Usefulish Podcast

From Victorian corsets that crushed organs to Elvis fans dropping like flies, fainting used to be everywhere. But why don't we spontaneously collapse anymore? This week, we'll look at how fainting evolved from physical necessity to something psychological to something spiritual, and why we swapped swooning for something a lot more pathetic. Uncover the power moves behind some pretty dramatic colla...

Think you stress about what to wear? In 1875, wearing the wrong shirt could literally get you killed. Why did people in the Old West suffer and sweat through wool suits in 110° heat? And what does this tell us about what we still do today? The psychology behind getting dressed and why your profile photo is based on a frontier survival strategy. Next week, why were people always fainting? It's a lo...