954: Bird Rehab, Organ Donation, & Placebo Cures
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Sarah was nail biting sober for two years, but a reality show pushed her off the wagon. Hear why she thinks men are not ok, and why her nails are paying the price. We hear Susie's review of the extreme birding documentary, and the crazy coincidence that allowed her to have a birding experience on her property this week. We find out why we as a society were obsessed with To Catch a Predator, why it's more complicated than it seems, and why the show didn't really do any good. Susie reveals why there is a scandal in the organ donation industry, and why it is feeding into her fears about being buried alive. Plus, we learn why your meds might be placebos without you realizing it, but why that's kind of a good thing...
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00:00 - Sarah's Nail Biting Relapse and Denver's Dating Scene
15:31 - From Extreme Birding to a Real-Life Hawk Rescue
24:03 - Deconstructing To Catch a Predator's Societal Impact
35:01 - Whistleblowers Expose Organ Donation Industry Scandal
44:05 - How Placebos Work and Why Doctors Prescribe Them
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, what's turning? |
| 0:07.0 | Hello. |
| 0:09.0 | Oh, what are you doing? |
| 0:10.5 | Oh, I'm good. |
| 0:12.6 | I mean, I'm okay. |
| 0:14.1 | I do have to say I relapsed a bit. |
| 0:18.4 | I was watching a, I want to say it was a scary movie, but I think it was just |
| 0:23.4 | Love is Blind, which this season kind of plays like a horror film. |
| 0:28.4 | Really? Oh my God, it's so bad. But I bit off all my fingernails, and I'm like in the recovery |
| 0:34.5 | stage. I was just thinking about this. You were sober for so long. |
| 0:38.4 | I was sober for so long. |
| 0:39.9 | How long would you say? |
| 0:41.1 | Like a year? |
| 0:43.2 | No longer since my surgery, two years. |
| 0:45.5 | Oh my God. |
| 0:46.7 | Sarah, I'm sorry. |
| 0:48.3 | How fun was it, though? |
| 0:50.4 | Dude. |
| 0:51.3 | I was in a zone. |
| 0:52.5 | I was like in a in a trance. |
| 0:55.0 | Like something else came over. |
| 0:57.3 | That's where I know it's like not. |
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