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Exchange Exemplar: Who Really Runs The Body? Hormones

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Maybe you heard that old joke about the organs arguing over who should be the boss of the body. The version we heard did not include hormones, but it clearly should have.

Because those chemicals do amazing things in keeping the body running, and running smoothly. Medical journalist Randi Hutter Epstein takes us deep into the subject matter in her book Aroused: The History of Hormones and How They Control Just About Everything.

We return to our interview from 2018 here.

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The Jefferson Exchange is Jefferson Public Radio's daily news program focused on issues, people and events across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Angela Decker is the program's senior producer, Charlie Zimmermann is the assistant producer, and Geoffrey Riley hosts the show.