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What's all that racket?
It sounds like Mark.
Is he yelling about keys and money?
Has anyone seen my cup of tea with honey?
Oh, tea and honey. Mark, is everything OK?
We could hear you yelling through the sound -proofed studio walls.
Oh thank goodness Molly!
Nova! I set down my cup of tea in my bottle of honey and now they're gone, disappeared, vanished, and on today of all days.
Um are you referring to those squeezy bottles labeled honey and tea that are attached to the opposite sides of the belt strap to your head?
And it looks like there are tubes attached to each of them dangling next to your mouth?
Oh, thank goodness.
I've been so focused on dress rehearsal for the big musical I'm writing, I forgot that I was testing my new invention, the honey tea headband.
In addition to looking super cool, in addition to looking super cool, my honey tea headband blends a proprietary ratio of tea and honey that guarantees a silky smooth singing.
Check it out. Me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me.
It's going to revolutionize Broadway.
The only problem is that it's a little tough to do choreography with this thing on.
Let me just take it off for a second.
There we go. Five, six, seven, eight.
Heel, toe, shuffle.
Heel, toe, shuffle.
Kick, kick, toe, ha, boop.
Mark. You forgot your honey tea hat band!
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Now, today's episode is all about how our bodies heal and we're answering listener questions about bruises, Band -Aids, and scars.
Nova, how do you feel about Band -Aids?
I don't really like them because it hurts to pull them off.
Oh, yes, you're so right.
Do you have any tricks in making it hurt less?
Just going really slowly but my mom does it super fast. Oof!
I know, there's two schools of thought there.
The fast and the slow.
I have done a new thing lately where I get it wet with a washcloth where I just like soak it and then it's not quite as horrible.
So do you feel like you get a lot of scrapes and bruises?
No, not really. That's great.
I am super clumsy. When I was little, I would get tons of bruises on my legs because I guess I was just like bumping into things all the time.
Actually, I still do that.
It's not that far in the past. And growing up, my dad would call me banana legs because they kind of looked like, you know, bruisey bananas.
And, you know, I didn't mind because it's kind of cool.
Have you ever, do you have any scars?
Yes. I have a scar on my chin from falling off of a skateboard. So that means you skateboard?
No, I was playing with my cousins, that song.
Gotcha. So did that hurt?
Yeah, my ears were ringing, it was weird. Oof, did you have to get stitches?
No, my mom just put a bandaid on but it kept leaking through.
Oh no. And now you've got a cool scar though?
Yeah. Do people ask you about it ever?
No, not really. It's on my chin, so it's uncomfortable.
Okay, so it's kind of hidden?
Yeah. Cool. Hey, do you hear that?
It sounds like an army of professional musicians, highly trained actors, choreographers and dancers.
Oh, didn't Mark say he's writing a new musical?
I bet they're rehearsing in the hall of curtains and chairs.
Let's go check it out.
Simple salmon swims upstream.
Heh heh heh. Simple salmon swims. Ah, my throat is so dry.
It's like if that Sahara desert and a box of stale crackers had a baby.
Mark! You forgot your honey tea headband.
Nova! Perfect timing!
Ah, Juniper mint tea with a hint of lavender!
Muh -muh -muh -muh -muh much better!
So what's the musical about?
And before you answer, are you okay?
Really? Your arms and legs are covered in bruises.
I'm fine thanks, and these bruises are actually the inspiration for my new show, Brucical the Musical.
I got pretty banged up trying to feng shui my living room.
Uh, feng shui, the ancient Chinese art of arranging a room to be more harmonious?
That's it. I thought I had the layout perfected, but every time I walked into the room, I kept forgetting where I had moved the furniture, and bumping into stuff.
So more of a wrong way instead of a feng shui?
I guess so. It was pretty frustrating, until I had the idea to make these bruises come to life onstage.
So I started digging into what's happening when we bruise.
What a coincidence.
We are doing an episode all about how our bodies heal, and we got some questions about bruises.
Maybe you could help answer them.
Molly, I would love to muse on your bruise questions.
Let's hear him. Hi my name is Keeva and I'm from Ireland.
My question is, how do bruises form and why do they turn different colors?
Like blue, purple, green and brown at the end.
