How well do you know your insides? Ever wondered why you have an appendix or how your ears work out the source of a sound?

Discover the strange and surprising human body in Body Pods, a series of 12 podcasts by artists and scientists, each one exploring a different part of your body. 

This month listen to:

The Eye
By Silvia Mercuriali and Dominic ffytche
With original music by Tommaso Perego
Additional voice Paul Watts

The Eye has been made by artist Silvia Mercuriali and Dominic ffytche, Clinical Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London. Please use headphones to listen to this podcast. You will need to have access to a mirror. You will be asked to look at the strongest source of light around you. Please do not stare at the sun, as this may damage your eyes. 

You can also listen to the first four podcasts in the series - The Ear by David Rosenberg and David McAlpine and The Heart by Francesca Beard and Dave Hildick-Smith, The Hand by Gemma Brockis, an artist based in London, and co-founder of Shunt, and Tilli Tansey, Professor of the History of Modern Medical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London; and The Brain by Deborah Pearson, artist and co-founder of Forest Fringe, and Paul Broks, Neuropsychologist at Plymouth University and author of Into the Silent Land, as well as watching videos of them talking about their collaborations.  

The podcasts are best listened to with headphones. 

Download the podcasts here, subscibe to the series through iTunes or SoundCloud and look out for our listening stations, touring theatres, hospitals and universities throughout the year.

This month the listening stations are at BAC, BARTS, Warwick Arts Centre, Roundhouse, and Tobacco Factory, Bristol before going on tour with Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker.

Also released as the Guardian Culture Podcast each month, and on theTime Out website.

Funded by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award. 
Recording and Editing by Alex Mee. Films by Fergus Dingle. Images by Leopold.
Series Image: Annie Cavanagh, Wellcome Images
Ear Image: Wellcome Library, Wellcome Images
Heart Image: Gordon Museum, Wellcome Images
Hand Image: Wellcome Library, Wellcome Images
Brain Image: Spike Walker, Wellcome Images Library
Eye Image: Katie Whiteley, Wellcome Images Library