Smells Like Humans

Send us Fan Mail Human Resources expert Emily joins Ross to discuss strategies for getting a raise.  Tangents include: Peter Principle; Cruise Ship mishaps; Mai Tais; Harry Potter, Joe or Jo or Jough. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/14/business/how-to-ask-for-a-raise.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/business/money-salary-transparency-pay.html?searchResultPositi...

Send us Fan Mail Madeline joins Ross to discuss the role of noise in our lives.  Tangents include: Genitalia confidence; getting in trouble for cheering at a baseball game; Hamnet; Tim's Vermeer; childbirth TKO; Karmic Boomerangs; why silence is terrifying; more pickle ball tension; remodeling revenge plan. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/09/health/noise-exposure-health-imp...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross for the most tangent-heavy podcast of all time, ostensibly about fashion.  Tangents include:  Jaimie's secret love affair; Sinbad; Sylvester Stallone; Applebee's; Soylent Green; Charlton Heston; Donny Osmond; The Mandela Effect; Flash Gordon; airport clothes; flammable sweat suits; Whitney Houston. Notes: https://www.mrporter.com/en-us/journal/fashion/a...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the realities of the wedding night.  Tangents include: Canada Day; bedding ceremonies; sex at other people's weddings; Ross' weird neighbor; wedding warning signs; airport hotels; Solo bachelorette parties; GLOW; JaImie's "morning bang" plan. Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedding_ceremony https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/...

Send us Fan Mail Ami joins Ross to discuss how often we should say the magic words, "I LOVE YOU" to partner's, spouses, and children.  Tangents include:  Ticklers; types of "I love you's"; idolizing kids; metaphorical bike helmets; "SPECIAL" VS "PRECIOUS". Ross' Love installment plan and simple relationship advice are discussed. Support the sh...

Send us Fan Mail Azalea and Madeline join Ross to discuss the often confusing expectations around tipping.  Tangents include:  Door Dash delivery people; convenience store tip line; customer hate; cab culture;  coffee shop tip jar; $2,000 oyster;  Australians as tippers; hotel tipping. Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Tracey the therapist gives Ross the straight dope on family estrangement.  Tangents include:  Elevator clowns; wooing; generational trauma; small books; family systems. Notes: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/americans-falling-out-with-family-opinion-poll/ Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Madeline joins Ross to discuss high end dining clubs.  Tangents include:  hobnobbing; tip jobs; bag lunch; hoi polloi; Arby's Tooth; Palm Beach, Florida; sadness holes; Portland grunge; salt lick; blowing one's cabbage; Harold and Kumar; sink holes, the "third place". Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss "high-end" matchmakers, including Ross' first hand experience with one (a low-end one).  Tangents include:  the danger of single people "work-arounds"; sofa analogies; Brooke Shields; pig analogies; kleptomania; Applebees; unwieldy coffee tables; fabric benches; rude bill collectors. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/27/st...

Send us Fan Mail Tracey the therapist joins Ross to discuss the world of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response or ASMR.  Tangents include:  Bob Ross; wooden legs; sound bath; MDMA; mukbang; Helper Girl; golf whisper; Maria; misphonia; screaming dogs; bad laughs. Notes: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/science-and-technology/2022/03/asmr-or-not-unpicking-the-science-behind-a-sensory-phenomenon M...

Send us Fan Mail Madeline joins Ross to discuss a fabulous food fight ritual.  Tangents include:  fontanelles; headless tyrants; community; the shroud of Turin; Honda Civic; Torta 900; emotional sausage casing; dangerous Iceland; Pliny the Elder (again) and yet another example of Ross' misspent youth.    Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/magazine/battle-oranges-italy.html?searchResult...

Send us Fan Mail Roller derby therapist Joan joins Ross to discuss the benefits and risks of ICE PLUNGING and the influence of the "wellness" industry.  Tangents include:  meatballs; Gwyneth Paltrow; vampire facials; Humphrey Bogart; McDonald's apple pie; leech therapy; vaginal eggs; children smoking pipes. Notes: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/wellness-scams-goop-pseudosc...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the benefits/risks of separate beds for people in relationships.  Tangents include: "Fatty" Arbuckle; the one foot rule; Lucy and Ricky; eight yards of television; toddler beds; Hays Code; blanket slapping; mummy gripping. Notes: https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1042865/an-evolution-of-marriage-on-television/ https://en.wikiped...

