S4 Ep335: Why Your Breakup is the Best Thing to Happen to You & Weird News Rundown!

An Acquired Taste Podcast

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True Crime, Relationships, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Going through a breakup? Bethany lets you know why this may be the best thing that has ever happened to you, with examples of people whose entire lives turned around because of a relationship ending! It’s all in how you decide to move forward, friend. Then, Kathleen fills the class in on some rude nude dudes who got scared by a deer, a lady whose cartoon-inspired house is angering her neighbors, and more!

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What we talked about:

Monkey gets his mind *blown* my a magician! —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm8Q4fgv8Qo

Another monkey is delighted by magic! —> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIxYCDbRGJc

Video of the guy doing card tricks during newscast: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-seizes-moment-perform-incredible-24419191
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BETHANY’S SOURCES:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/48905/8-people-who-owe-everything-breakup

https://www.buzzfeed.com/tahliapritchard/positive-breakup-stories

https://www.slice.ca/celebs-who-were-way-better-off-after-their-breakups/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Gilbert

KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florence-fang-flintstones-house-hillsborough_n_60d9e395e4b072e7c989f0f0

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/bridezilla-slammed-angry-note-warning-24419669

Video of the guy doing card tricks during newscast: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/man-seizes-moment-perform-incredible-24419191
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/06/28/australia-Nude-Aussie-sunbathers-who-fled-deer-fined-after-rescue-from-woods/1071624916281/
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/06/25/Bingham-County-Search-Rescue-Dive-Team-Snake-River-iPhone-Tom-Adams/8601624652439/https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/06/24/Port-Jefferson-Fire-Department-New-York-dressing-room-bank-vault/5261624562851/
https://www.livescience.com/vanilla-flavor-plastic-waste.html

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1:00.0	Stop laughing, this is erotic. I'm on a new medication and I think it's making me lose me.
1:07.0	I would have been a Ted Bundy victim. Yeah, I had no idea that so many people out there felt the same way.
1:13.0	Now I want a peanut colada. An acquired taste.
1:19.0	Hello, this is an acquired taste podcast. I'm Kathleen Heaney, your archery tag playing.
1:26.0	Attempting to actually read a book instead of listening to one.
1:29.0	Relentlessly asking people what podcasts they listen to, friend.
1:32.0	And I'm Bethany Watson. You're boring dream having. Sweating through all of my clothing.
1:38.0	These squirrels on my fire escape are controlling my life friend.
1:42.0	And every week Bethany and I meet up to discuss our lives with weird in the world.
1:47.0	And we invite you to join us this week. We're talking about that breakup that you just had.
1:52.0	It might be the best thing that's ever happened to you.
1:56.0	I'm going to tell you why breakups can be a launching pad.
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