Podcast Hack
What Is Hanger?By What's Up Docs?, Chris Van Tulleken, Xand Van Tulleken, Viren Swami

In a Nutshell

On this April 2025 episode of the What's Up Docs? podcast, hosts Chris and Xand Van Tulleken interview social psychology professor Viren Swami about 'hanger,' whether it is real, and how being 'hangry' impacts our emotional state.

Favorite Quote

A lot of time, we don't recognize that we are being angry, and we may not recognize that anything is different. Until someone places that label on us, to say that there's something that's not quite right about you, you don't necessarily process those emotions.

Viren Swami

Introduction

'Hanger' is a term coined to describe the experience of being so hungry that you become angry.

According to Viren Swami, Professor of Social Psychology at Anglia Ruskin University, hanger is real, and she unpacks its biology on this April 2025 episode of the What's Up Docs? podcast.

What's Up Docs? is a BBC Radio 4 podcast hosted by doctors, TV presenters, and identical twins Chris and Xand Van Tulleken. It aims to help listeners navigate the complicated world of health and wellbeing.

Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack

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‘Hanger’ is real, but it doesn’t happen every time you are hungry
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