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The Larrikin Podcast

Dec 31, 2020

Our brains finished evolving 50,000 years ago and we are stuck this way.

Are we stuck in our ways?

Are we frozen in time, like my mistake in this episode of saying "menstruation" instead of "menopause?"

Jake is optimistic that we may be less stuck than we think.

 

 


Nov 4, 2020

Peter Sullivan

on twitter: @_ImSully

on youtube: Peter Sullivan

Sully talks about his farts, creative process, writing for Howie Mandel, performing nude, and how stand up can be lonely.

 


Sep 5, 2020

The intersection between botany and medicine ft. Dr. Aidan Kaye

Bark of the willow tree is turned into Aspirin. Bark of the Cinchona Tree is turned into Quinine- the anti-malarial drug you enjoy in your average gin and tonic. Tonic water is sugar mixed with cinchona bark. But British colonizers liked to get drunk...


Jun 12, 2020

One reason we go into REM sleep, the time at night when we dream the most, is because it keeps the brain warm. When we are cold, we shiver. When we dream, our brain "shivers." But is there any meaning to our nightly shivers? I don't know. But I had fun exploring the idea with my friends.

Music by: Nick Hussey, Hannah...


Apr 3, 2020

a made up story about the origin of the word tutu