1010: Mountain Madness, African Runners, & Unwritten Rules
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 May 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Susie describes why the man who popularized climbing Everest claims he never meant to do that, why he thinks people should climb in a different way, and why it's much easier to scale the highest mountain now than a few years ago. We find out what Sarah thinks is the number one horror film ever made. We discuss twins who don't share a father, and why it raises questions about identity and personhood. We learn the difference between Western runners and the Kenyan and Ethiopian runners who dominate the sport, and the reasons they are defying the "science" of running and still winning marathons and setting world records. We debate the ethics of "unwritten rules" in sports, how these codes are set and enforced, and the ways they're good and bad.
00:00 - Personal Reflections on Mother's Day and Sandy Hook's Impact
12:40 - How Commercialization Changed Everest Climbing and Its Meaning
24:22 - Exploring Addictive Personalities and Toxic Masculinity in Extreme Sports
38:11 - The Rare Case of Twins with Different Fathers and Identity's Layers
44:27 - African Runners' Communal Approach Defies Western Training Science
50:58 - Debating the Ethics and Impact of Unwritten Rules in Sports
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| 0:00.0 | Hey! |
| 0:05.0 | Oh, hello. |
| 0:06.2 | I like that. |
| 0:09.4 | One thousand and ten. |
| 0:10.8 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:12.1 | Welcome to the VCP. |
| 0:14.2 | Oh, I like that. |
| 0:15.4 | How's Lou? |
| 0:16.5 | Oh, I'm doing so good. |
| 0:18.0 | Let me tell you. |
| 0:19.0 | I discovered something last weekend. Last weekend was Mother's Day. |
| 0:26.6 | And, you know, Amy and I being non-mothers and having our mothers live very far away, decided to go on a camping trip. |
| 0:39.9 | There is no better thing to do than do an outdoorsy activity. |
| 0:46.2 | We went to an area that is usually, there's a bunch of dispersed camping and there's always |
| 0:53.8 | like ATVs and motorcycles. |
| 0:56.6 | There was not. |
| 0:58.2 | A single ATV motorcycle. |
| 1:02.3 | There were maybe five other campers in a place where there are hundreds of campsites. |
| 1:06.8 | Do you remember when we learned on this podcast that the slowest days at Disney World are, or Disneyland, are |
| 1:12.3 | Mothers and Father's Day. |
| 1:13.9 | Oh, I forgot that. |
| 1:15.7 | Yeah. |
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