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Latif Nasser: 本节目讲述了Patrick Burleigh早熟青春期的故事，探讨了青春期对个体的影响以及如何塑造我们成为成年人。节目中穿插了事实核查员Diane Kelly的工作，强调了事实核查的重要性。 Lulu Miller: Patrick的故事极端，但具有代表性，引发了对青春期尴尬和痛苦的反思，以及青春期对成年人形成的影响。 Patrick Burleigh: 讲述了自己从幼儿时期就经历早熟青春期，包括身体和心理上的痛苦，以及在成长过程中遇到的挑战，例如被欺凌、与父亲关系的疏离、以及吸毒等不良行为。他分享了在NIH接受治疗的经历，以及药物治疗对他的影响。他描述了在青春期后期，他如何逐渐适应社会，并最终进入大学学习。 Ellen Leschek: 作为儿科内分泌学家，她解释了正常青春期的生理机制，以及Patrick所患的睾毒症的病理机制。 Robert Sapolsky: 作为神经科学家，他解释了大脑前额叶皮质发育不成熟与青春期行为之间的关系，以及这种发育不成熟的原因。 Diane Kelly: 作为事实核查员，她分享了自己在事实核查过程中遇到的挑战和趣事，强调了事实核查对保证节目准确性的重要性。 Meredith Brower: 作为Patrick的妻子，她分享了他们尝试生育时面临的挑战，以及他们最终决定不进行胚胎筛查的经过。 Latif Nasser: 本节目通过Patrick Burleigh的早熟青春期故事，探讨了青春期对个体的影响以及如何塑造我们成为成年人。节目中穿插了事实核查员Diane Kelly的工作，强调了事实核查的重要性。 Lulu Miller: Patrick的故事极端，但具有代表性，引发了对青春期尴尬和痛苦的反思，以及青春期对成年人形成的影响。 Patrick Burleigh: 讲述了自己从幼儿时期就经历早熟青春期，包括身体和心理上的痛苦，以及在成长过程中遇到的挑战，例如被欺凌、与父亲关系的疏离、以及吸毒等不良行为。他分享了在NIH接受治疗的经历，以及药物治疗对他的影响。他描述了在青春期后期，他如何逐渐适应社会，并最终进入大学学习。 Ellen Leschek: 作为儿科内分泌学家，她解释了正常青春期的生理机制，以及Patrick所患的睾毒症的病理机制。 Robert Sapolsky: 作为神经科学家，他解释了大脑前额叶皮质发育不成熟与青春期行为之间的关系，以及这种发育不成熟的原因。 Diane Kelly: 作为事实核查员，她分享了自己在事实核查过程中遇到的挑战和趣事，强调了事实核查对保证节目准确性的重要性。 Meredith Brower: 作为Patrick的妻子，她分享了他们尝试生育时面临的挑战，以及他们最终决定不进行胚胎筛查的经过。

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Could puberty get any more awkward? Turns out, yes. Writer Patrick Burleigh started going through puberty as a toddler. He had pubic hair before he was two years old and a mustache by middle school. All of this was thanks to a rare genetic mutation that causes testotoxicosis, also known as precocious puberty. From the moment he was born, abnormally high levels of testosterone coursed through his body, just as it had in his father’s body, his grandfather’s body, and his great-grandfather’s body. On this week’s episode, Patrick’s premature coming of age story helps us understand just why puberty is so awkward for all of us, and whether and how it helps forge us into the adults we all become.

Special thanks to Craig Cox, Nick Burleigh, and Alyssa Voss at the NIH.

EPISODE CREDITS:

Reported by - Latif Nasserwith help from - Kelsey Padgett, Ekedi Fausther-Keeys, and Alyssa Jeong PerryProduced by - Pat Walters, Alex Neason, and Alyssa Jeong Perry with help from - Ekedi Fausther-Keyes and Matt Kieltywith mixing help from - Arianne WackFact-checking by - Diane A. Kellyand Edited by  - Pat Walters

 

EPISODE CITATIONS:Music -  "The Light)" by Cate Le Bon & Group Listening.

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To read Patrick’s own writing about his experience with precocious puberty and to see photos of him as a child, check out his article in The Cut, “A 4-Year-Old Trapped in a Teenager’s Body”) (https://zpr.io/athKVQmtfzaN))

In her spare time, our fact checker Diane Kelly is also a comparative anatomist, and you can hear her TEDMED talk, “What We Didn’t Know about Penis Anatomy)” (https://zpr.io/MWHFTYBdubHj)) 

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