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They saw a YouTube video. Then they got Tourette’s

They saw a YouTube video. Then they got Tourette’s

FromThe WIRED Podcast


They saw a YouTube video. Then they got Tourette’s

FromThe WIRED Podcast

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Length:
32 minutes
Released:
Sep 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Coming up today… the weird link between YouTube videos and a rise in Tourette’s-like symptoms in young women and we explore the fight for control of Afghanistan’s internet.
The stories we talked about this week:
They saw a YouTube video. Then they got Tourette’s
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/tourettes-youtube-jan-zimmermann

The battle for control of Afghanistan’s internet
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/afghanistan-taliban-internet
The Taliban’s vast propaganda machine has a new target
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/taliban-propaganda-news-afghanistan

Music by Filip Hnizdo
Produced and edited (remotely) by Matt Burgess
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Released:
Sep 10, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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