May 29, 2026 · 45 min · 12 segments
Dr. Andrew Best of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts joined the show to talk about sweat -- what it is, when we do it, how we vary, and why it makes humans different from most other animals…
Gabby LaperaHost
Joining me here today from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in Adams, Massachusetts, right?
I'm really excited to have you on because today we are gonna talk about sweat, and it's a really cool topic because it's actually something that is, while not 100% unique to humans, is something that helps make us superhuman in the way that we are and our, kind of our function.
I was like, "Oh, I get to, I get to interview this guy, um, and we're gonna talk about sweat.
And this, um, like there's all these interesting things." And she looked at me and she's like, "Gabby, I don't know if that's an appropriate topic for a first date." And I was like, "What?" She did not hear the word interview, and she was like, "Why are you..." [laughs] She's like, "Do you have a sweating problem? Like, what is going on?" [laughs]
Joining me here today from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in Adams, Massachusetts, right?
I'm really excited to have you on because today we are gonna talk about sweat, and it's a really cool topic because it's actually something that is, while not 100% unique to humans, is something that helps make us superhuman in the way that we are and our, kind of our function.
I was like, "Oh, I get to, I get to interview this guy, um, and we're gonna talk about sweat.
And this, um, like there's all these interesting things." And she looked at me and she's like, "Gabby, I don't know if that's an appropriate topic for a first date." And I was like, "What?" She did not hear the word interview, and she was like, "Why are you..." [laughs] She's like, "Do you have a sweating problem? Like, what is going on?" [laughs]
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