1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:04,320 Speaker 1: Welcome to you Stuff you should know front House Stuff 2 00:00:04,320 --> 00:00:12,680 Speaker 1: Works dot Com. Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm 3 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:17,799 Speaker 1: Josh Clark, There's Charles w Chuck Bryant, there's Jerry Uh. Yeah, 4 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:22,840 Speaker 1: it's stuff you should know. He just shrugged, like, what 5 00:00:22,840 --> 00:00:26,680 Speaker 1: are we gonna do? That's what we are episode number 6 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:32,440 Speaker 1: seven something. Yeah, I have no idea either. It's in 7 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: the seven hundreds of folks. If you think there's only 8 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:38,640 Speaker 1: three hundred because you're on iTunes, you're in for to 9 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,400 Speaker 1: be doubly surprised. Yeah. Well, somebody um tweeted recently, I've 10 00:00:42,440 --> 00:00:45,280 Speaker 1: just found the How Stuff Works app and there's way 11 00:00:45,320 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: more stuff you should notice than there is on iTunes. 12 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: I hate you guys now. Wait, I was cool with 13 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: three one, but that's it. I had someone asking it 14 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: the other day if we feel like we're running out 15 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: of things topics, clearly we are because we're recording on 16 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: your way exactly. What did you tell him look for 17 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 1: boogers in the near future? Um no, I said no 18 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,479 Speaker 1: that sometimes it feels a little like, oh my gosh, 19 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 1: what are we gonna do? But there's gazillions of topics 20 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,160 Speaker 1: in the world at least, and gazillions of scientific that's right. 21 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 1: What is that? How many zeros? Is that a real number? 22 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't think it is. Let's say nine, 23 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: it's a real number if you're eight years old, but 24 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 1: watch it probably is a real number. Yeah, I think, Um, 25 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: a jillian is a real number. A bazillion jillian definitely is. 26 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: I would guess gazillion is by now I might actually 27 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: look that up. I mean, there's just like a handful 28 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: of mathematicians who are in charge of naming that kind 29 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: of stuff, you know. So, chuckers, while you're looking that up, 30 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: do you have ear wax? Um? Do you have a 31 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:59,600 Speaker 1: problem you're wax? None? No, I don't either. No, I 32 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: wouldn't say so. Um. It is a little distressing, though, 33 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: even though we will find out it is awesome and 34 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: exactly how it's supposed to work. When it just sort 35 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: of falls out of your ear onto your shoulder. Yeah, 36 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 1: that's that's ideal. Actually, yeah, because ear wax in your 37 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: physiology in general doesn't care about what social group you're 38 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: a part of. Nope, it's just like, here's some ear 39 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: wax on your shoulder. Deal with it. Although and I 40 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: didn't look up why this is true? Apparently in northeastern 41 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: Asian countries like Korea and China, um they they're ear 42 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:36,400 Speaker 1: wax is a little different. They're more likely to have 43 00:02:36,400 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: the dry ear wax UM, which can be hard and 44 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: red to black in color, which sounds gross and flaky 45 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: or pale yellow, whereas here we have that um, nasty, 46 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: gooey orange e mess wet ear wax. That is what 47 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:55,480 Speaker 1: it's called. Yes, and the reason why actually is because 48 00:02:55,520 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: of the ABC living gene. That why, Yeah, they isolated 49 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: the gene that there was a reason causes the type 50 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: of ear wax that you get. And it turns out 51 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:11,600 Speaker 1: that they say the w UM mutation is um or 52 00:03:11,639 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 1: the D mutation dry ear wax is recessive. So the 53 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 1: only way to get dry ear waxes if both of 54 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: your parents have dry ear wax, both carry the D 55 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: gene or D mutation of the ABC levan gene. Well, 56 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 1: I have both. Most people have our w D sea. 57 00:03:29,800 --> 00:03:33,640 Speaker 1: So you have to get to D alleles to dry 58 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 1: ear wax alleles to have dry ear wax yourself. If 59 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: you have a W in a D or two W 60 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: you're gonna have wet And for some reason I have both. 61 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: Can't you like one ear is dry and the other's wet. No, 62 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: like sometimes you know, if I get the old cotton 63 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: swab out, which now you're introducing something way beyond genetics. 64 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: That's not even apo genetics, that's human intervention. The point is, 65 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: if I get the cotton swab out, that's when I'll 66 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: get out the orange wet stuff. But um, I'll also 67 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 1: have the dry, flaky stuff that falls out sometimes probably, 68 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: I would guess. And I'm no ceremon expert, I'm no seaminisd. 69 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: Now what's the what's the word? Uh? Actually looked it 70 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 1: up for someone who studies this. It has to have 71 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:20,719 Speaker 1: to do with ceremon m. I can't find it now. 72 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: It's so Seamonius doesn't ringing a bell. No, it's wrong. 