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The Brain Candy Podcast

Laugh and learn with Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice MFT from MTV’s The Challenge as they cover psychology, pop culture, human interest, and science, and make everything from The Kardashians to quantum physics accessible to all.

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651: Negative Reviews, Narcissist Conspiracy, & Cats Rule Sep 26, 2022

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We discuss the negative review we got from a male listener, and share why he wasn't entirely wrong, but we're still mad. Sarah is literally falling apart after her slip-n-slide disaster, and she might have to avoid the powder this winter. We learn why narcissists are prone to conspiracy theories, and it's all sounding very familiar (because there's more than a few fellas on the Challenge who fit the bill). We hear why owning a cat is good for your health and for some reason we want to know if lesbians (and Brainiacs in general) prefer dogs or cats. Sarah had a poop disaster at her house. And we learn why famed psychologist, Joyce Brothers, is a badass bitch.

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650: The Queen's Bees, Know Regrets, & Choose Adventure Sep 22, 2022

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We discuss the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the good and bad that she represented. We learn about the Telling the Bees tradition, why the Queen's death was announced to her bees, but also why this is not a practice reserved for monarchs. Susie tries to convince Sarah that cats have a very important advantage over dogs. We talk about the Choose Your Own Adventure book series, why the publisher wanted all the protagonists to be boys, and how the series teaches children a lot about life, virtue, risk, and regrets. Plus, and most importantly!, Susie interviews her hero, James Burrows about his incredible career in television. He directed Taxi, Cheers, Friends, Fraiser, Will & Grace, and hundreds of pilots of television that have changed American culture, television, and comedy. He is a giant of pop culture, and it was the honor of Susie's life to speak with him about his book, Directed By James Burrows.

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649: Slip-n-Slide, Resting Eagle Face, & Sleeping on the Job Sep 19, 2022

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Welp. Sarah strikes again. She can't resist the urge to show off in front of children, and now she's paying the price. And she thinks she's going to make a DIY cast for her ankle, so Susie thinks maybe she injured her brain as well. In addition to the hijinks and hilarity from her river adventure, we also learn a thing or two. We find out which jobs promote better sleep and Susie's mind is blown about why certain jobs might be advantageous. And hear why women get less stressed the longer they work in an industry while men's stress increases.

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648: House of Hammer, Reality TV Epiphany, & Memories Sep 15, 2022

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Susie wants to know what it is about alcohol that feels like a panacea. We discuss the bonkers new docu-series, House of Hammer, which documents the generational trauma, violence, and immorality of the Hammer dynasty. Sarah explains why Armie's "BDSM" fetish is really a cover for a power kink, and what he really wants is complete control over women. She explains the 90-9-1 rule that describes the breakdown of how most people behave (and how the "1" always messes it up for the rest of us). Susie talks about sports documentaries she's watched recently, and how one film about street basketball reminded her of what happens to people who go on The Challenge, and why it demonstrates how vulnerable people get exploited. Susie talks about a study that shows the way we change and shift our memories when they're traumatic, embarrassing, old, or for other reasons, and Sarah's mind is blown.

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647: Biking Boys, Crepe Caper, & Artificial Art Sep 12, 2022

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Sarah had a terrible experience dealing with some goons at a bike shop and cried on a mountain as a result. She describes the incident and how it caused her to have "feelings about the feelings." Then Susie shared a crazy story about having the police show up at her house over a CREPE. We discuss an art competition that a computer won and learn the reason architects are going into the gaming industry. Sarah explains why lonely single men are on the rise and why incels are angry with women and women's liberation. Plus, we debate whether a study on sexual satisfaction was accurate in the way it reported its findings.

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646: Brain Damage Jokes, Flat Earth Athletes, & Butt Ogling Sep 08, 2022

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Susie watched an old clip on YouTube of an actor acting strangely, and realized later that he was a literal psychopath. We discuss Shaquille O'Neal's insistence that the Earth is flat. Susie goes over a list of ADHD traits to see if Sarah can relate with them. We hear about a woman who suffered a brain injury that made her question her identity and changed her sense of humor. We discuss an actor who claims he felt "objectified" on set even though the other actors were just following a script. Sarah is mad at Trivial Pursuit. Susie's mom thinks people just go around grabbing boobs in public now. And we debate whether Susie can keep loving Larry David even though he's a Woody Allen apologist.

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645: Women in Space, Painful Orgasms, & Underwater Stonehenge Sep 05, 2022

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Sarah is already getting excited for spOoOoOoOky season and she is going to do an epic, witchy photo shoot in the forest to celebrate. All this forest talk made her think of the ways female hikers and campers get the shaft in the toilet department, and she reveals why they are stigmatized. We revisit the famous "100 tampons" incident that happened to a female astronaut and why the same crap (literally) is still a problem for women in space. Sarah describes the way climate change is revealing old crimes, relics, and mysteries. We hear why the bodies of female swimmers differ from male swimmers (and not just in the obvious ways). Sarah explains why "o-faces" are not universal, and Asians have a different approach to expressing pleasure than Westerners. And we learn about a weird new AI program that will make dead people talk.

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644: Pink Jeans, Catfishing, and Violent Art Sep 01, 2022

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Today begins with a hilarious story about pink jeans that neither one of us saw coming, but, boy, are we glad it did. And it made us wonder if you keep an array of jeans' sizes or just one size for every day. Susie discusses the documentary about Manti T'eo who was catfished by a trans woman and it almost ruined his life. We talk about the reasons it happened and why Manti was victim blamed. Susie's mom had an experience in a unisex bathroom that got her furious about urinals, and we need to hear your opinion on the matter. We learn about a Black couple who had their home appraised and then reappraised after removing any evidence of Blackness from the space, which resulted in a near double appraisal value. A Brainiac told us about an artist who allowed people to use various items on her body in any way they wanted, and how it devolved into a mob mentality. We discuss how that happens, and why it made them not see her as an actual person. Susie describes a new documentary on Princess Diana, and how messed up the British monarchy can be.

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643: Parasitic Monks, Mountain WiFi, & The Sound of Hell Aug 29, 2022

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This episode is freaking great. There, we said it. Sarah received a letter scolding her from her neighborhood HOA and Susie thinks the HOA guy is a serial killer. We hear why a bunch of friars were eating their own poo (you know we love a good poop story). Mt. Kilimanjaro got wifi and it's not just for taking selfies, which made us wonder why the devil there isn't wifi everywhere. Which then made us talk about the Dark Web again and we clearly have no idea how anything works. We learn about a recording NASA made of a black hole and now we're convinced that hell is real. Plus, Sarah has a major beef with Kroger and the hygiene item industry for a gendered price differential she discovered on incontinence products.

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642: Woodstock 99, Tommy Lee's Wiener, & Dead Parents Aug 25, 2022

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Today's episode got real dark, but we still had fun (we know, we're weird). We discuss the aptly titled Trainwreck documentary about Woodstock 99, and we cannot deal with all the people swimming in shit, raping each other, and lighting things on fire. What is this, a Challenge? Anyhoo, Susie describes the new memoir by Jennette McCurdy, I'm Glad My Mom Died, about parental abuse, child stardom, and healing. We, once again, ask shows to provide psychologists for participants, especially children. It's not that hard to be decent (*cough*MTV*cough*). Plus, we discuss the documentary about a young man who killed his neglectful and abusive father. Dead parents, abused kids. We told you it got dark, but it was a real moment of levity when we got to see Tommy Lee's dick. So there's that.

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