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Anatomyth

Anatomyth

By: Audrey
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A podcast of stories, conjecture, and the human body.

Humans have been trying to make sense of the world around them for millennia by telling stories, which have endured today as myths, folklore, and even fairy tales. Anatomyth explores these stories and their potential grain of medical truth, trying to find a correlation between the stories from our past and what we know about the human body today.

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Episodes
  • 10: In the Dead of Night
    Dec 3 2021

    In this episode, I revisit nightmare creatures, particularly those that are native to Southeast Asia. Then, join me as I explore a syndrome called SUNDS (Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome), its history,, and what we know about it so far.


    This episode's ad features Lactucarium, an extract from wild lettuce that was used by the Ancient Egyptians and much alter introduced as a drug to Europe and north America.

    If you like the show, please leave a review and help spread the word! You can find Anatomyth on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and you can reach me at audrey@anatomyth.com. 

    Website: anatomyth.com

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    29 mins
  • 9: Smells Like Teen Spirit
    Oct 14 2021

    Garlic is best known for its protective properties against vampires, but in this episode, I talk about the protection it affords against other creatures of folklore, the healing properties ascribed to it through out history, and the health benefits hat have been proven by research. I also theorise a little bit about why vampires don't like garlic.

    If you like the show, please leave a review and help spread the word! You can find Anatomyth on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and you can reach me at audrey@anatomyth.com. 

    Website: anatomyth.com

    Today's ad is for Mummy Powder, a powder made from ground up embalmed corpses, and once believed to have many healing properties

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    32 mins
  • 8: Painless
    Sep 9 2021

    An island of eternal youth and painlessness, a man who wants to get there, and another who wants to leave.

    Then, I explore Congenital Insensitivity to Pain, a very rare condition where people don't feel any pain. I delve into its development, how to diagnose it, and the treatments available.

    This episode's ad is for Dwale, a pretty common medieval anaesthetic that may have killed many.

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    31 mins

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