Illustrated Podnotes - Modern Wisdom - The Science of How Smell Works

I follow the Modern Wisdom podcast put out every week by Chris Williamson.

I’ve found a lot of the content to be informative and useful, so I decided to start doing some Illustrated Podnotes to go with some of the episodes.

This one features Harold McGee talking about how the science of smell works.

Here is the intro that appeared with the podcast:

Harold McGee is an author and food expert.

Our sense of smell sits at the front of our daily experience and yet our understanding of what smells are and how they're processed is almost non existent.

Expect to learn why smell may be the oldest of our senses, how our brains combine what hits our nose to create sensations, whether smell will be the new frontier for the entertainment industry, what an opera singer smells like and much more...

Of course given the theme it gave me the perfect excuse to draw some Bloodhounds. They’re a very charismatic and naturally cartoony breed, so it was a lot of fun making them the recurring characters through the podnotes.

I enjoyed drawing the Bloodhounds so much that I’ll think I’ll put together a future article on how to draw them.

Illustrated Podnotes coming soon:

Joel Jamieson - An Expert Guide To Heart Rate Variability and How To Improve It

Noreena Hertz - Is There A Loneliness Epidemic?

Richard Meadows - Optionality: How To Make Your Own Luck