Why can’t I tell my left from my right?

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Listener Piper called us up with this question, “Why do some people have a harder time than others distinguishing their left and right?” When our friends at the Vox podcast Unexplainable heard it they were so intrigued that they created a whole game show around it and invited our very own Explain It to Me host Jonquilyn Hill to play along. Why do some people struggle to tell their left from their right? What makes someone a lefty? And why does life have this weird rule about only having either left- or right-handed molecules? Check out Unexplainable wherever you get your podcasts. If you have a question — something you’d like us to explain to you — give us a call at 1-800-618-8545. You can also send us your question here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.0	Why do some people have a harder time than others distinguishing their left and bright?
1:15.4	Hey y'all, it's John Kwan.
1:18.0	A few weeks ago, my colleagues asked me to be a guest on their podcast, which was very exciting to me because I really love their show.
1:27.1	Unexplainable is all about exploring the
1:29.4	questions that we can't really answer, at least the ones we can't answer yet. A really cool
1:35.4	thing they do every now and then is an episode where they invite a guest and ask them to
1:39.9	weigh in on some mysteries. Now, normally the guest is like
1:44.2	Wyatt Snack or Pablo Tore
1:46.1	but this time,
1:48.2	they had me come on.
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