Why? with Emma Kennedy
The podcast for curious minds. Every Thursday, Emma Kennedy delves into the science and psychology of why we are the way we are.
Emma is joined by leading experts and some of science's brightest minds to answer the big questions you never knew how to ask. Why do people join cults? Why do we need the moon? Why are we drawn to evil? Why do we have fetishes?
Find out all of this and more on Why? from the makers of Oh God, What Now?, The Bunker and Paper Cuts.
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Our Editor's Take
Why? is a series that seeks answers to inspiring and curious questions. Each episode focuses on a single scientific topic. For instance, one installment debates if and when humans will become extinct. It explores the reasons that might bring the specie's demise and how long before they occur. Another episode investigates why music makes people emotional. It explains the physiological responses in the brain and the science behind them.
The science podcast has a rotating panel of hosts from Britain. Each of them has notable accomplishments related to content creation. First, there's Emma Kennedy, who has published best selling books. She also wrote scripts for theater and radio. Olly Mann has created many successful podcasts like Answer Me This!, The Modern Mann, and The Week Unwrapped. He is also a famous BBC broadcaster.
Luke Turner is a journalist who has written for The Guardian, Vice, and NME. He is the cofounder of the music website The Quietus. Dr. Anna Machin, a fourth podcast host. She's received worldwide recognition for her work in evolutionary anthropology. Dr. Machin wrote Life of Dad and Why We Love and appeared as an expert on multiple TV shows.
The podcast invites experts from a variety of fields to share their expertise. There are interviews with neuroscientists, microbiologists, and physicists. Even experts from NASA contribute their knowledge to the show. Each episode includes facts along with immersive sound design and music from DJ Food.
Every host brings their distinctive expertise to the conversations. For instance, Turner leads many of the music-related segments. In one episode, he talks about his personal experience listening to music as a child. Turner discusses turning that obsession into his career as a journalist.
Machin hosts an episode asking whether people can trust their own eyes. She uses her knowledge to explore how the brain processes information and how accurate it is. Other installments talk about regional accents in animals and parallel universes.
In this podcast, the panel of hosts intrigue listeners in their search for answers to thought-provoking questions. New episodes of Why? come out on Mondays and Thursdays.
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