PBS Digital Studios 2022 - 2023 1 season 8 eps Ended

Why Am I Like This?

Name: Why Am I Like This?
Genre: Documentary

2022 - 2023 1 season 8 eps

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10 min

S1 · E1 Jul 21, 2022

How Did We Evolve a Sense of Smell? Episode 1

Have you ever stopped mid-task from catching a whiff of your own odor? It really gets you thinking— why DO we smell in the first place? In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through how our brain processes smell; why we associate smells with certain memories; why we developed our sense of smell in the first place; and how losing our sense of smell can impact our daily life.

9 min

S1 · E2 Aug 18, 2022

Where Does My Skin Color Come From? Episode 2

Have you ever been convinced that you’re adopted because your parents have a radically different skin color? How DO we inherit skin color in the first place? In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through how we genetically inherit traits, how skin color is distributed across the globe, and how the inheritance of skin color is not as straightforward as we might think.

9 min

S1 · E3 Sep 15, 2022

Why Do We Have Different Hair Types? Episode 3

Have you ever wondered why your hair grows out of your scalp the way it does? Maybe you've also wondered why our body hair isn't as dense as most other mammals. Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through why hair varies so much across all humans, how hair is a part of our impressive thermoregulatory system, and the shortcomings of addressing hair variation in scientific literature.

9 min

S1 · E4 Oct 27, 2022

Where Does Our Stress Come From? Episode 4

Do you feel stressed right now? Have you ever had a panic attack upon remembering a deadline at the last minute? Why DO we experience stress and anxiety? In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through the evolutionary function of stress, how different stress hormones affect our bodies, and why some people have completely different responses to the same stressors.

10 min

S1 · E5 Nov 10, 2022

Why Do We Get Allergies? (And Are They Really Necessary?) Episode 5

Have you ever felt like your immune system is a bully who doesn't keep your best interests at heart? It really gets you thinking— Why DO we have allergies in the first place? In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through how our immune system evolved, what affects our allergies, and things we can do to improve our our immune responses.

8 min

S1 · E6 Dec 8, 2022

Can Humans Change Their Sleep Cycle? Episode 6

Have you ever wondered why some people are early birds, and others are night owls? Are you the type who always falls asleep at 8 pm no matter what, or do you stay awake until 2 am finishing work? It really gets you thinking-Why DO we have sleep.

12 min

S1 · E7 Jan 5, 2023

Can We Change Our Body Type? Episode 7

Have you ever wished to walked through a machine and change your body completely at a push of a button? Is this dystopian or can we really change our bodies? In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through the types of muscles we can change in our body, hormones that affect our height, and dispel the myth that we are "built different" across races.

7 min

S1 · E8 Feb 2, 2023

Why Does My Voice Sound Like This? Episode 8

Dr. Tina Lasisi has strange encounters with the production team and notices their voices are quite...different. Is there a glitch in the matrix, or is this our final episode of 'Why Am I Like This?'— In this episode, Dr. Lasisi talks us through how the structure of our vocal tract produces sound, how accents are learned, and why we seem to be the only species to "speak."

8 episodes in Season 1

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Being a human can be weird. Even when everything is "normal" (whatever that means), you might not always get what your body is doing…or why. Dr. Tina Lasisi, full-time biological anthropologist and part-time human, is here to help you make sense of how and why our bodies do what they do.

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Total runtime 1h 12m · Episode length 9 min · Country United States

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Premiered

July 21, 2022

Final episode

February 2, 2023

Status

Ended

Network

PBS Digital Studios

Country

United States

Episode length

9 min

Total runtime

1h 12m

Original language

English

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Why Am I Like This?

Season 1

How Did We Evolve a Sense of Smell? Episode 1

Where Does My Skin Color Come From? Episode 2

Why Do We Have Different Hair Types? Episode 3

Where Does Our Stress Come From? Episode 4

Why Do We Get Allergies? (And Are They Really Necessary?) Episode 5

Can Humans Change Their Sleep Cycle? Episode 6

Can We Change Our Body Type? Episode 7

Why Does My Voice Sound Like This? Episode 8

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Why Am I Like This?

Season 1

How Did We Evolve a Sense of Smell? Episode 1

Where Does My Skin Color Come From? Episode 2

Why Do We Have Different Hair Types? Episode 3

Where Does Our Stress Come From? Episode 4

Why Do We Get Allergies? (And Are They Really Necessary?) Episode 5

Can Humans Change Their Sleep Cycle? Episode 6

Can We Change Our Body Type? Episode 7

Why Does My Voice Sound Like This? Episode 8

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