73 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 1: I can't find what it is. Sorry, Okay, Well the 74 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: person who said, I'm not a person who studies ear wax. 75 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:37,080 Speaker 1: But what I would guess is that when you're when 76 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: you're digging in there, you're getting to the fresher ear wax, 77 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: That's what I think. And then as it works itself 78 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: further and further out your ear, which is the natural process, 79 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: it's exposed to drier air, that ambient air, and it 80 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,960 Speaker 1: drives out and flakes off, which is what it's supposed 81 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: to do. So I don't think you have both. I 82 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,839 Speaker 1: think if you have both, the stuff inside your ear 83 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:01,120 Speaker 1: would be dry, would be dry as well. Yeah, okay, 84 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 1: all right, well that makes sense. Um, So what ear 85 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: waxes or uh ceramon c E R U M E 86 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: N is the scientific name, but I'm sure they call 87 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:19,839 Speaker 1: it wax. It's the third chubby angel. Now, that's cerebum um. 88 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: It is made up of secretions of a couple of 89 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 1: little specialized glands uh in the skin on the outer 90 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: third of the ear canal. Yes, um, so you have 91 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: your sebaceous glands and they're gonna secrete in these names 92 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: all sounds so growth really, but they're perfect for describing 93 00:05:37,720 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 1: what they are. Yeah, yeah, um, they secrete sebum as 94 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,720 Speaker 1: E V m uh. And then you have um an 95 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 1: apocrene sweat gland that's modified that produces uh yeah, it combines, 96 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 1: it combines with the sebum, and that's where you get 97 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: your ceremony. And so see them in and of itself 98 00:05:58,279 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: is fairly normal. If you like, take your fingertip and 99 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: rub it alongside where your nose folds into your face. 100 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: That's well if if your stuff is at all oily, 101 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,760 Speaker 1: the oil is see them. So apparently it mixes in 102 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: in your ear with the the that kind of apicrene 103 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,160 Speaker 1: gland like you said, to form ceramon, which is its 104 00:06:19,200 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: own thing. It's not just see them, but all of 105 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: it is basically fatty, oily lipid e um compound that's 106 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: secreted by these glands in the skin cells, specialized glands. Yeah, 107 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: about six keratin, which is a protein. And then like 108 00:06:39,400 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: you said, the fatty acids, you've got dead skin cells, um, 109 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: hair follicles, dead bugs, little bugs. Yeah, lots of stuff 110 00:06:49,400 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: that comes out in this and like you, like you 111 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 1: said dust it probably dust mites then too. And like 112 00:06:56,839 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: you said, um, it's produced in the inner third of 113 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:05,680 Speaker 1: the outer ear outer one third of the ear canal um. 114 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:09,960 Speaker 1: And when it's produced in there, it's migrates outward thanks 115 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: to um the motion of the ocean. Right and you 116 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: talking and chewing. Yeah, I couldn't figure out, like how 117 00:07:19,280 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: does your ear wax move, But it's just from jaw movement. 118 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:25,720 Speaker 1: Normal jaw movement moves the old or the newer stuff 119 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: outward and as it's coming out, all the gunk and 120 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: stuff that's protected your ear from are moved out with it. 121 00:07:32,120 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 1: So the stuff that flakes off and falls on your shoulder, Uh, 122 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: that everybody points and laughs at at the at the party, Um, 123 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 1: that is filled with all the stuff that your ear 124 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,080 Speaker 1: reax caught along the way. It's a it's a beautiful, 125 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 1: elegant process. Probably was beautiful, um, aspect of the entire 126 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:54,560 Speaker 1: human experience. Well, I think you're making a joke, but 127 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 1: I really do think that. Like it's the little things 128 00:07:57,360 --> 00:07:59,600 Speaker 1: like that about Like I'm amazed about the function of 129 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: the brain and of course the organs and all that, 130 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: but just something as simple as that mechanical talking and 131 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: chewing will work ear wax out of your ear. It's 132 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 1: just so basic, and I think it's awesome and I 133 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 1: think it's really cool. Actually, I know. To me, I 134 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,040 Speaker 1: agree with you. Um. So some people produce a lot 135 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: of this. Um. I was gonna say gross stuff. But 136 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 1: have you seen Paddington the movie? Yeah? No, I heard 137 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 1: it was really good. It's very good, super super cute, 138 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,160 Speaker 1: really well done. Why did you see that? Just because 139 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,880 Speaker 1: it's a cute movie? Really yeah? Um, solid in theaters 140 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,440 Speaker 1: and everything. UM, please tell me you took you me yeah. 141 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:40,040 Speaker 1: And as a matter of fact, it was just me 142 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: and you, me and the whole theater. But if it's 143 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 1: just you and no kids, then it's like somebody you 144 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: might want to call that they did. I'm just a 145 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:53,200 Speaker 1: Paddington fan, um, but I am now So anyway, Um, 146 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: there is a part where there's a part featuring ear 147 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: wax in Paddington. It's it does not celebrate the beau 148 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:02,920 Speaker 1: of ear wax. It's the exact opposite. And actually you 149 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 1: mean was like god or it was really gross but 150 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: just awesome. So anyway, Gussie Gussie Paddington. Is that a spoiler? Okay, 151 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: I don't think so, maybe for like a five year 152 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: old you know. Um, So, like I said, some people 153 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 1: produce a lot of the stuff. Um, some people don't 154 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: produce as much, and they don't really know why, but 155 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:31,200 Speaker 1: they do know that sometimes stress and anxiety, um can 156 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: increase production of your wax, which makes interesting hormones, hormones 157 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: affected your glands go off. It also said that some 158 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: drugs can increase your ear wax production. And I looked 159 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 1: all over and can you find the drugs? But if 160 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 1: stress and anxiety does hiahuasca, I imagine yeah, or cocaine 161 00:09:51,400 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 1: would probably make you produce more ear wax or something. 