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Stuff You Should Know

What's the deal with ASMR?

Stuff You Should Know

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.679.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

ASMR is soothing to some, maddening to others. Learn all about these whisper tones in today's episode.

Transcript

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0:00.0

There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

0:05.7

That's why we launched The Big Take.

0:08.3

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

0:14.0

to give you some space to think.

0:16.4

I'm Wes Kosova.

0:17.7

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

0:23.6

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

0:31.2

Welcome to Stuff You Should Know from House StuffWorks.com.

0:41.4

Hey and welcome to the podcast.

0:43.0

I'm Josh Clark and there's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and there's Jerry over there eating

0:46.7

God knows what for lunch and this is Stuff You Should Know, the Jerry's Lunch Edition.

1:00.6

I'm sure zero people had an ASMR experience just now.

1:09.3

Well I mean I need to know, do you?

1:11.8

No.

1:12.8

You get the tingles?

1:13.8

No.

1:14.8

I don't even think I could put myself in that position where I'm being.

1:16.7

You like stop touching the camera that's supposed to be my face.

1:21.0

Not comfortable.

1:22.0

I watch a bunch of these just to see you have to dive in head first and really get a sense

1:27.4

and I had a hard time sitting there for too long even.

1:33.3

I might have the opposite effect on me.

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