The Dirty, Smelly History of Soap (w/ Cody Cassidy)

Cody Cassidy is back to talk about how soap was invented. You’ll also learn about a bias that makes people believe poor people have thicker skin, and how good anxiety can help you get things done.Good Anxiety Can Help You Get Things Done by Reuben WestmaasMust We Suffer to Succeed? | Journal of Individual Differences | Vol 38, No 2. (2017). Journal of Individual Differences. https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/abs/10.1027/1614-0001/a000228Dolan, E. W. (2017, July 8). People can use anxiety to motivate themselves, study finds. PsyPost; PsyPost. https://www.psypost.org/2017/07/people-can-use-anxiety-motivate-study-finds-49274Society Perceives the Poor to Have a "Thick Skin" Compared to Others by Kelsey DonkSociety perceives the poor as less affected by distress than those with more means. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-08/puww-spt081720.phpCheek, N. N., & Shafir, E. (2020). The thick skin bias in judgments about people in poverty. Behavioural Public Policy, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2020.33Additional resources from author Cody Cassidy:Pick up “Who Ate the First Oyster?: The Extraordinary People Behind the Greatest Firsts in History” on Amazon: https://amazon.comCody Cassidy’s articles on Wired: https://www.wired.com/author/cody-cassidy/Cody Cassidy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CodyCassidySubscribe to Curiosity Daily to learn something new every day with Ashley Hamer and Natalia Reagan (filling in for Cody Gough). You can also listen to our podcast as part of your Alexa Flash Briefing; Amazon smart speakers users, click/tap “enable” here: https://www.amazon.com/Curiosity-com-Curiosity-Daily-from/dp/B07CP17DJY Find episode transcript here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/the-dirty-smelly-history-of-soap-w-cody-cassidy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.