162 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, when you put that stuff in your ear, yeah, 163 00:09:57,280 --> 00:09:59,320 Speaker 1: or something that makes you like to your jaw lot. 164 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:04,240 Speaker 1: Oh sure, that could probably get more ear wax out. Yeah. Interesting, 165 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 1: I never thought about that. I couldn't find any anything else. 166 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 1: Um is gross, as you might think ear wax as 167 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 1: though it actually is a great thing for your body. 168 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,120 Speaker 1: And there's a very good reason, uh why you have it, 169 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,720 Speaker 1: because there are four main functions that your ear wax 170 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: is going to serve my friend. Uh. One of them 171 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: is it creates an acidic environment. That's great, that kills 172 00:10:27,640 --> 00:10:32,880 Speaker 1: helps kill bacteria and fun Guy. Oh even better, number two, 173 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 1: Um it is, Well, that's that's a big deal too, 174 00:10:36,040 --> 00:10:39,040 Speaker 1: because your ear, your inner ear, like that is really 175 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 1: a place where fungus and bacteria would thrive because it's 176 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:45,440 Speaker 1: moist and dark, and you know what we always say 177 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,200 Speaker 1: about moist dark places, fun Guy thrives, that's right. Um. 178 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: The thing is is, it doesn't seem like that be 179 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:54,640 Speaker 1: a big problem to have fun Guy in your ear, 180 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,439 Speaker 1: but it would because it would affect things like your balance, nausea, 181 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: ear aches. Um, it just wouldn't be good so the 182 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: fact that earwax produces in a cidic environment alone makes 183 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 1: earwax a beautiful thing and to be celebrated. So if 184 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 1: we did, we could just stop there. We could, but 185 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:13,520 Speaker 1: you can go on. Like you said, there's four and 186 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 1: that was just one quarter of these these benefits that 187 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: your ex pistos. Secondly, it is a lube. Um. It 188 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:26,480 Speaker 1: lubricates your ear can basically to keep it from drying out. 189 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: And um, you know you don't want the inner ear 190 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:34,599 Speaker 1: becoming all like itchy and dry and craggedy, and you 191 00:11:34,640 --> 00:11:38,080 Speaker 1: want to hear something weird that I've a new personal 192 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 1: hygiene thing I have to do as of yesterday, starting yesterday, 193 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,600 Speaker 1: something I'll probably have to do my whole I have 194 00:11:44,640 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: to moisturize not ears. Now. I thought you gonna say, 195 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:49,120 Speaker 1: heir inside the ear. I was like, I have been 196 00:11:49,120 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: doing that for a while. It's getting I got a 197 00:11:51,440 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: little fro inside ear fro yeah, but no, like taking 198 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: moisturizer and like rubbing on my ears because I got 199 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 1: a haircat yesterday and like my ears were exposed and 200 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, I'm like, wait, why is like 201 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: there a streak of white on my ear? And they're 202 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: bright red, and I realized, like, my ears are chapped, 203 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,880 Speaker 1: and that is brand new or else. I just noticed it. 204 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: So I'm an ear moisturizer. Now, yeah, you had that 205 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: seventies uh ear muff hairstyle cut off of your ears 206 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: so your ears were exposed. Yeah, it was pretty seventies, 207 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,680 Speaker 1: wasn't well. I was growing my hair out to to 208 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: create like a blank slate of you know that could 209 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: be worked with. It was kind of longish for you. 210 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 1: It was really long and it it was that seventies 211 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: like ear muff thing wasn't quite It was getting there. 212 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:40,120 Speaker 1: It looks good, very nice. Thanks. Did that make you uncomfortable? No, 213 00:12:40,240 --> 00:12:42,680 Speaker 1: I was fishing for that the whole reason I brought 214 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: that story. You looked either sheepish or really uncomfortable with 215 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: a little bit both. Alright, gotcha? Alright. Number three on 216 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: top four things that earwax does, Uh is your ceremon 217 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: and your hair just like let him exactly. Um, it's 218 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: gonna discover just uh everyone's worst nightmare, which is spider 219 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:07,719 Speaker 1: crawling in there, which I covered. Uh, you know that 220 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: happened to Emily. I think I talked about that on 221 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,960 Speaker 1: one of the shows that was genuinely one of the 222 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,679 Speaker 1: most awesome things that I've ever experienced, because it did 223 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: not happen to me. Wasn't there a picture? Didn't you 224 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: post a picture of it or something like that? Um No, 225 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:26,360 Speaker 1: but there I think I I posted a picture of 226 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:29,400 Speaker 1: a happening to some woman in China. I think that 227 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,040 Speaker 1: was frightening, And it was a picture of a spider 228 00:13:32,120 --> 00:13:35,560 Speaker 1: looking out of the woman's ear canal right, yeah? Yeah, 229 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:37,720 Speaker 1: but Emily's if people haven't heard this story, it was 230 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: I think it was in the middle of the night 231 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: or something. She was like, I got this weird fluttering 232 00:13:42,679 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: in my ear and I don't know what's going on 233 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:46,319 Speaker 1: in there. And I was like, well, you know, I 234 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 1: took in the bathroom and trying to light and I 235 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: was like, holy crap. And the spider I think work. 236 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: Didn't it with the flash flight? Remember like, if you 237 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,240 Speaker 1: look at your I don't know, did the did They're 238 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 1: saying yes, yes, okay, so there you go. Well, all 239 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,200 Speaker 1: I remember thinking is only I don't want to have 240 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: to break this to you, but you have a spider 241 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:10,000 