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For Scientific American Science quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman.

Today we're talking about the science of severance.

What if, instead of struggling to find work-life balance, you could completely separate

your professional identity from your personal one. That question kicks off the Apple TV Plus show Severance, which just wrapped up its second season.

In the world of the show, a company called Lumen Industries requires certain employees to undergo its severance procedure,

which its spokespeople say means you'll never have to take work home with

you again. It also means you have to get a microchip implanted into your brain. To help make the

procedure and its effects as realistic as possible, the folks behind severance brought on a real-life

neurosurgeon to consult on the show. Vijay Uggarwal is chief of the skull-based tumor center at Montefiore Einstein.

We sat down with him to get the inside scoop on the science of severance.

Before we get into the chat, I'll just give a brief spoiler warning.

We did our best to avoid any super specific spoilers for recent episodes, but we'd

recommend waiting until you've watched at least episode seven of season two before listening.

Thanks so much for coming on to chat with us today. Yeah, my pleasure. So tell me how you got

involved with the show Severance and what that's entailed.

You know, it's sort of hard for people to believe, but it really was just a call out of the blue.

Just one day at work, I got a call that they were looking for someone for a concept, for a show that hadn't come out yet, that was pre-COVID in a very different world than we live in now.

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