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This week Eric Wright, puppeteer and co-founder of The Puppet Kitchen joins Courtney and Jay to talk about all things puppetry and Meeting Monster, the coolest thing you never knew you needed for your next zoom call . We talk about what got Eric into puppetry and how the O'Neill National Puppetry Conference changed his life. Courtney shares a tidbit about the time she saw a ventriloquist on a cruise ship, and Jay nerds out talking about Dungeons and Dragons. We talk with Eric about living his dreams as a puppeteer in the cast of Little Shop of Horrors Off-Broadway and his dream as a puppet designer would be working with Disney to bring Fantasia to Broadway. 

We learn all about the different kinds of puppets from finger puppets to toy theater and Courtney has a moment where she fan girls over Snuffleupagus. Yeah, we know. We talk about puppets in daily life and how they aren't just for kids. Courtney needs to know if the puppets are for adults or "for adults" and we talk about Baby Yoda and Howdy Doody. As always check out our extended show notes at coiesquestions.com/puppetry and stay tuned to our instagram for a giveaway brought to you by The Puppet Kitchen. 

This week join Courtney and Jay as they discuss DNA testing and make sure you have your tin foil hat because yet again Courtney goes there. We discuss some more realistic fears with DNA sequencing companies and Jay gives a list of reasons companies like AncestryDNA and 23 & Me could be beneficial. As always check out our extended show notes at coiesquestions.com/dna

This week tune to listen to Courtney and Jay debate if Marijuana should be recreationally legalized. Jay starts the episode against it while Courtney thinks we should just make weed legal already. Jay uses some of his very unique terms when it comes to talking about drugs and we both discuss how as friends in the same high school we had very different experiences with weed and what we associated it with. Spoiler Alert neither of us used any kind of drug in high school. Courtney does point out however, that her group of friends were the ones to sell weed to Jays group of friends and while Jay wasn't aware of that fact he does make it known that he isn't surprised. Through out Jays rambles and Courtneys laughter at some of his wording we do eventually get to a pretty agreeable outcome. Listen to find out which one of us convinces the other to change their mind. As always read our extended show notes at coiesquestions.com/legalizeit

This week join us as we talk all about Aphantasia and  Courtney wonders if she has this condition as well. While Izzy explains Aphantasia to Jay he starts to feel like something is wrong with his brain because he doesn't have any issues visualizing with his minds eye. He actually has a very vivid minds eye and can even smell and taste things he imagines.  Courtney and Izzy bond over their love of Reddit, Jay tells his mom he has not forgotten about how much she hated it when he dug trenches in her rose bushes, and Courtney talks about her imaginary dog Purple that changed colors when wet. Courtney asks Izzy if she has ever had a paranormal experience, an invisible friend, or an ice cream headache and swears she really does have a point to these seemingly weird sounding questions. She also needs to know what y'all call it an ice cream headache or brain freeze. By the end of the episode Jay can finally pronounce Aphantasia. More information as always at our extended show notes at coiesquestions.com/aphantasia

This week join Courtney and Jay as they explore dark tourism. Jay struggles to understand that it isn't a "goth kid drinking apple juice out of a plastic skull" situation while Courtney explains over and over that dark tourism isn't just about going places because someone died there. It is however about visiting places associated with death and other dark events from history have unfolded.

We discuss some of the reasons people go to dark tourism sites and Jay has a hard time comprehending that many people are interested in dark tourism because they are there to learn, or to try and understand why something so awful may have happened. Some are trying to come to terms with what did happen, and others are trying to expand on history they already understand.

Jay apologizes to Norway and Montana for saying no one lives there or does anything there because it's cold, and Courtney tries not to get too annoyed at the way Jay says "tourism" and his lack of research for this episode. Learn more about Dark Tourism on our extended show notes at coiesquestions.com/darktourism

This week on the podcast join Courtney and Jay as they talk about Courtneys birthday week and Courtney gives her advice on how to rock all seven aspects of life. Jay takes the advice personally and thinks Courtney used his life as a template for what not to do. We also talk about how Courtney is mad she can't have the one thing she wants for her birthday, a hot chicken sandwich from Tin Roof Nashville while sitting at the bar there, and Jay tells her she will survive. After talking about the wtf news of the week, both of which take place in Illinois this week, we breakdown the aspects of life and the easiest way to live your best life. 

