October 6, 2021

EP. 125 — The Joy of Sweat with Sarah Everts

This week we’re talking about sweat. Yes, sweat! Science journalist Sarah Everts is on the show this week to unpack her new book, The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration. You can check out her book at factuallypod.com/books

Transcript

FACT-125-20211004-Everts-RCv02-DYN.mp3 Speaker 1 [00:00:22] Hello and welcome to Factually, I’m Adam Conover. Thank you so much for joining me once again as I do my favorite thing: talk to some incredible experts about all the amazing things that they know, that I don’t know and that you probably don’t know either. My mind’s going to be blown, your mind is going to be blown. We’re all going to have a great time together. That has been my intro for the show over the last couple of weeks. Is it getting a little rote? Are you bored of the intro? Send me an email. By the way, if you ever want to every want to talk to me about the show, you can always send me an email at factually@adamconover.net. Give me your suggestions about what you’d like to hear in the future. I always love to hear from you. But look, let’s talk about this week’s show. I’ll be honest, as I’m recording this right now, I’m a little exhausted. I just got b

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