Foreign correspondent extraordinaire Tony Five opens the program with stories: Ladybirds carrying STDs invade UK homes as people share their horror; and Does your relationship have a swag gap? Professor of communication ⁠Dr. Amanda Denes⁠ explains how affection deprivation may tell us why 'phubbing' (phone snubbing) harms relationship satisfaction. Pharmacology researcher Elisabet Jerlhag reveals how semaglutide (Ozempic) shows potential to curb cocaine addiction behaviors. Public health professor Dr. Shaon Lahiri discusses the power of social contagion and how you can build resistance. On Pop Cultured, Like Fungus, media personality Caitlin Green covers pop culture news: Taylor Swift's new album; The state of late night TV right now; Defiant nuns flee care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps; and Struggle meals are trending because food is so expensive. (⁠Check out Caitlin on The Jann Arden Podcast here⁠.) Harvard Medical School professor Dr. Ryan McBain shares his study showing how AI chatbots give inconsistent responses to suicide-related questions. Psychology researcher Dr. Julia Espinosa illustrates how trauma in a puppy's first six months is linked to adult aggression.

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