
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
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There are so many things we've been told we can't talk about in polite society. The things your mom told you never to ask about: Sex. Money. Poop. Death. The things that make normal people uncomfortable.
But if you're curious about the truth behind our deepest societal taboos, we're your gals. We dig into the history, science, and straight up weird truths behind these off-limits topics and give you the answers you never knew you needed.


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Why is Swearing so Goddam Satisfying?
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
05/03/21 • 57 min
Potty mouths of the world unite! This week we explore the colorful world of colorful language, including breaking down the origins of Twitter's top 3 swears, unpacking the psychology of profanity and learning we aren't the only animals who like to cuss. All in the pursuit of uncovering why something so wrong, feels so damn right.
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SOURCES:
Most Popular Swearwords on Twitter, The Gaudian
How Swearing Works, How Stuff Works
Swearing aloud can make you stronger, Science Daily
Swearing is Good For You--And Chimps Do It Too, National Geographic
Is Swearing a Sign of a Limited Vocabulary?, Scientific American
The Case for Cursing, The New York Times
The Science of Curse Words: Why The &@$! Do We Swear?, Babbel
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Why Can't I Poo on Vacation?
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
03/08/21 • 60 min
Nothing ruins a vacation faster than not being able to "let it go." Why do our bowels get so shy and how can we help our bodies make a movement when out of our comfort zone. Join us for this adventure on the alimentary canal, but hurry up, your connection to BM town is departing!
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Is it Normal to Snoop on Your Spouse?
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
04/05/21 • 57 min
What’s the worst offense you can commit in a relationship? According to a lot of people, it’s snooping through your partner's phone. We know it's wrong, but how many of us do it anyways? You might be too afraid to ask, but we dig in to find out if snooping makes you a terrible person and if it means your relationship is doomed to fail.
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Does Having Pets Make Me a Shitty Person?
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
05/30/22 • 66 min
Do you love your pets like family? Ninety five percent of pet owners in America would say yes. And pet owners are willing to put their money where their mouth is- we’ll spend about $110 billion annually on our furry friends. But does all this love come at a cost?
Today we are exploring the wild world of pets, looking at where all these critters come from, how happy pets really are in the human world, and what we might owe to the animals we have bred to be our daily companions.
All this to answer the rude question, Does having pets make me a shitty person?
That’s what you're in for today, on Impolite Society.
Email us your impolite questions at [email protected] and visit our website for info about the show and your hosts Laura and Rachel.
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/aug/01/should-we-stop-keeping-pets-why-more-and-more-ethicists-say-yeshttps://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/05/05/476853317/should-we-really-be-keeping-cats-and-dogs-and-geckos-as-petshttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/fox-dogs-wild-tame-genetics-study-newshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/using/pets.shtmlhttps://www.avma.org/resources-tools/reports-statistics/us-pet-ownership-statisticshttps://www.aspca.org/helping-people-pets/shelter-intake-and-surrender#:~:text=Of%20the%20approximately%206.5%20million,00%20dogs%20and%20860%2C000%20cats).
https://spots.com/puppy-mill-statistics/https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2015/06/19/animal-rescue-workers-prone-depression-suicide/28968501/https://breedingbusiness.com/dog-breeding-statistics/https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/5695-report---say-pets-are-part-of-the-familyhttps://scienceblogs.com/observations/2010/04/01/domesticated-dummieshttps://thehumaneleague.org/article/animal-rightshttps://aeon.co/essays/why-keeping-a-p
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Will I Sh*t in Front of Strangers if I Give Birth?
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
03/22/21 • 60 min
You've got front row seats to the "bloody show" as we pull back the delivery room curtain. Join us as we explore what it's really like to give birth including that one nagging question we're all dying to know the answer to: did you poo on the table?
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What's the Deal with Sex Dolls? (1)
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
08/09/21 • 64 min
If you can't love the one you want, love the one you can purchase and completely customize online... that's how the song goes, right? This episode we peel back layer after horrifying layer of the world of lifelike sex dolls, including the long and storied history of "dames de voyage", how your friendly 1980s bachelor party blow up doll became the uncanny valley creature called RealDoll and who are the men (and women) buying these silicon sirens.
There's a lot to unpack here, that's why we're doing our first-ever two part series for Impolite Society. Join us as we dig into where sex dolls came from, how sex dolls became popular and what it's like to purchase, live with and love a silicon sex doll.
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SOURCES:
Silicon Soul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3nBctuhntg
https://nypost.com/2019/10/07/these-men-love-their-sex-doll-wives-and-dont-care-who-knows/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7426804/
https://www.siliconwives.com/blogs/news/the-ultimate-sex-doll-guide-2021
https://www.inputmag.com/features/sex-dolls-instagram-influencers/amp

How Does My Body Tell if it's a Fart or Poo?
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
09/27/21 • 53 min
Each day, your body makes the high-stakes decision that holds together the very fabric of our society… “is that just a fart, or am I about to shit myself?” And with the average person releasing nearly a half gallon of gas a day, your body is making this decision all the time.
Turns out, this impressive ability all comes down to how we developed as an embryo.
We explore biology behind farts to uncover how society as we know it is held together by a few centimeters of tissue in our anus, all while answering even more fart questions along the way. That’s what you’re in for today, on Impolite Society.
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Sources:
Fart vs Poop in under 2 mins!
This Is How Your Butt Can Tell a Poop From a Fart, According to Science
Insights into human colonic physiology obtained from the study of flatus composition
Explainer: The chemistry of farts
What happens when you hold in a fart?
Everybody farts. But here are 9 surprising facts about flatulence you may not know.
What's a Fart?

What is Fan Fiction?
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
02/19/24 • 65 min
Stories are unique to the human race. They inspire us, delight us, and cast the familiar world around us in a whole new light. Everyone has been wrapped up in a good story at some point in their lives- curled up with a book you can’t put down, binge watching television shows late into the night, or being so obsessed with a story you find yourself dreaming about it. And every one of us, at some point, has thought, “What if....”
Today we are entering the online world of fanfiction: what is it, who writes it, and why the subject matter often leans to the dark, the sexual, and the taboo.
That’s what we’re in for today on Impolite Society.
Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2020/02/surprising-18th-century-origins-fan-fiction/606532/
https://reporter.rit.edu/views/fanfiction-legal-battle-creativity
https://noraphoenix.com/2018/03/26/introduction-into-mpreg/
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/questions-about-mpreg-you-were-embarrassed-to-ask
https://www.reddit.com/r/AO3/comments/v9h4ae/analysis_of_the_top_fandoms_on_ao3_percentages/
https://screenrant.com/fan-ships-highest-number-fanworks-ao3-ranked/#keith-amp-lance-voltron-legendary-defender
https://archiveofourown.org/tags
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Why Do Women Shave Off Their Body Hair?
Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre
04/19/21 • 57 min
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Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre currently has 128 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Friends, Culture, Learning, Society, History, Educational, Funny, Conversational, Comedy, Podcasts, Social Sciences and Science.
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The episode title 'Why is Swearing so Goddam Satisfying?' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre is 57 minutes.
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Episodes of Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre are typically released every 13 days, 23 hours.
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The first episode of Impolite Society: Exploring the Weird, Taboo & Macabre was released on Apr 15, 2020.
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