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It’s the end of 2024, and Sarah and Nancy wonder if two recent media phenomena represent a paradigm shift in two areas: porn and the collective consciousness. On one side: “I’m Lily Phillips, and today I’m getting run through by a hundred guys.” On the other side: “This groundbreaking series challenges everything we think we know about communication and the human mind, inviting viewers to step into a reality where the impossible is not only possible but happening every day.”

Yes, we’re talking about the YouTube documentary I Slept With 100 Men in One Day and the podcast The Telepathy Tapes, exploring the potentially telepathic abilities of nonverbal autists. What do these two things have in common? Join us to find out, in a conversation that veers from unexpected sex toys to Carl Jung. Also, Nancy cries about something other than journalism.

Also discussed:

* Nancy pens a viral tweet!

* The how-to-fold-a-fitted-sheet debate

* Wait, there are drones over LA, too?

* Sarah wants Nancy to start an OnlyPans page

* The orange street cone goes into WHAT, now?

* Lily Phillips’ understatement of the year: “I don’t know if I’d recommend it”

* The arrogance of thinking we know everything about science

* When Freud and Jung parted ways …

* Babe Paley’s husband