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UPS Rewards
Regina embarks on a journey to the center of an exclusive UPS customer rewards program.Show notes: Dyson V11 UPS Rewards page Brandmovers About Brandmovers customer rewards program HOW LOYALTY PROGRAMS ARE IMPORTANT FOR COLLECTING FIRST-PARTY DATA FUN IDEAS FOR TREATING (NOT TRICKING) LOYALTY PROGRA...
Report Now, Score Later
There might be a new factor in your credit score.Show notes: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: What is a credit score? NerdWallet: What Is Buy Now, Pay Later? NerdWallet: Buy Now, Pay Later Is Everywhere. Should You Opt In? ForbesAdvisor: TransUnion Follows Equifax’s Move To Include Buy Now, P...
The Prosciutto Ban
Did Italian cured meats really disappear from the US for 50 years?Show notes: "I Can Do Better Than That" (YouTube) Jason Robert Brown tweet thread Prosciutto (Wikipedia) Italy's Parma Ham Gains Approval for Importation (South Florida Sun Sentinel) Prosciutto Is Back From the Ban : Gourm...
Welcome to the Food Bag
Some personal news and a couple stories about food!Show Notes:Grills, sausage, and Tumblr misinformation: The video Johnsonville's Big Taste Grill Marks 20 Years On The Road A Traveler’s Guide to Johnsonville (The Town, Not the Brats) War is a Racket - Goodreads Johnsonville - Wikipedia The co...
No copyright intended with Andy Baio
We're joined by friend of the show Andy Baio to talk about 20 years of Oscar screener leaks.Show notes: Oscar Screener Piracy 2003-2022 (Google Sheets) Andy's 2021 roundup (waxy.org) Ken Rudolph’s movie screeners page Release BB Pirated Oscar Screeners Have Become a Rare Breed (TorrentFrea...
Australian Target
A listener sent us a TikTok about an imposter big box store.Show notes: The TikTok Gaby sent us (Alexa Johnson) Aussies Are Sharing Their Experiences Of Trying American Target For The First Time And Guys, It's So Much Better Than What We Have Here (Buzzfeed) Target Australia (Wikipedia) Full lis...
ADHD on the Internet
Note: Some listeners have pointed out that in our attempt to discuss the rise in armchair ADHD commentary online, we participated in some of the damaging parts of that discourse ourselves. We hear you and are sorry. We will be keeping the episode up for now for the sake of transparency. Thank you fo...
The Cults Among Us
A listener is curious about a local deli run by a cult, but no one else seems to be.Show notes:Let's Talk About SectsChildren of Sect Seized in Vermont (New York Times)I Escaped From The Yellow Deli (Karen Draper)Death of Twelve Tribes founder leaves future uncertain for international Christian ...
When Chipotle doesn't give you lemons... make lemon-aid?
I know, it's not a great joke. But there could be a good joke in there somewhere. If only we had a Chief Laugh Officer.Anyway, this week we uncover the history of the elusive Chipotle lemon wedges.Show notes: This is Chipotle's website, for anyone who isn't familiar FastCasual.com's ...
Get Your MTV Dial Sticker
Has anyone seen this 80s artifact?Show notes: A new "remaster" of the first hours of MTV (Internet Archive) The dial sticker clip (YouTube) A recent re-upload of the dial promo (YouTube) Martha Quinn tweet about the sticker
Two Churches
Adrianne wants to become a minister in the Universal Life Church. But which one?Show notes: A Word From Your Officiant (for Better or Worse) - One of the many New York Times trend stories about marriage and online ordination American Marriage Ministries $40 stole The Church of the Latter-Day Dude - ...
Happy New Year
Hey Patreon subscribers,We're off this week and we hope you are too!We want to sincerely thank everyone for supporting the podcast this year. The people who wrote in with questions. The listeners who hang out in Discord. Everyone who left us a nice review. And you, the people who send us actual ...
What happened to Super Jojo?
Billy explores the curious similarities between two popular children's YouTube channels.Show notes: Ozy - Allegations of fraud - Wikipedia Super Jojo - Wikitubia CoComelon - Wikitubia Why Do Kids Love CoComelon - Romper Super JoJo vs. Cocomelon - mumsnet.com Screenshot of “Who created Super Jo...
Sleuth Songs
Who sang these Cole Porter songs?Show notes: Sleuth (Wikipedia) Sleuth (IMDb) The Sleuth Saga Carries On (Reddit) The scene in question (YouTube) Cole Porter sings "Anything Goes" (YouTube) Thread on the Soundtrack Collector forum Massive thread on the IMDb 2.1 forum "One More Kiss, Dear...
Department of Fun
"The internet's oldest mystery" brings us to a part of Wikipedia we'd never seen before.Show notes: Markovian Parallax Denigrate (Wikipedia) The Markovian Parallax Denigrate: Unraveling the Internet’s oldest and weirdest mystery (Daily Dot) The only remaining MPD message on Google ...
