{"id":9998,"date":"2026-07-10T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/the-holy-shiver\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:00:00","slug":"the-holy-shiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handoli.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/the-holy-shiver\/","title":{"rendered":"The Holy Shiver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lauren Brown gets goosebumps. A lot. Sometimes several times a day. When her partner, writer Carmen Maria Machado, noticed it&#8230;she couldn&#8217;t stop thinking about it. Why does she get them in so many different situations? What\u2019s happening in her body and what does it mean? We take that question and run with it. We face chilly winds, sudden frights, and moments when the world seem to shift under your feet to figure out what the little bumps on our skin might be trying to tell us.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Special thanks to Rachel Gross, Gregory Rupik<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>EPISODE CREDITS:<\/strong><br \/>\n Reported by Maria Paz Gutierrez<br \/>\n Produced by Maria Paz Gutierrez, Sindhu Gnanasambandan<br \/>\n Fact-checking by Angely Mercado<\/p>\n<p><strong>EPISODE CITATIONS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Institute for Advanced Consciousne<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.advancedconsciousness.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.advancedconsciousness.org<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ss Studies<\/a> (advancedconsciousness.org) &#8211; If you want to check out more of the work Felix and Nicco are conducting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Software &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rewire.bio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rewire website<\/a> (https:\/\/rewire.bio) &#8211; Check out Felix and Nicco&#8217;s Holy Shiver generator and signup for early access to their app.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Videos &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zpr.io\/PcYbN\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hallelujah<\/a> (https:\/\/zpr.io\/6ak2f), performed by Rufus Wainwright, accompanied by 1500 singers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WGPUJMke1kk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">De Ushuaia a La Quiaca<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/zpr.io\/PcYbN\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/zpr.io\/PcYbN<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CVmCfiFjoVE&amp;t=307s\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alysa Liu wins the Olympic gold medal for the United States<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/zpr.io\/Q7pPNkYSTGVd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/zpr.io\/Q7pPNkYSTGVd<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Books &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carmenmariamachado.com\/her-body-and-other-parties\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Her Body and Other Parties<\/i><\/a>, by Carmen Maria Machado<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonnietsui.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters<\/i><\/a>,\u00a0 by Bonnie Tsui (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonnietsui.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.bonnietsui.com\/<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Sign up for our newsletter!! 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