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Where Are We At With Body (re)Building with Mary Roach

Author Mary Roach joins the show to talk about all the weird and wonderful ways we can repair, rebuild or replace bits of us. The human body is an exquisite, evolutionarily-engineered piece of machinery. Unfortunately, like all machines, bits often go BOING! (That’s the medical term.) In this episode, we explore the evolution of human panel beating. From using the skin of puppies or fish as skin grafts, pig hearts instead of our own, transplanting hair from all over the body to, well, anywhere, and on anyone, else, and even creating new pieces like artificial limbs, arteries or genitals. Yes, apparently if someone gives you the middle finger, you can make a penis out of it. Actually you probably can’t, but some doctors can. Don’t try ANY of this at home.