SIM Ep 489 Chops 200: Shaking hands with Ella Al-Shamahi

Covid 19 has given the handshake a bad rap, reckons explorer and paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi, who set out to explore the origins and significance of the greeting in her book The Handshake: A Gripping History. She chatted to Jen about why she is a massive advocate for the handshake, why it's probably not gone for good, and why some of us have really missed physical contact in our lives, over the past year Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices