1002: Enhanced Games, Forest Bathing, & Weird Dreams
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Sarah got an invite to attend the Enhanced Games (the competitive sports where anything goes in terms of performance enhancement). We find out how a crime was recently solved thanks to the nerdy expertise of a botanist. We hear why the Boston and Southern accents might become obsolete, and we're pretty sad about it. We lament the shallow nature of some online culture, and basically we want to bring back Peruvian bowler hats.
00:00 - Reflecting on Our 1000th Episode Party & Interstellar
01:59 - How the Linda/Louise Prank Taught Me About Love
05:39 - Heartfelt Fan Gifts and Sarah's Lost Phone Adventure
10:47 - Scientists Finally Map the Clitoris, 30 Years After Penis
17:38 - Sarah Gets an Invitation to the Enhanced Games in Vegas
23:27 - Why We Rebrand Simple Pleasures Like Forest Bathing
27:38 - The Key to Restorative Sleep: Vivid, Immersive Dreams
35:33 - How a Botanist Used Moss to Solve a Criminal Case
39:30 - The Disappearing Boston Accent and a Matthew McConaughey Encounter
50:01 - Lamenting Homogenized Culture and Peruvian Bowler Hats
54:08 - Can Robot Restaurants Replicate the 'Breath of the Wok'?
58:23 - Supporting the Show and Leaving a Five-Star Review
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends! |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, Breaking Podcast episode two. |
| 0:10.4 | Two. |
| 0:11.2 | You know what? |
| 0:12.7 | That actually feels good. |
| 0:13.6 | It kind of takes the pressure off, right? |
| 0:15.3 | Yeah, we are new at this. |
| 0:17.6 | Brand new. |
| 0:18.3 | Episode two, ladies and gentlemen. |
| 0:19.7 | Here we are. |
| 0:54.3 | Yes, hope we can. Guys. Brand new. Episode two, ladies and gentlemen, here we are. Yes, hope again. Guys. We can. Guys. Yes. Yes. There's got to be a sound for this. Well, try not to, like, make a fuss about it. Let's make a little fuss. Sarah wants to make a little bit of a fuss about it. Hold on the. What is the, what we got on the old board? Anything? No. That's the opposite vibe I'm going for. No. Yeah. No, we don't. No sound board. Oh, okay, well. It's worth it. We're new. Oh, right, we're new. I see. It's not connected yet. |
| 0:56.4 | Well, the appropriate button would be something like, |
| 0:57.0 | Woo! |
| 0:57.6 | Yeah! |
| 0:58.2 | Yeah! |
| 1:01.4 | Ross to Horn! |
| 1:08.3 | Because we just had our 1,000th episode party with all of our friends, all of our Brainiacs, |
| 1:10.4 | and it was so special. |
| 1:20.3 | And then, of course, we followed that up with the viewing the very next day for our members of the candy club. |
| 1:20.7 | Yep. |
| 1:22.4 | And we watched a nurse Deller. |
| 1:24.1 | All three hours of it. |
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