Smells Like Humans

Send us Fan Mail Tracey the therapist joins Ross to discuss how keep your rage from ruining everyone's day.  Find out how to talk to the "salty teenager" and other characters that live inside your head. Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Tracey the therapist joins Ross to discuss why some kids are just more fun and lovable.  We also talk about why some kids feel like they are NOT the favorite, how it affects them later in life and what parents can do about it.  The importance of cookie cutter shapes, grape counting, and farm chores are analyzed. Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Caitlin, a self-described "witch enthusiast" joins Ross to discuss witches and witchcraft and many related topics.  Tangents include: Ursula the Sea Witch; Wizard of Oz trivia and mayhem; the myth of the hanging munchkin; manosphere; intention as ritual; creepy London; Peter and the Wolf; the trials and tribulations of Margaret Hamilton; intentional bath time; kitchen cl...

Send us Fan Mail Tracey joins Ross to explain why choosing to be single is not only okay, but comes with benefits. Tangents include:  Pet dating; Koi ponds;  Pippi the new dog; The Power of NOW; marinating in discomfort; anthropomorphizing; taxidermy. Notes: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-single/202109/why-certain-people-love-being-single https://www.thetoptens.com/pets/best-house-...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the "ripples" caused by our choices.  Tangents include: Harambe the Gorilla; invasive species; pigs in disguises; pharmacy etiquette; Pablo Escobar;  sinking cruise ships; bedbugs. Notes: https://www.history.com/news/invasive-species-list-mammals-birds-aquatic https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/14/us/pythons-florida-invasive-species.html https:/...

Send us Fan Mail Tracey joins Ross to discuss whether sometimes positive comments to others can do more harm than good.  Tangents include: Slim Jims; Friend contracts; sarcastic Jesus; sympathy vs empathy; meat sandwiches; worst kid names ever.  Ross tries to get Tracey to explain her fear of clowns. Notes: https://parade.com/980089/marynliles/stay-positive-quotes/ Support the show Contact us: con...

Send us Fan Mail Caitlin joins Ross to discuss strategies for feeling ok at a wedding by yourself.  Tangents include:  Winnebago's; bamboozling Canadians; Bonded by Proxy;  the inherent risk of talking to older people; Iceland's Penis Museum; Mai Tai's; the link between ice skating and serial killing. Notes:  Winnebago: https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=584594592&sxsrf=AM9Hk...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss all things Mandela Effect and whether it is proof that we are in a computer simulation.  Tangents include:  Cheese Nips; punchable cartoon faces; The chimp from "Nope";  x-rated parodies; Casablanca; Darth Vader on Bumble; Deja Vu; another high school date story. Notes: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-the-feeling-of-dej...

Send us Fan Mail Jenny joins Ross to discuss the perceptions of couples mismatched on age. Tangents include:  Jenny's wedding recap; Chuck Berry encounters; crooners; Tony Bennett; "How Stella Got Her Groove Back";  old vampires; "Party Cabin"; Ross continues to wonder what a "lido deck" is. Notes: https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/11/why-older-men-who-date-y...

Send us Fan Mail Caitlin joins Ross to discuss whether sometimes it's better to change how you live before changing where you live.  Tangents include: Rabies in the UK; Baby Toes Johnson; old men; movers and hot dogs; TSA; cat litter smugglers; and if you are patient, maggots. Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Emily joins Ross to discuss the earliest warning signs that a break-up is coming.  Tangents include:  Book club; vegans; house fire analogies; "quenching juice"; cigarette company spin; retail therapy; "yes anding"; futons; groupers. Notes: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rediscovering-love/201904/8-behaviors-signal-relationship-is-in-trouble https://ww...

Send us Fan Mail Robb joins Ross to discuss PDA's and whether they sometimes cross a line.  Tangents include:  "samplers"; The Shining; Lia Beldam; Tattoos; Hume Cronyn/Jessica Tandy; animal PDA's; elderly PDA's; problems with managing short pants; Sweden vs Switzerland; Robb's grandfather's "home" movies; Mr. Peanut. Notes: https://www.vice.com/en/arti...

Send us Fan Mail Kira checks in from Florida and joins Ross to discuss the issues involved in cloning pets and celebrities (and celebrities cloning pets).  Tangents include:  "Spray Burn"; Moper dogs; Custody battles; Lula; Moper kids; Vincent Van Gough; personal pan Taylor Swift; sheep as pets; "Diaper" Bjork; Friedrich the dog; closet clones.  That chewing sound you hear duri...

Send us Fan Mail Jenny joins Ross to discuss liberating yourself from completing a list of extraordinary accomplishments.  Tangents include:  Competitive softball; pitch witch; nut punching; death by horse; yak consent; plants vs. birds; Hamilton the musical; SOYBOMB; concubine 401k's; Emily Wilding Davison. Notes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Davison https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/...

Send us Fan Mail Anees joins Ross to discuss the idea that everyone, even the rich and famous, deals with insecurity.  Tangents include:  Squirrels; Disney VIP; quinceanera, chivalry; quick sand; chamber buckets; Folgers coffee commericals; Killer Bees; low hanging fruit; diapered mini-horses. Notes:  Folgers Coffee Commercials:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnjjkgIO3Ck Support the show Contac...

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...