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Healthy scalps

An episode of the Growing up WEIRD Podcast podcast, hosted by Guen Bradbury, titled "Healthy scalps" was published on March 6, 2025 and runs 32 minutes.

March 6, 2025 ·32m · Growing up WEIRD Podcast

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In this episode, Greg Dickens and I talk about antibiotic resistance and about what multilingualism looks like in non-WEIRD culture. Greg discusses how fathers can build stronger relationships with their daughters. We talk about scalp health – evolution, the effect of shampoo, the contribution of air pollution, and about how parents can set their child’s scalp up for lifelong comfort.

Topics discussed in this episode

- What we might do when we’re prescribed antibiotics [00:36]

- How kids in non-WEIRD cultures learn multiple languages [03:29]

- What dads can do to set up stronger relationships with their daughters [07:16]

- How our skin has evolved to function [10:46]

- Why most of us use shampoo [16:16]

- How shampoo alters the scalp function [17:08]

- Why we wash baby hair [24:20]

- How air pollution affects the scalp [26:45]

- What might adults consider for their own scalp health [29:40]

- What can parents do to set up their child’s scalp for health [29:55]

Resources mentioned in this article

- Findings from the UK investigation into antibiotic resistance https://www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/investigation-into-how-government-is-addressing-antimicrobial-resistance-summary.pdf

- How children learn languages in Ghana https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885201425000176

- Why dads might want to go for a walk with their children https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/frs/aop/article-10.1332-20467435Y2024D000000052/article-10.1332-20467435Y2024D000000052.xml

Coconut oil appears to support scalp commensal microbes: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8012655/

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