Hi my name is Hunter and I'm from Cochrane, Alberta, Canada and my question is, when you hurt yourself why do your bruises turn black and purple?
Amazing questions. I'll make sure to get Hunter and Keeva tickets to Opening Night!
Because Bruzical the Musical has the answers.
Do tell. Okay. So under our skin, blood is moving through these tiny thin tubes called capillaries.
But they're pretty delicate.
When we bump into something, these little tubes can break and blood comes out under our skin, which makes...
Bruises! Bruises, bruises, bruises for the win!
Decorating under my skin.
Like I was saying. Bruises are kind of like cuts, but without breaking the skin.
You know how when we get a cut our skin opens up and blood comes out?
Oh, like when we were folding paper airplanes the other day and I got a paper cut?
Ouch! Exactly! Well, if you bump into something and but your skin doesn't open up, blood sits underneath it.
I've got some blood to give.
It hurts, but I think I live.
That's good. I've got to write that down.
Hold on. So is that why your skin changes color when you get a bruise?
The blood that gets trapped underneath your skin?
Yes. The color changing is because of a protein in your blood called hemoglobin.
We learned about hemoglobin in our episode about blood.
It's what gives our blood its bright red color.
And one of its jobs is to carry oxygen around our bodies.
You can think of hemoglobin like an oxygen taxi cab.
Hemoglobin picks up oxygen passengers in our lungs and takes that oxygen to every part of the body.
Molly, allow a bruzition to take a stab at this.
Ahem. A -picking up fast, night and day, Gonna drive oxygen all the way.
My cab is always open.
Yeah, I'm hemoglobin.
Look out! So like we mentioned, when you bump into something, blood gets trapped under your skin.
That blood has hemoglobin in it, which is carrying oxygen passengers.
Over time, the oxygen that was in the hemoglobin taxi leaves.
When your blood has oxygen in it, it's bright red.
But once the oxygen is gone, it looks dark blue or black or purple through your skin.
Ta da! Over time, they can start to turn lots of different colors.
Ooh, I've seen some real doozies.
Green, yellow, brown.
That's because the hemoglobin starts to break down as a bruise heals.
Our bodies know that hemoglobin isn't supposed to be hanging out under our skin and so, starts to get rid of it.
First, it turns it into a chemical called Billy Verdin, which has kind of a greenish tint.
Then it changes into another chemical called Billy Ruben, which has a yellow color.
So, the color of a bruise can actually tell us how old it is?
Yeah. This purple one on my ankle is from this morning when I kicked the coffee table.
Ooh, ooh. And I got this bluish green one on my arm when I ran into the coat rack a few days ago.
and the yellowy brown one underneath my shoulder here?
That's from almost two weeks ago.
It's from the floating bookshelf I installed on the wall just above the light switch. Don't let floating bookshelves fool you.
They can be the sauce of bruises.
The sauce of pain. They are the enemy.
Mark, your living room sounds downright dangerous.
I kind of came to the same conclusion this morning after the coffee table incident.
So I decided to move everything back.
It's much safer. Good call.
Thanks for dropping all the bruise knowledge, Marc.
No problem. Is there a song from Bruisequel The Musical that you're ready for us to hear?
There's one that's pretty close.
Let me run through it a couple of times with the band, and I'll let you know when I'm warmed up, OK?
Can't wait. Friends, friends, friends.
While we're waiting for Marc to finish his song, How about something else that's a music to the ears it's time for the All right Nova are you ready to hear the mystery sound kind of nervous.
I don't know if you're gonna do great all right here it is What do you think?
Any guesses? I think it's a dog eating kibbles out of its bowl.
Whoa, that is a specific guess, and I am into it.
All right, we're going to hear it again and get another chance to guess after the credits.
So stick around. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to float around in space?
Well, you're in luck, because we're making an episode about astronauts.
And we want to know, what food do you What do you think would be hardest for astronauts to eat in space?
Flying popcorn? Or a cup of hot cocoa?
Nova, what do you think would be the hardest food to eat in space?
I think a cup of hot cocoa because it's liquid and it could break the ship if it gets in the engine.
And like, I don't want hot liquid flying around.
You know? Yeah. Doesn't sound like a good idea.
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But to raise happier and healthier kids, parents need to focus on their wellbeing too.
