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Celebrity Oversharing, Questionable Science & a 131m Meat Stick

Celebrity Oversharing, Questionable Science & a 131m Meat Stick

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Have celebrities become too accessible?This week, Han and Philsy investigate what happened between the era of untouchable celebrities... and whatever we’re doing now, where we know an influencer’s coffee order, boyfriend history, dog’s name and family drama before breakfast.The HyperFix takes us through the evolution of celebrity culture, reality TV, influencers, parasocial relationships and the rise of what can only be described as professionally produced authenticity.Then The Weekly Spiral brings us: a mother fighting off a coyote with a thong, America spending more than a year engineering a 131-metre Slim Jim, and scientists burying underwear, investigating cockroach milk and repeatedly stepping on venomous snakes in the name of research.Naturally, this leads directly into a SideQuest called Peer Reviewed or Pulled From My Arse, where Philsy has to decide whether scientists genuinely gave Viagra to jet-lagged hamsters.For Obsession of the Week, Philsy has found a pregnancy-friendly body-care range and Han has inhaled Netflix’s Earle Meets World, thereby personally contributing to the exact influencer-access phenomenon she just spent twenty minutes analysing.Honestly, an educational program.Sort of.Chaos Correctional (Fact-Check Corner):Stick around after the outro for Chaos Correctional - where Han cleans up the confident nonsense we said on air with just enough research to be dangerous.This week we correct:Pregnancy cheese: pasteurised does not automatically mean pregnancy-safe.ADHD reviews: no universal full reassessment every three or six months.Vivid dreams: remembering them often has more to do with waking during the night.ADHD meds: motivation is part of the story, but “motivation, not focus” was too simplistic.DIY Pap smears: self-collected cervical screening is real. DIY Pap smear is not.Listener voice memos: very doable. Giovanni, your microphone awaits.Buried undies: they were clean. Thank Christ.“I’ll remember that”: not a scientifically recognised system.Shaving cream vs wee: TikTok is more confident than the evidence.Elvis and Priscilla: she was 14, not 13, when they met.Jet lag: east is often worse, but west absolutely still counts.Geriatric pregnancy: 35 is the traditional threshold, but “advanced maternal age” is now the preferred term.Links & Things We Mentioned🌀 The Weekly SpiralArizona mum Brittany Cardinal fights off a coyote attacking her four-year-old daughter with a flip-flop. Slim Jim’s official Guinness World Record: 130.896 metres of continuous meat snack. The full gloriously strange list of 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners, including buried underpants, cockroach milk, nose-blowing aerodynamics, splash-free urinals, mosquito 3D printing and deliberately annoying venomous snakes. The actual buried-underpants soil-health study. 🔎 The HyperFixThe 2026 systematic review of 76 peer-reviewed studies on parasocial relationships between consumers and online influencers. Netflix on how DoorDash, Dunkin’ and Pantene were integrated directly into Earle Meets World. 🎲 The SideQuest: Peer Reviewed or Pulled From My ArseSwearing really can increase pain tolerance. Participants survived icy water for longer while repeating swear words. Pigeons really were taught to distinguish Monet from Picasso. Researchers really did raise chickens wearing artificial tails to investigate how non-avian dinosaurs may have walked. 💖 Obsession of the WeekPhilsy’s obsession - Bangn Body’s pregnancy-friendly body care and Firming Lotion. Han’s obsession - Earle Meets World on Netflix. Loved this episode?Hit follow / subscribe so you don’t miss future chaosLeave us a 5-star review if you cackled, cried, or felt seenScreenshot & tag us on socials so we know you’re listening🎙 New episodes every Tuesday👉 Follow us: @grabherbythemic📩 speaktous@grabherbythemic.com
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