David's top stories: A stinky Danish gas tax; An odd lawsuit; and Tickle orgasms. Astrobiology professor Sarah Rugheimer shares her story climbing Denali, the highest peak in North America. (Check out Sarah's audiobook Searching for Extraterrestrial Life.) Camille Testard, neuroscience research fellow at Harvard, monkeys around with the finding that Rhesus macaques got along better after an awful hurricane. Then, it's Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday with therapist Gary Direnfeld. David and Gary discuss aging, and why spanking is a terrible idea. Foreign correspondent Tony Five calls in live from a disaster unfolding north of London. David congratulates intern Zach Zhang and the two chat about making friends on apps.

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