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Madeline joins Ross to discuss high end dining clubs.  Tangents include:  hobnobbing; tip jobs; bag lunch; hoi polloi; Arby's Tooth; Palm Beach, Florida; sadness holes; Portland grunge; salt lick; blowing one's cabbage; Harold and Kumar; sink holes, the "third place".

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Jaimee joins Ross to discuss "high-end" matchmakers, including Ross' first hand experience with one (a low-end one).  Tangents include:  the danger of single people "work-arounds"; sofa analogies; Brooke Shields; pig analogies; kleptomania; Applebees; unwieldy coffee tables; fabric benches; rude bill collectors.

Notes:

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/style/what-its-like-to-work-with-a-matchmaker.html?searchResultPosition=1
2. https://www.vidaselect.com/high-end-matchmaker/

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Tracey the therapist joins Ross to discuss the world of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response or ASMR.  Tangents include:  Bob Ross; wooden legs; sound bath; MDMA; mukbang; Helper Girl; golf whisper; Maria; misphonia; screaming dogs; bad laughs.

Notes:

1. https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2022/03/asmr-or-not-unpicking-the-science-behind-a-sensory-phenomenon
2. MARIA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3go6fX-bvp8
3. Bob Ross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLWEXRAnQd0&list=PLAEQD0ULngi67rwmhrkNjMZKvyCReqDV4
4. Mukbang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh93NlN9ctE
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukbang

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Madeline joins Ross to discuss a fabulous food fight ritual.  Tangents include:  fontanelles; headless tyrants; community; the shroud of Turin; Honda Civic; Torta 900; emotional sausage casing; dangerous Iceland; Pliny the Elder (again) and yet another example of Ross' misspent youth.   

Notes:

1. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/magazine/battle-oranges-italy.html?searchResultPosition=1
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivrea
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin
4. https://www.autoevolution.com/cars/honda-civic-3-doors-1972.html#aeng_honda-civic-3-doors-1972-12

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Jaimee joins Ross to talk about what he learned during a recent trip to Palm Springs, California.  Tangents include:  nice - middle - kill modes; dinner parties gone wrong; rimless bucket hats; bohemians; bears; Parliament; reaper side hugs; old people concerts; fantasy friendships.

Notes:

1. https://us.shein.com/Solid-Bucket-Hat-p-6555957-cat-1772.html?url_from=adplasc2110214842078180one-size_GPM&cid=17628417791&setid=&adid=&pf=GOOGLE&gclid=Cj0KCQjwtsCgBhDEARIsAE7RYh27x22wxVq7SE4qd0DqE2TIxVAss0NE0v6iUTkq310rbX656_A5wUgaAsY4EALw_wcB
2. https://georgeclinton.com/
3. https://www.visitgreaterpalmsprings.com/
4. BEAR CONVENTION: http://www.ibc-ps.com/

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Roller derby therapist Joan joins Ross to discuss the benefits and risks of ICE PLUNGING and the influence of the "wellness" industry.  Tangents include:  meatballs; Gwyneth Paltrow; vampire facials; Humphrey Bogart; McDonald's apple pie; leech therapy; vaginal eggs; children smoking pipes.


Notes:

1. https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/wellness-scams-goop-pseudoscience-b2260871.html
2. https://fortune.com/well/2022/12/28/top-recommended-products-for-your-health-and-wellness/
3. https://www.shape.com/celebrities/celebrity-workouts/lizzo-cold-plunge
4. https://www.healthline.com/health/exercise-fitness/ice-bath-benefits#takeaway
5. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/suspended-animation/

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Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the benefits/risks of separate beds for people in relationships.  Tangents include: "Fatty" Arbuckle; the one foot rule; Lucy and Ricky; eight yards of television; toddler beds; Hays Code; blanket slapping; mummy gripping.

Notes:

1. https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1042865/an-evolution-of-marriage-on-television/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code
3. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/10/11/fatty-arbuckle-and-the-birth-of-the-celebrity-scandal
4. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/realestate/couples-separate-bedrooms.html?searchResultPosition=1

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Roller derby therapist Joan joins Ross to discuss apology languages.  Tangents include: dining etiquette; panic apology; pulled pork sandwiches in bed; tip of the iceberg apology; coin sacks vs cookie jars; apologizing for existing; check writing; eyeball scanning; conjunctions.

Notes:

1. https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/worst-apologies-2017.html
2. https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/apology-language
3.  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/opinion/sorry-apologies.html

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Ami joins Ross to talk about what selfishness really means.  Tangents include:  Salvos; dogs; pork chop theory; Ami's drug fancy; Abe Lincoln; supermarket etiquette; Rear Window; Presbyterians; Gordon Gekko; do-gooders;  airplane mask procedures and selfishness;  THE GAPES.

Notes:

1. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cui-bono/201501/good-neutral-and-bad-selfishness
2. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/tests/personality/egoism-vs-altriusm
3. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/well/mind/selfishness-benefits-dalai-lama.html

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Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the fact that humans love a good hoax.  Tangents include:  Balloon Boy; guitar nipple; face smoothing; kidney game shows; naked animals; mirth vs joy; dog clothes; Walter Cronkite; Buck Henry; Corgis.

Notes:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoaxes

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