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Why do you do the things you do? Hosted by American musician and writer, Dessa, Deeply Human investigates the human experience with rigor, humor, intimate stories, and the occasional spit take. 

Assembling brilliant minds from around the world--from philosophers to anthropologists, neuroscientists to historians--you will be left with a fuller understanding of your own behavior, and a more charitable explanation of other people's too.

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Why a perfectly symmetrical face is so attractive.

Why symmetry attracts.

Our ideas of what’s beautiful are tied to symmetry. If it looks beautifully symmetrical, it’s beautiful, right? Why? What’s so compelling about faces that are the same on both sides on that nose in the middle?

So to study symmetry we dive into the world of asymmetry – where things are different! And we introduce you to a professor who studies right- and left-handedness, a graphic designer who explains the appeal of a bit of asymmetry and a woman who grew up with a distinctly asymmetrical face – and who ended up in a very surprising profession as a result.

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