951: Eating Etiquette, Silly Sports Pics, & Distance Self-Talk
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
A popular outdoor brand somehow thought it was a good idea to set off an elaborate, polluting firework display and we are not impressed. We learn why doofuses are strapping iPads to tortoise backs. Sarah explains what "distance self-talk" is and why it can be helpful or hurtful depending on how you use it. We talk about a "very haunted" hotel that has very strict rules about pranks, and since Susie hates pranks, she's on board. We debate the "correct" way to cut food and we learn why Susie is stressed about doing it wrong. Susie explains her rubric for what makes a one-hit-wonder, and hear why a lot of people are very sensitive when they learn an artist they happen to like only had one hit (we're looking at you Oasis fans). Plus, there's a college football program that is known for taking ridiculous player photos, and their new coach put a stop to it. Susie and Sarah disagree about whether the coach did the right thing...
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02:56 - Human Stupidity and Environmental Damage
12:09 - Safe Online Dating with Hily
14:21 - The Psychology of Distant Self-Talk
19:53 - Sarah's Rocky Mountain National Park Adventure
25:09 - Adorable Ghosts at the Stanley Hotel
27:23 - Human-Grade Food for Happy Cats
28:58 - American vs. European Eating Styles
37:28 - Luxurious Bedding for Your Happy Place
39:21 - The Weirdness of Robotic Massage Technology
42:53 - One-Hit Wonders and Problematic Creators
49:15 - Organize Finances with Rocket Money App
51:46 - Coach Ends Silly Football Photo Tradition
56:37 - Thanks for Laughing and Learning
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| 0:00.0 | Hi. |
| 0:01.0 | Hi. |
| 0:02.0 | Hello. |
| 0:03.0 | Hello. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to |
| 0:08.0 | Katie Popper's episode 951. |
| 0:09.0 | She's wearing a vest. |
| 0:12.0 | God, I love a vest. |
| 0:14.0 | Or is Adam calls it my waistcoat. |
| 0:16.0 | Oh, is that what they call it over there? |
| 0:18.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:19.0 | A waistcoat. |
| 0:20.0 | I was like that's way cooler. |
| 0:21.2 | That sounds like something that the rabbit from Alice in Wonderland would wear and pull a watch out of. |
| 0:28.6 | You have a pocket watch and a waistcoat. |
| 0:30.4 | You're from England, not the past. |
| 0:32.6 | Like, it's always like, are you a time traveler? |
| 0:37.2 | But everybody says that there, right? |
| 0:40.1 | We don't know. |
| 0:41.0 | We don't know. |
| 0:41.7 | Is this Adam or is it England? |
| 0:44.0 | I used to play, are they gay or are they European? |
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