I'm Dr. Laurie Santos.
And in the new season of my podcast, The Happiness Lab, I'll be looking at happier parenting.
We'll tackle many of the challenges facing modern parents.
From loneliness. Parents struggle with loneliness at a higher rate than adults who aren't parents.
To struggles over screen time and technology.
So then just because my kid's upset they get to watch another show?
No! No! I'll also be asking if we're protecting our kids too much. Now, there is no Danish Health and Safety, it does not exist for Vikings.
We have this family catchphrase of, You can have a sore, well it's your fall.
We'll explore research -backed strategies moms and dads can use to achieve more joy and less stress while raising the next generation.
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I'm Nova. And I'm Molly.
So far, we've learned that bruises are kind of like cuts underneath our skin.
Blood gets stuck there and changes color as it loses its oxygen and breaks down.
It looks like Mark is still rehearsing for his bruisecle the musical song.
and he's locked us out of the Hall of Curtains and Chairs?
Well, I guess a true artist needs his privacy.
Well, there is another listener question.
Let's check it out.
Hi, my name is E from Caring, North Carolina, and my question is, how do Band -Aids help your booboo heal?
That's a great question.
And I've also wondered, why do Band -Aids stop cuts from stinging.
Very interesting. Yeah, and I've heard that you need to let cuts breathe, so you shouldn't leave band -aids on all the time.
Is that even true? I wonder that too.
We have a lot of questions about band -aids and how cuts heal, so we've invited pediatrician Dr. Chase Shutak to the studio today.
Hi, Dr. Shutak. Hi, Nova.
Hi, Molly. We have some questions for you.
First, how do band -aids help you heal?
Band -aids primarily help you heal by protecting your cut from an infection and irritation.
The Band -Aid prevents bacteria that can cause infections from getting into your cut.
It also prevents the cut from being rubbed or touched, which can disrupt the healing process.
If you get the Band -Aid on really quickly, before the bleeding has fully stopped, it can help with the first stage of healing, where the bleeding stops.
The Band -Aid does this by applying pressure to the cut.
As well, our body actually heals faster if there's a moist or slightly wet environment surrounding the cut.
So if you use a band aid with an ointment, like an antibiotic cream or moisturizer, the body will heal faster.
Whoa. Cool. You said cuts heal better in like a wet environment.
Is that like water, like any kind of wet?
So not any kind of wet.
If it is very wet, that will not help the healing either.
it needs to be a little wet, what we like to call moist. So that's why we put antibiotic ointment on or Vaseline or some other moisturizer.
Gotcha, and so like when I take my band -aid off my finger and it's a kind of all like pruney underneath, is that probably just cause like I washed my hands and it like water got underneath or why is that happening?
Right, it's because you've trapped some moisture under the band -aid and so it's pruney because you've kept that moisture in there.
And while the moisture helps the healing process, it also causes that pruning up.
And if you left that for many days, it can affect the healing process.
Do cuts really need to breathe?
So no, cuts do not need to breathe.
The second and third stages of healing, the inflammation stage where old body cells and bacteria are removed and the proliferation stage where New body cells are made actually occur faster in moist or slightly wet environments Allowing a cut to breathe does help your body to make a scab faster but cuts that have scabs actually take longer to fully heal if You do have a scab though.
You should not pick it scabs are like nature's band -aids Yeah, we all do And that, okay.
You kind of blew my mind when you said that you don't actually need to have a scab for the cut to heal.
Yeah. Tell me more about that.
Right, so the band -aid can bypass the scab part because we're creating essentially an artificial scab with the band -aid.
And so you can have all of the healing process occurring and be protected from the outside, be protected from infection with the band -aid without the scab.
Gotcha, so the scab is not a necessary part of the healing.
It's there to protect what's happening underneath.
Yes, exactly. Gotcha.
So if the Band -Aid's protecting it, your body's like, I don't need to grow a scab, thank you so much. Yes, and you'll form the new skin cells and the new blood vessels faster.
Fascinating. That's so cool.
Awesome. What else should we know about how to help our bodies heal?
Most importantly, always make sure to wash any cuts you get.
Washing cuts with soap and water helps to clear out any bacteria that could cause an infection.
Okay, good to know!
