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The Do Go On boys join us this week to talk about MK Ultra, the CIA's super secret, insanely immoral mind control experiments! Somehow, talking giraffes, one way mirrors, and skinless hands wormed their way into the conversation. Guess you'll have to watch to find out how... Get yourself tickets for Matt & Dave's tour: https://dogoonpod.com/live-shows/ Grab a ticket to Sci Guys Live in London: https://sciguys.co.uk/tickets Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Website sciguys.co.uk TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/hearings/95mkultra.pdf edia.org/wiki/MKUltra#Experiments_on_Americans https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-we-know-about-cias-midcentury-mind-control-project-180962836/ https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1005&context=history_capstones https://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/937009453/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief https://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/937009453/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/history-of-mk-ultra#section_2 https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00943/full https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482407/ https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/mar/11/guardianobituaries2

Boo! To celebrate Halloween, we're covering the very spooky topic of phobias... Also NoahFinnce (the 5th Sci Guy) is here too.Check out Noah: https://www.youtube.com/noahfinnceGrab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.storeYou can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuysHelp keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguysIf you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Websitesciguys.co.ukTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@sciguysTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodFacebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodFollow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @lukecutforthReferences & Further Reading https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/phobias/overview/#:~:text=A%20phobia%20is%20an%20overwhelming,about%20a%20situation%20or%20object. https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/agoraphobia/overview/ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/phobias/about-phobias/ https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug05/figuring#:~:text=Studies%20like%20these%20have%20led,amygdala%20and%20related%20brain%20areas.&text=The%20detail%20and%20scale%20of,is%20extraordinary%2C%20according%20to%20Rauch. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5580526/ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/phobias/causes-of-phobias/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519704/table/ch3.t11/ https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/phobias#:~:text=About%2019%20million%20Americans%20have,both%20men%20and%20women%20equally https://www.verywellmind.com/list-of-phobias-2795453 https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/mental-health/phobias

Social anxiety (or social phobia) is a lot more than just feeling a bit uncomfortable around people - so this week, Vegard joins us to share his experiences while we chat about the science! Follow Vegard: https://www.instagram.com/itsvegard/Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.storeYou can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuysHelp keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguysIf you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Websitesciguys.co.ukTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@sciguysTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodFacebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodFollow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @lukecutforthReferences & Further Readinghttps://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/social-anxiety/#:~:text=Social%20anxiety%20is%20more%20than,before%2C%20during%20and%20after%20them.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519712/table/ch3.t12/https://socialanxietyinstitute.org/dsm-definition-social-anxiety-disorderhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519712/table/ch3.t12/https://socialanxietyinstitute.org/dsm-definition-social-anxiety-disorderhttps://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/social-anxiety-disorder-more-than-just-shynesshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34074171/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4925696/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28836318/https://www.verywellmind.com/difference-between-gad-and-social-anxiety-disorder-1393009verywellmind.com/social-anxiety-disorder-causes-3024749https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6363285/

Kids can be difficult, sometimes so difficult that we slap a psychiatric label on them because we're not sure what else to do. Oppositional Defiant Disorder is one of those labels given to kids that behave so poorly that adults can't handle them. This week, we chat about the disorder, prisons, & the pros and cons of pathologising some human behaviours...Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.storeYou can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuysHelp keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguysIf you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Websitesciguys.co.ukTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@sciguysTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodFacebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodFollow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @lukecutforthReferences & Further Readinghttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557443/https://childmind.org/article/what-is-odd-oppositional-defiant-disorder/https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/conditions/oppositional-defiant-disorderhttps://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/Children-With-Oppositional-Defiant-Disorder-072.aspxhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4762933/https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2016/0401/p586.html

