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Throughout human history, there’s been one element we’ve always associated with death. Just the smell of it is an alarm bell that says, “something here is dangerous.” But what if our noses have been wrong all along? In this episode of our series Viscera: Gripping Tales of the Human Body, we take you to a live performance in Boston where we reveal how this much-maligned element might be better understood as the smell of life. LATERAL CUTS: Want to see a Viscera show? Join us for Radiolab Presents: Viscera, live in New York...
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- 157 words a minute: a natural pace.
- 187 harder words (B2 and up) in the whole episode.
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Hey, wait, you're listening. Okay. All right. Okay.
All right. You're listening to Radiolab. Radiolab. From WNYC.
The C. The C. Yeah. Hey, I'm Molly Webster.
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