An Unexpected History of the Body

身体的意外历史

The Infinite Monkey Cage

2024-12-26

43 分钟
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To access this episode early and ad-free, subscribe to BBC Podcast Premium on Apple Podcasts. The episode will be available for free with adverts on 26th December. Brian Cox and Robin Ince uncover the unexpected history of the body in the archives of the Royal Society with special guests Prof Helen King, Sir Mark Walport, Keith Moore and Ed Byrne. Together they dissect some of the most surprising and peculiar beliefs that have been held about the body over the last 500 years, from wandering womb hypotheses to tobacco enema resuscitations. They unearth how scientific discoveries have often originated from brave individuals, willing to volunteer their own bodies in the pursuit of science. Our panellist Sir Mark Walport has continued in this tradition of self-experimentation, and has with him x-rays of his own faeces for show and tell! Producer: Melanie Brown Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem Researcher: Olivia Jani BBC Studios Audio Production
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  • This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK.

  • Hello, I'm Brian Cox.

  • I'm Robin Ince, and this is the Infinite Monkey Cadaver from the Royal Society in London,

  • because we are doing the great work of, of course, historical scientific institutions.

  • We will be reenacting the illegal dissection of a human being from a graveyard that we visited.

  • But unfortunately, because this is radio, you won't see any of it.

  • But you can imagine the scene.

  • No, today we will be discussing the human body in all its baffling complexity.

  • Perhaps the most beautiful example of the maxim that natural selection doesn't come up with the best solution,

  • but the least worst.

  • Robin?

  • Why did I come up with that?

  • Well, actually, I do accept it.

  • I am very much in terms of like, you know,

  • I'm the grey goblin in a cardigan right between the two of us.

  • And I can say that I do accept,

  • as many readers from the Radio Times do, that Brian is almost perfect.

  • Except he doesn't have a belly button.

  • Make of that what you wish, Adam, the angel, Jimmy Carr and you.

  • Just for the...