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Why Am I Like This?

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S01E08 - "Why Does My Voice Sound Like This?"

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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 doingĂ˘â‚¬Â¦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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Status: Em Exibição
Idioma: English
Duração: 10 min
Estreia: July 21, 2022

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Why Does My Voice Sound Like This?

We explore how the structure of our vocal tract produces sound and why humans speak.

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