Weird Things

WT: Snakes on a Chip


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The episode opens with the hosts joking through a grocery-store movie-night snack run, including pretzels, Sun Chips, Reese's cups, Doritos, bean dip, guacamole, and pre-popped popcorn. That setup turns into the main Weird News story: a Virginia woman found a snake in a bag of popcorn, which leads to a long back-and-forth about whether pre-popped popcorn is worth the risk and how startling a snake would be if it showed up in food. From the snake story, the conversation spirals into a series of hypotheticals about keeping a snake alive in exchange for free food, which restaurant would be worth that deal, and how comfortable anyone would be with a snake nearby, in a house, or even in a toilet. The episode then shifts to birds: Andrew explains why birds are rarer in parts of China because of historical pest-eradication efforts and ongoing eating of wild birds, and the hosts riff on bird-control lasers, absurd pest-control tech, and whether those tools could be extended to other animals. In the final section, Andrew recommends ADV China, a YouTube travel series about exploring China on motorcycles and showing rural areas, ghost cities, and unfiltered scenes outside official narratives. The episode also includes picks for Harley Quinn, Better Call Saul, Christopher Moore's Lamb, and a broader reflection on Westworld and the bicameral mind idea, with Andrew explaining how a rewatch made the show and the theory more compelling. Key topics Movie-night snack shopping: The hosts role-p
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