828: Sweet Caroline, Spice Police, & Magic Birds
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Susie is still laughing about Sarah's technique for scaring off bears, but turns out, Sarah isn't wrong. We hear about the problem bear she's about to encounter at camp. We discuss how men are animals at sporting events, but also how "sports anthems" are created. We find out why Sweet Caroline, Livin on a Prayer, and Don't Stop Believing became ubiquitous at games despite having nothing to do with them. Denmark had to outlaw spicy ramen because they thought it was a public health risk, and we debate whether that was necessary. We learn about the science of illusions through the eyes of birds, why certain tricks do and don't work on birds, and why our thumbs have something to do with sleight of hand and the success of a magic trick...
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| 0:00.0 | Great! Whoa podcasting I'll do it again. I just said that for Susie and she laughed |
| 0:17.2 | so now I'm gonna do it again so you guys I'll get to laugh with that too. |
| 0:20.5 | episode 828 828 Sarah |
| 0:23.0 | Feeling great you look great fan in it I am I am |
| 0:28.4 | Still hot as Haiti's in here, but we're getting there are you, do get some new oarles? |
| 0:34.0 | Oh, these are old ones, but they're not old, but like a year old. |
| 0:38.0 | And they're awesome because look, watch this for everybody who's on the video version. |
| 0:42.0 | They become shorts. Oh my God. |
| 0:45.0 | They are convertible, overall pants. |
| 0:47.0 | It's like waiters that turn into a little short wrong for for a scenario I am ready because after |
| 0:56.7 | this I will be heading on up to the mountains I'm gonna go camping I've got a day of work on Wednesday but I |
| 1:04.3 | found a campsite with Wi-Fi so I'm going to work from the tent. By yourself? |
| 1:10.4 | Well I'm meeting my brothers up there in the next day. |
| 1:13.0 | They're coming on Wednesday. |
| 1:15.0 | But you're going to do one night by yourself. |
| 1:17.0 | One night only, yes by myself. |
| 1:20.0 | Some ratlers or whatever. |
| 1:22.0 | Well, hopefully not. |
| 1:25.0 | Is that what they call them in the wild? |
| 1:26.0 | Snakes? |
| 1:27.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah, like Rattle Snakes? |
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