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29: Swearing is Good Medicine

Very Bad Words by Audioboom

Mar 28, 201823:44Arts

In this episode, Matt tries to find out if a study saying that swearing has an "opiate" like effect on pain is valid. He calls in journalist Jeff Harder , doctoral Northwestern student, Jim Kloet and pain psychologist Dr...

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29: Swearing is Good Medicine is an episode from Very Bad Words by Audioboom. In this episode, Matt tries to find out if a study saying that swearing has an "opiate" like effect on pain is valid. He calls in journalist Jeff Harder , doctora...

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