1023: Reality TV Time Warp, Andi the Whale, & Robot Tail
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 July 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
We're thinking about how when we do a reality tv show, we get suspended in time, and no matter how much we do in our lives we'll have to relive the same moments and have to defend ourselves over and over again. And we consider how that affects us. We get an update on the lady who married a *checks notes* ghost pirate (??). Apparently, things aren't going great. Sarah is excited all over again about birds that love to make video calls. We find out why the loneliest whale, Timmy, who beached and was stuck on the shore became a viral sensation and people who wanted to help probably made it worse. We learn about robotic tails (!) that are being used to help people who struggle with balance, but we aren't so sure it's worth the embarrassment of wearing a gee dee tail.
00:00 - Defending Your Past Self from Reality TV
14:42 - An Update on the Ghost Pirate Marriage Story
25:51 - New Research Shows Birds Benefit from Video Calls
31:11 - Well-Intentioned Humans and the Loneliest Whale
36:22 - Dealing with Black Bears in Residential Areas
43:26 - Japan's Robotic Tails for Balance and Stability
50:54 - Personal Health Journey, Aging, and BMI Misconceptions
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, hello, Susie. |
| 0:06.9 | Hello, welcome to Brankan podcast episode, 10023. |
| 0:12.9 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:15.8 | Ah. |
| 0:17.2 | How you've been? |
| 0:18.1 | I'm in. |
| 0:19.3 | I've got to be better. |
| 0:20.2 | I'd be honest, I've been better. |
| 0:21.8 | What? |
| 0:22.6 | Because I, there's annoying things online about the challenge stuff. |
| 0:29.4 | Oh. |
| 0:30.4 | And that, like, how many years need to, like, it's so weird when you do reality TV yeah because you are all of a sudden |
| 0:41.9 | in a time capsule yeah you're frozen yeah and people only people like you I mean I don't even |
| 0:50.0 | do this where you're like hmm where are they now I wonder what's going on and you do like a deep dive |
| 0:53.9 | with them yeah only people like that would be able to see like oh wow she's a therapist now she did |
| 0:59.4 | but like people are taken like the thing i i hate the worst is that they love to call me a pick me girl |
| 1:07.0 | and i hate that word because who isn't like let's really break down what that don't we all |
| 1:14.8 | want to be chosen and if you were a child who grew up it feeling like like let's like I was and I would |
| 1:24.4 | say this like there's a video that came out that was like, oh, Sarah's the ultimate pick me girl. |
| 1:28.3 | I want to be like, guys, when my parents got divorced, |
| 1:32.8 | my dad didn't fight for custody of me, |
| 1:36.1 | which made me feel not wanted. |
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