What Are You Afraid Of? & The Strange and Taboo Side of Nature

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Self-improvement, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Education

4.5 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Ever wonder what the life expectancy is for that house fly buzzing around your kitchen? Or what’s the fastest insect on earth? Do you know how many kinds of insects there are in the world? This episode begins with some interesting facts about bugs and insects you likely don’t know – including the difference between a bug and an insect. https://gohannan.com/common-pests/amazing-but-true-interesting-facts-about-bugs/ You must be afraid of something. In fact, you are probably afraid of several things. Fear is a good thing. It keeps us safe from harm. And understanding how fear works can really help you navigate the world better. Joining me to discuss what fear is and where it comes from is Helen Odeskky, a licensed clinical psychologist, anxiety expert and author of the book Stop Fear from Stopping You: The Art and Science of Becoming Fear-Wise (https://amzn.to/3qBprt2). Listen to our conversation and you may just view fear in a whole new light. Nature can be beautiful and wonderful. It can also be gross and disgusting. Still, disgusting can also be very interesting according to Erika Engelhaupt. She is a writer and editor for National Geographic and author of the book Gory Details : Adventures from the Dark of Science (https://amzn.to/39v0IQn). Listen as she explains some really gross but fascinating things like how tiny bugs live in the pores on you face; how “fatbergs” (like icebergs except made of fat and sludge) flow under our cities; how gross peeing in the pool really is; what ants really taste like should you need to eat some and a lot more. Everyone who uses credit has a credit score – sometimes called a FICO score. A lot of people don’t really understand where that score comes from or what the number means. Listen as I reveal how your score is determined and how to keep your FICO score as high as possible. https://www.thebalance.com/understanding-credit-utilization-960451 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! PrizePicks is a skill-based, real-money Daily Fantasy Sports game that's super easy to play. Go to https://prizepicks.com/sysk and use code sysk for a first deposit match up to $100 Zocdoc is a FREE app and website where you can search and compare highly-rated, in-network doctors near you AND instantly book appointments with them online. Go to https://Zocdoc.com/SYSK and download the Zocdoc app for FREE. Dell Technologies and Intel are pushing what technology can do, so great ideas can happen! Find out how to bring your ideas to life at https://Dell.com/WelcomeToNow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on something you should know, some really cool things about bugs that you probably never
0:07.6	knew before. Then, fear, what makes us so afraid of things like public speaking or the monster under the bed or that
0:15.9	creepy guy in the elevator?
0:18.2	That is exactly the type of fear that you should trust and you could figure it out later but at that point I would say get
0:24.4	out of that elevator because that's your collective wisdom that's your intuition telling
0:29.4	you we're out of here.
0:31.4	Also something important to understand about your credit score and some of the
0:36.8	fascinatingly gross and gory things in your everyday life.
0:41.8	One of my favorite things is that we all have tiny arachnets that actually are living in our
0:47.6	faces.
0:48.6	These are called face mites.
0:50.0	It's really freaky to think of these little tiny mites that are just living inside our
0:53.7	pores. They spend their whole lives there.
0:56.4	All this today on Something You Should Know, Fascinating Intel, the world's top experts, and practical advice you can use in your life today. Something you should know, with Mike Carothers.
1:14.0	Hi, happy New Year.
1:16.0	If you are listening to this episode on or around the time it is being published,
1:21.0	which is New Year's Day 2024. We start today with something
1:26.7	we all have to deal with frequently, although maybe less in the winter time, but still we are surrounded by bugs. Insects. They're everywhere.
1:38.0	They're inside your house, they're outside in your yard, and often they're a nuisance. However, there are some things about bugs
1:45.6	that are really worth knowing. First of all, technically the word bug and
1:50.5	insect don't actually mean the same thing.
1:54.0	A bug is a certain type of insect.
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