The Brain Candy Podcast
Laugh and learn with Susie Meister PhD & Sarah Rice MFT from MTV's The Challenge as they cover psychology, pop culture, human interest, and science, and make everything from The Kardashians to quantum physics accessible to all.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 947
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
765: Flying High, Sarah's Squabble & Sphinx Construction
Is Sarah trying to talk Susie into going back on the Challenge? What in the Freaky Friday is going on here? We discuss the man who had an unusual reaction to magic mushrooms that got him arrested for…
01:16:13 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
764: Fugees Flub, AI CEO, & Meteorite Money
Susie and Sarah are getting back in the competitive spirit with an upcoming athletic event, and it is hilarious. Sarah got a new trashy luxury item and it is a guaranteed AWH. She went to a Lauryn Hi…
00:58:40 |
Thu 16 Nov 2023
763: Stallone Regrets, Split Tongues, & Dark Comedy
Sarah had her first pow day, so Susie is annoyed. We hear why Yogi Berra is an underrated baseball player with a heckuva personality. We learn why Sylvester Stallone is full of regret, and he demonst…
01:28:52 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
762: Soap Solution, Amazon Revenge, & Big Babies
Sarah took Susie to a couple's "sound bath" in Denver, so they explain that experience and offer their thoughts on the hippity dippity, groovy vibrations. We learn about a teen who invented a soap th…
01:01:46 |
Thu 09 Nov 2023
761: Milli Vanilli, Tarantula Tragedy, & Fire Fear
Sarah and Susie are fresh off their Denver reunion, and ready for more candy for their brains. We start with a discussion about Milli Vanilli, the lip-synching duo from the 90s, who were exposed and …
00:58:59 |
Mon 06 Nov 2023
760: Birdhouses, Bears, and Bottomless Booze
Susie wants to know why we still have "viewings" when people die, and how she finds the ritual of open caskets to be macabre and strange. Plus, how is there technology that provides AI, but no one ha…
00:59:00 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
759: Green Funerals, Free Will, & the Power of Lipstick
It's almost Sarah's favorite day of the year, and this episode will fit into the spooky theme. We learn about a funeral home that was really phoning it in with regards to disposal of the bodies, and …
01:01:09 |
Mon 30 Oct 2023
758: Up For Anything, Lion's Mullet, & Hot People
Susie is accidentally tracking an airplane from Pittsburgh, and we're starting to wonder if this is a security risk. Sarah would like to put out a public service announcement that disinfected and cle…
01:01:35 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
757: Cupid Shuffle, Thighmaster, & Twin Flames
Susie went out on the town and now you're going to hear about it. A run-in with the police and war of words with an old lady at the Eagles concert? It's been a week! Sarah thinks the cure for this cr…
00:57:42 |
Mon 23 Oct 2023
756: Powerball, Yummy Mummies, & Golden Bachelor
After encouraging Sarah to avoid playing the lottery, Susie became a hypocrite by going all in on the Powerball frenzy sweeping the nation. But instead of admitting her lack of morality, Susie persua…
01:05:38 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
755: Sensitive People, Crime Con, & Australian Hillbillies
Susie got to visit her favorite tourist trap in Boston (where everyone knows her name!), but had to do so the old-fashioned way since her family's phones malfunctioned. Let's just say, if the bad guy…
01:00:43 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
754: Misphonia, Taylor Swift's NFL, & Platonic Proposals
Sarah thinks something fishy is happening with British Bakeoff, and she needs answers. Sarah is so enamored with Taylor Swift's ability to rile up the football boys that she is considering becoming a…
00:59:10 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
753: Hotline Heroes, Skating Scandal, & Disco Sucks
Today we reminisce about the Challengemania Hall of Fame and Sarah's induction speech. We hear about the Harley & Katya documentary which chronicled a competitive figure skating duo and the untimely …
01:01:20 |
Mon 09 Oct 2023
752: Lion Dads, Missing Jet, & Mexican Alien
Sarah is still obsessing about predator animals. She has developed a real affinity for polar bears and thinks lion dads are really not pulling their weight. They have manes and a roar, and that's abo…
01:00:31 |
Thu 05 Oct 2023
751: Super Models, Surfer Culture, & Stinky French
Susie gives a report on the Super Models documentary and the cultural moment that supermodels represented in the 80s and 90s, how they discuss aging, and why Susie is critical of younger models. It e…
01:06:56 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
750: Snakes with Legs, Cheetah Paternity, & Helmets for Dummies
This episode is wild. First we're celebrating our 750th episode w/ a delicious cake from Kara McSweeney and Evanly Bakes. Mostly we realize how even after all these episodes of laughing and learning …
01:42:09 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
749: Roman Empire, Therapist Sighting, & Breakup BTS
Sarah is getting into Tuesday's Sacrifice mode as the weather turns cool and the witchy vibes come alive. Susie has a sound board and uses it with abandon on this episode. We hear about the Team Foxc…
01:05:59 |
Mon 25 Sep 2023
748: Brain Candy: The Musical, Ornamental Hermits, & the Good Wall
We didn't intend on this episode becoming a musical version of Brain Candy, but, boy oh boy, did we have a song in our hearts today. We apologize in advance. We learn what "ornamental hermits" are an…
00:59:50 |
Thu 21 Sep 2023
747: Hamster Wheel, Near Death, & Scouts Honor
Sarah shares a disturbing and wild experience recently in which she believes she was drugged at a bar, and how it's affected her behavior. Susie talks about a man who is trying to cross the Atlantic …
01:02:20 |
Mon 18 Sep 2023
746: Book Blurbs, Plastic Plants, & Rigged Ratings
Susie tried to send Sarah a gift and it went terribly wrong. We find out why Susie and Sarah have very different relationships with their trainers and Sarah almost had a comically bad run-in with a c…
00:56:45 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
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