Pavlovian Bells, Dogs and Pigs

What do Pavlov’s dogs, pigs’ bladders, nipple-fiddlers, football, smoking, coffee and your fear of farting have in common?

Conditioning.

In this episode, Marion takes you on a gloriously irreverent journey into the invisible bells, rules and reactions that train us to behave in ways we may never have consciously chosen.

From Pavlov’s famous dogs to the conditioning of the human body, from cultural expectations to the habits we barely notice, Marion explores how easily a perfectly intelligent body can learn to hold, suppress, obey and adapt.

And if dogs can learn that a bell means dinner, what have we learned to respond to?

Maybe that farting is rude.

Maybe that being heard is dangerous.

Maybe that certain bodily functions must be controlled, hidden or held in.

But what happens when you start noticing the bell?

You might discover that the thing you thought was “just me” was something you were taught.

Funny, filthy, philosophical and unexpectedly profound, Episode 4 of Afraid to Fart asks a very serious question:

Who—or what—is actually running the show?

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