Rowan Hooper

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1,427 appearances 18 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 3d ago

Rowan Hooper’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 18 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 7.

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The World, the Universe and Us · The Mystery of Childbirth Is Finally Being Unravelled · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

has control over this key part of the meshing between the fetus and the mother. voice-verified

And so the placenta literally burrows into the mother's tissues and tries to, you know, increases the size of the blood vessels so more blood comes voice-verified

It secretes insulin so that the mother is forced to make her blood more sugary, which the fetus wants, and that can happen. voice-verified

bad consequences. voice-verified

yeah. voice-verified

Yeah, gestational diabetes. voice-verified

So yeah, there is this extraordinary tug of war. voice-verified

some voice-verified

Do people still consume the placenta? voice-verified

I mean, I know in some cultures they do. voice-verified

And I did consider it voice-verified

Really? voice-verified

Oh, yeah. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Because I've not eaten meat for decades. voice-verified

Right. voice-verified

And I thought eating the placenta would be my only chance really to ethically eat meat. voice-verified

came out? voice-verified

Well, that's what instantly put me. voice-verified

no. voice-verified

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