Have you ever thought about specific stressors that farmers face?  Me EITHER!  And it is damn fascinating.  Did you know that you aren’t a real baller until you have a combine tractor? Heather Sedges Wallace is an Assistant Professor of Family and Consumer Sciences at UTK <a href="https://cfs.utk.edu/heather-sedges-wallace/">https://cfs.utk.edu/heather-sedges-wallace/</a> .   Heather has received one of only two national Early Career Achievement awards from the Institute of Youth, Family and Community Heather is also working with the <a href="https://onehealthinitiative.com/">https://onehealthinitiative.com</a> which is a new small interdisciplinary science organization working toward making the world a better place.  Shane’s been trying to find ways to collaborate with them so you can expect to see about one guest a month helping build the bigger picture of the many ways they are trying to create a bigger network to work on endlessly complex intertwined issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

The Psychology of Comedy

Globetrotting and mind exploring comedian Shane Mauss interviews scientists each week on journey to answer the biggest questions about the meanings of life (as well as a bunch of other random stuff you never imagined you would care about). Favorite topics include: psychology, biology, evolution, cognitive biases, behavioral economics, mating, animal behavior, neuroscience, and the subconscious