Speaker 1: in your ear? You didn't like chloroformer first? I should have. Yeah, 242 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: she was not excited about that. She was not pumped, 243 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,320 Speaker 1: but so, well, what was the process for getting it out? Well, 244 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: I've looked on the internet super quickly, um to see 245 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 1: how and they said to flush it out and um, 246 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:25,920 Speaker 1: just like a little warm. Oh my gosh, you did 247 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: use tweezers. Yeah, And I put the water in there 248 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: and it kind of um loosened it up, and went 249 00:14:30,880 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 1: in there and got the tweezers and I was like, 250 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,920 Speaker 1: look at this. How big was it? Oh? I mean 251 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: it wasn't huge, but it was It was enough spider 252 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: for her taste. Yeah, more than enough, right, dude, it was. 253 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: I can't imagine that some people like sleep with vesseline 254 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 1: in their ears to keep bugs from crawling in. Yeah, 255 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: like that is a thing. Yeah, I mean people don't 256 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: want bugs in their ears. No, but that's taken. I 257 00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:57,800 Speaker 1: mean that's just parents severe paranois. I think if you're 258 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,160 Speaker 1: sleeping that your muffs are vesselly in your ears, you know, 259 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 1: your moss. I thought about that, you all right? And 260 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 1: number four finally is um, your ear wax is gonna 261 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: trap some dead skin and hair cells and basically all 262 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 1: of that junk to carry it back out to keep 263 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 1: it clean. So it sounds sort of counterintuitive to trap 264 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: that stuff, but it's trapping it so it can carry 265 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: it out. And if you didn't have your wax, it 266 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 1: would just go in there, right, And if you chew 267 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 1: things like celery and you talk, then that your wax 268 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 1: is going to work its way out in a slow 269 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: process where all this stuff is cleaned out and you 270 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: don't ever have to do anything with it under ideal circumstances. 271 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: Not always are circumstances ideal, And we'll talk about how 272 00:15:42,920 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 1: things can go wrong after this, Okay, Chuck's so ideally 273 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:03,800 Speaker 1: you don't have to ever think about ear wax or 274 00:16:03,840 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: anything like that to brush it off your shoulder, right. 275 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 1: But um, for some people, ear wax can build up 276 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 1: and become impacted, a lot of times it's because people 277 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,680 Speaker 1: mess with it, like with cotton swabs on a stick. 278 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 1: You know, you may have seen the advertisement on the 279 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: Big Game. You're just called cotton swabs, right, yeah, okay, Um, 280 00:16:24,160 --> 00:16:28,840 Speaker 1: so when uh, if you use that, a lot of 281 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: people use those to clear out their ear wax. Right, 282 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: you're supposed to know it's doing the exact opposite, because 283 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:39,960 Speaker 1: your ear wax is um created and moves from the 284 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: outside third of your inner ear um. When you rub 285 00:16:44,960 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: cotton swab on it, you're actually pushing it in further 286 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,680 Speaker 1: than it's supposed to be and it it can't get 287 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:53,680 Speaker 1: out is easily there. So what you're going to do 288 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: eventually is have ear wax build up. Yeah, And it's 289 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 1: it's so hard to get people to not do that 290 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: because is it's so um rewarding when you get out 291 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 1: of the shower and use that swab and you get 292 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,560 Speaker 1: that orange kunk and you're like, oh man, I'm so 293 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:10,480 Speaker 1: glad that's out of my body. But it's it's got 294 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:12,880 Speaker 1: a purpose. Leave it there. You're supposed to leave it there. 295 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: Plus there's I mean, using cotton swabs can lead to 296 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:19,440 Speaker 1: other kinds of dangers, like you can push too hard 297 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:23,200 Speaker 1: and prefer your ear drums. I think it really is true. 298 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,479 Speaker 1: You're not supposed to put anything larger than the end 299 00:17:25,520 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 1: of a football in your ear um. You can also 300 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:34,480 Speaker 1: clean it too much. It can result in something called 301 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,880 Speaker 1: swimmers ear. We're basically for people who spend a lot 302 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:42,920 Speaker 1: of time in pool. Their ears are constantly irrigated and 303 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:47,919 Speaker 1: the canal becomes basically free of um of ear wax, 304 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: and as a result, bad things can happen. Yeah, And 305 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: they say, if you do have swimmers, ere um, put 306 00:17:54,119 --> 00:17:58,240 Speaker 1: a few drops of an acidic slightly acidic, not acid 307 00:17:58,840 --> 00:18:03,960 Speaker 1: like hydrochloricas. Let's put a gallon drome. What is a 308 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 1: slightly acidic fluid? I wonder, Uh, lady, lemon juice, that's 309 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: what I would guess, That's probably what I would do. 310 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: I hope we're not advising something that's really nat. No. 311 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: As a matter of fact, maybe you should go look 312 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: up what you should put in there or go to 313 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: your doctor. Yes, but they advised some slightly acidic fluid 314 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: in the ear after you swim, and that established re 315 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:27,280 Speaker 1: establishes what should be a normal acidic environment. Yeah, because 316 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,359 Speaker 1: you when you strip out that ear wax, you lose 317 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: those big four benefits and all of a sudden, your 318 00:18:31,760 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: ear is dry and cracky, and you've got fungus and 319 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,439 Speaker 1: bacteria growing in there, and you get ear infections and 320 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: it's not fun. The big four um you and