Very cool. Why do band -aids stop it from stinging?
So, band -aids help to kind of keep the skin in place.
And so, because the skin isn't moving around as much, it's not getting irritated.
And so, if it's not getting irritated, if you're not getting that new feeling from all the movement, it doesn't sting quite as much. As well, there are two parts to pain.
There's the physical part and the mental part.
All pain has both of those parts.
The physical part is kind of the reactions that are happening in our body, the nerves, the inflammation, all of that.
The mental part is in our mind, and there are things we can do that help decrease the mental part but aren't actually doing anything for the physical So sometimes, putting a band aid on just makes you feel better because you did something.
Cool. Thanks, Dr. Schutek.
You're welcome. So, band aids help protect cuts by keeping out dirt and germs that could cause infections, and that helps your body heal.
But let's rip off the band aid and see what's happening after that initial burst of healing.
We open on the black emptiness of space.
The title crawl reads Scar Wars, the skinpire strikes back.
Hello, Sandin. Let me guess.
Are you also making a musical based on some kind of injury?
What? No, of course not.
Don't be absurd. Oh, OK, we just assume since Mark was - I'm making an entire movie franchise based on some kind of injury.
Yeah, I got inspired after Ansel sent this question.
Hi, my name is Ansel, and I'm from Salt Lake City.
My question is, what makes scars form on our bodies?
It seemed like the perfect subject for my epic film, Scar Wars, part 2.
It's a sequel. Was there a part 1?
Of course not. If I'm going to establish this as the next big movie franchise, I gotta get right to the good stuff.
And sequels are always better than the original.
Are they, though? Dubious.
The movie begins with?
In a body far, far away, there was some skin dealing with a major calamity, a super deep paper cut.
Ow, ouchy. As the cut begins to heal, the body sends in special cells, cells called fibroblasts.
Fibroblasts help repair sliced skin by connecting the two sides of a cut together.
And the bravest of all fibroblasts This is our hero, Luke Scabwalker!
Wow, what a tear. I've never seen anything like it.
But no time for scab gazing.
I'd better get to work.
Luke and the other fibroblast cells use a special power to fix the cut.
Let me guess, is it the force?
Even cooler. They make something called collagen.
Oh yeah, collagen. That's a protein you find all over the body, in skin, hair, bones, nails and more.
Yeah, it's really important and does a lot, it helps make bones strong and make skin stretchy.
Exactly, and when your body fixes a deep cut or scrape, it uses collagen to fill in the areas of torn skin.
So, back to the movie.
Luke Scabwalker and his fibroblast friends are there in the wound, making these big long strings of stretchy material called collagen.
It's helping to fill in the gap created by the cut, but they're laying the collagen in a unique way.
Okay, fibroblast, I know in typical uninjured skin, collagen is kind of woven like a web or a basket, but this is scar wars and we have to work fast. So, we're going to lay our collagen in straight lines.
You got that, everybody?
Roger. That's Gab Walker.
Straight lines of collagen.
Copy, loud and clear.
Awesome work, team!
This cut was no match for fibroblasts.
Wait, so, why did fibroblasts make collagen in the same direction after a cut?
Well, we're not really sure why, but that's part of what makes a scar, a scar.
So picture like a pack of uncooked spaghetti.
You know how all the spaghetti is kind of lined up in a neat row?
Collagen in a scar is like that.
Now in uninjured skin, it's more like a tangle mesh of cooked spaghetti, you know, like all the noodles crisscrossing in kind of a web.
So is that why scars look different from the skin around them?
Yeah, that's part of it.
The new skin also doesn't have things like hairs or sweat glands anymore either.
But not all cuts will leave a scar.
If you just injured the very top layer of your skin, you probably won't have a scar souvenir.
Well, I gotta say, Scar Wars sounds pretty cool.
Yeah, seems like a great and totally original idea that certainly won't have any copyright issues.
None whatsoever. Now, I gotta go start working on the next movie, Scar Wars 3, Revenge of the Zits.
See you, Molly. See you, Nova.
Later! Bye, Sandin!
Brains mod, mod, mod.
Looks like Mark and the band are ready to give us a sneak peek of Brewsicle, the Musical.
I do love a show tune.
We're all ears, buddy.
