Why Are You Like This?

We’re back to consulting the stars, as we let you know exactly what January has in store. Who is set to have the best month ever, and who is gearing up for the worst!

This week on the Season 5 Finale (!!!), we dive into white America’s version of past lives. We’ll talk the scientists doing the research, whether or not birthmarks prove anything, and the mediums and psychics who are performing past life regressions. Should we believe the woman claiming to have lived as another and having strong memories of the past? Why does it seem more believable when the information comes from a child? We’re pretty curious where our egos would take us during a past life regression... because apparently a LOT of people think they were Jesus.

This week on the podcast, we try our luck at a few online slots as we look at gambling addictions. Research, albeit highly gendered, gives us insight into how an addict population once almost entirely composed of men is drawing in more and more women. We also get into the gambling addictions children and how some folks worry video games are to blame. We’re not saying this is another reason you should be terrified of your smartphone... but we’re also not saying it’s not...

If you’ve been knee deep in The Queen's Gambit, we’ve got the story of a real chess celeb that will have you asking a LOT of questions. After stumbling upon the Wikipedia of Bobby Fischer while recording a few weeks ago, we just couldn’t actually leave the rest of his story alone. It’s a wild tale of communism, The Cold War, reckless nationalism, and perhaps a childhood that was a bit of a pressure cooker. Here comes the Dark Triad... Because if you’re paranoid that the government is watching you, but the government is *actually* watching your mom... is it even paranoia? Brace yourselves for a case study with so many deplorable sound bites that we have to beg you not to take them out of context. Our move? Checkmate.

This week on the podcast, we’re debating whether snitches, *ahem* we mean ‘whistleblowers,’ really should get stitches. When is someone a snitch, whistleblower, or informant anyway? Who decides on the syntax and does it in fact make a difference? We’ll let you know our thoughts as we discuss the Enron Scandal, the existential crisis of algorithms, and calling out that shitty coworker you have. So get ready to ring the alarm.

We’re back to consulting the stars, as we let you know exactly what December has in store. Who is set to have the best month ever, and who is gearing up for the worst!

This week on the podcast, Jaimi tells us the enthralling tale of twin sisters Ursula and Sabina Eriksson as we dig into the concept of contagious mental illness. These Swedish sisters gained national attention in the UK after what began with some erratic behavior on a bus and running into traffic. This story of ‘madness for two’, or Folie à deux, gives us a real look at shared psychosis as we break down thoughts on mental illness being transmitted from one individual to another. Oh, and did we mention the murder?

This week, in an attempts to ‘keep things light’ (2020 is weird ya’ll), we are digging into chronic traumatic encephalopathy. We’re digging in one of the best ways we know how— by retelling an episode of 60 Minutes. This segment, hosted by Steve Kroft who you may remember from the interview when lights fell on Hilary and Bill Clinton, gives us a look into what the NFL has to say about the whole thing. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy— better known as CTE, and even better known as ‘that issue football players have because of concussions’— has been hyped up in crime dramas, but what’s accurate? So tune in as we name football players we’ve truly never heard of as we attempt to get to the bottom of it.

This week on the podcast, we’re bringing you everything you didn’t know you needed about the Quiverfull community and sacrificing Jaimi’s search history in the process. If you grew up watching the Duggar’s on any rendition of their Eighteen Kids and Counting spin-offs or have recently fallen into the hole that is Welcome to Plathville, we got some hot takes this week you may appreciate. Is this a religious belief or just some weird hyper masculine excuse to sow your seed? What actually separates Jim Bob Duggar from Jeffrey Epstein? (Yes, we actually go there...) And yes, Google is now pretty convinced Jaimi is an incel.

This week on the podcast (thanks to a listener suggestion!), we’re yet again digging into interpersonal relationships. This time we’re talking codependency— from addiction, unhealthy romantic relationships, and that friendship that just seems off but you’re not quite sure why. When does a relationship shift from supportive to codependent? Are we really just talking about healthy boundaries or is some behavior codependent no matter what?