026: Dr Jesse Bering on suicide, sex, fetishes and other curious behaviour (Part 2)

A Load of BS on Sport: The Behavioural Science Podcast with Daniel Ross and Liam Botham

This week I'm sharing the second part of my conversation with experimental psychologist Dr Jesse Bering, an American but Director of the Centre for Science Communication at the University of Otago in New Zealand.
Last week, we discussed the science of the afterlife, out of body experiences and Jesse's experience of his own mother's death.

This time we venture into the no less complicated and controversial subjects of suicide, sexuality and fetishes; not your normal weekly grocery bag, but all topics which demand significant airtime in their own rights, as I repeat in the podcast itself.

But by presenting the big questions and challenges, I hope at a minimum this pricks your interest.

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Ask Guillem Balague anything about Pep or Maradona

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Next in line is football writer and broadcaster Guillem Balague with whom I'll be talking about two footballing icons who Guillem knows intimately, Pep Guardiola and Diego Maradona. And the characteristics and traits that made them both great and terribly fragile. If you have a question for Guillem, email me at [e-mail] or DM me on Twitter.

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