Why Are You Like This?

This week on the podcast, we’re talking all about the good, bad, and ugly side of workplace culture. How folks can thrive, but also how in toxic situations they can end up making drug runs for Lisa Frank (yes). We also talk through how quarantine and a pandemic that so greatly effects employment can have some of us feeling differently about our jobs— better and worse. So, we’re keeping it timely to say the least.

We’re back to consulting the stars, as we let you know exactly what May has in store. Who is set to have the best month ever, and who is gearing up for the worst!

Whew! On quarantine day “we don’t know,” we bring some thoughts on a simpler decade— the 90s! Folks like Sugar Ray’s Mark McGrath and Vanilla Ice make cameos to tell you why nothing good happened when the clock struck 2000. In their opinion a new decade was never even defined. We wax and wan poetically about some things we loved and hypothesize... Did culture real evolve after the 90s? You decide.

This week on the podcast we’re taking a lighthearted stroll down memory lane as we talk pranks. From prank calls on The Simpsons to all the ridiculous stuns we as children orchestrated to prank Jaimi’s grandma. Are pranks all fun and games or do they actually have cognitive benefits? And when does a prank go to far?

This week on the podcast, we’re divining into the history of such creatures as Loch Ness and Bigfoot. That’s right— Cryptozoology. What makes some people believe and holds other skeptical? Can you even consider this this a science? There are a lot of questions and a lot of people trying to find the Yeti. So, how exactly do you disprove something anyway?

This week on the podcast, we’re dissecting the tough feelings of burnout and what some psychologists have to say about it. All the feelings associated with the times we *truly* HATED our jobs to feeling lackluster about creative projects that once felt thrilling. What drives us to burnout and how the hell do we stop a downward spiral in its tracks?

Reaching out (yet again!) from self-isolation in our second installment of the segment we’ve deemed, WHAT THE FUPDATE. We’re popping in to talk about Oxytocin, Dopamine, Serotonin, and what we think is happening with all of our emotions during quarantine.

This week on the podcast, we’re giving a quick science lesson. (We’re not scientists.) We’re diving into Epigenetics, as we talk everything from eye color to the possibilities of being directly effected by what was going on in you Grandma’s womb. Not to mention, some “dog stuff.”

We’re back to consulting the stars, as we let you know exactly what April has in store. Who is set to have the best month ever, and who is gearing up for the worst!

This week on the podcast, we’re diving into the best and worst handshakes of our lives as we dissect the nuances of body language. We’ll talk about why some researchers aren’t comfortable calling it a language, and how data has been perhaps been misused repeatedly in self-help books and seminars to back up the belief that how you say things is more important than the actual words you say. So, what really matter? The words coming out of your mouth or they way your standing?

This week on the podcast, we’re digging into Walking Corpse Syndrome. This syndrome contains everything from questioning the direction of your bones, to the true belief that one is dead. So, what happens in a living limbo? And how many times are the police cool with removing you after you break into the cemetery again?

Reaching out from self-isolation in a new segment we’ve deemed, WHAT THE FUPDATE. We’re popping in to talk about Coronavirus and perhaps shed some light on why people are hoarding toilet paper.

This week on the podcast, Austin is reprising her role as someone who retells episodes of 60 Minutes. We’ll give you the recap of some investigative reporting courtesy of Anderson Cooper, as well as the folks behind The goop Lab, as we talk psilocybin and magic mushrooms. So what happens after heroic doses and what’s the medical community saying about it these days? Put on those eye masks, get ready for some sensory deprivation and perhaps a little trip.

This week on the podcast, prepare to have your brain scratched because we’re diving into the world of ASMR. From vacuums to Bob Ross’ sweet brushstrokes, we’ll discuss what’s happening physiologically and emotionally when you “get the tingles” from this kind of audio. We’ve also got some thoughts about whether this is just an internet trend having a moment or something that is here to stay for the long term.

We’re back to consulting the stars, as we let you know exactly what March has in store. Who is set to have the best month ever, and who is gearing up for the worst!

This week on the podcast, we’ve diving head first into a discussion about optimism. What makes someone optimistic? Is it personality types, is it just all about disposition and outlook, or is something here actually hereditary? And how do you define optimism anyway? So get ready to see the glass half full... or half empty. Guess that’s cool too.

This week we’re diving into the unfamiliar (to us) territory of Crystals. Don’t get us wrong, between Jaimi’s childhood rock collection and the time an exboyfriend tried to seduce Austin with a piece of rose quartz, we’ve got stories... So we’ll tell you what we think and what the folks who are onboard are telling us. Brace yourselves and get ready to align those chakras. And who knows, maybe after this episode you’ll be convincing your friends to use yoni eggs over brunch.

This week on the podcast, we’re tackling the subject of public grief and mourning. What happens when a celebrity dies and what does it actually mean for those who feel affected. And what about the times when others are grieving and you feel unchanged?

This week on the podcast, we’re talking Peter Pan Syndrome. What makes us worried we’re not ready to grow up and the folks who took never growing up so seriously they impersonated children. Yep. Is an eternal childhood ever okay? And is Austin being unfair in claiming that a lot of these Peter Pan types are just fuckboys? Second star on the right and straight on ‘til morning!

We’re back to consulting the stars, as we let you know exactly what February has in store. Who is set to have the best month ever, and who is gearing up for the worst!