977: Members Only, Tantrum Prevention, & Cher's Appendix
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Sarah has a new guilty pleasure called Members Only, but she says it's more like Real Housewives of Mar-a-Lago. We hear why she is fascinated by these ladies (and their clothing). We debate the virtues of changing your last name when you get married, and how certificates and diplomas should be amendable if you change your name. We learn the benefits of pet ownership according to science, and whether it is better or worse for your happiness than having children. Susie wants you all to know it is certainly better than having a teenager. Sarah explains, at long last, what the appendix even does and why it's more important than most people realize. And Susie tells the story of her friend who had to have her appendix removed because she tried to beat Cher in a feat of strength. This is a true and hilarious story. And we find out about a device that measures your child's vitals, and can alert parents of an impending temper tantrum, and we hear whether it's effective in preventing or reducing their severity.
00:00 - Intellectualizing "Members Only: Real Housewives of Mar-a-Lago"
08:09 - Taco Bell 50K Rules and Daily Look Styling Service
13:06 - The Annoyance of Last Names on Diplomas
23:32 - Human-Grade Nutrition for Your Feline Friends
25:55 - Pet Ownership, Happiness, and the Kid Question
36:45 - BetterHelp for Life's Non-Stop Onslaught
39:40 - The Appendix's True Function and Cher's Plank
47:59 - Mayo Clinic's Tantrum Prevention Watch
59:00 - Shushing People, Loud Neighbors, and Podcast Wrap-up
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. |
| 0:03.0 | Hello. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to brain and light. |
| 0:06.0 | What a great to read |
| 0:08.0 | and light. |
| 0:10.0 | Sue's welcome. |
| 0:12.0 | Uh, I'm getting... |
| 0:14.0 | We're yin and yang today again. |
| 0:16.0 | We are. |
| 0:17.0 | Again. |
| 0:18.0 | You know what? |
| 0:19.0 | You can't really tell because of like color theory and the lighting in here, but this is light blue. Really? Yeah. I know. It's like the old dress, the old viral dress. It totally is. It's like what color is it. Is it blue or white? Right. Right. This is, and I'm sure if I adjusted my lighting, it would look some other color. |
| 0:38.7 | But yeah, this is a light blue number, but still, at other end to the spectrum, we are. |
| 0:44.0 | Wow. Well, you look like a million dollars. Oh my gosh. That's what I'm going for, you know. |
| 0:50.6 | Actually, that's not what I'm going for at all. That's so funny. |
| 0:54.6 | That's really funny to say that because I have recently, I did not mean to talk about this, |
| 1:00.2 | but it's been, I watched it and now I cannot get it fucking out of my head. |
| 1:07.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:07.6 | The new show on Netflix that's about Palm Beach in Florida. |
| 1:14.4 | Is it scripted? |
| 1:15.6 | No. |
| 1:16.4 | Oh, no. |
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