OK. At this point in the show, the stage is pitch black.
I'm moving around in the dark, and oof!
Not again. I should have never rearranged the furniture in my room!
I keep running into stuff and I'm covered in these awful bruises!
And then... Spotlight!
I bumped into my couch today.
I bruised my left shin.
Matching knocks on both my knees Man, I just can't win But what if my bruise is like artwork changing under my skin?
Does that make me a blank canvas for my hemoglobin?
I am a rainbow of bruises, blue, green and yellow I am a rainbow of bruises, head on legs elbow I am a rainbow, I am a rainbow, I am a rainbow music Let's break down the proteins and paint with Billy Ruben Goodbye my friend until I bruise again I look forward to healing I am a rainbow of bruises Blue, green, and yellow I am a rainbow of bruises Head, arms, legs, elbow I am a rainbow of bruises Blue, green, and yellow I am a rainbow of bruises Head, arms, legs, elbow I am a rainbow I am a rainbow I am a rainbow, oh, oh, oh.
I am a rainbow. Wow, Mark, you've made me a bruised believer.
This show is going to be epic.
You are a rainbow. That was so beautiful.
Aw, thanks you two.
I could have never done it without my soon to be patented honey tea headband.
Mm, my favorite, hibiscus boba tea.
I am a rainbow with bruises… blue, green, and yellow.
Bruises happen when we get a bump and blood gets trapped underneath our skin.
They usually start out dark blue or purple, but as the hemoglobin in our blood breaks down they change to green and yellow.
Band -Aids help cuts heal by protecting them from irritation and infection.
And your body repairs deep wounds with a special protein called collagen.
But that collagen is in a different pattern from the collagen in the rest of your skin.
That's what makes a scar.
That's it for this episode of Brainzon.
This episode was written by Mark Sanchez, Sandan Totten and me, Molly Bloom.
It was edited by Shayla Farzan.
We had engineering help from Josh Savagel and Joe Gangemi with sound design by Rachel Breathe and fact checking by Rebecca Rand.
Original theme music by Mark Sanchez.
We had production help from the rest of the Brainzone Universe team.
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Okay. Nova, are you ready to listen to that mystery sound again?
Yeah. All right. Here it is.
All right, last time you had a very specific and immediate guess which was a dog eating kibble.
Do you stick with that answer?
Or do you have a new thought?
I mean, okay, so at first I felt like cereal because it just sounded like that, but it's too wet to be a human.
So I still think it's a dog eating kibbles.
Do you have a dog? No, but I've lived with dogs multiple times in my life, so.
Gotcha. Okay, so you've heard a dog eating before and you're like, that is a dog.
Yeah. I love it. All right.
Let's hear the answer.
Hi, my name is Beau.
My name is Teddy. And we're from Papamoa, New Zealand.
That was the sound of our dog eating kibble.
Oh. I got it. I never get them right.
You got it. Not only did you get it right, you got it like exactly right.
You said kibble, they said kibble.
I'm so impressed. Holy cow.
Woohoo. If you had to pick a time to get it right, I'm glad it was today, you know?
Yeah. This one's for all the cute puppies that you've lived with because of them.
So cute. You were able to get it.
Tell me one of the dog's names that you've lived with.
Um, Sheba. Sheba. This one's for Sheba?
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Let's face it modern parenting is tough, but to raise happier and healthier kids parents need to focus on their well -being too.
I'm Dr. Laurie Santos and in the new season of my podcast The Happiness Lab I'll be looking at happier parenting.
We'll tackle many of the challenges facing modern parents, from loneliness...
Parents struggle with loneliness at a higher rate than adults who aren't parents.
To struggles over screen time and technology.
So then just because my kid's upset they get to watch another show?
No! No! I'll also be asking if we're protecting our kids too much. Now there is no Danish health and safety, it does not exist for Vikings.
We have the family catchphrase, if you can have a sore, what's your fall?
We'll explore research -backed strategies moms and dads can use to achieve more joy and less stress while raising the next generation.
What do you do for kids who have these behavioral addictions?
Do you work on getting the fundamentals right?
Do you work on exercise, nutrition, sleep?
Do you go for the addiction first?
Like what do you do?
Listen to The Happiness Lab on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
