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Oct 2021
28m 14s

Screaming For Science

Tinkercast | Wondery
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It's time to make some noise!! Join Mindy and Guy Raz as they head to ScreamCon to unpack the six different types of human screams, and learn why not all screams are so bad! It's the who, what, when, where, how and WOW of SCREAMING!

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