Smells Like Humans

Send us Fan Mail Ami joins Ross to discuss the benefits of decluttering your physical and psychic space.  Tangents include: Marie Kondo; Saabs; Black Mirror; Thomas Szasz.   Ross estimates how many years Ami has left. Notes:   https://www.amazon.com/Abundance-Less-Lessons-Simple-Living/dp/1623171326/ref=asc_df_1623171326/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312144625645&hvpos=&hvnetw...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the world of dogs and their owners.  Tangents include:  Taco Bell; dog tooth necklace; purse dogs; owner types; gentle leaders and muzzles; blown teeth;  Cheetos; Rear Window; LIFESPAN; serial killers; cartoon wisdom;  Bumpuses.  We talk a little about cats. Notes: https://www.chewy.com/petsafe-gentle-leader-padded-no-pull/dp/52157?gclid=CjwKCAjw6dmSBh...

Send us Fan Mail Very special guest and expert cryer Hannah Leigh  joins Ross to discuss how crying can be good for us.  Tangents include: Westside Story; Titanic; Bicycles; Black Dogs; cone heads; broken necks; public crying; tier 2 crying; sad clown trope; bonobos/gibbons; Harry Potter; Limbo. Notes: https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-crying https://englishbyday.com/crying-idioms/ htt...

Send us Fan Mail Ami patiently listens to Ross' unusual idea about how to save hyper-involved parents from themselves.  Tangents include: Scaring crows; threshing; sheaves; kid mayors; baggy pilot uniforms; and "making your nut." Notes: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2021/nov/02/child-labor-laws-weakened-us-industries-teens https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/child...

Send us Fan Mail Robb joins Ross to discuss awkward first intimate experiences.  Tangents include: Mile High Club; coliseum; Holiday Inn; Gemco;  tell-tale phone bills; Nine Inch Nails; "the talk".  Take a drink any time you hear what you think is a double entendre. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/05/style/love-cloud-las-vegas-mile-high-club.html?searchResultPosition=2 Support the...

Send us Fan Mail Special guest and mega-brain Starr joins Ross to talk about privacy.  Tangents include:  Jack and Jill Bathrooms; postcards; gossip; drones; "almost pets"; 23 and me; serial killers; hamsters; hair carpets; hoarding;  Rear Window; Grace Kelly; quantities of Irish; Nun threats; paddle wheelers; "Bed Island"; Black Mirror. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/3...

Send us Fan Mail Super guest Ami joins Ross to discuss the fact that most humans have ambivalent feelings about nature...nature is good, unless it "crosses the line".  Tangents include: Feral swine bomb; "CollieDongs"; rabid boxwoods; Funny Farm; moving to the country; foster dogs; rescue dogs; pork production facts; Winnie the Pooh; bull dozers. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/...

Send us Fan Mail Co-host and cult-bait Madeline and guest Jaimee join Ross to discuss why more of us haven't joined cults.  Tangents include:   girl camp; food storage; branding; NXVM; India Oxenberg;  loneliness epidemic;  off-brand Kool-Aid; Heaven's Gate; Nikes; Big Hair; meat puppets; bride training; spaceships; cult-adjacent; MLM's; Scientology; Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt; Brazi...

Send us Fan Mail Cool person Emily joins Ross to discuss tripping with mushrooms. Tangents include: "The Hip Hypnotist"; chasing raccoons; licking Pomeranians; Nicole Kidman; animal consent; Reefer Madness; jumping out of windows; barf box; hallucinogenic retreats; Equal packets; party punch. Notes: https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-and-geniuses-who-used-drugs-2013-8 https://psy...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to ponder whether change really is so good.  Tangents include: The Simpsons; travel; attacking baby crabs; Gloria Vanderbilt glasses from the '80's; stuffed antelope hoof; moving; stress; swifts; Crohn's disease;  finger pickles; life stressors; "bubble of sameness"; old photos; haunted red balls; Mount St. Helens; porch bathrooms.     Ta...

Send us Fan Mail Ami and Robb join Ross to discuss Bedtime story apps and other sleep aids.  Tangents include: Thunderwear; duct tape; ceiling fans; Crisco shimmy; the best way to end "sexy time"; Melatonin; dog wake-up routines; genius naps; The Office; The Wire; "Jimmy Leg"; ASMR; Comfort Creators; Matthew Mcconaughey.  Robb accidentally retells the taco blanket and Grover at...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss their phobias.  Tangents include:  Scary birds; weird bumps; copper mines; the main problem with public bathrooms; tiny French elevators; and the power of self-talk.   Notes: https://www.talkspace.com/blog/cognitive-behavioral-therapy-what-to-expect/ https://www.talkspace.com/blog/list-of-phobias-common-therapy/ https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/c...

