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World Service,10 May 2013,17 mins

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Disgust is something that we all experience, but what purpose does it serve? And what role does it play in our moral judgements? Mike Williams speaks to the 鈥榙isgustologist鈥 Val Curtis about how revulsion protects us from disease and learns how disgust can be used 鈥 and abused - as a political weapon. He tests the limits of his own disgust, finds out what it鈥檚 like to be the object of someone else鈥檚 disgust and explores the idea that there is 鈥渨isdom in repugnance鈥 with philosopher Steve Clarke. (Image of actor and comedian Frankie Howerd tasting his own cooking at home. Credit: Getty Images)

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