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
- 944
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
922: Pride & Prejudice, Grand Theft Flower, & Moon Real Estate
Sarah went to Vail Pride and is getting very emotional about her LGBTQ journey, the self-doubt she's grappled with, and her goal of self-acceptance. We explore why we're often hardest on ourselves an…
01:06:59 |
Mon 23 Jun 2025
921: Honest Plants, Amelia Earhart Scam, & Macabre Mortician
Sarah had a run-in at Home Depot where she was offered free plants, and she said no! And now she has regrets for being so honest and having integrity. Susie gives a tribute to her beloved Brian Wilso…
00:59:29 |
Thu 19 Jun 2025
920: Moana Flight, Baseball Boycott, & Covid Lessons
Susie and Sarah had a little reunion and they're still riding that sweet high. We're happy Susie wasn't on the flight where a little girl was allowed to take over the intercom and sing a Moana song t…
00:51:07 |
Mon 16 Jun 2025
919: Smelly Brain, Pee Wee as Himself, & The Rehearsal
Susie and Sarah are headed to a baseball game, but first Susie needs to explain the importance of safety and the precariousness of Buc Fever after a man recently fell at a game. We disuss the P Diddy…
01:03:30 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
918: Cheers to Norm, Vigilante Justice, & Dances w/ Cranes
Sarah got mixed up in a felony and for a second was going to take matters into her own hands and try to apprehend the bandit because she "loves justice." Thankfully she realized Ann Taylor Loft's Los…
01:01:18 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
917: Tick Fiasco, Pigeon Bandit, & Parrot Video Calls
Sarah had a "tick fiasco" in the wilderness, and she'll never be the same. We get some updates from Susie about Pete Rose's eligibility for the Baseball Hall of Fame since his death and we hear the s…
01:00:00 |
Mon 02 Jun 2025
916: Eyeball Privacy, Cicada B-holes, & Therapy Breakthroughs
Sarah thought she was being frugal and industrious, but now she has a stained sink and a broken olive oil dispenser. We learn why an AI tech bro wants to see your eyeballs, and Susie's mad about it. …
00:52:32 |
Thu 29 May 2025
915: Happiness Hacks, Cartwheel Blindness, & Things in Holes
Sarah is getting into birding and Susie is getting into the Elks. What we're saying is we're old. But we're happy. Unfortunately a lot of people aren't happy, but don't worry, we have the data on wha…
01:01:56 |
Mon 26 May 2025
914: Frog Survival, Pop Star Pals, & Karma
Sarah is getting old all of a sudden, and she is not happy about it. She claims she has an old lady body now, and we talk about how humans age in two big bursts at 44 and 60. Sarah saw a man taking p…
01:03:06 |
Thu 22 May 2025
913: Elderspeak, Napalm Girl, & Snakebite Savior
Susie went to a Micky Dolenz of the Monkees concert, and the next day a stranger stopped her at the grocery store to make a comment about something Susie did at the show. We learn why medical profess…
01:02:16 |
Mon 19 May 2025
912: Climber Catastrophe, Tennis Odor, and Hornet Attack
Scientists think they might have found a planet that is "brimming with life," and we're pretty sure whoever lives there is way smarter than earthlings. We learn about a climber who had to be rescued …
01:08:03 |
Thu 15 May 2025
911: Caricature Creep, Rabid Seals, & Racing for the Crown
Sarah and her gf got a caricature, and it is truly the stuff of nightmares. We debate whether the "artist" was intentionally making it awful, why he wanted to give her gigantic boobs, and what messag…
01:06:34 |
Mon 12 May 2025
910: Flow State, Sperm Racing, & Balloon Boy
Susie is sharing a tragic tale of why her dancing at the gay wedding was cut short. They also had a peek at each other's sacral dimples and will update you about their size, scope, and scale. Is bigg…
01:04:04 |
Thu 08 May 2025
909: Fair Play, Space Lies, & NFT Nonsense
We are still riding the high of officiating a gay wedding because it was EPIC! We'll never top it. Congrats to Tyler and Timmi! Sarah is super into Crypto all of a sudden, well, not really, but she i…
00:57:58 |
Mon 05 May 2025
908: Animal Sounds, Ladies in Space, & Alien Abduction
We hear why Sarah is starting to get messages from people from "beyond the grave." We discuss animal sounds and how people around the world imitate animals through onomatopoeia, and why they're all d…
00:56:18 |
Mon 28 Apr 2025
907: Pop the Balloon, Greed & Gold, & Sock Sniffer
Johnny Bananas is up to his old tricks (and we do mean OLD) on the Netflix *live* dating game, Pop the Balloon, where he may or may not have been accused of racism, but either way he was giving extre…
01:01:39 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
906: Treasure Hunt, Lucky Lady, & the Tyranny of Whistling
Susie is pumped about a new documentary about a treasure hunt, and we realize we've been on the air so long that we've covered this hunt's beginning, its controversies, the treasure's discovery (???)…
01:08:20 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
905: Sarah on the Spectrum, Cancelling Einstein, & Dire Wolves
Nobody ever tells you that aging is mostly just getting weird things on your body that you may or may not have to worry about. And this is officially an old lady podcast. Sarah is obsessed with Love …
01:06:44 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
904: Bed Monster, Hooters Hypocrisy, & Paddington Bear Assault
Susie shares a horrifying story about a babysitter who had to fight off a real monster. We talk about why kids should never be the butt of any joke and we want anyone who is mean to a kid to be prose…
01:03:25 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
903: Walk of Fame, Dance Psychology, & Ikea Furniture
We recorded on April Fool's Day, so we had to complain about pranks and prankers who commit them. But Susie thinks Sarah is a prank enabler. We discuss a large cluster of people in a small town who c…
01:03:07 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
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