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Regulars Ami and Robb join Ross to discuss the Beanie Baby investment craze of the mid-90's and then take a scientific test to determine which kind of Beanie Baby each is.  Tangents include:  Mike Pence (former VP in the U.S.); 'garblins'; holiday Barbies; golf club gadgets that no one wants; playing the lottery.

Notes:

1. https://www.zoo.com/quiz/which-beanie-baby-are-you   (There are better quizzes than this but this is the one we took if you want to compare notes).
2. https://slate.com/technology/2015/02/beanie-babies-bubble-economics-and-psychology-of-a-plush-toy-investment-craze.html
3. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/beanie-baby-fever-in-1999_n_58af7d12e4b060480e0661fe

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Regular Jaimee joins Ross to discuss people who have tried to "suck them dry".  Tangents include:  clunky heart monitors; basement living; Factitious Syndrome; nerds;  unusual jaw operations.

Notes:

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/29/style/driving-the-stake-through-emotional-vampires.html?searchResultPosition=1

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Ami joins Ross to discuss "intensive parenting".  Tangents include: the importance of knowing how to throw a frisbee; Herkies; murderous cheer moms; Karl's (not Bruce's) training regimen; bike helmets as harbingers; cheating kids into college, competitive birthday parties, free range parenting, and the virtuous activity of working a rock pile.

Notes:

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/25/upshot/the-relentlessness-of-modern-parenting.html
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/style/cheer-moms.html?searchResultPosition=1

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Special guest Lianne joins Ross to discuss her cancer journey and how the experience has changed her.  Tangents include:  Intimidating spin classes that break up marriages; filters; cancer coloring books and other things that nobody wants;  why kids need to know their parents; baldness; gift boxes.

Notes:

PLACES YOU CAN ENCOUNTER LIANNE

1. https://burn-cycle.com/
2. https://www.liannesaffer.com/

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Regulars Robb and Ami join Ross to discuss Halloween adventures.  Tangents include: Haunted Houses; soul cakes; Druids; horror movies; muppets; animal costumes; tequila hose; escape rooms; trick or treating.  We learn that Ami doesn't know how Halloween works.

Notes:

1. https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween
2. Ross says "Black Cat Gum" when he really meant "Black Jack Gum".....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Jack_(gum)

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Special guest Justin joins Ross to discuss whether being a sports fan staves off confronting the meaninglessness of human existence.  Tangents include: Protector donkeys; singlets;  the crushing of childhood dreams; sports bonding; mirror neurons; an unusual suffocation technique; and self-actualization.

Notes:

1. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/phil_rel_fac_pub/1/
2. https://influencermarketinghub.com/esports-stats/
3. https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-sports-1992447

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Regular and three-time mom Ami, joins Ross to discuss whether we are making parenting much harder and stressful than it needs to be.  Tangents include: hot air balloons; "stealthing"; rubbers; biscuit brother; oafs; civil war reenactments.  Ami once again references "Toxic" by Britney Spears.

Notes:

1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31259595/
2. https://www.parent.com/blogs/conversations/how-parenting-advice-became-an-industry

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Special guests and engaged partners, Jenny and Nate, join Ross to discuss "cringey" elements of some wedding ceremonies.  Tangents include:  Exploding birds; proposals; plus-ones; evil spirits; 'BRIDE SQUAD'; hook worms;  Scottish castles; omens; and sexless swinger parties.  The trio inadvertently creates a new drinking game in which the listener should take a drink every time someone says "Owen".

Notes:

1. https://www.theknot.com/content/wedding-garter-tradition
2. https://styleblueprint.com/everyday/wedding-traditions/
3. https://www.minted.com/wedding-ideas/wedding-traditions
4. http://www.electracruises.com/blog/advice/wedding-rituals-really-mean

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Almost regular Jaimee joins Ross to discuss experiences related to caring for aging parents.  Tangents include:  Bathtub wine; Costco hot dogs; live-in parents; monster babies; DIY driving tests.

Notes:

1. https://dailycaring.com/7-steps-to-take-when-aging-parents-need-help/
2. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-first-impression/201810/what-do-aging-parents

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Special guest and adventurer Nick joins Ross to discuss amazing things that happen in Alaska.  Tangents include: giant vegetables; ice fog (not diamond dust); hug therapy; "woodsy the owl situations"; outhouses; rent-a-man; people guessing if you are gay; living above bars; tour bus driving; jackets with patches on the elbows; dragging dead bodies.

Notes:

1.  https://www.royalalaskanmovers.com/how-big-is-alaska-comparisons-to-lower-48/
2. https://www.talkeetnachamber.org/
3. https://www.alaskastatefair.org/site/giant-fruit-vegetable-records/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_fog

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