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You might be familiar with the expression ‘you make your own luck’ or with the idea of thinking positively to create a positive outcome - some people refer to it as ‘manifesting’. But now, a new trend on the social media platform TikTok has taken it one step further with what has been dubbed ‘lucky girl syndrome’.Essentially you tell yourself that everything just works out for you and that you are the luckiest person with phrases like ‘everything just always works out for me’ or I always get what I want’ and just like that  you now have Lucky Girl Syndrome. It first started on TikTok in December 2022, when creator Laura Galebe posted a video explaining how she believes she gets “the most insane opportunities” simply by “expecting great things” to happen.How does it work? Is there any evidence that it works? What are the problems with Lucky Girl Syndrome? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:How often should I wash my hair?Why is it so important that the ozone layer heals?Aquamation : what are the advantages of being buried in water?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Amber Minogue.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do You Really Know talks about love for Valentine's Day on February 14th! To understand everything about love relationships and current dating methods, we decipher together the new concepts that make love today.Pretty much every romantic relationship starts out with a first date, whether it's online, on an outdoor walk, over drinks or at a restaurant. But it turns out when some people choose the latter option, they may have a hidden agenda. Sneating is a dubious new dating trend, whereby a person accepts a restaurant date with the sole intention of dining out on someone else’s dime.How did this become a thing? Why do that though? Sneating is still a little wrong though isn't it? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:How often should I wash my hair?Why is it so important that the ozone layer heals?Aquamation : what are the advantages of being buried in water?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to washing our hair, many of us stick to a specific routine purely out of habit. It’s not uncommon for people to wash their hair with shampoo every day, which can actually have adverse effects.At the end of the scale, you’ve got those who’ve embraced the no poo movement and don’t use shampoo at all. The trend really took off during Covid-19 lockdown, although there is still somewhat of a stigma about washing your hair too infrequently. We don’t necessarily stop to consider what is really the best option for our hair. Let’s look at how you can avoid doing more harm than good.How does shampoo actually work? What factors should we be taking into account? How will I know it’s time to wash? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:Why is it so important that the ozone layer heals?Aquamation : what are the advantages of being buried in water?Why has the Doomsday Clock moved 10 seconds closer to midnight?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sleepwalking is a disorder that comes on during the deep sleep phase, from one to three hours after falling asleep. Episodes can last from 5 to 30 minutes and despite the condition’s name, they don’t always involve walking. Often people just rub their eyes, sit up on their bed or talk in their sleep. According to the NHS, one in five children will sleepwalk at least once in their life. Meanwhile, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine says that prevalence in adults is up to 4%. So it’s clearly more common in kids than in adults, and most kids tend to grow out of it when they hit their teens. Bear in mind a tendency to sleepwalk can be inherited.Is it a common disorder? How on earth am I as an adult going to realise if I sleepwalk? How responsible are we for our actions when sleepwalking? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:Why is it so important that the ozone layer heals?Aquamation : what are the advantages of being buried in water?Why has the Doomsday Clock moved 10 seconds closer to midnight?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scandi lifestyle trends have been all the rage for a number of years now. Regular listeners may remember we’ve talked about Hygge and lagom on the show in the past. Well here’s another one from Sweden, and it’s just perfect for winter time. Fika is basically a short break with friends, family or colleagues sharing a moment together while enjoying a hot beverage. On the face of it, the concept might sound pretty mundane, but it’s a real ritual which people across Sweden will tell you they can’t go without! According to Visit Sweden, it’s believed to come from the old spelling for coffee in Swedish, which was kaffi. Reverse the syllables of kaffi and you get fika. What does the word fika actually mean? Isn’t it just a fancy coffee break? What’s the best food option to go with fika? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:Why is it so important that the ozone layer heals?Aquamation : what are the advantages of being buried in water?Why has the Doomsday Clock moved 10 seconds closer to midnight?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When it comes to news about the environment, it can feel like everything is doom and gloom. But we recently discussed how some people’s climate anxiety has turned into climate optimism of late, and that’s a trend that could continue this year.One piece of good news relates to depletion of the ozone layer. You may well have heard of the so-called “hole” in the ozone layer. Well, the name is a little misleading. It actually refers to the ozone layer thinning in areas, rather than an actual hole. This phenomenon was first discovered in 1985 by Joseph Farman, Brian Gardiner and Jonathan Shanklin, all scientists at the British Antarctic Survey.What’s the purpose of the ozone layer? How quickly will it be healed then? Will it be fully healed everywhere in the world? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:Aquamation : what are the advantages of being buried in water?Why has the Doomsday Clock moved 10 seconds closer to midnight?Am I listening to music too loud?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Until recently when confronted with arranging a funeral there has been a choice between burial or cremation. However, in parts of the US, Canada and soon the UK a third choice can be possible. Aquamation or as it is known technically  “alkaline hydrolysis”   is an alternative to traditional burials. The body of the deceased is placed in a pressurised stainless steel vessel and immersed in a mixture of water and alkali  for three to four hours and heated to around 150C. During the process all the material is broken down leaving only the inorganic bone minerals  which are then processed into powder and returned to the family in an urn.What is aquamation? What is the advantage of aquamation? What are the disadvantages of aquamation? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:Why has the Doomsday Clock moved 10 seconds closer to midnight?Am I listening to music too loud?What is the Ikea effect?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Amber Minogue.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are artistic movements which we’ve all heard of at least once, whether it be at school, in a museum or watching a cultural show on TV. But at the same time, it can be difficult to define them, and that’s why we’re here to help. Today we’re going to shed light on a 1960s anti-art movement known as fluxus. French-American cubist painter Marcel Duchamp invented the term anti-art in the early 20th century, to bring together various concepts that rejected the very idea of art itself. But bear in mind that even anti-art can still be art. Complicated, huh?Wait a minute; let’s start out with what anti-art is? And how does that relate to the fluxus movement? So what are the main works from the fluxus movement? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:Why has the Doomsday Clock moved 10 seconds closer to midnight?Am I listening to music too loud?What is the Ikea effect?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The end is nigh! Well at least it’s getting closer according to experts at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. They’re responsible for maintaining the symbolic Doomsday Clock, which represents how close we are to the end of the world.Midnight on the Doomsday Clock symbolises a potential global catastrophe to come. Each year, the Bulletin non-profit has its say on how close the world is getting to that scenario, measured in minutes or seconds to midnight. And on 24th January 2023, sombre-looking members of the Bulletin’s Science and Security Board unveiled the latest clock setting at a press conference. How did the idea come about in the first place? How has the clock fluctuated over time? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:Am I listening to music too loud?What is the Ikea effect?How can I avoid the side effects of antibiotics?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Troubles in Northern Ireland may have been over for 25 years now, but the painful memories are still there for many who lived through the period. One of the darkest days was Bloody Sunday, which refers to events that took place in Londonderry on 30th January 1972. 15,000 people, most of whom were Catholics, had taken to the streets of the city for a civil rights march. They were protesting peacefully against a recently adopted law which meant people could be detained or imprisoned without trial. The internment policy was designed to target suspected IRA members in particular. Despite being banned, the march went ahead, policed by British army troops. What was the fallout? Were the findings any different from the first time around? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:Am I listening to music too loud?What is the Ikea effect?How can I avoid the side effects of antibiotics?A Bababam Originals podcast, written and produced by Joseph Chance.In partnership with upday UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices