A Look at Blood from Many Perspectives

This is a link to a recent Radio Lab podcast that examines our cultural obsession with blood from various angles: medical, cultural, historical and artistic. 

There are segments about the economics  of blood banks, the use of blood for special effects in movies, visual art made with HIV positive blood and the science of injecting young blood into old animals. 

Radiolab defines itself on its website as “a show about curiosity. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience.” If you like this podcast the site contains many more episodes about contemporary topics in science and culture. - Devon