i like psychological thrillers. Ah, i mean, to like silence in the lambs and that kind of genra. You know, i don't ifid a favorit any poltrgis really left a mark on me as a kid. And that's fani yo. So tell me about people who seek this stuff out. Because what came up in a previous segment was chuck and i were commiserating. We're saying, just just if, if, if your life is already a risk, just walking down the street cause you grew up intat tough neighborhood, or the copse might be beaten up on, you, notsarg i want more scary horror in
Why do we like being scared? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore the haunting effects of horror and recreational fear with horror scholar and author, Mathias Clasen, and neuroscientist, Heather Berlin, PhD.
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