Send us Fan Mail Therapist Tracey and Co-host Madeline join Ross to discuss relationship styles and why things sometimes feel like a stale Starbucks bagel.  Tangents include "sprinkler moments"; toot closets; head fleas; dog houses; truffle pigs; brain chemicals; deal breakers; the sunk cost fallacy; relationship maintenance . If you are in the mood to play a drinking game, drink every t...

Send us Fan Mail Theatre artist and mindfulness practitioner, Caitlin, joins the show from MERRY OLD ENGLAND, to discuss how we can improve our well-being by developing our self-compassion muscle.  Tangents include:  Problems with getting a cat through airport security; cryogenics; gambling; London cab drivers; carrying on without black beans; timing animals going to the bathroom;  and razor blade...

Send us Fan Mail Ami joins Ross to discuss some awkward moments during funerals and related activities.  Tangents include: funeral squirrels; dead kisses; Lurch;  cremation options; coffin deer; funeral food; mix-ins; secret doors; and advice on possibly what not to wear to a service. Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Therapist Tracey joins Ross to discuss the fact that humans have always worried about whatever technology allowed them to connect and share ideas.  The difficulty and benefits of leaving social media, and why no one cares if you do are evaluated. Tangents include: suburbia; figurative "wings"; steamer trunks; fake running away; emotional bank accounts; the lurking danger...

Send us Fan Mail Ami joins Ross to discuss "intensive parenting".  Tangents include: the importance of knowing how to throw a frisbee; Herkies; murderous cheer moms; Karl's (not Bruce's) training regimen; bike helmets as harbingers; cheating kids into college, competitive birthday parties, free range parenting, and the virtuous activity of working a rock pile. Notes: https://ww...

Send us Fan Mail Regular and three-time mom Ami, joins Ross to discuss whether we are making parenting much harder and stressful than it needs to be.  Tangents include: hot air balloons; "stealthing"; rubbers; biscuit brother; oafs; civil war reenactments.  Ami once again references "Toxic" by Britney Spears. Notes: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31259595/ https://www.parent.c...

Send us Fan Mail Special guests and engaged partners, Jenny and Nate, join Ross to discuss "cringey" elements of some wedding ceremonies.  Tangents include:  Exploding birds; proposals; plus-ones; evil spirits; 'BRIDE SQUAD'; hook worms;  Scottish castles; omens; and sexless swinger parties.  The trio inadvertently creates a new drinking game in which the listener should take a...

Send us Fan Mail Almost regular Jaimee joins Ross to discuss experiences related to caring for aging parents.  Tangents include:  Bathtub wine; Costco hot dogs; live-in parents; monster babies; DIY driving tests. Notes: https://dailycaring.com/7-steps-to-take-when-aging-parents-need-help/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-first-impression/201810/what-do-aging-parents Support the show Con...

Send us Fan Mail Regulars Robb and Ami join Ross to discuss how to make revealing the sex of a new child less lethal and destructive.  Tangents include:  Reveal parties; Snappy McSnapperson; sex role stereotypes; rage rooms; placenta paté; flippety flopping; tomboys; explosions; mayhem equations; the problem with Dads; "MOM-YATA". Notes:   https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65058/when-d...

Send us Fan Mail Special guest and mindfulness practitioner Caitlin joins Ross to discuss the practice and benefits of becoming more mindful in everyday life.  Tangents include:  Rowdy Mermaid; Boxed Monkeys; Madonna accents; Baby Toes Johnson; Fish and Chips; Chaucer; garage meditation; Ashiatsu; Little Blue Man; Cracked eggs; and Mess Halls. Notes: Peace in Schools: A non-profit organization tha...

Send us Fan Mail Regulars Ami and Robb join Ross for a discussion of the fact that some adults use stuffed animals for "self-soothing" . Tangents include:  Mysterious kangaroo bulges; ; The Surrogate Mother Study NOT The Executive Monkey Study; ASMR; bed pillows on airplanes; and why Ross can't count on people with bedazzled jeans. Notes:   https://www.vox.com/2015/7/15/8965393/asmr...

Send us Fan Mail Special guest and super-therapist Tracey joins Ross to discuss those moments when we don't always know what to say or how to say it.  Tangents include:  Badgers vs marsupials; death beds; broken tables; gas station give-aways; word punching and poop bags. Notes: Ross says he was in a play called "Scrooge" when he meant "A Christmas Carol". https://drdansie...

Send us Fan Mail Special guest Brynn joins Ross to share stories from her interesting life journey.  Tangents include:  How to be discovered in Hollywood on your first day; coastlines; mystical portals; attack crabs; unexpected horse parts; psychology majors; and mushroom trips.  Also, Ross encourages people to do a life sketch. Notes: Brynn, story telling: https://youtu.be/kyJY1dQnUAI Horse parts...