back 321 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: to creating a build up of ear wax, you get 322 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: what's called ceramon impaction, and that is when like you 323 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 1: have a bunch of ear wax pressed against your ear 324 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:55,719 Speaker 1: drum and it can result in all sorts of stuff 325 00:18:55,760 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: like headaches, nausea, ear aches, coughing for some reason. Um, 326 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:04,880 Speaker 1: and that can be from using Q tips. People who 327 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 1: use hearing aids run into this a lot. Uh. And 328 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: when your ceremony becomes impacted, you have to go to 329 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: the doctor. That's right. Which my sweet wife had to 330 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 1: go to the doctor when she was a little girl 331 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 1: because ear wax impaction. Yeah, and uh she said it sucked. Well, 332 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: when you go to the doctor if it comes to that, Um, 333 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: they're gonna have quite a few techniques that could use. Um, 334 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 1: you're syringing is one of them. And then comes painful. 335 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: It does. I don't think it is, though. I bet 336 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: it's actually quite a relief. Yeah, that's not how I 337 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 1: hear it. Really is it painful? Yeah? Umi says it 338 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:42,399 Speaker 1: really is not fun. Well, I didn't know if that 339 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 1: was like a five year old Umi or well yeah, yeah, 340 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: but even as an adult she remembers it as not 341 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: being very fun. Is Paddington Jumi? Maybe that's why she 342 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 1: had such a reaction. Maybe, Um, they'll use other instruments. 343 00:19:55,560 --> 00:19:58,199 Speaker 1: Sometimes you use a microphone or I'm sorry, a microscope. 344 00:19:58,240 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: That'd be weird to magn to find the ear canal. 345 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: They shout into it to shatter your ear ax. Um, 346 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,720 Speaker 1: and some people have a more narrow ear canal, or 347 00:20:11,760 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 1: if you have a perforated ear drum or something that 348 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:17,119 Speaker 1: can be a problem. Um. Basically you want to go 349 00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,639 Speaker 1: to a doctor. You could try some home methods like 350 00:20:20,320 --> 00:20:24,639 Speaker 1: peroxide or maybe mineral oil. Yeah, apparently warm mineral oil 351 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: kind of breaks it up a little bit. Yeah, I 352 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: used to. That's one of my most pleasing memories as 353 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,439 Speaker 1: a kid when I had ear aches, as my mom 354 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: would like heat up mineral oil and put in my arrows. 355 00:20:34,080 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: But that was nice, felt really nice. It's very warm. 356 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: And when for some reason, I like the feeling of 357 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:44,040 Speaker 1: water closing my ear, like when I get into a pool. 358 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I'll but probably because of that. Yeah maybe, 359 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: so I didn't think about that. Do you like that 360 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: or what? I just you just like crawling into the field. 361 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 1: Why is Chuck just floating in the pool like a baby? Um? 362 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 1: I no, I've never had much of an affinity for 363 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: water in my ears because some people hate it. I 364 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 1: don't hate it. I don't like it. Yeah, And like 365 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 1: you know, I'll bang on the side of my head 366 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: if it feels like there's like a drop of water 367 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 1: in there. Does that work? Uh? It can not always. 368 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 1: I think normally the water just has to dry. Sometimes 369 00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:21,520 Speaker 1: I get dizzy in my head, hurt. I used to 370 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:23,679 Speaker 1: see when I lifeguarded. I would see swim team members 371 00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:25,520 Speaker 1: do that though, and I was always like, I don't 372 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 1: know if that just doesn't seem right. Once in a 373 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: while it does and it just goes and all of 374 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 1: a sudden you can hear normally. Again. Interesting. I didn't 375 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: see the reason for this though, but they did. Um 376 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:41,240 Speaker 1: in this one article I saw have caution people against 377 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:47,760 Speaker 1: ear irrigation if you had diabetes. What? Yeah? Why? I 378 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,919 Speaker 1: have no idea. I meant to follow up on that. 379 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: So we don't know what drugs cause an increase in 380 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 1: ear wax build up, and we don't know why if 381 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 1: you have diabetes you shouldn't do ear can irrigation. I 382 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,439 Speaker 1: don't know. They said not to use irrigation if you 383 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: have a perforated ear drum. Yeah, I get that tube 384 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 1: in the ear drum A weekend immune system or diabetes. Huh, 385 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,280 Speaker 1: have no idea. I don't have to follow up on 386 00:22:14,680 --> 00:22:17,840 Speaker 1: social media and let people know. Um, But they do 387 00:22:17,920 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 1: say if you do want to clean your ear. It's 388 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 1: not like you can't clean your ears, but just wash 389 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,400 Speaker 1: your external ear with a cloth. But you should never 390 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 1: stick something into your ear canal right, it's just no good. 391 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:34,360 Speaker 1: But it's interesting that the cotton swab businesses huge. I mean, 392 00:22:34,359 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 1: they've made a if you think about it, they made 393 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:41,199 Speaker 1: I don't want to say it's they shouldn't be selling 394 00:22:41,240 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 1: these things now, I know what you mean, though, you know. Yeah, 395 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:48,119 Speaker 1: apparently that I couldn't find out how much um people 396 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 1: spend on cotton swabs every year or how many are produced. 