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Episode 1: Romance Rewards
What is love? A question that scientists, philosophers, and pop stars have been asking for years. Turns out that romantic love is deeply connected to the brain’s reward systems, with neural circuitry…
Episode 2: Crazy for Caresses – the case for holding hands
Did you ever wonder why holding hands can feel electric, or why the absence of touch can send you on a tailspin? In this episode of the Neurosex podcast, host Charlotte Scarlata (Bryn Mawr ‘26)…
Episode 3: Finding Nemo – A Fishy Storyline?
Did you know that clownfish experience socially induced sex changes? When the dominant female of a group dies, the most dominant male will fully transition into a female. On this episode of Science…
Episode 4: Keeping In Touch
Welcome to Sex and the CNS, where instead of exploring the convoluted sex lives of busy 30-something-year-old women in New York, our host, Kayla Truong (Bryn Mawr ‘26) explores the just-as-juicy…
Episode 5: Love, Lust, and the Brain’s Messy Chemistry
Why do some people give you butterflies while others just raise your heart rate for entirely different reasons? In this episode, Lorena Veras (Haverford ’27) explores the neuroscience behind lust and…
Episode 6: From Chocolate to Falling in Love: The Neurobiology of Pleasure
In this episode, Savannah Ghermay (Bryn Mawr ’25) explores the systems in your mind that make fooddelicious, music emotional, social connection rewarding, and sex irresistible. Savannah breaksdown…
Episode 7: The Smell Test
Ever wonder why someone can be perfect on paper, but you’re just not feeling it? Your nose is running a genetic compatibility test you don’t even know about, using chemical signals to determine who…
Episode 8: Love Blindness
Have you or anyone you know ever been blinded by love, so blinded that you overlook something obviously risky… Believe it or not, fruit flies show the exact same behavior. Turns out, love blindness…
Episode 9: Deep Brain Stimulation Will Change How You View Viagra Commercials
ED is a common problem that men face across the world. Luckily enough, extensive research has gone into elucidating the physiological causes of ED, which have led to the development of life-changing…
Episode 10: NeuroLove Lab: Long-Term Romance
How does the brain sustain love that lasts 20 years or more? In this episode, Kayla Chu (Haverford ‘26) unpacks a groundbreaking study showing that long-term partners activate the same reward and…
Episode 11: Chemistry You Can Smell
In this episode, Shir Toledo (Haverford ‘26) explores how scent drives sexual attraction and bonding in both monkeys and humans. From male marmosets whose brains light up at the smell of a fertile…
Episode 12: Menstrual Mayhem
In this episode, Anadys Rodriguez (Bryn Mawr ’26) examines the neuroendocrinology of menstrual cycling and premenstrual dysphoria to better understand our bodies and mental health around the time of…
Episode 13: Scent and Sensibility
Animals use pheromones to choose mates, time pregnancies, and decide who to fight. Humans use them to…go viral and profit in tiktok? In this episode, join us as Tabia Tahsin (Bryn Mawr ‘27) breaks…
Episode 14: Sniffing Out Desire
In this episode, we explore how a small brain region called the medial preoptic area (MPOA) helps female Syrian hamsters choose which scent to approach but interestingly doesn’t influence their…
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Season 6 has published 10 episodes since December 2025.
Season 6 is currently highly active with new episodes hourly. Average episode length is 7m.
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