On this weeks episode Hannah and Kate hash out how to form helpful habits and simultaneously embrace the reality that EVERYTHING IS HARD. Join them for a vulnerable yet humorous listen and they round out the last turn of season one.

*This episode contains reference to mental health struggles and hospital stays

Sources:

• Research Article "How are habits formed: Modelling habit formation in the real world" by Phillippa Lally, Cornelia H. M. van Jaarsveld, Henry W. W. Potts, Jane Wardle

• The Make Your Damn Bed Podcast by Julia Merica

This week Kate and Hannah take a journey through the land of communication science. Join them in thinking about how language both shapes and reflects our world while wading into the subtle ways language can become a weapon.

**this episode contains discussion of suicidal ideation (8:57-10:30)

Sources:

• Kihlstrom, JF, & Park, L. (2016). Cognitive psychology: Overview. In The Curated Reference Collection in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology. UC Berkeley.

• Cognitive Psychology: Overview

  John F. Kihlstrom, Lillian Park, in Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, 2018

• Time, Anthropology of

  E.K. Silverman, in International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2001

• Language and Thought

  Richard J. Gerrig, Mahzarin R. Banaji, in Thinking and Problem Solving, 1994

• "Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis" By Mia Belle Frothingham

• Language, Visual Cognition and Motor Action

  R.A. Zwaan, M. Kaschak, in Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics (Second Edition), 2006

• Lecture notes from CA 272 Intro to Interpersonal Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kate and Hannah honor and reminisce about Hannah's Pod Dog Tony while sharing stories of teacup-size clones and dogs blazing trails with their "pawlictics".

Sources:

• "Heartwarming stories about dogs saving humans' lives" by Andrew Lisa

• "15 Unique Jobs Only Dogs Can Do" by Jan Reisen

• "Bosco, Sunol’s dog mayor, lives on in spirit" by Jeremy Thomas

• "Reliable, friendly, and masters of one-way communication: Meet the dog mayors of America" by James Pasley, Natalie Colarossi and Kelly McLaughlin

• https://officialsnowdog.com/

• "6 senior dog adoption stories that will make you weep" by Mary Johnson

• "30 Fun and Fascinating Dog Facts" by American Kennel Club Staff

• "Federal Lawsuit Filed Over 49 Clones of 'Miracle Milly' the Chihuahua" by George Khoury Esq.

Kate and Hannah sit down with Sport and Performance Psychology masters degree holders and business owners Jake Kluver and Mike Mata! They ponder Performance Psych, wonder about their 'whys', and talk turning points that led them to where they are now. Kate and Hannah even get a taste of mental skills training and dig deeper into their friendship.

Hannah and Kate contemplate all things presidential, from how the word "president" got its start to Andrew Jackson's gigantic wheel of cheese. They even bring this topic into international waters while pondering Haiti's preposterous path towards a presidency. The only things not included; political opinions and controversial content.

Sources:

• "Andrew Jackson's Big Block of Cheese" by Robert Mcnamara

• "The Cost of Haiti's Freedom" episode of The Daily Podcast by the New York Times

• "Why 'president'? How the US named its leader" episode of the NPR podcast All Things Considered by Selena Simmons-Duffin

• Secret History; The Horrors of St. Domingo and Laura by Laura Sansay

• "The Haitian Revolution" by Encyclopedia Britannica Contributors

Kate considers the origins of Halloween costumes and customs while Hannah takes a deep dive into the life of a true pirate, her most-treasured (and repeated) costume yet.

Sources:

• "Halloween 2022" by the editors of History.com

• "How the History of Blackface Is Rooted in Racism" by Alexis Clark

• "Blackbeard's Ghost" by North Carolina Ghosts

• "Three Centuries After His Beheading, a Kinder, Gentler Blackbeard Emerges" by Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine Correspondent

• "11 Rules from an Actual Pirate Code" by Mark Mancini

• "Black Pirates and the Tale of Black Caesar" by Melissa Petruzzello

• "Golden Age of Piracy" by Mark Cartwright

• "Queen Anne's Revenge" by Wikipedia

• Last Podcast on the Left - 3 Part Blackbeard Series

Actor and high school friend Ben Wang is here! The trio sits down to chat about his starring role in the Disney+ series American Born Chinese (2023), Hollywood how-to's, and representation within Asian American media.

This week Hannah and Kate contemplate the end of the world as we know it. Hannah shares her apocalyptic resume and Kate predicts that artificial intelligence will be our downfall.

Sources:

• Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari

• "8 Helpful Everyday Examples of Artificial Intelligence" by Sasha Reeves

• Take Your Pills the 2018 Netflix Documentary

• The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)