631: Pain Tunnels, Celibacy, & Dick Hieroglyphics

Today we hear why Sarah loves climbing mountains when she is not on television only, and she describes how she gets through “pain tunnels” during physical exertion. We hear about a study that shows Tibetan monks might provide the answers on the genetics of celibacy. Susie reveals why she is pissed at Sarah, and let’s…

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630: Sandwich Architecture, Medieval Times, & Sex Negative

Hear about a documentary Susie watched that made her wonder if she is ableist. The film also made Susie and Sarah have their third fight about the proper way to build a sandwich. We discuss certain common phrases that might be offensive, but we aren’t sure. We learn about a unionization effort of Medieval Times’s…

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629: Croakies, Reverse Deja Vu, & Tetris Trauma

Hear lots of bad news on today’s show! But also laugh along with Susie who is apparently losing her mind. We somehow have a long conversation about Croakies, the sunglass strap that really made a fashion splash in the 80s and 90s. Sarah explains the opposite of deja vu, jamais vu, which is when you…

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628: Men Are The Worst, Smile Influencer, & Love Curious

Hear Susie talk about how she’s had it up to HERE with men. She says that it’s hard to find out for sure that you’re seen as not a fully formed person, and all the evidence points to men being the problem. Her thoughts were reinforced watching Leave No Trace about the sexual abuse of…

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627: Testosterone Babies, T-Rex High Fives, & Thought Worms

Susie is trying to convince Sarah to convert to Judaism. Sarah found out about a 2-year-old who is going through puberty because he had contact with his dad’s medication. We learn whether emotions caused by music are the same throughout the world and we look at a map of music emotions. We learn a new…

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626: Sarah’s Scars, Inherited Trauma, & Rap Pioneers

Sarah’s talking about her superpower for seeing colors again, and how she really just loves being good at something. Anything! Susie wants to hear about Sarah’s camping adventures. We learn about a seafood restaurant at the bottom of the ocean and why Sarah has a fear of rotating restaurants. Susie makes Sarah reach down into…

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625: Mean Streets, Challenge Cleaners, & Superworms

Today we discuss the Real World Brooklyn a little bit and why Sarah came across as a worldy, older gal who had seen some shit. Sarah reveals how she was recently recognized in her own home when a man came to clean her house from the dust mites. We learn about superworms that can eat…

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624: Keep Sweet, Crop Circles, & Anthony Bourdain Scandal

Susie is under the weather and explains why she couldn’t hear out of one ear for four days. She describes the Keep Sweet documentary series and how the fundamentalist cult manipulated the women and girls. And Susie thinks Mormons are probably getting sick of all the media coverage lately. We debate crop circles and Sarah…

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623: Human Meatball, Bees are Fish, & Pet Food

Susie describes her trip to the OB-GYN, and why she had to discuss The Challenge during her Pap Smear. We hear about a study that claims men don’t destress from hugs, and we debate why that might be. Sarah tells us what would happen if you pureed all the people of the world and made…

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622: Future Illusions, Political Brain, & Inspirational Music

[Note: episode includes discussion on suicide] Sarah went “out out” and got “drunk drunk,” so we get to hear about that. She also found out she loves dad jokes, which is only surprising to her. The rest of us have known that for a long time. Susie watched a documentary about Brian Wilson, and she…

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