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New Scientist recommends: Over My Dad Body and Live to 100

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

By Alice Klein

22 November 2023

Over my dad body

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As the birth of my third child approaches, I’ve become interested in vasectomy, so I was gripped by a new podcast episode on its history.

Alex Liddington-Cox (pictured), host of the Over My Dad Body (OMDB) podcast, interviewed vasectomy historian Georgia Grainger. Among her stories is the idea that vasectomies were once thought to have rejuvenating effects. Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud had one to treat his jaw cancer, while poet W. B. Yeats hoped his would cure writer’s block.

Liddington-Cox also humorously recounts his own vasectomy – and his surprise at being told to masturbate 25 times afterwards to flush out…

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