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Do you even know what’s happening today?! There’s a total solar eclipse sweeping across Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, and whether you're under totality or just typing dumb emails while mildly annoyed by micro-inconveniences, you should be jazzed. 

In this episode, we’re going full "eclipse head." We break down the difference between Total, Annular, and Partial solar eclipses, explain why totality is a total short king this time around, and reveal why "shadow snakes" are low-key terrifying. 

Plus, a trip down memory lane: a 2017 birthday tent breakdown in a vast, empty field in Lander, Wyoming, a pop-up trailer trip to Capitol Reef in 2023, and why Utah listeners are playing the long game for 2045. Put on your solar glasses and tap in! 

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This week, the science girlies are tackling some weird and wild history of orthodontics! From adult aligners and 20 "speed bumps" glued to our teeth to "Hot Girl Metal Mouth Summer," we're breaking down what’s actually happening in your mouth when your teeth shift and why we pay one million dollars for it.

Plus, we dive into the gruesome history of dentistry: Romans aggressively poking their own teeth to align them, Pierre Fauchard aka "The Dentist Daddy" twisting janky teeth with pliers and zero anesthesia, 1980s birdcage headgear as covert relationship killers, and Ancient Mayans bedazzling their enamel with bow drills and antimicrobial asphalt superglue.

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We’re currently living through a nationwide lettuce outbreak, proving that even salads are actively trying to betray our digestive tracts. In this episode, we’re passing by basic norovirus and going straight for the weirdest ways to blow out your intestinal lining, and also sharing some deeply personal experiences. 

Join us as we discuss gastrointestinal threats that range from mildly inconvenient to nuclear hazard, breakdown the fatal synergy of coffee and fast food, and play a dramatic game reading the absolute war-crime reviews left on Haribo’s Sugar-Free Gummy Bears. Lettuce pray for our bowels!

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This week, we are looking into the legendary shenanigans people get into while under the influence of Ambien.

From cooking gourmet banana bread in a dead sleep to cereal box wall reinforcements, sleep aids can do some terrifyingly hilarious things to the human brain. We read through a collection of the funniest, strangest, and most unbelievable Ambien stories from the internet. 

It’s casual, it’s bizarre, and it might make you think twice before trying to get a good night's rest.

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Are you tired of watching sports and wishing a supreme intellect would descend from the heavens to explain it to your simple, fragile mind? Wish no longer. Today, we are joined by an absolute titan of the game to finally explain the World Cup to us.

We cover the absolute essentials of football, including:

• The Rules: Substitutions, age limits, and when we inevitably get hit with a red or yellow card for asking an incredibly dumb question.
• The Essentials: What snacks are actually acceptable to eat during a match.
• The Drama: All the spicy, hot tea coming out of the World Cup right now.

Grab your notebook and prepare to be educated. You're welcome.

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Welcome to the wellness industry, where everything is "life-changing," nothing is cheap, and apparently your asshole needs sunlight.

This week, we're sorting the science from the snake oil as we dive into the wild world of wellness. We cover the trends that actually have evidence, the ones that are mostly expensive vibes, and the ones that somehow convinced thousands of people to put themselves in some pretty compromising positions. 

Whether you're a woo-woo witch, a cold-plunge enthusiast, or just someone who's tired of being told your problems could be solved by a magic tea, this episode is for you.

So grab your moon water, cancel that $300 detox kit, and for the love of SPF... keep your cheeks out of the sun.

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America is celebrating another birthday, so naturally we're celebrating by talking about... the Great Molasses Flood, the invention of tater tots, why teddy bears are named after Theodore Roosevelt, competitive hot dog eating, hippos that almost became dinner, and the surprising history behind Monopoly.

Join Christy and Ashley as they dive into some of the weirdest, funniest, and most unbelievable facts from around the United States. Some are historical, some are bizarre, and some will have you wondering how they're not taught in school.

Happy Fourth of July!

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A man so hungry he swallowed live animals, secret messages, and possibly much worse. Doctors tasting urine to diagnose disease. Bloodletting prescribed for everything from fevers to heartbreak. Leeches, maggots, and a royal employee whose job was literally to inspect poop.

This week, Christy and Ashley dive into the strangest corners of medical history. From the mysterious case of Tarrare, the Frenchman who could never seem to eat enough, to the bizarre treatments doctors used before modern medicine, we're exploring the fascinating, disgusting, and occasionally effective world of old-timey healthcare.

Come for the medical mysteries. Stay for the leeches.

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Ever wondered why we are suddenly expected to celebrate "National Left-Handed Avocado Toast Day"? This week, we dive headfirst into the chaotic, multi-billion-dollar corporate matrix of the National Day Calendar website.

Join us as we pull back the curtain on how capitalism manufactured Father’s Day and basically every other weird holiday on your feed. We cover the sincere origins of holidays and how they go from cute to costly. Since the system is clearly broken, we did the only logical thing: we channeled our inner American and invented our own official podcast holiday. Happy TBOB Day to all who celebrate!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The bizarre origins behind Father’s Day.
• The absolute funniest and most useless "National Days" that actually exist.
• How brands use fake holidays to trick millennials into spending money.
• Ideas for the rules and traditions of TBOB Day. (Vote for your favorite on our socials!)

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Mascots… where did they come from, why do we have them, and when did we collectively decide a giant foam creature should represent athletics?

This week, we’re diving into the history of team mascots—from their beginnings as literal good luck charms to the chaotic, fluffy, slightly unhinged muppet creatures we have today.

We get into iconic mascots like the Philadelphia Phillies Phanatic and the Phoenix Suns Gorilla, covering their origin stories, controversies, and of course… the hot dog guns. So many hot dog guns.

And because we are chaotic as hell, we wrap things up with a completely unhinged game of Smash or Pass: Mascot Edition.

Are mascots cute? Are they cursed? Do they know things about us?
 And seriously… what is with all the flying hot dogs?

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