Stephen Dubner

Disgust doesn't exist in a vacuum. It has ramifications.

Disgust doesn't exist in a vacuum. It has ramifications.

Disgust doesn't exist in a vacuum. It has ramifications.

That is the other scholar of disgust we'll be hearing from today. I'm Professor Val Curtis. I'm a disgustologist. In Curtis's case, that means a background in engineering, public health, and evolutionary anthropology.

That is the other scholar of disgust we'll be hearing from today. I'm Professor Val Curtis. I'm a disgustologist. In Curtis's case, that means a background in engineering, public health, and evolutionary anthropology.

That is the other scholar of disgust we'll be hearing from today. I'm Professor Val Curtis. I'm a disgustologist. In Curtis's case, that means a background in engineering, public health, and evolutionary anthropology.

How does one become a disgustologist and is that a large field?

How does one become a disgustologist and is that a large field?

How does one become a disgustologist and is that a large field?

So those are the categories of things that generate disgust. What about our responses? We'll start with the physical ones. The first is called the disgust face.

So those are the categories of things that generate disgust. What about our responses? We'll start with the physical ones. The first is called the disgust face.

So those are the categories of things that generate disgust. What about our responses? We'll start with the physical ones. The first is called the disgust face.

And then there are the verbal expressions of disgust.

And then there are the verbal expressions of disgust.

And then there are the verbal expressions of disgust.

So you're saying that that ych or blech or whatever is literally a pre-vomit sound, yes?

So you're saying that that ych or blech or whatever is literally a pre-vomit sound, yes?

So you're saying that that ych or blech or whatever is literally a pre-vomit sound, yes?

But beyond the physical expressions of disgust, there is an emotional component, which goes beyond the things we put in our mouths.

But beyond the physical expressions of disgust, there is an emotional component, which goes beyond the things we put in our mouths.