The Spermageddon is coming | Am I Normal?

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

"You should start thinking about kids at your age! Your biological clock is ticking!” When we talk about fertility, there's one section of the population that's consistently subjected to fear mongering: the people with the ovaries. But is that worry backed up by data? Should we be stressed out about sperm too? Scientist Joe Osmundson divulges his own fears and findings on the journey to save his sperm, and Mona breaks down the scientific, cultural, and psychological elements that have shaped the way we think and talk about fertility.

This is an episode of Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi, another podcast from the TED Audio Collective. For more episodes, follow Am I Normal? with Mona Chalabi wherever you're listening to this.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.0	Hey everyone, today's something different.
0:11.0	You heard the trailer a few weeks ago, but now we're sharing a full episode of Am I Normal
0:15.6	from the Ted Audio Collective.
0:17.9	It's hosted by data journalist Mona Chalibi.
0:20.7	I think you'll really like this show.
0:22.5	Like many talks on this podcast, it's rooted in curiosity and will change your perspective
0:27.2	using fascinating stories and insights from experts.
0:30.9	This episode in particular asks why we're so worried about female fertility, but we don't
0:36.0	spend any time focusing on male fertility.
0:39.2	For more follow Am I Normal with Mona Chalibi, wherever you're listening to this.
0:45.0	Hey listener, a quick favor.
0:46.5	We are conducting an audience survey and we'd be really grateful if you could take just a few
0:50.5	minutes to respond.
0:51.8	Please visit survey.prx.org slash health.
0:56.9	To take the survey today, that's survey.prx.org slash health.
1:01.9	Thanks.
1:02.9	Okay, so to start, I just want to get the lay of the land.
1:07.8	When we're talking about challenges with infertility, what kind of numbers are we talking
1:12.2	about?
1:13.4	I asked my mum, not only because she's expressed a desire for grandkids on a regular basis,
1:19.0	but because she was a practicing OBGYN for two decades.
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