Friction Maxxing, the Slow Death of Objective Reality, Exploding Trees, and Happy 50th Ep!!

This week’s episode (their 50th!!) is a full-chaos sampler platter: birthday party debriefs, peak petty relationship moments, and the new life philosophy of friction maxxing—aka choosing mild inconvenience on purpose so your brain doesn’t rot.

Cait and Em unpack why the internet is making truth feel optional, what’s actually going on with ICE and the Olympics (spoiler: not what the headlines want you to think), and why TikTok moderation is starting to feel… ominous. Then: exploding trees, miracle baby turtles, dogs curing teen anxiety via gut microbes, and the extremely cursed idea of using AI as a therapist (don’t).

Plus: Ozempic is apparently saving airlines millions, B12 deficiency comes for us all, and martinis spark a surprisingly technical debate. Equal parts smart, spiralling, and deeply unserious—just the way the girls like it.

Shownotes:

• danish people petition
• ICE at the olympics
• tiktok censoring
• Iranian regime
• Ellison media consolidation
• friction maxxing 
• teens and dogs and anxiety
• chat gpt as a therapist
• exploding trees
• tiny turtle miracle
• pancreatic cancer cure
• airline industry saving money due to glp-1 usage
• what does B12 do
• virginia high school students car repairs for single moms

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