What‘s All the Phallus About?

Wild Connection

English - September 19, 2021 15:56 - 38 minutes - 52.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratings
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Hi Everyone! Welcome back. We’ve been on a bit of a break here at Wild Connection: The Podcast but we are back and this is the start of Season 2. And to kick things off we are talking penises, personality, and well maybe even penises with personality. This week's guest guiding us through these fascinating topics is Associate Professor J Matt Hoch of Nova Southeastern University.

I was recently in Iceland, a place I love for the nature, the people, and the cultural history. When in Iceland something you might notice is that there are a lot of museums. Tiny one dedicated to roses and large ones like the Reykjavík Art Museum. And then there is the Phallological Museum in Reykjavik that JMatt and I were discussing. Foro two evolutionary biologists you can imagine the thrill and fascination but I would encourage everyone, if you visit Iceland to explore this gem of a museum. I’ve got the website up in the show notes. They are committed, even serving waffles in the shape of penises. For a mere 20$ you will get a lesson in evolution and have fun shopping the gift store. Then as you head out around the country you will notice that the phallus appears naturally in rock formation and artificially in human constructed monuments. Like the Amazon symbol once you start seeing it, you can’t unsee it and it is everywhere. Here are a few examples:

The Phallological Museum is definitely worth a visit and you can check them out here:

https://phallus.is/en/

If you want to keep up with Dr. Hoch you can See the exciting work his lab is doing at https://honors.nova.edu/faculty/jeffrey-hoch.html and follow him on Instagram @Jmatthoch

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