Deaf people are often excluded & misunderstood - particularly in the sciences. So we thought we'd take a look into the science of deafness & how the world treats deaf people in STEM. Joining us fro the chat is Elliot Douglas (theevolutionofelliot)! He may not be a sicentist but his deaf-initely worth paying attention to! Check out Elliot: tiktok.com/@evolutionofelliot Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Website sciguys.co.uk TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://physicstoday.scitation.org/do/10.1063/pt.6.4.20210723a/full/ https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/blog/why-deaf-inclusion-matters https://www.science.org/content/article/deaf-needs-hearing-impaired-scientists https://leaps.org/deaf-scientists-just-created-over-1000-new-signs-to-dramatically-improve-ability-to-communicate/ https://www.noisyplanet.nidcd.nih.gov/hearing-loss-science#:~:text=Noise%2Dinduced%20hearing%20loss%20happens,the%20sound%20to%20the%20brain. https://www.ndcs.org.uk/information-and-support/childhood-deafness/what-is-deafness/ https://hsci.harvard.edu/hearing-loss-0 https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/how-do-we-hear https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hearingloss/types.html https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/deafness-and-hearing-loss#:~:text=A%20person%20who%20is%20not,moderate%2C%20severe%2C%20or%20profound. https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing-aids#:~:text=A%20hearing%20aid%20has%20three,the%20ear%20through%20a%20speaker. https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hearing-aids-and-implants/

This week Tom Scott joins us to chat about linguistics, the scientific study of language. If you learn anything from this episode, let it be that a conversation with someone that likes linguistics is always going to go off the rails with as many tangents as possible...Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.storeYou can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuysHelp keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguysIf you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Websitesciguys.co.ukTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@sciguysTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodFacebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodFollow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @lukecutforthReferences & Further Readinghttps://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/science-linguisticshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yLXNzDUH58https://linguistics.ucla.edu/undergraduate/what-is-linguistics/#:~:text=Linguistics%20is%20the%20scientific%20study,from%20other%20animal%20communication%20systems%3Fhttps://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-349-27346-1https://www.linguisticsociety.org/resource/science-linguisticshttps://www.britannica.com/science/linguistics/The-20th-centuryhttps://www.google.co.uk/search?q=is+linguistics+a+science&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safarihttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=linguisticshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yLXNzDUH58https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabethttps://www.ipachart.com/https://linguistics.ucla.edu/undergraduate/what-is-linguistics/#:~:text=Linguistics%20is%20the%20scientific%20study,from%20other%20animal%20communication%20systems%3Fhttps://linguistics.uchicago.edu/undergraduate/why-study-linguisticshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/robtoews/2022/02/13/language-is-the-next-great-frontier-in-ai/https://www.linguisticsociety.org/content/why-major-linguistics#:~:text=Linguistics%20is%20a%20major%20that,%2C%20and%20meaning%20(semantics).https://all-about-linguistics.group.shef.ac.uk/branches-of-linguistics/phonetics/#:~:text=Phonetics%20is%20a%20branch%20of,teeth%2C%20to%20produce%20particular%20sounds.https://all-about-linguistics.group.shef.ac.uk/branches-of-linguistics/phonology/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/01/difference-between-language-dialect/424704/https://www.britannica.com/topic/language/Historical-attitudes-toward-languagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockett%27s_design_featureshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4544681/#:~:text=Hockett%20presented%20a%20list%20of,seven%20properties%20he%20identified%20previously.&text=To%20these%20he%20added%20vocal,feedback%2C%20semanticity%2C%20and%20discreteness.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6232916/https://www.thoughtco.com/syntax-grammar-1692182#:~:text=In%20linguistics%2C%20%22syntax%22%20refers,syntactic%20properties%20of%20a%20language.https://www.thoughtco.com/semantics-linguistics-1692080https://www.britannica.com/science/pragmaticshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/grammar/pron/features/schwa/

Our patrons voted in kinks as this month’s topic - which (among other things) means opening up the DSM and seeing which fetishes are pathologised & which aren’t…  CW: pedophillia mention Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Website sciguys.co.uk TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3940015/#:~:text=Introduction-,Transvestic%20fetishism%20is%20having%20a%20sexual%20or%20erotic%20interest%20in,of%20the%20American%20Psychiatric%20Association.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32935177/ https:// www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6525106/#!po=10.3659  https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/14/science-bdsm-kink-biology-psychology-fifty-shades  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32119312/  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/difference-between-fetish-and-kink_n_5b58a59ae4b0b15aba94749b/amp 

