784: Hockey Heroines, Sarah’s Closet, & Stanley Tumblers

Sarah shares the science on puberty and the reasons people are experiencing it earlier. We hear how Billie Jean King intervened in women’s hockey and helped it succeed. Sarah discusses the popularity of Stanley tumblers and how they became the “must have” items for women, but Susie reveals how despite women being the engine behind…

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783: Participation Trophies, Naming Apartments, & Gendered Hobbies

It’s Sarah’s birthday month and she wants you to know about it, but not think of her as one of those ‘birthday month” kind of gals. We discuss the Subject documentary, which chronicles the consequences and benefits of appearing in a documentary, and we debate whether documentary subjects should be paid or not. We learn…

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782: Method Acting, Calm Down, & Garbage Stars

Sarah is keeping her 2024 resolution of stretching, but she doesn’t want you to get any ideas, she is not going to be doing “the splits” or even a split for that matter. That would be too much of a good thing. We are wound up about method actors and the fact that it is…

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781: Cryptic Code, Newton’s Scandal, & Love Darts

Sarah is still a heckler magnet, and she had to endure another one again. We debate the virtues of crowd work comedians vs. traditional sets. Susie talks about a documentary that features a child predator who admits their crimes. We discuss why these people often don’t admit the harm they do to others. A silk…

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780: Swim-spiration, Tetris Champ, & Steamboat Willy

Sarah is all worked up over a movie she watched that made her want to take on the world and beat her boyfriend in a swimming competition. But it made us wonder what makes one person’s persistence in sports inspiring and another person’s doggedness seem like an addiction. We are starting to think Chat-GPT might…

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779: Wonderful Things, Hell Camp, & Party Animals

We find out how Sarah’s “stretching” theme is going so far, and Susie annouces her 2024 theme at long last, and it’s a goodie! We learn how Sarah provided the opportunity for Susie to test the theme for the first time. We discuss the “reform” camps people were sending their delinquent children to in the…

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778: Pleasure, Wildflowers, & No Boys Allowed

Sarah explains the difference between pleasure and enjoyment and why she’s hoping for way more of the latter this year. Sarah has inexplicably started using baby language and Susie thinks she needs a pet–cat lady coming through. We discuss the benefits and downfalls of “gendered” spaces and whether there is a need for a male…

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777: One Hit Wonder, NASA’s Worm, & The Dingo Took My Baby

Susie is still deciding on her 2024 theme, but she does have some goals picked, and they are hilarious. Let’s just say she is doing some serious research about one hit wonders, and has some big musical plans. We discuss the cultural phenomenon of the “dingo took my baby,” where it came from, and what…

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776: Sexy Gorilla, Vibe Pope, & Family Beanstalks

Zoos are at it again, and this time it’s a “sexy” gorilla causing a stir. Allegedly, this gorilla is so darn handsome that zoo admissions have skyrocketed, but we aren’t so sure it’s just ladies that are flocking to see him. We learn the definition of a “vibe pope” and Sarah explains why she thinks…

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775: Stretching, Years Young, & Wheel Win

Happy New Year, Brainiacs! We’re excited for 2024, and we’re demanding the universe not pull any punches. We discuss our goals for the year and why Susie is still unsure about her theme. Hear why your chronological age doesn’t match the age you feel in your head, and why we always long for what we…

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