The Station Wagon Podcast: Exploring Mindfulness and Sibling Rivalry

After a long break, Marc and Julie are back with lots of nice stuff to say to themselves. Grab your mirror, and enjoy this ep all about the science and history of self-affirmation!

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• This episode was recorded in Snoqualmie and Olympia, and produced at Shiny Object studios using Audacity.
• All research by Julie and Marc; all opinions are our own.
• Our music, “Modern Problems” is by The Pleasure Kills

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Don't take your reflection for granted. Learn about the history and science of looking in mirrors and what happens when we (tried to) give them up for a couple of weeks.

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• This episode was recorded in Snoqualmie and Olympia, and produced at Shiny Object studios using Audacity.
• All research by Julie and Marc; all opinions are our own.
• Our music, “Modern Problems” is by The Pleasure Kills

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How many varieties of Doritos do we actually need? What happens when we give up food variety? Learn the science and history of diet variation and follow along for Marc and Julie's experiment!

Please note: This is the episode in which we go for a more organic, less-edited feel. I.e, Hear Marc make lots of notes to himself about editing, which Julie deliberately ignores because she got to edit this one [insert evil laughing].

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• This episode was recorded in Snoqualmie and Olympia, and produced at Shiny Object studios using Audacity.
• All research by Julie and Marc; all opinions are our own.
• Our music, “Modern Problems” is by The Pleasure Kills

Siblings Marc Shecter and Dr. Julie Kinn give you the science and history of the things in life we take for granted. After taking a closer look, they change their behavior for a couple of weeks and tell you how it goes!

"Pop music is not a threatening style of music." -- Joan Jett. That's good to know since we are only listening to pop music and not our usual mix. Spoiler alert -- one of us like this, one of us didn't.

How much sleep do we actually need? We dive into the science and history of sleep, and then try to reduce our sleep for a couple of weeks to see how bad it really is.

Learn more about insomnia, sleep apneas, and all sorts of sleep disorders and treatments/tips for adults and kids from actual experts on the A Better Night's Sleep podcast (made for the military, but good for everyone!).

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• This episode was recorded in Snoqualmie and Olympia, and produced at Shiny Object studios using Audacity.
• All research by Julie and Marc; all opinions are our own.
• Our music, “Modern Problems” is by The Pleasure Kills

Huge thanks to our listeners whose enthusiasm keeps us going! And to our spouses, children, and friends for putting up with us giving us feedback and contributing to the betterment of our show.

We become much better people by giving up gossip. Sort of. Tune in to learn all about the science and history of gossip and why giving it up is probably not a great idea.

Julie seeks advice from Marc on how to handle people who are seriously into medical treatments that have no scientific backing. Spoiler: he's not very helpful. Weigh in with your own recommendations on Twitter or Facebook. Please! We seriously need all the help we can get!

When is cash better than credit, and vice versa? Learn the history and science of how we pay for stuff, and find out what happens when we give up credit and virtual payments. Featuring guest star, "Olaf" and commercial break from Planned Parenthood.

We dig deep into the reasons why modern Westerners take pictures, and we find out what happens when we give up photography for a couple of weeks. Spoiler alert: Pebbles was the real victim of this experiment.

Commercial Break: Planned Parenthood

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