Pooped: The Second Brain Inside Us
Embodied - A podcast by WUNC - Thursdays
Anita has a gut feeling none of us know as much as we should about the connection between our intestinal health and how our minds work. Meet the guests: - Ian Carroll, assistant profession of nutrition at UNC-Chapel Hill teaches us what we need to know about our gut microbiome. - Lin Chang, a gastroenterologist and co-director of the G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, explains the science behind the "gut feeling." - Lydia Greene, a postdoctoral fellow at the Duke Lemur Center, explains what lemur poop teaches us about humans. - Anita's parents talk about why it was okay to talk about poop at their family dining table. Read the transcript | Review the podcast | Explore the podcast discussion guide Follow Embodied on Twitter and Instagram
