Monday Mini 11: We're a Joke!

An episode all about boredom is ANYTHING but boring! FACTS: "Boredom" is a relatively new term, described as being weary. Sarah is NOT into Pokémon cards. Death by boredom? Civil servants who suffered from boredom had a 30% increased likelihood of dying within the next three years. Plus, Ms. Patricia answers burning questions about children's birthday party etiquette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a listener submitted theme, and it might be the Greatest Of All Time! Facts: 16 anecdotal facts submitted by bestie Jami The term "GOAT" was added to Merriam Webster in 2018. Which is correct. What do you think? Do you have something you can list 16 facts about? Whose your GOAT of reality TV? Are capricorns the GOAT of the zodiac? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2000, the average human attention span was 12 seconds. By 2015, it shrunk to 8.25 seconds, 3/4 of a second shorter than the attention span of the average goldfish. What were YOU thinking about while Maggie read this fact? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abaracadabra! Do you believe in magic? You will after this! Facts: The term "abracadabra" was written in masks to protect people from the Black Plague. The performer who created the specific "magician look" was Herman the Great. After him, people always expected to see magicians with a top hat, goatee, and a tailcoat. What do you think? Did the magicians come first, or the Black Plague? Did you guess the word? What would your magician look be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where do bags go when they're lost? Listen to find out! This episode original aired on JAM and was one of the very first facts we ever shared. It holds up! We think about those poor lost bags nearly every day. And, as you're booking summer travel, it's important to know: where DO bags go when the airline loses them? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Finally! An episode all about Bravo reality television! With special guests and scholars, Lauren and Michele. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maggie is ready to buy lots of trophies to showcase her family values, but the real winners in this episode are DISNEY PRINCESSES! So many (upsetting?) facts about Disney princesses, sources from a Cosmopolitan magazine article from a few years ago. Fact 1: Cinderella and Tiana are the oldest Disney princesses, clocking in at 19 years old. Jasmine is only 15, and Snow White is actually at eighth grader at 14 years old. Fact 2: A 2016 study found that female characters speak 40% less than their male counterparts in Disney films. Even in Frozen, the male character dialogue is 59% of the film. What do you think? What are your family values? What did your prom attire look like? Who would you friend/enemy/block from these Spring villains: allergies, bugs, or time changes? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yo Mama's so old, she was probably around when the first Yo Mama joke was written! Learn all about the first Yo Mama joke, and laugh along with us in this episode that was originally recorded in 2022! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah is getting a trampoline for her family, which is incredibly unstable, but not even the most unstable thing in this FEET THEMED EPISODE! JUST THE FEET FACTS: FACT 1: Your toes are essential for balance, movement, and weight baring - without your toes, your feet wouldn't work at all! FACT 2: It's totally possible to make actual cheese with the bacteria from feet. What do you think? Would you buy a trampoline? What's something of yours that if lost forever you bar your from doing anything? Do you watch baseball? Would you eat foot cheese? How many times will Maggie cry about cheese in this podcast? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You won't want to miss the very first episode of Unstable Topics ever recorded. Did you know the real life voice actors who played Mickey and Minnie Mouse were MARRIED in real life? Learn more and laugh along with us in this Monday Mini from the vault! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices