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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

Thanatosis: Playing Dead to Survive

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

iHeartPodcasts

Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Natural Sciences, Science

4.36K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2013

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Thanatosis: Playing Dead to Survive: There's more to playing dead that meets the eye. In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Julie explore the science of tonic immobility and thanatosis.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey I'm Jay Shetty and I'm the host of On Purpose. In this week's episode I had the honor to

0:06.0

interview President Joe Biden in his first ever personal interview about mental health.

0:11.4

We have an enormous opportunity but the thing I want to change is American attitude. We can do

0:16.8

anything. There's nothing we've ever said our mind who we've not been able to do we've done

0:20.9

together. For real. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeart Radio app Apple podcasts

0:27.9

or wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, Jennifer Lopez here with the new season of My Overcomefer

0:33.6

Podcast. What's overcomefer all about? It's about inspiring confidence in all of us and choosing

0:38.8

calling over comfort. Every Tuesday I'll be having real and honest conversations. You'll hear it from

0:44.2

me first before any cheeseman hits your social media feed. Join me as I create a space where

0:49.3

opening up is not only okay it's encouraged. Listen to overcomefer podcasts with Jennifer Lopez

0:54.9

on the iHeart Radio app Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:00.4

Welcome to The Good Stuff. I'm Jacob Schick, a third generation combat marine.

1:04.7

And I'm his co-host and wife Ashley Schick. We believe everyone has a story to tell.

1:09.5

Not only about the peaks but the valleys they've been through to get them to where they are today.

1:13.8

We're joined by some amazing guests who share the lessons they've learned that

1:17.1

shape two they are and what they're doing to pay it forward and give back.

1:21.2

Listen to The Good Stuff on the iHeart Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

1:33.3

Welcome to Stuff to Glow Your Mind from howstuffworks.com.

1:43.2

Hey, welcome to Stuff to Glow Your Mind. My name is Robert Lam and I'm Julie Douglas.

1:46.8

Julie, have you ever played dead? Have you ever played possum, as they say?

1:51.9

Julie. Julie, snap at it. Not now. You're not dead.

1:56.8

Oh, okay. All right. No. Yes. All the time. Yeah. Yeah. Just for fun.

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