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EPISODE · Sep 3, 2025 · 40 MIN

Parental burnout

from Growing up WEIRD Podcast · host Guen Bradbury

In this episode, Greg Dickens and I discuss recent news on how underwear affects testicular function and how aluminium-based vaccines affect a child’s risk of chronic disease. We then dive into the subject of parental burnout - what it is, why it’s so common in Western cultures, and how we can set up our environment to reduce our own risk. Finally, we discuss whether soap affects underarm odour.Did you know that liking this post or leaving a comment helps it find more readers? If you are reading this as an email, there is a heart button at the top and bottom of this email. Click on it and it will take you to the Substack website where you can also leave a comment. If you are reading it online, again, just click the heart button at the top or bottom of this post. I appreciate your support so much!This episode relates to this article: Topics covered* How does underwear affect testicular function?* Do aluminium-based vaccines affect chronic disease in children?* What’s parental burnout and how common is it?* What can we change in our environment to reduce the risk of burnout?* Does using soap under your arms increase body odour?These other podcast episodes cover overlapping topics:NotesUnderwear and testicular function: https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/33/9/1749/5066758?Aluminum-adsorbed vaccines and chronic disease in children: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-25-00997Antiperspirants and odour production: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00403-014-1487-1 Get full access to Growing up WEIRD at guenbradbury.substack.com/subscribe

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