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Unhealthy Curiosity

Unhealthy Curiosity

By: Dr Sarah Holper
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 Curious about why your stomach doesn’t eat itself, or why some people sweat blood? Dr Sarah Holper, neurologist, explores the human body’s features, flaws, and questionable design choices. Unhealthy Curiosity uses science, medical mysteries, history, and stories to explain why our bodies behave the way they do.Dr Sarah Holper Biological Sciences Science
Episodes
  • When Doctors Got it Wrong: Prescribing the Sun

    When Doctors Got it Wrong: Prescribing the Sun
    Apr 26 2026

    If you were feeling sickly 100 years ago, your doctor might have prescribed a loincloth, a bed, and a sun-drenched balcony in the Swiss Alps. No blood tests or scans — your degree of tan would determine your prognosis.

    From sun worship to sun-gazing to Coco Chanel accidentally making bronzed skin chic, this episode explores the many ways medicine and mankind have misunderstood the sun.
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    12 mins
  • DNA, Twins, and the Serial Killer Who Never Existed

    DNA, Twins, and the Serial Killer Who Never Existed
    Apr 19 2026

    Your DNA can build a body, grow a tumour, or implicate you in a crime. This episode explores what happens when DNA evidence meets identical twins, and why one of Europe’s most feared serial killers turned out to be much stranger than anyone expected.
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    12 mins
  • Could You Get a Voice Transplant?

    Could You Get a Voice Transplant?
    Apr 12 2026

    If you’ve ever heard a recording of your own voice, you may have wished for a voice transplant. But would it be possible? This episode explores why your voice is more than your voice box — and what it would actually take to sound like Elvis.
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    12 mins
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