Taboo Science

    Taboo Science is a podcast that answers the questions you're not allowed to ask. It's hosted by Ashley Hamer, a science writer and podcaster. Every episode dives into a different societal taboo to understand the science that makes it tick, the reasons we don't talk about it, and the impact that has on society at large. Why don't we eat people? Why are my swear words different than my parents'? And what makes porn, porn? It's science class if science class had one of those anonymous question boxes. It's Taboo Science.

  • Philias Bonus: The Q&A Episode

  • Philias: Foot Fetishes Kick the Stigma

  • Introducing: Spellbound and Gagged (Plus an Announcement!)

  • Philias: 7 Kinks That Push the Envelope

  • Philias: Diapers, Age Play, and the Psychology of ABDL

  • Philias: Zoophilia and the Hidden Community That's Into Animals

  • Philias: Cuckolding Is More Than Just Cheating

  • Philias: Why Pup Play Appeals to Grown Adults

  • Philias: Furry Isn't a Fetish (Most of the Time)

  • Philias: Why Do People Like BDSM? ("It Was Like Taking Drugs")

  • Philias: How Many Kinks Exist? The Science of Kinks and Fetishes

  • Coming Soon: Philias from Taboo Science

  • RERUN: Necrophilia (with Dr. Victoria Sullivan & Dr. Jens Foell)

  • Attraction to Monsters (with Ella Gallego)

  • Animal Testing (with Dr. Katherine Roe & Dr. Emily Trunnell)

  • Introducing: How to Do the Pot

  • IQ / Intelligence (with Dr. Steven Piantadosi)

  • Climate Anxiety (with Dr. Thomas Doherty)

  • Remastered: Depression (with Dr. Gerard Sanacora)

  • Menstruation (with Dr. Kate Clancy)

  • Makeup (with Ilise S. Carter)

  • Heterosexuality (with Dr. Hanne Blank Boyd)

  • Race (with Agustín Fuentes, Ph.D.)

  • Nudity (with Ruth Barcan, Ph.D.)

  • Introducing: Based on a True Story

  • Breastfeeding (with Bridget McGann & Sascha Mayer)

  • Poop (with Bryn Nelson, Ph.D.)

  • Asexuality (with Canton Winer & Sarah Costello)

  • Addiction (with Judy Grisel, Ph.D.)

  • Season 3 Is Coming

  • Butts (with Dr. Jeanne Bovet)

  • Disability (with Emily Ladau)

  • Depression (with Dr. Gerard Sanacora)

  • Body Hair (with Rebecca Herzig)

  • Hormones (with Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D.)

  • Critical Race Theory (with Janel George)

  • Money (with Ted Klontz, Ph.D.)

  • Head Transplants (with Dr. Brandy Schillace)

  • STIs (with Ina Park, MD)

  • Bodily Fluids (with Erika Engelhaupt)

  • Ageism (with Dr. Hannah Swift)

  • Eating Animals (with Dr. Melanie Joy)

  • Marriage (with Stephanie Coontz)

  • Dying (with Jennie Dear)

  • Childbirth (with Tina Cassidy)

  • Lying (with Judi Ketteler)

  • Necrophilia (with Dr. Victoria Sullivan & Dr. Jens Foell)

  • Infidelity (with Lucia O'Sullivan)

  • Vaginas (with Rachel E. Gross)

  • Acne (with Dr. Alexa Shipman)

  • Obesity (with Dr. Yoni Freedhoff)

  • Cannibalism (with Bill Schutt)

  • Penises (with Emily Willingham)

  • Pornography (with Joshua Grubbs)

  • Profanity (with Benjamin K. Bergen)

  • Introducing: Taboo Science

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