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Madeline joins Ross to discuss the latest trend in hangover remedies: The IV drip.    Tangents include:  Taylor Swift; emotional regularity; magical thinking; banana bags; sphincters; tinctures; loose door handles; GATOR-AIR; snake oil; The Jetsons; "blood ghosts", wellness industry, Gwyneth Paltrow.

Notes:

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/29/style/self-care/iv-drips-hangover-cures.html?searchResultPosition=1
2. https://www.hagley.org/research/digital-exhibits/history-patent-medicine
3. SnakeOil  https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377/a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen

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Jaimee joins Ross for the most tangent-heavy podcast of all time, ostensibly about fashion.  Tangents include:  Jaimie's secret love affair; Sinbad; Sylvester Stallone; Applebee's; Soylent Green; Charlton Heston; Donny Osmond; The Mandela Effect; Flash Gordon; airport clothes; flammable sweat suits; Whitney Houston.

Notes:

1. https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/journal/fashion/ask-mr-porter-how-to-wear-baseball-caps-5093764
2. https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g28438966/mandela-effect-examples/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(comedian)
4. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/14/style/spring-fashion-street-style.html?searchResultPosition=2
5. https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=AB5stBgjHw9mKjXFJFRWxOmk_QIeGgt4Zw:1688519531268&q=soylent+green+images&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwif4u22sfb_AhVlGTQIHWO4AEQQ0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=1382&bih=801&dpr=2.5#imgrc=onUWIC3grR81qM

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Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the realities of the wedding night.  Tangents include: Canada Day; bedding ceremonies; sex at other people's weddings; Ross' weird neighbor; wedding warning signs; airport hotels; Solo bachelorette parties; GLOW; JaImie's "morning bang" plan.

Notes:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedding_ceremony
2. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/style/wedding-night-sex.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-weddings&variant=show®ion=BELOW_MAIN_CONTENT&block=storyline_flex_guide_recirc
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/style/solo-bachelorette-trip.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-weddings&variant=show®ion=BELOW_MAIN_CONTENT&block=storyline_flex_guide_recirc
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day

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Madeline and Azalea join Ross to discuss whether college is still the most cost-effective way to learn how to be a human.  Tangents include:  Gumption monkeys; student loan debt; curating an alternative college experience; whether parents are goons.


Notes:

1. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/01/is-college-worth-it-what-the-research-shows.html
2. https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2023-03-23/is-college-worth-it

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Ami joins Ross to discuss how often we should say the magic words, "I LOVE YOU" to partner's, spouses, and children.  Tangents include:  Ticklers; types of "I love you's"; idolizing kids; metaphorical bike helmets; "SPECIAL" VS "PRECIOUS". Ross' Love installment plan and simple relationship advice are discussed.

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Jaimee joins Ross to continue the "groundbreaking" discussion on the influence of AI technology on our ability to determine what is real and what is fake.  Tangents include: Pope in a puffy coat; fake Drake; Shaggy; Time machines; Ship of Theseus; witch hunts; zombies; vampires; baby blood.

Notes:

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/19/arts/music/ai-drake-the-weeknd-fake.html
2. https://www.gq.com/story/pope-puffer-jacket-midjourney-ai-meme
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYAoiLhOuao

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Jaimee joins Ross to discuss how it is getting harder and harder to figure out what is real.  This is part one of an amazing two part episode.  Tangents include:  Big Fish; lying children; rating the skin doctor experience; George Santos; Seinfeld; cardboard ribs; petting zoos; lying to the waiter; Ross' fabulist dad; Munchausen syndrome.

Notes:

1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinecomaford/2020/10/17/why-we-lie-and-the-neuroscience-behind-it/?sh=2bdd0de07d7c
2. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2019/05/truth-lies
3. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-nature-deception/202203/why-pathological-liars-keep-lying

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Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the "Fude" naked dinner experience; the latest naked dining fad.  Tangents include: Ray Liotta; hard pants vs soft pants; Cocaine Bear; Godfather; finger painting with the devil; food dribbles; swimming in a tuxedo; naked bike ride;  Ross' 6.5 second theory of nakedness.

Notes:

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/style/fude-dinner-experience-nude.html
2. https://charlieannmax.com/

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Azalea and Madeline join Ross to discuss the often confusing expectations around tipping.  Tangents include:  Door Dash delivery people; convenience store tip line; customer hate; cab culture;  coffee shop tip jar; $2,000 oyster;  Australians as tippers; hotel tipping.

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Tracey the therapist gives Ross the straight dope on family estrangement.  Tangents include:  Elevator clowns; wooing; generational trauma; small books; family systems.

Notes:

1. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-falling-out-with-family-opinion-poll/

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