10 Things That Scare Me

A power comes over you that feels like death.

Farhad is an IT apprentice for Germany's Fraktion DIE LINKE, and lives in Berlin.

Thanks to Oliver Lazarus, who co-produced this episode.

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In my house, I'm the designated spider killer. I see the culprit and I have to ask myself: Which shoe will get the job done this time? 

Sonya Edelman is a Senior Producer at National Geographic. You can find her work at vimeo.com/sedelman2

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What’s going to happen to my brain?

Brian D’Addario is a singer, songwriter and musician. He fronts the band The Lemon Twigs ( thelemontwigs.com ) with his brother Michael D’Addario. Follow them on Twitter @thelemontwigs ( twitter.com/thelemontwigs ) 

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You might actually want the tea. But you have to appear to not want the tea.

Samin Nosrat is a chef, author, host of the Netflix series Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat (saltfatacidheat.com), and a writer for the New York Times Magazine. You can follow her @CiaoSamin: https://twitter.com/CiaoSamin

Check out Samin's recipes at https://www.saltfatacidheat.com/cook-the-recipe

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I hope my dad hears this.

Rohan is an apprentice at the Healthy Butcher in Toronto. thehealthybutcher.com/

Thanks to Elliott Dawson for his help with this episode.

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Will I be happy when this is all over?

Cleo Robinson is a cook at Dooky Chase's in New Orleans. dookychaserestaurant.com/

Thanks to Laine Kaplan-Levenson, who co-produced this episode.

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Being chased at night: when I first moved to New York, a lot of people were like just create a claw with your keys....

Jo Firestone is Brooklyn-based comedian and podcast host. You can see her live at Littlefield in Brooklyn, every Monday night at 8pm.

For more Jo, listen to her appearance on a recent episode of Radiolab here: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/sex-ed 

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Early one morning, an army green Volkswagen pulls up to the house.

Norma Elia Cantú is a folklorist, writer, and professor at Trinity University in San Antonio. Her latest novel, Cabañuelas, will be out in February.

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When you're a tall kid, it's the short kids you have to be afraid of. 

Paul Feig is a director. His films include Ghostbusters, Bridesmaids and this year's A Simple Favor. He also created the cult classic TV show Freaks and Geeks.

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Every public fear is a private fear, too.

Rebecca Traister is a writer at large for New York Magazine and the author of Good And Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger from Simon & Schuster. 

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