Circumcision is one of the oldest surgical procedures we still know of and perform today, but the question is why? Beyond the religious elements, are there any benefits to circumcising babies? Are they better off being circumcised before they can talk, or should we wait until they're able to consent? We're digging into the scientific debates surrounding those very questions in this week's episode...Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.storeYou can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuysHelp keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguysIf you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Websitesciguys.co.ukTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@sciguysTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodFacebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodFollow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @lukecutforthReferences & Further Readinghttps://jme.bmj.com/content/30/3/241.1https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4277517/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4364150/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1198743X16302683https://www.nature.com/articles/s41443-020-00354-yhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1016/S0968-8080%2807%2929303-6https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3638798/https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/circumcision-in-men/https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/circumcision-in-boys/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3225416/https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/phimosis/https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/newborn-male-circumcision

Body Dysmorphic Disorder is a condition that most people have heard of, but they may not understand it as well as they think... This week, we take a dive into BDD & find out what it is, how it's treated, and more... Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.store You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/SciGuys Help keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon! http://patreon.com/sciguys If you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials! Website sciguys.co.uk TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@sciguys Twitter http://twitter.com/SciGuysPod Instagram http://instagram.com/SciGuysPod Facebook http://facebook.com/SciGuysPod Follow the SCI GUYS @notcorry / @lukecutforth References & Further Reading https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30806630/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29701157/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20623926/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28611331/ https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/body-dysmorphia/#:~:text=Body%20dysmorphic%20disorder%20(BDD)%2C,affects%20both%20men%20and%20women. https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/body-dysmorphic-disorder-bdd/about-bdd/

Vaping seems to have taken over the world in the past few years - one minute it doesn't exist, the next every teenager and their mum is sucking on an e-cig. It seems that vapes are safer than smoking, but that's not a very high bar... At least one major question remains to be answered: Is it safe to vape, or is vaping dangerous for your health?Grab our merch now: http://normalcitizen.storeYou can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel:http://youtube.com/SciGuysHelp keep the show running by supporting us on Patreon!http://patreon.com/sciguysIf you'd like to see more of us, follow our socials!Websitesciguys.co.ukTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@sciguysTwitterhttp://twitter.com/SciGuysPodInstagramhttp://instagram.com/SciGuysPodFacebookhttp://facebook.com/SciGuysPodFollow the SCI GUYS@notcorry / @lukecutforthReferences & Further ReadingWhat is Vaping?https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/quit-smoking/using-e-cigarettes-to-stop-smoking/https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/vaping-devices-electronic-cigaretteshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61914166https://okvape.co.uk/blog/vaping-beginners/brief-history-of-e-cigarettes/Vaping & Nicotine Safetyhttps://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/Quick-Facts-on-the-Risks-of-E-cigarettes-for-Kids-Teens-and-Young-Adults.htmlhttps://www.ccjm.org/content/86/12/789.longhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274878/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0163725821000395?via%3Dihubhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7285995/https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/smoking-and-cancer/is-vaping-harmfulhttps://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/e-cigaretteshttps://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/can-vaping-damage-your-lungs-what-we-do-and-dont-know-2019090417734https://www.lung.ca/lung-health/vaping-what-you-need-know#:~:text=Lung%20disease%3A%20Vaping%20can%20make,%2C%20in%20some%20cases%2C%20death.https://ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2018/02/20/clearing-up-some-myths-around-e-cigarettes/https://www.bupa.co.uk/newsroom/ourviews/is-vaping-harmfulhttps://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/5-truths-you-need-to-know-about-vaping#:~:text=1%3A%20Vaping%20is%20less%20harmful,many%20of%20which%20are%20toxic.https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.htmlNicotinehttps://www.britannica.com/science/nicotinehttps://www.bat.com/nicotine