397 00:22:50,920 --> 00:22:54,280 Speaker 1: We couldn't find out that either. But for two thousand eleven, 398 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: apparently Americans spent sixty three million dollars on ear cleaning stuff, 399 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,160 Speaker 1: home ear cleaning stuff, and I am doing a lot 400 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: of that went to cotton swabs, but also like home 401 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,399 Speaker 1: irrigation kits and stuff like that. Yeah, because you can 402 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: get those at the drug store, right, and those are fine? 403 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 1: I guess, yeah, I don't know. I mean, everything is 404 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 1: upside down right now. Well, no, I think the irrigation 405 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,640 Speaker 1: is fine if you don't fall into one of those 406 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: categories that I mentioned, because you're not sticking an object 407 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,280 Speaker 1: into your ear. That and then if you don't do 408 00:23:25,359 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: it too frequently to where you're stripping the ear wax 409 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: out of your ear right, because it's not like that 410 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 1: thing just replenishes overnight. Guys, I know, and you know 411 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:36,720 Speaker 1: I used the cotton swabs, not a lot, but occasionally. 412 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,479 Speaker 1: But I'm not gonna do it anymore. But it is, 413 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,160 Speaker 1: like I said, it's it feels so good to get 414 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,480 Speaker 1: a big hunk of that stuff out. Yeah, I've never 415 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,240 Speaker 1: been into those. Ye, I'm not gonna do it anymore. 416 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:48,919 Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell the only two. I'm gonna burn all 417 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,159 Speaker 1: that stuff. All I do is I take some soap 418 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: and lather at my hands, do the outside of my ears, 419 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 1: and then, like I guess, I just kind of follow 420 00:23:57,320 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: the contours the inside of my ears. And I'm trying 421 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 1: to remember, like do I go into my ear canals? 422 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:05,120 Speaker 1: And I think I intuitively stop with your fingers, yeah, 423 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 1: and about the outside, so I don't really go into 424 00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:10,040 Speaker 1: the ear canal and then rinse it out and get 425 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:14,160 Speaker 1: off and get out of the shower. And then now I, um, 426 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:20,720 Speaker 1: I moisturized my ears afterward, is the last step. That's great. Um. 427 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:22,800 Speaker 1: The other thing too, that they of course you should 428 00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:25,439 Speaker 1: never ever do. Like cotton swabs is one thing, but 429 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:29,080 Speaker 1: like a car key or bobby pin or like a toothpick, 430 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:31,439 Speaker 1: what is wrong with you? I don't know that you 431 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,479 Speaker 1: should never ever stick something like that in your ear 432 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,919 Speaker 1: because you're just asking for trouble, big trouble. Um. All right, Well, 433 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: after this break we are going to talk about you're candling. 434 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 1: All right, So Chuck, you teased everybody with ear candling. 435 00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,480 Speaker 1: Why don't you tell everyone what that is? It's hokem okay, 436 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:07,639 Speaker 1: describe the hokem well ear candling. And a lot of 437 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:08,959 Speaker 1: people don't know this, I think. I think a lot 438 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,600 Speaker 1: of folks say, like, oh my gosh, it's the best 439 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:15,120 Speaker 1: thing ever. Um. It is also known as auricular candling 440 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: or coning, and it is a procedure once you put 441 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: a cone shaped um waxy cone shaped device in the 442 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:25,000 Speaker 1: ear canal um and it's got usually a plate underneath 443 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:28,640 Speaker 1: it between the cone in your ear, and you light 444 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,399 Speaker 1: it on fire. And supposedly what it does is that 445 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 1: you stick the thing in your ear and then light 446 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 1: it on fire. Yeah, supposedly what it does is it 447 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 1: creates a vacuum to pull out um impurities. Right because 448 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 1: the flame supposedly needs oxygen, while the flame definitely needs 449 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: oxygen to burn, and it's getting its oxygen by sucking 450 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,439 Speaker 1: it out of the ear canal through the cone, hence 451 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,560 Speaker 1: creating a vacuum. And as it does, like you said, 452 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: it sucks out impurities and ear wax and supposedly also 453 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:04,800 Speaker 1: clears your sinuses, um, clears the the plaque out of 454 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,560 Speaker 1: your um den drites and all sorts of stuff like that. Yeah. 455 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,639 Speaker 1: This one article by Lisa roe uh Rosen, m D. 456 00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: Said she went to and this was in the nineties, 457 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:17,719 Speaker 1: but she went to a Discovery expo in Atlanta and 458 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:19,679 Speaker 1: said that they had ear candle ers there and one 459 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: of the exhibitions and the lady said that ran the 460 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 1: booth quote it cleans the whole head, brains and all 461 00:26:25,359 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 1: they're all connected, you know, Oh yeah end quote. UM. 462 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: And of course it was in Atlanta. I'm like, oh great, 463 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,199 Speaker 1: although that doesn't necessarily mean that could be anyway. You're right, 464 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:39,920 Speaker 1: but um, there is there are a lot of people 465 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 1: that think, you know, it's um, it's a cleanse for 466 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,000 Speaker 1: your ear, and it does connect to your brain and 467 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,359 Speaker 1: it clears your head, and it's a spiritual thing and 468 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,440 Speaker 1: you know, they don't know where exactly it came from, 469 00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 1: but uh, China and ancient Tibet and yeah, pre Columbian 470 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:59,840 Speaker 1: South America, Atlantis. Yeah, they all are cited as places 471 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 1: where it might have happened. Yeah, no one has any 472 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 1: idea where this stuff originated. Could have been created in 473 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,840 Speaker 1: the US and the seventies for all anybody knows. Should 474 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,120 Speaker 1: we read some of the things that supposedly helps. Yeah, 475 00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: we should probably also say if you haven't been able 476 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 1: to tell by now, um, science is thoroughly debunked. Ear 