1225 The New Science of Love & The Fascinating World of Death

Who hasn’t had a brilliant idea or revelation while taking a shower? It seems the shower is a place where we do some of our best thinking. Why is that? This episode starts with an explanation. ⁠https://www.headspace.com/articles/shower-epiphanies⁠

What is love? Is it an experience, or an emotion or something else? According to Anna Machin, an evolutionary anthropologist at Oxford University, love is a human need that is as important as food, sleep or water. Listen to our discussion and you will realize how important having love in your life is and how it impacts your health and longevity. Anna is the author of the book ⁠Why We Love: The New Science Behind Our Closest Relationships (https://amzn.to/3SzC8mp). ⁠

Death is a hard subject for many of us to discuss. Yet, it is hard not to be curious about it because it affects us all – when we lose someone or when ultimately we must face it ourselves. However, it is not a tough topic for Caitlin Doughty to discuss. Caitlin is a mortician, funeral home owner and bestselling author and she talks about death in a much lighter and interesting way. Listen as she joins me to discuss some of the fascinating things about death such as: What happens if the person next to you on an airplane dies? What is embalming? Is it true that hair and fingernails continue to grow after death? Can you keep your father’s skull after he dies? Caitlin is the author of ⁠Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? (https://amzn.to/3SArg7C).⁠

Your refrigerator likely has a drawer for produce. And that turns out to be a lousy place to keep it. As you have no doubt experienced, the produce drawer is where a lot of food goes to rot and die. There is a better place to keep produce so it actually gets eaten. ⁠https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120430140027.htm⁠

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RESOURCES FOR THIS EPISODE:

Source for the story about ideas in the shower: https://www.headspace.com/articles/shower-epiphanies

Amazon link for Anna Machin’s book, Why We Love: https://amzn.to/4kUcxlZ

Amazon link for Caitlin Doughty’s book, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: https://amzn.to/44bUrEK

Source for the story about the produce drawer: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120430140027.htm

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