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Breasts Unbound

By: Florence Williams
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Join the award-winning series Breasts Unbound for a revealing journey into everyone's favorite organ. Host Florence Williams travels from Houston to Hollywood to the boob-shaped hills of Northern England to share the big and small story of breasts - why we have them, how we view them, and why they sometimes do weird things. Turns out, breasts have a lot to teach us.

When you add Breasts Unbound to your library you will receive all 8 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 25 minutes.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: 55 Years of Breast Implants
    Oct 26 2017

    Breasts have been bared, flaunted, measured, inflated, suckled, pierced, tassled -- and in every way fetishised by our society. Host and science journalist Florence Williams (prize-winning author of BREASTS: A Natural and Unnatural History) delves deeper into the mysteries of the human breast with funny and enlightening reporting. She tackles the big questions of why they evolved in the first place, how jet fuel ended up in breast milk, why they are arriving earlier and bigger in teen-aged girls, man boobs, and how breast cancer in men can help female breast cancer patients. In this episode, we journey to Texas and meet Timmie Jean Lindsey, the first woman to get silicone implants... in 1962. Why did she agree to do it back then? And now that she's in her mid-80s, is it time to get rid of them?

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    31 mins
  • Ep. 2: Knocking on Evolution's Door
    Oct 26 2017

    [Contains explicit content] Every mammal has mammary glands, but only humans have permanent, rounded, full-on breasts. Why? What are breasts really for, anyway? The answers matter, because they influence how we see each other and see ourselves. In this episode, Florence Williams climbs the largest breasts in the world (they’re in England) and talks to Oxford’s Desmond Morris, author of the classic book, The Naked Ape.

    Breasts have been bared, flaunted, measured, inflated, suckled, pierced, tassled - and in every way fetishised by our society. Host and science journalist Florence Williams (prize-winning author of BREASTS: A Natural and Unnatural History) delves deeper into the mysteries of the human breast with funny and enlightening reporting. She tackles the big questions of why they evolved in the first place, how jet fuel ended up in breast milk, why they are arriving earlier and bigger in teen-aged girls, man boobs, and how breast cancer in men can help female breast cancer patients.

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    27 mins
  • Ep. 3: Busting the Bust Myth
    Oct 26 2017

    In modern-day America, we’re constantly bombarded with images of perfectly round, big, pneumatic knockers. Where did this ideal come from, and is it really everyone’s favorite boob type? Florence Williams administers the “Swami test” to find out which breast size most men prefer, and tries to get to the bottom of some of our most cherished and misguided myths.

    Breasts have been bared, flaunted, measured, inflated, suckled, pierced, tassled - and in every way fetishised by our society. Host and science journalist Florence Williams (prize-winning author of BREASTS: A Natural and Unnatural History) delves deeper into the mysteries of the human breast with funny and enlightening reporting. She tackles the big questions of why they evolved in the first place, how jet fuel ended up in breast milk, why they are arriving earlier and bigger in teen-aged girls, man boobs, and how breast cancer in men can help female breast cancer patients.

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    20 mins
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This is an interesting series of articles about breasts. Most of them are medically related in some way.

Interesting series of articles

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Discussions and interviews with experts, business people, and others on the various ways breasts have an impact on people's lives. I learned about people's struggles with breast cancer, both from women and of men. I learned about how there are various hypotheses on why humans have very large breasts compared to other mammals. I also learned on how some are very sensitive about their breasts and how others don't really care. Some wish they could walk around topless without it being scandalous.

Informative and eye opening

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I've learned some new things and got reminded od some facts I knew but don't really think about on daily basis.

Interesting

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I loved this. Really well researched, really interesting topics, and done in a clear and engaging manner. A must listen.

A gem, and not what you think!

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Well worth a listen - I’d highly recommend this to anyone that’s interested I cultural/social history and/or material history. It’s plain funny and interesting.

Great!

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