Why? with Emma Kennedy

The podcast for curious minds. Every Wednesday, 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? and The Bunker .

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1
Why do some people hate exercise?
22 min
2
Why is sunscreen suddenly controversial?
26 min
3
Why can’t I pay attention to anything?
28 min
4
Why are antibiotics losing their powers?
30 min
5
Why are we obsessed with protein?
23 min
6
Will we ever really understand evolution?
24 min
7
What are microplastics doing to our bodies?
28 min
8
How is Ozempic changing the world?
32 min
9
Why do we fall for fake news?
25 min
10
Why do we laugh?
33 min
11
Why are some of us gay?
30 min
12
Could we make a real Jurassic Park?
31 min
13
Why are we obsessed with being special?
34 min
14
What happens if billionaires become immortal?
34 min
15
What is scrolling doing to our brains?
21 min
16
Why does medicine ignore women? with Naga Munch...
27 min
17
How could we talk to space aliens?
25 min
18
Why do swingers swing?
33 min
19
A taster of CRIME SCENE, our new podcast – Epis...
10 min
20
Why do we have phobias?
38 min
21
Why can’t I upload my consciousness… yet?
35 min
22
Why are planets so weird?
35 min
23
Why aren’t men on the Pill?
36 min
24
Why do we cry?
27 min
25
Why do we have fetishes?
33 min