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Up to 40% of people experience some form of flight anxiety, but how we feel it, express it, and cope with it is shaped by culture. In Episode 25, host Melissa explores the fear of flying through a global lens: the statistics, the science, personal space dynamics in aircraft cabins, cultural differences in anxiety and behavior at 35,000 feet, and the surprising roster of celebrities who won’t board a plane at all. Equal parts data and storytelling, this one’s for every nervous flyer who’s ever gripped an armrest and pretended they were fine.