"The Milk Episode" with Jenny S.

It’s the season finale of the first season of TGKC!

If you think about it, milk is a terrifying concept. Really ruminate upon it. We’ve normalised it so much in our dairy aisles, but it's a mammalian bodily secretion. Milk and its derivatives are in our food everywhere, and it’s a staple in most cultures (haha dairy joke). Why have humans decided to take the milk from other animals? Why have we continued to consume it past infancy when most adults don’t possess the ability to digest it? One more question, what if we take the milking stage between animal to human and just remove it entirely?

This week, we have our very first guest: Jenny S! She’s an assistant writer/researcher to TGKC, Cher’s childhood friend, and avid lover of milk. She drinks it neat on the streets of Oxford.

Cher’s advice of the day: “Be wary of milk or you could get the shits.”

Sources for this episode:

Lactose intolerance:

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/digestive-diseases/lactose-intolerance/definition-facts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_cream

Human-animal breastfeeding:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human–animal_breastfeeding

Carl von Linné and Lindberg, F. (1752). Nutrix noverca.

Schiebinger, Londa L. (1993). Nature's Body: Gender In The Making Of Modern Science. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813535319.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/model-breastfeeding-a-puppy-calendar-has-dog-lovers-feeling-hot-under-collar-28578873.html

We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode of The Gifted Kid Complex! This episode is hosted by the creator of the show, Cher C. (UCL Philosophy) and presented with Jenny S. (Oxford Philosophy and French) and Teia C. (Oxford History), who hosts every other episode.

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CREATOR/DIRECTOR, PRODUCER: Cher C.

CO-HOSTS, PRIMARY WRITER/RESEARCHERS: Cher C. and Teia C.

PRIMARY EDITOR: Cher C., SECONDARY EDITOR: Teia C.

AUDIO ENGINEER: Teia C.

ASSISTANT WRITER/RESEARCHERS, TRANSCRIBERS: Alex E., Delaney L., Isaiah H., Jenny S., Lucas H.