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The Brain Candy Podcast

248: Four Loco, Cheerleader Effect, & Disney Princess Science

The Brain Candy Podcast

Susie Meister & Sarah Rice - Wave Podcast Network

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4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Today we discuss the science of why Disney Princesses started looking more like babies over time, & why other cartoon characters have adopted the same look. Sarah rants about her latest emoji problem, & offers theories on why emojis look the way they do. We learn the science behind why people look more attractive in groups aka the "cheerleader effect." Susie gives an oral history of Four Loco. Plus, we interview America For Beginners author Leah Franqui about her book, road trips, & Indian food. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

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0:38.6

and you're like, band the rhyming right because don't think I don't do it in my head every time you say that. So I'm doing it to people. She's still happening.

0:45.6

The girl said or the woman said that that was her favorite part of the show. And I'm like, if that was your favorite part of the show, we have bigger problem. Maybe get a doctor's

0:54.4

book. That might satisfy the craving for some rhymes. But I think that people like your whimsy. Thank you. And set Susie. I like it. What was it?

1:04.4

200 episodes only so many words rhyme with exactly seven and five. So that's why like when you're graduating senior and you come up with like one of those phrases. Did you have those at your school where it was like?

1:17.4

No, because I was a senior. Okay, well, I graduated in 97. It was like 1997 going to something about heaven. I was like, what? Yeah. And they probably did that.

1:28.4

I'm over it. Yeah. Welcome to this show everybody though. Happy to be here. Me too. And always make me feel better about everything all the time. Oh my God. That's so weird because you know how I'm like the crumbogen. I don't. I would be. No, it's like. It's nice. You're not crumbogeny to me. That's true. I mean, everything you say cracks me. Yeah, big.

1:56.4

That's for sure. That is for sure. And I didn't like when you were away. It was too long. Yeah. And I agree too far. I decided I don't even think I like vacations.

2:08.4

Like I really don't like. I did too. I came to this conclusion. I was like, no, I like my house being comfortable. And I like not being somewhere that's not my bed. And then I just don't like how it's like.

2:22.4

I mean, this pillow isn't the right pillow. And then I noticed that the older I get, I was thinking about this. This is like total. You're just getting stream of consciousness. Fine. Fine. When we were in Italy. Oh my God. One thing I didn't tell you about. They lost our fucking luggage. Sorry. I didn't see that on land and. Instead like they were like we were getting on a boat the next day at noon. And they're like, sorry. So when do you come back from your boat trip to pick up your luggage? And so in a panic. We went out and went to H&M and just. Yeah.

2:51.4

And just ran stores and like bought enough to just survive like bathing suits and you know stuff. I needed underwear. So I bought underwear from H&M cheap packet of underwear nine three for nine dollars, whatever.

3:03.4

Oh my God. Mm hmm. I they were the tag alone was so itchy. I could not think about anything other than my uncomfortable underwear the whole day that I was wearing them. And then I thought about there was a long time in my life where I put beauty and like look and lacy.

3:20.4

Like frilliness and uncomfortable underwear that I bought from forever 21 over my comfort for a long time. Yeah. I was wearing we're like I don't even know if anybody was seeing them. But underneath I was wearing like, you know, lacy. There's not a single part of me that wants to put on a pair of those underwear again where I was like I would sit with my crotch all uncomfortable all day long and itchy lacy, whatever.

3:47.4

I'm like, okay, I understand why people move towards the gritty panties. I guess it's like my tolerance for things that make me uncomfortable is so low. The older I get.

4:00.4

I totally get that luckily though that I mean you can get comfortable and beautiful underwear. Where third love you know that I only I'm I have their bras. I know they're underwear. I told you dude. I'm as I said,

4:16.4

I got the panties and the road and you're cute too. There are a comfortable bra now that also look sexy exactly. I cut my underwear in the mirror and I was like, love. Right. That's the thing is that you can become terrible and look fantastic for Sarah. She thinks she has to go to like.

4:32.4

Yeah. Yeah. You know what the age and I'm on these. Third love has the perfect fit for whatever bra size you wear. They have half sizes. They have the most size bras of any company.

4:45.4

They just added 24 new sizes. What the industry leader. They have a total of 70 sizes. And they have a fit find your quiz. You just take it real quick. Few questions and they can figure out your size. And it's really fun because you're probably wearing the wrong size.

4:59.4

You are. And like I said, I really am. I am wearing them right now. I should. Yeah. Oh, okay. Let me see. These ones are nude. Yeah. Look at me. Oh, that's what I want. But they're still nice. Yeah. Oh, it's good material. See, that doesn't look. Yep. Yep. Yeah. Okay. Third love. Those are sex. Perfect bra. We're on these for everyone. So right now they're offering our listeners 15% off your first order. Go to third love dot com slash brain now to find perfect fitting bra and get 15% off your first purchase. That's

5:29.4

third love dot com slash brain for 15% off today. And that's the only bra that I wear now. But I didn't mean to hijack your story about your own piece. But so what happened with your

5:40.4

Oh, my luggage. Yeah. So, okay. So we go to

5:46.4

the in Italy, they're notorious for losing luggage because for real Mike, we knew as a family whenever we would take trips. My mom's like,

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