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The Science of Sweat

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News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

To sweat is human. That’s according to science journalist Sarah Everts, whose new book “The Joy of Sweat” explores the biology of what she calls our “oddly flamboyant” way of controlling body temperature. We’ll hear why some of us are more profuse -- and smellier -- perspirers than others, what drives our cravings for sweaty workouts and hot soaks and why we still spend billions annually on products to hide the effects of our natural cooling system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Coming up on forum, To Sweat is Human, writes science journalist Sarah Everts, whose new book is The Joy of Sweat.

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We'll explore the science of what Everts calls our oddly flamboyant way of controlling

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body temperature and why we spend billions annually on products to hide our natural cooling system,

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yet also pursue sweaty workouts and saunas. Then we'll talk with the PBS news hours

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Yamish Alcindar about covering Washington and her hopes as the new moderator of Washington Week.

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That's all next on Forum. I'm Nina Kim. And in this hour, we're going to talk about sweat.

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Sarah Everts, journalist and associate professor in digital science journalism at Carlton University,

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has written a whole book about it. And honestly, I never realized sweat was so interesting.

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It's called The Joy of Sweat, the Strange Science of Perspiration.

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