Do you ever feel like you and a friend are speaking past each other?

Or that you're not sure how to break out of a rut?

I'm Shankar Vedantam, host of the podcast Hidden Brain.

We explore questions that keep you up at night

and provide answers that are grounded in rigorous science.

Join us each week to explore your Hidden Brain.

Hey, Smarty Pants, are you up for an adventure?

No, not to get lunch.

I'm about to shrink myself down

and embark on an expedition to discover weird bodily substances.

That's right, through the magic of podcasting and narration.

You'll get to join me on my yuckiest, guiest, what the heckiest adventure yet!

You ready to explore the grossest of gross?

Good, but first I just need to grab my friend, Miss Gusting.

Ew, what did I just step in?

Oh, hey trusty narrator, all fit for our gross bodily adventure.

Yeah, but I think it might have already started.

I seem to have stepped in something squishy on your porch.

Oh, sometimes I like to hawk a lugi when I'm sitting out here.

A lugi?

You know, when you cough up snort from the back of your throat and spit it out.

Hmp.

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