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Father’s Day is a holiday that honours fathers and celebrates their role in society. It’s celebrated in the United Kingdom on the third Sunday of June, but it wasn’t always a national holiday. In fact, it was imported from the United States, where it started in the early 20th century.The idea of Father’s Day was first proposed by Sonora Smart Dodd, a woman from Spokane, Washington, who wanted to show her appreciation for her father, William Jackson Smart. He was a Civil War veteran and a widower who raised six children by himself.Who came up with the idea of Father’s Day and why? How did Father’s Day become a national holiday in the United States? Is Father’s Day celebrated in other countries? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is retinol, the miracle anti ageing skincare treatment?What is the best time of day to take a shower?How can I recognise ultra-processed foods?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Amber Minogue.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all know what it feels like to get pins and needles. It usually happens when we’ve been in the same position for too long, sleeping on one of our arms for example. Bad posture when seated can make this more likely to happen.It’s a slightly uncomfortable feeling of numbness and tingling, as if someone was raking your skin repeatedly with small pointed objects. That’s where the name “pins and needles” comes from, which goes back to the mid-19th century, according to word-detective.com. There is a scientific term for the sensation too by the way: paresthesia.Where does the pins and needles reaction come from? Can it be related to diseases ? When should we worry? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is retinol, the miracle anti ageing skincare treatment?What is the best time of day to take a shower?How can I recognise ultra-processed foods?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It won’t have escaped your attention that the price of your weekly shopping basket at the supermarket has gone up significantly in the last year. Indeed, recent data from Kantar suggests that families are now spending an extra £16 per week on food shopping, due to inflation. More and more people are being plunged into food insecurity. But what can be done? Well, in late May 2023, UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned that new rules could be brought in to force supermarkets to treat shoppers fairly. And Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has previously said that interest rates will continue increasing if companies keep increasing food prices.What is excuseflation? Can we say that inflation is fake ? Which companies are the worst culprits? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is retinol, the miracle anti ageing skincare treatment?What is the best time of day to take a shower?How can I recognise ultra-processed foods?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Retinol is a form of vitamin A, which is essential for healthy skin. It has many benefits such as smoothing wrinkles, exfoliating dead cells, clearing pores, and fading dark spots.Retinol works by stimulating the production of collagen, which is the protein that gives your skin strength and structure, and by speeding up the turnover of skin cells, which means it helps remove old cells from the surface of your skin and reveal fresh ones underneath.How to use retinol? What should you be aware of before using a retinol? What is the difference between retinoid and retinol? Who should avoid using retinol? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is the best time of day to take a shower?How can I recognise ultra-processed foods?What is Karoshi, the dangerous overwork epidemic?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Amber Minogue.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The musical film The Little Mermaid was released in cinemas on 24 May 2023. This movie highlights the importance of representations in the media. This effect has a name: the Scully Effect.The combination made for an unprecedented representation of women on TV at the time, with audiences far more accustomed to seeing scientists played by white men. The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are grouped together under the name of STEM professions. And Dana Scully was one of the first female characters in such a field to feature on prime-time TV, which would inspire a generation of young women to start careers in STEM professions. The phenomenon has become referred to as the Scully Effect.Is there any data to back it up? Why did Scully become such an inspirational figure? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!Date of first release : October 7th, 2022To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is the best time of day to take a shower?How can I recognise ultra-processed foods?How does the 3-30-300 rule affect my mental health?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

YouGov data from 2019 showed that 49% of Brits shower once per day, while 20% do so 4 to 6 times per week. And 6% even shower more than once per day! That’s despite dermatologists saying that we don’t really need to shower every day. According to health professionals, both routines come with certain benefits. You might want to know the pros and cons of each option. For example, a morning shower can wake you up and boost your creativity for the day ahead.What about evening showers then? So, does the evening shower win? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is wellness syndrome?What is the medication Ozempic and why is it being used for weight loss?What are subway shirts, the viral anti-harassment trend?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What do chicken nuggets, margarine and instant noodles all have in common? Wel, they may look tasty, but they’re loaded with sugar, salt, fat and chemicals that strip away their nutritional value. That’s due to the heavy processing that goes into making them, which sees them completely transformed from the original raw ingredients. And they’re increasingly ever present on our shelves and in our stomachs. In 2022, the National Institute for Health and Care Research found that ultra-processed foods made up almost two-thirds of Britain’s school meals. Furthermore, the British Medical Journal has reported that ultra-processed foods account for 56.8% of total energy intake in the UK diet.Can you identify them by looking at the ingredient lists on product packaging? What’s the difference between processed foods and ultra-processed foods? Why should we limit the consumption of ultra-processed products? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is wellness syndrome?What is the medication Ozempic and why is it being used for weight loss?What are subway shirts, the viral anti-harassment trend?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The subject we’re talking about today is most associated with Japan, but is also relevant in many other parts of the world. The Japanese word “Karoshi” means "death by overwork". In a broad sense, it refers to workers who die suddenly from a bodily failure like a stroke or heart attack due to extreme stress and long working hours. Let’s look into the causes and consequences of a phenomenon that affects millions of workers in Japan and beyond. Overworking in Japan actually became very common during the post WW2 economic boom, when the country rapidly rose to the status of the world's second-largest economy, after the United States.Is "Karoshi" a recent issue?  what can be done to prevent Karoshi? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is the medication Ozempic and why is it being used for weight loss?What are subway shirts, the viral anti-harassment trend?What is the optimism bias?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Here’s my yoga instructor’s number”, "You must try this detox juice", "Download this diet app right now!". Have you ever heard people give this kind of ‘friendly advice’ to others in the past. Perhaps people have said things like that to you, with a little too much insistence for your liking.These days, there’s a certain demand for people to pursue physical and mental well-being, which has become increasingly normalized. The term “wellness syndrome” has been used  to describe this phenomenon.Where does the term "wellness syndrome" come from? Isn’t taking care of oneself a good thing? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is the medication Ozempic and why is it being used for weight loss?What are subway shirts, the viral anti-harassment trend?What is the optimism bias?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ozempic is a brand name for a medication called semaglutide, which is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to treat type 2 diabetes. It works by mimicking a natural hormone that helps regulate blood sugar levels and is taken through weekly injections. Ozempic can also lower your risk of having serious heart problems, such as heart attack or stroke, if you have type 2 diabetes and heart disease. But Ozempic is not only used for diabetes. Some people are also using it for weight loss, even though it is not approved by the FDA for this purpose.How does Ozempic work? How does it help weightloss? What are the side effects? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions !To listen to the latest episodes, click here:What is the optimism bias?Is veganism really the best choice?Is it bad to hold in your pee?A Bababam Originals podcast written and realised by Amber Minogue.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices