Smells Like Humans

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss how beagles have been trained to sniff out people smuggling meat in their airline luggage.  Tangents include:  corn chip feet; cheese;  bush meat; duikers; kangaroos; stowaway spider crabs; nail clipping; greasy food smells on planes; meatballs. Notes: https://no-smoke.org/celebrating-25-years-smokefree-skies/#:~:text=On%20February%2025%2C%201990%2C%20...

Send us Fan Mail Tracey the Therapist and guest host Madeline join Ross to discuss his FREE plan on how to feel a little better.  Tangents include:  medicine cabinets; strap hanging; The Amazing Race; Bodice Rippers; Little Free Library; hobnobbing; bread and butter; fan wikis. Notes:  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/09/style/medication-depression-anxiety-adhd.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://w...

Send us Fan Mail Ex-Mormon Jaimee joins Ross to discuss whether the Devil is pulling his weight.  Tangents include: heads in the freezer; God at a marketing meeting; Rosemary’s Baby; Locusts as dinosaurs; the devil’s game show; triangulation; Linda Blair; puberty; sack of souls; urban squirrels; evil children; ST. Peter; God is a poor negotiator; the devil as the underdog, Susan Lucci. Notes: http...

Send us Fan Mail Tracey the therapist and co-host Madeline join Ross to discuss whether doing "depressing math" can actually increase one's joy.  Tangents include:  mathletes; quiz bowl; Monte Hall problem; Nuns; homework dilemmas.  Ross discusses his "touches" theory and Tracey talks about a bloody experience. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/25/opinion/covid-pandem...

Send us Fan Mail The fabulous Jaimee joins Ross to discuss why public restrooms are so unpleasant.  Tangents include:  Roman bathrooms; the time before splinter free toilet paper; Toga stain; dangerous toilet plumes; steamer trunks.  Ross describes his ideal public restroom. Notes: https://www.history.com/news/toilet-paper-hygiene-ancient-rome-china#:~:text=Paper%20became%20widely%20available%20in...

Send us Fan Mail Ami joins Ross to discuss how you can never really say goodbye to anyone forever.  Tangents include: "sidling"; Irish Goodbye; Phil vs Lenny; The Head Nod technique; kids as handbags; a sure way to get fired; parental brain pans; text accountability; hard phones; cartoon transcripts; the evolution of compassion. Notes: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/irish-goodbye htt...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss cosmetic surgery and the benefits and risks of Brazilian Butt Lifts.  Tangents include:  Kardashians; hair transplants; Botched; Sassy Queen; baby back hair; botox; micro-influencers. Notes: https://www.apa.org/monitor/sep05/surgery https://www.verywellhealth.com/most-popular-plastic-surgeries-3157239 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/11/maga...

Send us Fan Mail Robb joins Ross to discuss whether we are all characters in a computer simulation.  Tangents include:  Oculus closet; D&D;  mechanized grippers; THE MATRIX; virtual reality; board games; one armed trolls; Ready Player One; how chocolate cake can ruin a frienship .  Ross explains his theory of how virtual reality will end the human race. Notes: https://www.scientificamerican.co...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss the evolutionary significance of the less than great looking baby and what to say when your friends make you look at their ugly offspring.  Tangents include:  ugly dog pageant;  bonefish; Gerber baby; Ikea Pets; baby lipo; Indiana Mole Women; Steve Buscemi; head shapers; ham in a jar; how parents trick you into making fun of their baby.  Notes: https:/...

Send us Fan Mail Madeline joins Ross to discuss the fascinating world of on-line "chatters" who pretend to be models talking to paid subscribers.  Tangents include:  Otto; taxi dancers; OnlyFans; outsourcing. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/16/magazine/e-pimps-onlyfans.html?searchResultPosition=1 Support the show Contact us: contactSLH19581980@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Happy guest Madeline joins Ross to discuss factors that make us "happy".  Tangents include: Pantry happiness;  Costco hotdogs; Satan's camera film; depressed 8 year olds; lilacs; autonomy vs. money; Flagstaff, AZ;  9 year old furniture movers; Jeff Bezos.   Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/14/opinion/sunday/rich-happiness-big-data.html?searchResultPosition=1 S...

Send us Fan Mail Hanna Leigh joins Ross and Tracey-the-therapist to discuss the return of in-person speed dating.  Tangents include:  the magic of coffee meet-ups;  dopamine shots; fish bowls; challenges for older daters;  Tracey's "date often, discard early" philosophy. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/style/speed-dating-new-york-city.html?smid=url-share https://www.vidase...

Send us Fan Mail Ami joins Ross to discuss "social thirst" and what to do about it.  Tangents include:  Ordering behavior; the magic of Thursdays; Horse steaks; Swanson TV dinners; cinnamon toast; taxidermy; thirst traps; Gatorade; coffee shops; raw hot dogs; potato chip sandwiches.  Ami has mixed results on identifying metaphors. Notes: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/well/mind/love-...

Send us Fan Mail Hanna Leigh and Tracey The Therapist join Ross to discuss the secrets of being good at giving and receiving gifts.  Tangents include:    Diamond earrings; cash registries; drones,  giant bows;  surfboards; Kombucha; overnight oats; narcissistic mothers; preppy kid clothes; Horse Country, New Jersey;  love language. Ross has another idea for a "can't miss" business. ...

Send us Fan Mail Jaimee joins Ross to discuss aspects of getting older.  Tangents include: pod cars; robot bodies; plastic surgery; ageism, older drivers; Ontario, Canada; elderly communities; golf cart sex; "doobies". Notes: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/boomers-30/201901/why-do-younger-people-dislike-older-people https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/well/live/old-drivers.html?s...

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...