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Curiosity Weekly

Your Memory on Social Media, Best Workouts, and Why Grocery Stores Sell Bread in Paper

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

Self-improvement, Science, Astronomy, Education

4.6935 Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2018

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

  • 5 of the Best Workouts to Help You Get Into Exercise, According to Harvard Doctors
  • Many Of History's Greatest Minds Always Made Time For Walk Breaks
  • Is Social Media Hurting Your Memory?
  • This Is Why Grocery Stores Sell Crusty Bread in Paper

Check out the whole Starting to Exercise report for more information on how to get into a healthy workout routine. And if you’re hungry for more food and kitchen learning, then check out Nathan Myhrvold's book "Modernist Cuisine at Home."

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Full episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/your-memory-on-social-media-best-workouts-and-why-grocery-stores-sell-bread-in-paper



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0:00.0

Hi, we've got three stories from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.

0:05.2

I'm Cody Goff, and I'm Ashley Hamer.

0:07.1

Today you'll learn whether social media is hurting your memory, why grocery stores sell crusty

0:11.6

bread and paper, and the best workouts to help you get into exercise according to Harvard doctors.

0:17.0

Let's satisfy some curiosity.

0:18.5

So Cody, you're a pretty experienced exerciser, right?

0:22.0

Yeah, experienced, not always consistent, but...

0:24.3

What was like the first exercise you ever did

0:26.5

when you were trying to just get into regular exercise?

0:29.0

Probably running.

0:30.1

Because it's easy.

0:30.8

You don't need any equipment.

0:32.1

Sure.

0:33.0

Go outside.

0:34.0

Well, for some people, it's not easy though, you know, if you're older, if you're, you know, a little overweight,

0:38.0

sometimes that's not that easy, which is why these Harvard doctors came up with a list of exercises that are super easy for people to do

0:45.9

if they're just getting into exercise. They put together this special health report called

0:49.7

starting to exercise to help people basically start a healthy exercise program.

0:54.3

Basically you just want to stay active whoever you are, right?

0:57.3

So what does that mean staying active?

0:59.3

You always hear this.

1:00.3

Right, well according to Health Beat by Harvard Health Publishing,

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