477 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:21,160 Speaker 1: candling um. And this is from that article. There's something 478 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: that Dr Rosen and some of her colleagues got together 479 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,480 Speaker 1: and kind of step by step took down the idea. Yeah, 480 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 1: there's a list of like forty things. We won't go 481 00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: to them all, but release vertigo, clears the eyes, purifies 482 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 1: the blood, um aids sinusitis, relieves ear aches, opens and 483 00:27:40,760 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: aligns in your chakra, releases blocked energy, reduces stress, intention 484 00:27:46,760 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: stabilizes your emotions. Um, it does none of that, because 485 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:54,959 Speaker 1: it is it is just been proven to be an 486 00:27:55,000 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 1: outright not only fraud but dangerous right. So, and here's 487 00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: why so. Um. The first one is that you can't 488 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:07,640 Speaker 1: pass liquids and gases through an ear drum that isn't 489 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:12,720 Speaker 1: perforated or ruptured um. So it's not sucking anything out 490 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:17,679 Speaker 1: of your inner ear, or your um lymph system, or 491 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:21,080 Speaker 1: your sinuses or your brain. That's where your ears pop 492 00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:23,640 Speaker 1: when you're in a plane. Right, If if you could 493 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: pass air through there, that wouldn't happen. There would be 494 00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:29,000 Speaker 1: no atmospheric pressure going on. Right, So that means that 495 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:32,080 Speaker 1: sticking an ear candle in your outer ears not going 496 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:35,520 Speaker 1: to suck anything out because it can't pass through. That's 497 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:41,080 Speaker 1: that's point one, right, that's point one. Point two is oxygen. Uh, well, 498 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:44,960 Speaker 1: it will create that vacuum and and suck out the impurities. Yeah, 499 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: and that is just not true. Yeah apparently and it 500 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 1: and Yeah, doing trials of ear candles, they weren't able 501 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,840 Speaker 1: to um create a vacuum in any of them, So 502 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:00,720 Speaker 1: there's no vacuum created, that's right. Uh. There's also uh 503 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 1: the idea that if a vacuum were created, it would 504 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: suck impurities out. Apparently after ear candling some of these, 505 00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:13,480 Speaker 1: at least one of the same trials studied the stuff 506 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:16,520 Speaker 1: the residue that was found afterwards, like I guess in 507 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: the stump of the ear candle. Well yeah, and that's 508 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 1: what people point to because there's all this gunk and 509 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 1: they're like, look at all this stuff that came out 510 00:29:23,360 --> 00:29:25,480 Speaker 1: of my ear. Oh my god. Right, So what it 511 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: turns out to be is ash from the ear candle 512 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 1: and left over wax from the ear candle, but not 513 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:34,720 Speaker 1: just ear candle, not ear whax, just the candle residue. Yeah, 514 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,040 Speaker 1: like they tested the substance that is not cerebumay in 515 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: any former fashion. Uh, the what about the idea that 516 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,400 Speaker 1: it's safe and effective. I think we took care of 517 00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:48,440 Speaker 1: the effective part, but the safe thing, apparently there's a 518 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,960 Speaker 1: lot of injuries you can get from it. Um that 519 00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:54,960 Speaker 1: you can be burned is one thing. Um, you can 520 00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:59,160 Speaker 1: perforate your ear drum, you can get infections. Um, you 521 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,000 Speaker 1: can get built up of the candle wax to replace 522 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,680 Speaker 1: whatever wax you think you're getting out. Yeah, it could 523 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 1: have the reverse effect exactly. And then um, one woman 524 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 1: actually died from a fire that was caused in two 525 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 1: thousand five from ear candling. I looked it up. She 526 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,040 Speaker 1: was doing it, I guess by herself on her bed 527 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,160 Speaker 1: and the ear candle fell out of her ear and 528 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: caught her bed sheets on fire. And she made it 529 00:30:22,760 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: out of her house fine, but she was asthmatic and 530 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 1: had an asthmatic reaction to the smoke and died. How 531 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,000 Speaker 1: did happen that fast? I don't know. I guess she 532 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: had some bunch of bed sheets or something of like 533 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:42,280 Speaker 1: some flammable material. Um, there is a company I won't 534 00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: name the company, but one company that made it. And 535 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,200 Speaker 1: if you it came with a seventy five page manual 536 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: and a thirty minute video tape. I guess this is 537 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: a while ago. It was a video tape and candles 538 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: and plate guards and flame retarded cloths and oil and 539 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 1: then uh otoscope. And if you read the flyer with 540 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 1: this kit, it says, quote it supplies you with everything 541 00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,959 Speaker 1: you need for a safe and effective session of entertainment 542 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,000 Speaker 1: right for entertainment purposes only because apparently, I think it 543 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: says that Canada regulates those things. Are the US does 544 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: those medical devices? If they make any health claims? Yeah, 545 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 1: I think they're illegal in Canada outright. Um, or at 546 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,600 Speaker 1: least they were. I'm not sure if they still are, 547 00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:28,640 Speaker 1: but um, yeah, the f d A won't even I mean, 548 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: you can't make any kind of claim on the box 549 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 1: if you if you get an ear candle at your 550 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: little health food store, just read it carefully. They can't 551 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 1: make any claims for entertainment purposes because it's a hoot 552 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: to put a candle in your ear and light it 553 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 1: on fire. There was one other