You might have caught the scent of where Teia’s going with her episodes this season. A new game, and a flip of the format has Teia and Cher trying to understand diseases that even scientists today don’t fully understand, crafting sordid and slanderous tales, and plumbing the depths of their childhood memories. Why is it that our sense of smell makes us so existential? We’re going to sniff out the answer.

(Teia would like to apologise for being so liberal with the nose-related puns in the shownotes.)

Teia’s word of the day: Kakidrosis, /ˌkakə̇ˈdrōsə̇s/

Plural: secretion of sweat of a disagreeable odour. Definition by Merriam-Webster.

Sources for this episode:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/loss-smell-warning-sign-alzheimers-lose-sense-smell-covid-rcna40665

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9798353/

https://www.drfurze.com/blog/can-a-rhinoplasty-affect-my-sense-of-smell

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/02/how-scent-emotion-and-memory-are-intertwined-and-exploited/

https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/immune-system/sjogrens-syndrome

We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of The Gifted Kid Complex! This episode is hosted by Teia C. (Oxford History BA) and presented with the creator of the show, Cher C. (UCL Philosophy BA), who hosts every other episode.

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

CO-HOSTS, PRIMARY WRITER/RESEARCHERS: Cher C. and Teia C.

PRIMARY EDITOR: Cher C., SECONDARY EDITOR: Teia C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.