Fear (ft. Brandon Richards)

What this episode covers

Kate and Matt bring in a brand new season of Curiosity Killed the Rat with the help of this week's guest, Brandon Richards, to talk about all things fear. What's the difference between fear and anxiety? Why do adrenaline junkies love fear so much? What actually occurs in the brain when we're scared, and how could we use this knowledge? Stay tuned till the end of the episode for our Listener Question, where Kate reveals the truth about what is actually inside those DO NOT EAT packets that seem to show up in all sorts of products.  As always, you can find us @curiosityrat on twitter, instagram, and facebook, and send your listener questions in to [email protected]. We also now have a Patreon! If you love our content and want to support us you can jump on to https://www.patreon.com/curiosityrat and become a patron. There is absolutely ZERO pressure but if you have as little as $1/month you can chuck it our way to help us out and show you appreciate all the time and effort that goes into making this show. You can find more of Brandon on Twitter: @BrandonKRneuro Chubby Emu Video on Silica Gel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChgIkbg0x80 Listener Question References: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/j100854a041 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/je0255067 http://resources.culturalheritage.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/02/osg009-12.pdf http://thescienceexplorer.com/technology/don-t-throw-away-your-desiccant-packets https://www.scienceworld.ca/stories/ever-wonder-about-silica-gel/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/19775/what-would-happen-if-you-ate-one-those-silica-gel-packets

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