Got to make the cheese. Wait, wait, who's saying? Yeah,

2:14.3

make the cheese, make the sausage, make the doughnut. I've heard make the doughnuts. You never

2:18.7

heard make the sausage. See how the sausage is. I've heard you don't want to see how the sausage is made.

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