980: Case Closed, Umbrella Upgrade, & Exclamations
The Brain Candy Podcast
Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice AMFT
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Sarah is all hot and bothered for the "gay hockey show," Heated Rivalry, and she explains why lesbians would enjoy male on male heat. Susie is all wound up about something totally different: umbrellas. To each their own. We learn about a practice that was created in the 1980s where people dying of AIDS would sell their life insurance policies to investors, and we debate the ethics of betting on someone's death. We discuss the difference in written communication between women and men, and the reason women have to track their punctuation and balance perceived warmth and competence. We find out which celebrities are mentioned the most in pop songs, and the three factors that can increase your chances of being name dropped. Plus, Susie shares big news in the true crime world, where two of the biggest unsolved cases in history have been solved--and the same person (allegedly) did both.
00:00 - Finally, an Umbrella That Actually Works: The Origami Design
12:26 - Boost Your Hair Growth with Neutrophil Supplement
14:18 - The Ethics of Viatical Settlements During the AIDS Epidemic
22:01 - Do Parents Really Have a Favorite Child? The Surprising Study Results
32:30 - Cozy Earth: The Secret to a Better Night's Sleep
34:48 - Women, Exclamation Points, and the Balance of Warmth vs. Competence
44:58 - Who Gets Name-Dropped Most in Pop Songs? The Data Reveals All
50:21 - The Zodiac and Black Dahlia Killers: One Person, Two Unsolved Mysteries Solved
01:01:39 - From Hidden Treasure to DB Cooper: Updates on Famous Unsolved Cases
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, Barry County Podcast. |
| 0:05.6 | So 980. |
| 0:08.4 | We have a great time right before we record, and then we always regret not recording. |
| 0:12.8 | And then I'm always like, Susie, we should be recording this. |
| 0:17.4 | You know. |
| 0:18.1 | Well, listen, we can't record 24 hours a day right right and and when we're always |
| 0:23.6 | bringing the hilarity what's yeah please we got to edit right all right let's get into it as |
| 0:31.0 | they say the influencers um Hey, good news. |
| 0:37.8 | I have been wanting this my whole entire life and I bet you have too. |
| 0:42.1 | Okay. |
| 0:42.6 | Your whole life. |
| 0:43.8 | Which is an umbrella that actually works. |
| 0:47.7 | What? |
| 0:49.2 | I have to be like, we have put a man on the moon. |
| 0:52.0 | Guess how many times I've thought about umbrellas and their function |
| 0:56.1 | in my life well zero zero that's because you have not lived in pittsburg pa i cry it never |
| 1:05.8 | rains in california southern california yes well listen it i cannot tell Southern California. Southern California. |
| 1:12.1 | Yes. |
| 1:17.2 | Well, listen, I cannot tell you how many times I have thought about umbrellas. |
| 1:25.2 | And as my dad was a bus driver, Port Authority bus driver, and we have never bought an umbrella in our lives. |
| 1:27.6 | Like he would, because that's what people do. |
| 1:47.1 | They leave him on the buses, you know. Oh, this makes sense. This makes sense. Of course. And nobody's going to call Port-40, be like, I left my umbrella. You're saying goodbye to that. We had so many umbrellas. Oh, my gosh. That is so funny. And your dad's like, finders keepers. But it's like literally the only perk, so give you a break. |
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