Send us Fan Mail Roller derby therapist Joan joins Ross to discuss apology languages.  Tangents include: dining etiquette; panic apology; pulled pork sandwiches in bed; tip of the iceberg apology; coin sacks vs cookie jars; apologizing for existing; check writing; eyeball scanning; conjunctions. Notes: https://www.inc.com/cameron-albert-deitch/worst-apologies-2017.html https://www.5lovelanguages.c...

Send us Fan Mail Ami joins Ross to talk about what selfishness really means.  Tangents include:  Salvos; dogs; pork chop theory; Ami's drug fancy; Abe Lincoln; supermarket etiquette; Rear Window; Presbyterians; Gordon Gekko; do-gooders;  airplane mask procedures and selfishness;  THE GAPES. Notes: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/cui-bono/201501/good-neutral-and-bad-selfishness https:/...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the fact that humans love a good hoax.  Tangents include:  Balloon Boy; guitar nipple; face smoothing; kidney game shows; naked animals; mirth vs joy; dog clothes; Walter Cronkite; Buck Henry; Corgis. Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hoaxes Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Madeline joins Ross to talk about the pros and cons of making middle schoolers shower after gym.  Tangents include: flying uterus; chicken fat; magic kingdom wait times; middle school henchmen; alien lighthouses; jock straps; naked old guys; MERSA; Bodman body spray.  Ross suggests PE alternatives. Notes: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2011-01-02-os-florida-students-s...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss aging and how it should be done.  Tangents include: Diaper Butt; Old People nicknames; AED's; Public Dancing Etiquette; Convex mirror selfies; THE BEAST. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/well/live/aging-tips-margareta-magnusson.html?action=click&algo=bandit-all-surfaces-shadow-lda-unique-diversify-time-cutoff-30&alpha=0.05&blo...

Send us Fan Mail Madeline joins Ross to discuss the "Pickle Ball" craze.  Tangents include: throw pillows; D&D; Bainbridge Island; "Mackinaw/Mackinac"; bowling shoes; egg launching; extreme bocce; golf nerds; corn hole; star wars Stratego; boomer trends. Notes: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/oct/05/blame-threat-and-clash-the-war-between-pickleball-and-tennis-players...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the possibility of robots taking over the world.  Tangents include: Frank L. Baum; gynoids; Roomba; sex-bots; Billie Eilish; Son of Sam; Robo-pets; 90 day fiance; Popeil Pocket Fisherman.  Potential robo jobs are discussed. Notes:  https://www.emergingedtech.com/2019/11/10-cool-technologies-the-jetsons-predicted-for-2062-that-we-have-right-now/ https:/...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the magic of dreams.  Tangents include:  Cube pillows; C-Pap machines; shape shifting;  THE TING TINGS; Paula Dean; butter; baby orcas; dog dreams; actor's nightmare; "smudging"; palo santo.  Ross forgets his "pop filter" so there are a lot of popped p's. Notes: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life-refracted/202012...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee and Ross discover that they have too many pet peeves.  Tangents include: ear pillows; snack holes; chat bots; sidewalk etiquette; how to get a free coffee maker; banana sounds; bad drivers; Grim Reaper;  train wreck chewing; cranky old man baby. Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss our perception of furry and not so furry creatures.  Tangents include:  car trouble; Williard the movie;  bubble bath dogs; black market guinea pigs; pizza rat; croc's snacking on feral pigs; ugly bugs; top ten smartest animals; baby deposit window.  Ross explains his "chef's hat" theory. After this episode, we will be on a lovely h...

Send us Fan Mail Madeline joins Ross to discuss what happens when we don't get the "thank you's" we deserve.  Tangents include:  Pan's Labyrinth; Orlando Airport; Jimmy Buffett; youngish women;  etiquette; ferrets; Tiny Tim; expectation setting. Notes: https://www.southernliving.com/culture/no-thank-you-note-for-gift Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.co...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to talk about the difficulty making friends once you hit 30 and above.  Tangents include:  Jaimee's funeral plans; kids wearing capes; the Hansen brothers; friend poachers; "Kind of Friends"; Scrubblehumper;  how kid's parents become your friends by default. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/fashion/the-challenge-of-making-friends-as-a...