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Average audio length:
30 minutes
English
United States
100 episodes
since July 19, 2024
episodic

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Smuggling sounds like a crime show plot until you realize how much of it looks like ordinary travel and everyday shipping. We’re Jane and Bobbi, celebrating two years of this mother-daughter podcast, and we use that milestone to say thank you to listeners in 60 countries and 400 cities. Then we jum…

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Walmart won’t take tap to pay, the phone system asks for your info twice, and suddenly you’re one “minor inconvenience” away from shutting the whole day down. Jane and Bobbi Joy dig into the real meaning of “crashing out” and why it’s showing up all over TikTok and everyday life: burnout, overstimu…
Your DNA can be a party trick, a family tree shortcut, or a breadcrumb trail that outlives you. We’re a mother and daughter duo, and we start with the personal side of consumer DNA testing: the kits, the spit-versus-swab debate, and the moment you see ethnicity results that don’t line up neatly wit…
Iowa’s drinking water can look perfectly clear and still carry a chemical story you don’t want in your body. But Iowa isn't the only state in trouble; it's an issue in many states and countries. We sit down with environmental activist and artist Christine Curry to unpack why nitrates keep…
A 17-mile machine buried under Switzerland and France sounds like a movie prop, but CERN’s (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Large Hadron Collider is real and it has been on our bucket list for years. From the Rabbit Hole studio (and through Midwest heat that should be illegal), we break…
If your town posts a “boil advisory,” do you assume your water is safe again after a few minutes on the stove? We challenge that assumption and explain why boiling does not remove nitrates and can actually concentrate them, which is a scary fact in a state already dealing with severe nitrate contam…
What chaps your hide? What just makes your blood boil; okay maybe not boil but steam a bit?  Welcome to the show where minor inconveniences become major offenses. Have you ever wanted to launch a public speakerphone user into the sun? Do "stupid traffic requirements" make your blood steam…
A bedazzled live beetle pinned to your shirt. Salsa made with stink bugs. A funeral plan that involves Disney, a confetti cannon, and maximum trauma. We start in pure chaos and end up somewhere unexpectedly human: how do you want your body handled when you die, and who is that choice really for?We …
Clutch your pearls and secure your toupees! Keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times! We are changing the instruction manual!! Yep, Bobbi and Jane are moving to every other week to drop a new podcast. This change allows them to dive deeper into each subject and provide more time for Bo…
Disrespect has become a default setting, and it is showing up everywhere from traffic stops to school meetings to the way people treat a server over missing fries. We sit down as a mother and daughter duo and ask a blunt question: when did “standing up for yourself” start looking like chaos? Along …
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