Why Are You Like This?

Why Are You Like This?

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Why Are You Like This? episodes

  • S6 Ep8: MLMs: Cult Adjacent Marketing
    This week on the podcast, we’re diving into the wild and wonderful (?) world of MLMs, or Multi-level Marketing. Whether it’s that girl from high school hitting you with the unsolicited Facebook message or being conned into selling magazines for your grade school, we’re pretty sure almost everyone has had a brush with these. Are they really ever more than a pyramid scheme? What about when the cookie dough is REALLY good? More on those cookies later...
    1 hr 20 min
  • S6 Ep7: Nudism: More Than Situational Comedy
    This week on the podcast, we’re getting into Nudism or as it’s also known— Naturism. We’ll be talking about the development of the largest nudist communities and what it’s like when outsiders want to sexualize your lifestyle. We’ll get into the governing bodies (yes) and how open to nudism we find ourselves after learning more about it. Would our friends and families be supportive? Only one way to find out...
    1 hr 13 min
  • S6 Ep6: WHAT THE FUPDATE: Embarrassment
    When your favorite sporadic segment gets promoted to a reoccurring role! We’re back with a FUPDATE and we’re here to talk about embarrassment. What are the embarrassing things that keep you up at night? Are your more embarrassed by yourself or by those around you? We dig into the nuances that separate embarrassment from shame as we discuss what could yet again be another warning of narcissism. And also... is there anything you can do to stop getting red in the face?
    38 min
  • S6 Ep5: Destigmatizing HIV: That’s Not My Character’s Arc (feat. Thomas Bower)
    It’s Tuesday! We are so excited for you to hear today’s episode with our first guest of SZN 6! We are joined by our friend Thomas in a conversation centered on destigmatizing HIV. We’re talking everything from diagnosis to television representation, and we hope you’ll hang with us for all of it. Months and months ago, Thomas came to Austin and proposed this episode. That right there tells you *almost* everything you need to know to understand his generosity of spirit and willingness to give. COVID put a delay on it, as it has done with many, many things but we are so excited for you to finally hear this episode. Forever humbled and grateful to Thomas for sitting down and having this conversation with us.
    1 hr 33 min
  • S6 Ep3: Blue People of Kentucky: Keeping It in the Family
    This week on the podcast, we’re talking all about the Blue People of Kentucky. No, we don’t mean UK Basketball fans who got overzealous with the paint before a game. We’re talking folks rocking blue skin, which unfortunately became somewhat of a scarlet letter. We’ll dig into some medical cures that seem to make zero logical sense, as we discuss what it means to literally wear your family history for the world to see.
    1 hr 9 min
  • S6 Ep2: WHAT THE FUPDATE: Brain Fog
    When your favorite sporadic segment gets promoted to a reoccurring role! We’re back with a FUPDATE and we’re here to talk Brain Fog. Is Zoom causing it? Are literal COVID cases causing it? What are we most afraid of when it comes to reentering our social lives? Oh yeah, and what about patience and empathy? We’re got a lot of questions this week, and hopefully we find some answers. But either way, we’re gonna have to be patient— with ourselves and just about everyone else.
    44 min
  • S6 Ep1: Motivational Speakers: Seeking a Tragic Backstory
    We’re baaaaackkkkk! We are THRILLED to be back with you guys this week for the premiere of SZN 6! We’re jumping in this week on all things motivational speakers... we’re talking high school auditoriums, the parents of dead kids, the bald guys talking ‘no nonsense’ and the time a gun was shot in Austin’s gymnasium. Hold onto your hats, and honestly your wallets too, because a lot of these folks wanna talk about your money. What even makes somebody a motivational speaker anyway? We’ll get into it— looking at you, Judge Judy. 👀
    1 hr 28 min

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Two open-minded know-it-alls discuss human behavior, pseudoscience, real science, and esoteric nonsense in order to determine why people are the way that they are.