This week join us as we talk all about #FreeBritney. Courtney brings us the wtf news of the week and tells us all about how a Dr. believes in Demon Semen and Jay just can not quit understand that concept. We talk about Britney Spears famous breakdown and go in depth about what was going on with her in 2006 - 2008. Jay just doesn't understand how her dad, Jamie Spears, was able to get away with saying Britney has Dementia or basically hijack her life. We talk about how she isn't able to get her own attorney to fight the conservatorship and has been deemed not to have the capacity to hire her own attorney for the rest of the time she is a under the conservatorship. We discuss how fans always believed something else happened in 2010 and Courtney thinks that is when she found out the conservatorship wasn't going to end after her Circus tour. Courtney gets really annoyed with Jamie Spears, who she has now dubbed Lameie, and his statement that "the world don't have a clue" she feels like if you're going to be a douche bag then you should at least use proper grammar. For more information on the Free Britney Movement visit our page here. 

We will also be doing some bonus episodes digging further into the #freebritney situation so stay tuned!

Join us this week while we talk about things society is normalizing that is not ok and should not be treated as normal. Jay starts with his fact about how pedophilia is being normalized and Courtney loses her shit. Then Courtney is a little extra ranty today and defends herself for asking so many questions. Someone may or may not have hold her she asks to many questions and it's annoying right before we recorded. Courtneys wtf news talks about about a study done at Oregon State University and California gatekeeping meals. We talk all about Cancel culture, the opinion police, and how we should cancel cancel culture. We talk ghosting and how it's just not a nice thing to do to someone, not spending time with people, and being on your phone 24/7. We touch on being a workaholic and how it's ok to not be ok. Courtney asks if people are allergic to the word sorry or why it seems to be so hard for people to apologize and Jay thinks it is because people have a hard time admitting they are wrong. We talk about not allowing people to think differently and how it is hurting the world around us. Then Courtney leaves us with some fun facts this week that she remembers from school. For more information and links to do with this weeks episode click here

Make sure you have your tin foil hat this week as Jay goes in depth telling Courtney about how big brain people aka scientists have a theory where creatures can travel through dimensions. We talk about Jays inability to take a selfie, knights fighting coronavirus, and how Covid 19 is at fault for a bank robbery. Courtney tells Jay about Fionna Broome and how she coined the term the Mandela Effect and we briefly touch on markers like the colors red and blue and the letters A and E. We talk about Mandela Effect residue pertaining to Looney Tunes/Toons, The Berenstein Bears, Sex in/and the City, Febreeze, Fruit Loops and a few more. Courtney is sad that she has to use the show The Office to back her up in some of the residue but is excited to solve the mystery relating to the Monopoly Man. Jay talks about how the cornucopia was absolutely in the Fruit of the Loop logo and we talk about many of the movie lines that seem to have changed as well. Jay loves the instagram handle of our Starbucks gift card winner announced at the end of the episode, and Courtney shares some fun facts about memory. 

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This week join Courtney and Jay as they interview Dietitian Amanda Donahue MS, RD, LD. We learn the difference between a Dietitian and a Nutritionist, Amanda teaches Courtney a new word "comorbidities". We discuss the ability of food to make you feel better both emotionally and physically and how good nutrition is all about fueling your body. Amanda talks about how she doesn't judge what other people eat but she's always there for people close to her to get nutritional advice from and how eating at her house for a cook out may look a little different than what most people expect from a cookout. Jay tells us how steak is dense in steak and tries to make beer a 'healthy' food anyway he can.  Jay struggles to understand fruits and veggies for dogs, and neither of us can really grasp the ability to limit yourself to one Oreo. We talk fad diets, how there is no such thing as "good" and "bad" foods, and learn how moderation is key for all things. We both admit to having done Whole 30 and it's pretty safe to say neither of us plan on doing it again. Courtney asks Amanda about the changes to the food pyramid and we learn about 'my plate'. 

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