thing I came across 554 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: in the articles you sent me, Um, and I don't 555 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 1: know if it's true, but it sounds fantastic that if 556 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: if you could create a vacuum with an ear candle, 557 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,560 Speaker 1: the negative pressure created by the vacuum would rupture your 558 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: ear drop them right, which sounds pretty awesome. Yeah. I 559 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 1: don't know if it's true. It wasn't backed up with 560 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 1: a source or anything like that. I couldn't find it 561 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:09,920 Speaker 1: anywhere else, but it's pretty hilarious. Yeah, So don't ear 562 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 1: candle people. And if you write in and say no, 563 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,720 Speaker 1: you should see the stuff that comes out. It is 564 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,240 Speaker 1: not your ear wax. You should put that stuff beneath 565 00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: the gas chromatograph and see what you think. I mean, 566 00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 1: it's proven. This is like what was we talked about recently, 567 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 1: the crop circles. Man, we got eat from that to 568 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 1: people like no, it's not proven. What was it. I 569 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: think it was that Oklowa's crop circles. When we're like, no, 570 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: they've proven that. These guys came out and said we 571 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,640 Speaker 1: made it up. No, I know what they were saying though, 572 00:32:41,680 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: like it. It's just like we were talking about with ESPs. 573 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 1: Because you can disprove right, right, some of it doesn't 574 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,880 Speaker 1: mean that this proves all of it. Except with crop circles. 575 00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 1: We should come up with the stuff. You should have 576 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 1: a T shirt. Friends don't let friends ear candle. Yeah, yeah, 577 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: I just love your ear wax. Yeah, let it fall 578 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: out on your shoulder and let someone point it out 579 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: and you say that's nature baby, Yeah, it's because I 580 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: eat celery. Uh. If you want to know more about 581 00:33:09,080 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 1: your wax, you can type the word into the search 582 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:15,080 Speaker 1: bar at how stuff works dot com. I think we 583 00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:18,680 Speaker 1: have it done as one word maybe uh yeah, uh 584 00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,800 Speaker 1: and uh, I said search bar, which means it's time 585 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:25,320 Speaker 1: for listening to mail. I'm gonna call this ice cream 586 00:33:25,360 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 1: follow up. We've got a lot of good stuff on 587 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 1: ice cream. People really liked that episode. Hey guys, I'm 588 00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:35,080 Speaker 1: a student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. Started 589 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 1: listening to your podcast just this week, and I'm officially hooked. 590 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,600 Speaker 1: I'm listening to your podcast on ice cream. That's really 591 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,720 Speaker 1: interesting because I've worked in an ice cream parlor for 592 00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:46,200 Speaker 1: the last five summers. Wilson's opened in nineteen o six 593 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,240 Speaker 1: and it's still going strong today, one of the most 594 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 1: famous restaurants in Wisconsin. Uh. There are definitely different types 595 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: of vanilla ice cream. We use two types, French or 596 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:58,960 Speaker 1: deluxe vanilla and purple vanilla. The label on this other 597 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:02,920 Speaker 1: vanilla is purple. We use purple vanilla for shakes and 598 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:05,560 Speaker 1: malts because it's less rich allows for the flavor of 599 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,000 Speaker 1: the shaker malt to be more distinguished. He saw French 600 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,880 Speaker 1: vanilla and ice cream cone Sundays and floats, and you 601 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 1: mentioned having root beer floats. Reminded me of an interesting 602 00:34:13,120 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 1: thing that I've noticed. People often get offended when they 603 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,319 Speaker 1: order a black cow and we have to ask them 604 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,360 Speaker 1: what it is. That's because almost everyone has a different 605 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,399 Speaker 1: idea of what a black cow consists of. Some say 606 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 1: that it's a root beer float. Some say that it's 607 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:31,080 Speaker 1: a root beer float with chocolate ice cream. Some say 608 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,520 Speaker 1: it's a coke float, some say it's a blended root 609 00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:36,759 Speaker 1: beer float, etcetera, etcetera. Somehow they all got labeled as 610 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,520 Speaker 1: black cow. Thanks for giving them me more ice cream knowledge. 611 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,360 Speaker 1: I'll actually be able to answer customers now when they 612 00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 1: ask what the difference between ice cream and frozen yogurt is? 613 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: And that is from Andrea Nelson and she says, ps, 614 00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 1: those nasty, cheap cones with the flat bottoms are known 615 00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:56,520 Speaker 1: as cake cones. Yeah, I saw that afterwards. Don't order 616 00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,799 Speaker 1: them ever there. I mean, if you had Jason's Delhi 617 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:03,040 Speaker 1: and that's all they got, oh, is they have the 618 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:07,799 Speaker 1: free ice cream? Right? Huh? Yeah? And that's how it was. 619 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,880 Speaker 1: Like the day that we recorded ice Cream and I 620 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,120 Speaker 1: couldn't remember the name of the count I think I 621 00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:17,040 Speaker 1: ended up going that night and there was cake cone. 622 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 1: I was like, yes, cake cone. Somebody else called it 623 00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: a wafer cone, but I think that's just wrong. I 624 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:24,759 Speaker 1: see where that would come from, because it's wafer esk. Yeah, 625 00:35:24,800 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 1: I mean it makes sense, but I've never seen it 626 00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 1: called that before, and that's too close to waffle cone, right, 627 00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,560 Speaker 1: you know, right? It makes people confused. So thanks to 628 00:35:33,719 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: Andrea Nelson for that one. It Thanks Andrea. 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