750: Snakes with Legs, Cheetah Paternity, & Helmets for Dummies
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
This episode is wild. First we're celebrating our 750th episode w/ a delicious cake from Kara McSweeney and Evanly Bakes. Mostly we realize how even after all these episodes of laughing and learning we still don't know anything. We hear all the fun facts Sarah picked up from one of her wild nature documentaries (we are pretty sure she was high when she watched it though). She claims hares are faster than cheetahs, and we have questions about the legitimacy of this race. We realize we know nothing about how twins are made and whether humans can have twins with two separate fathers naturally or whether it can only happen through in vitro fertilization. Sarah talks about a cannibal family that apparently is one the most important history lessons (only to her and some other people in California, but don't tell her that). She is warning people not to rely on AI to decide what to forage, and luckily Susie wouldn't forage if her life depended on it, so she's safe. We rage about the man who climbed a statue and broke its arm off and laugh about how we all would react if we were him. Humans are so dumb. Sarah gets mad about people who don't wear helmets and wonders what in the world they're thinking. People in the Philippines think they discovered a snake with legs (aka a lizard), but even though we're no David Attenborough, we cracked the case on what's really going on. Plus, Susie interviews J. Reuben Appelman about his new book While Idaho Slept about the murder of four young college students and the suspect who is going to trial. It's a fascinating and nuanced look at the crime and the alleged killer.
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| 0:00.0 | This feels like another milestone episode yeah, it should be like Roman numerals |
| 0:26.6 | it feels like that. Oh, that's how important what would that even be? I don't even know what that would look like. Well, |
| 0:33.0 | 100 is a C. Okay. I know that. So that's all seven of those. There's no way. There must be a 500. There is. And then like, we |
| 0:42.0 | don't know anything. We don't have 150 episodes in and we know nothing. But we, we don't talk about the Roman Empire. So how |
| 0:49.6 | would we know about their numerals? You know what I mean? That's totally true. But we have to show them that one of |
| 0:55.4 | our listeners, Karamik Sweeney, the amazing zookeeper. Yes. So if you're watching the video, this gorgeous cake |
| 1:04.2 | congrats on 750 episodes with our little brain candy cake logo. Yep. I always like to imagine the cake makers as |
| 1:14.8 | they're doing it. Well, I met him. He came to my house and delivered to him like a brainiac |
| 1:21.8 | convert. He is gay, which oh, yes, yes. Yes. And he owns a bakery called Evan Lee Bakes. Oh, |
| 1:33.0 | at a time. Yes, please. He's absolutely a brainiac. And he was on reality TV. I know. I know. That's the |
| 1:44.5 | try something sweet treats. Yeah, it was some, I can't remember the name, but it was some chocolate, |
| 1:53.0 | you know, competition for a Canadian network. Well, if that makes it even better. Yeah. And I was like, |
| 2:03.2 | how'd you do? He's like, I was a finalist, but then I got sabotage. I love it because I get I do |
| 2:11.0 | I know the feeling. That's right. I can't wait to dig in. And Kara also sent sweet treats for you, |
| 2:20.6 | which are in route to Denver. I cannot wait. I'm going to chow down. I mean, what a treat. What a |
| 2:26.9 | treat? A sweet treat. Brain cake episode 750. And just getting started. If I have anything to say |
| 2:35.1 | about it, I totally agree. I mean, they're just hitting my stride. Always new things to learn. And |
| 2:43.1 | just when I think learned it all, yeah, I binge watch animal planet. And next thing, you know, I |
| 2:51.7 | have thought 500 new stories. It's your why? Because if you do love an animal fact, I love an |
| 2:57.1 | animal fact. And it feels like. So, okay, I'm watching this great show. First of all, I'll start |
| 3:04.7 | here. I'm watching this great show called physical on Apple TV. It's so good. It's about that like |
| 3:12.0 | jazz or size. Oh, yeah, I love it. Like, do you want to know? Yes, that era. And it is all about |
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