Why The Bladder Is Number One!

Short Wave

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🗓️ 29 September 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

When's the last time you thought about your bladder? We're going there today! In this Short Wave episode, Emily talks to bladder expert Dr. Indira Mysorekar about one of our stretchiest organs: how it can expand so much, the potential culprit behind recurrent urinary tract infections and the still-somewhat-mysterious link between the aging brain and the aging bladder.
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0:00.0	Mark your calendars, everyone.
0:01.6	Shortwaves, third birthday is coming up.
0:04.2	October 15th.
0:05.3	Our team is in the audio kitchen,
0:06.9	making up a bunch of birthday episodes
0:08.8	that will drop that week,
0:09.9	and we want your voice on the show.
0:12.7	Whether you've been with us since day one,
0:14.8	or the Gravity Well of our show has sucked you in anew.
0:18.5	Here's what I'd love.
0:19.4	Use a voice recording app on your phone,
0:22.2	any recording device, really,
0:23.8	and make a short memo.
0:24.9	Say your name, where you're located,
0:26.6	a one sentence birthday wish,
0:28.5	and this exact sentence,
0:30.5	you're listening to shortwave from NPR.
0:32.8	Email it to us at shortwave at npr.org.
0:37.0	Thanks so much, love you, bye.
0:39.0	You're listening to shortwave from NPR.
0:43.6	When you think of your bladder,
0:45.5	what do you imagine?
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