All right, you know this song.

Nah, nah, nah, she's a very kinky girl, the kind you don't take home to mother.

She's a super freak.

Okay, suffice it to say, I do not have a future in the music business.

But that song from the legendary funk artist Rick James was out 44 years ago this month

on his street songs album,

and it was sampled by other huge artists.

But in the ensuing years, he got involved in heavy drug use

and wound up in prison on kidnapping charges.

I'm Patty Steele, the super freaky guy behind Super Freak.

That's next on the backstory.

Have you ever wondered if your pet is lying to you?

Why is my cat not here? And I go in and she's eating my lunch.

Or if hypnotism is real, you will use the suggestion in order to enhance your cognitive control.

But what's inside a black hole?

Black holes could be a consequence of the way that we understand the universe.

Well, we have answers for you in the new IHeart original podcast, Science Stuff.

Join me, Jorge Cham, as we tackle questions you've always wanted to know the answer to

about animals, space, our brains, and our bodies.

Questions like, can you survive being cryogenically frozen?

This is experimental. This means never work for you.

What's a quantum computer?

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