Selects: What's the Deal With Staring?

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

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🗓️ 5 February 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Gazing too long upon another person is almost universally viewed as anywhere from impolite to hostile, which is odd considering science isn't fully certain why we stare - and why we're so good at knowing when we're being stared at. Learn all about it in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on the I Heart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:30.6	Hey everybody, Chuck here.
0:32.4	You ever been in a public place and you notice somebody is staring at you?
0:36.9	Or have you ever been in a public place and stared at somebody?
0:40.5	People say it's rude.
0:41.5	You're supposed to tell your kids, don't stare.
0:43.4	That's rude.
0:44.8	But what's the deal with staring?
0:47.1	Turns out we have a podcast episode from November 17th, 2015 called What's the Deal with
0:52.3	Steering?
0:53.3	We're going to answer that for you right now.
0:54.9	Please enjoy.
0:55.9	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio.
1:01.9	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:09.8	I'm Josh Clark, there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and guest producer Noel is actually staying
1:15.5	in here I believe.
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