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Ringtone-induced panic? This week, M&C explore how the biggest breakthrough in communication has become the handheld symbol of anxiety. Answer the call...if you dare. Sources The Cut The Conversation CNET History of the Telephone Inside Hook Social Media Today Mobivity The First Transatlantic Phone Call Alexander Graham Bell National ITPA

This week on D.Y.E.T.A. we talk INTENTION. Does it matter at all or can you just cover up the scumbag you really are?   Sources BBC - Moral Duty HiPhi Nation Season 4 IdeaPod Letter between Sam Harris & Noam Chomsky

We're back! In this episode, Candice and Merida think about rituals, routines, and traditions, and try to figure out what drives humans to act out these repetitive habits. Sources The Conversation Scientific American SBS After Skool

This week Merida & Candice investigate what the opposite state of gratitude is. CONTENT WARNING: We get a little bit frivolous with a couple of heavy topics this episode. Just in case you don't feel like joking about suicide, you can give it a skip.    Sources for this episode include: Karens Gone Wild Medium Greater Good Blog

Take a seat, kids. This week Candice shares with Merida the surprising history of the unassuming chair and her fascination with poppin' a squat.   Sources include: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/aug/25/the-tyranny-of-chairs Better Health Victoria Slate Wikipedia - Aeron Chair Kmart Elon "scoopy chair" Monoblock chair

The D.Y.E.T.A guide to spotting stupidity in its natural habitat. SPOILER: We are ALL stupid sometimes.    Sources for this episode include: Thomas Frank for The Guardian World Wildlife Fund Treehugger Psychology Today NRDC The Guardian (again)  

In Part 2 of Advertising: M & C discuss if the powers of marketing can be used for good instead of evil.   Sources for this episode include: Empire Today AAPT Smartchat ACCC - AAPT 'Smartchat' advertising misled Partnership for a Drug Free America Get Up! Respect Victoria

ATTENTION:THIS IS NOT AN ADVERTISEMENT Just an informative collection of words to let you know we are doing an episode on advertising. * Also: BUY STUFF YOU WANT *. * Click here to sign Kevin Rudd's Petition for an Inquiry into Murdoch's Media Monopoly   Sources for this episode include: The Gruen Transfer Fortune Magazine AdWeek Ad Standards The Conversation  

Trick or Prank? On our Spooooky second relaxed fit episode, we explore the mischievous aspect of Halloween and do our best to cause permanent psychological damage.   Sources for this episode include: Goliath MTV Punk'd Season 2 Episode 3 Vice Prank Monkey History.com

Ever played the waiting game? Merida and Candice discuss the necessity and nature of waiting: Is it a welcome mental intermission or a painful gap between events? Who knows? You will have to wait and see.   Sources for this episode include: Smithsonian Magazine Ness Labs

What happens in your brain when you connect with a piece of visual art? Why do some people easily process visual information while others find themselves quickly overstimulated? Candice and Merida consider these questions and many more on an episode that really opens the mind's eye.    Sources for this episode include: The Atlantic Live Science Centre for Autism

What exactly IS satisfaction? A fleeting moment? An unattainable illusion? Or simply something that can be squeezed from a pimple? Merida & Candice deep dive into their own minds to find that satisfaction may never be guaranteed. Sources for this episode include: Wired Bustle Glasgow Insight in Science and Technology (GIST) Harvard Health

Ever find yourself fantasizing about potatoes? On the first loose fit episode, Merida and Candice explore the humble spud from domestication to mastication. Sources for this episode include: Smithsonian Magazine The American Historical Review Discover Peru Nature NPR

Ever notice how a seemingly insignificant moment can actually be the portal to an unexpected outcome? Merida & Candice ponder how a chain of events can end up in surprising places...   Sources for this episode include: The Urban Institute Science Daily Forbes  

Do you ever think about the concept of Utopia? Merida and Candice discuss the idealist fantasy only to find that not everyone is happy in paradise.  

On the first episode of Do You Ever Think About..? Candice Jade & Merida Violet have a casual conversation about memories, their psychological function, and how nostalgia has both influenced and hindered their personal lives.