Faded

Why do we use intoxicants? Whether it's booze, weed, opiates, or even caffeine, the drive to catch a buzz seems almost universal for members of our species. For big parts of the world, drinking alcohol plays a huge role in our social lives, in religious rituals, and in some eras it was even a prerequisite for civic engagement. Find out how the phrase "take him down a peg or two" was derived from a drinking game, which animals consume alcohol, and hear from the professor inventing an alcohol substitute.

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Faded is an episode from Deeply Human by iHeartPodcasts/BBC/APM.

This episode is 26:47 long.

This episode was published on Mar 25, 2022.

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