Aftershow: Boy Bands in Space
Thanks to everyone who participated in Discord and to our guest Jon Fuller, creator of the song "Is There Anyone Out There."Show notes: Adrianne said "Hard Heart to Break." She meant "Hard Habit to Break." 🙃 TEAM 5ÜNF lyric video for Liebe überall (YouTube) The "Mout...
Live After-Show Tonight!
Hi Patreon patrons,We're hosting a virtual live show TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT (Tuesday, November 30, at 9:00pm EST).You should definitely join. We'll be talking about everyone's favorite almost-extra-terrestrial boy band, Natural, and sharing some extra stuff that didn't make it into ...
Is There Anyone Out There
Greetings patrons! It's Thanksgiving here in the US, and we're taking our first-ever week off from Overunderstood to become overoverstuffed.(Main show spoilers below)But we're not leaving you empty handed. If you've heard this week's episode of Underunderstood, you heard the orig...
Space Stylii
The Golden Record diagram (NASA) What is the best iPad stylus? (The Verge/YouTube) Sounds of Earth (NASA/Soundcloud) Music from the Voyager Golden Record (YouTube playlist) Video showing images from the record (Vox) Photo essay (NASA) How do you pronounce "Ann Druyan"? Not like Adrianne did...
Who Is Celebrity Number Six?
Billy thinks the Underunderstood community can solve a mystery that has stumped Reddit. The first post: "A sub where people recognize celebrities in curtains with silhouettes of celebrities" (r/findareddit) Pic of the curtains (Imgur)Note: We said seven but there are actually eight celebs. C...
New York Forkin' City
Meet New York City's new mayor. Sagging Pants And The Long History Of 'Dangerous' Street Fashion (Code Switch / NPR) Sen. Eric Adams: Combating Gun Violence (YouTube / The New York Daily News) Tweet from Eric Adams / @BKBoroHall Tweet from Wildbell Tweet from Aaron Naparstak in 2015 Back...
Aftershow: Chief Laugh Officer
We're creating a database of Laffy Taffy jokes! Underunderstood subreddit Laffy Taffy product inquiries and feedback hotline, open Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. EST: 1-800-358-1971 The Clegg family Laffy Taffy joke collection We started a joke database — Reddit post that exp...
Can Openership
Riffing about modern conveniences and millennials.Show notes: The thing Adrianne asked John and Billy to guess Amazon Best Sellers: Best Electric Can Opener (updated hourly) Desert preppers (Twitter) The Trouble With Tuna (Wall Street Journal) How many Millennials own a can opener? (Quora) Sure, mil...
Our Team Is Fully Doxxed
Sorry, this is an episode about crypto.Show notes: Gallant Token Yankees Wildcard radio commercial (YouTube) Gallant Token's Website What is blockchain technology? (IBM) Binance (Wikipedia) What is Binance Smart Chain? (decrypt.co) Gallant Token Relaunched with Enhanced Security Features after b...
Empathy Swine
Regina wonders if boars feel empathy.Show notes:New York Post: Shakira and son attacked by wild boars: ‘They’ve destroyed everything’ - They “Waka Waka’d” off with her purse.- pilfering pigs,- She got into pig trouble in Spain- the bacon-y bling ring- porcine purse-snatchers @hellotefi&#...
Is Something Weird Happening on Facebook?
Adrianne rambles about judgment zones, and then dissects a conspiracy theory behind some Facebook spam. Michigan Court Ruled Against Planet Fitness’ Policy of Respecting Trans Members’ Gender Identity (The Mary Sue) Something Weird Is Happening on Facebook (Political Orphans) It's Always Aut...
Season 5 is coming
Hello listeners! It’s been a while since we’ve been in the main Underunderstood feed. We had busy summers filled with Major Life Events (mostly good!) and some time off. But it’s time to dust off our digital magnifying glasses and put our mystery-solving hats back on. Underunderstood is coming...
TIL on TikTok: Zillow Buys Houses
Regina shares a viral TikTok that shows a potentially dark future for real estate. TikTok number 1 TikTok number 2 Planet Money (Jul. 2021): Three Reasons for the Housing Shortage Planet Money (Apr. 2020): What If No One Pays Rent? (this is the one I referred to that made me cry) The Zillow skit on ...
The Bunion King
Adrianne investigates an internet-famous surgeon.Show notes: Video promo The Bunion King on TikTok (CW: bodies, graphic medical stuff, feet) NYT article Dr. Miami on TikTok (CW: bodies, graphic medical stuff, blood) the Canadian Bunion King New York's physician misconduct database Medicare/Medic...
Emergency Pod: McFlurries in the News
The McFlurry is back in the news, and we comb through it all.Show notes: McDonald's self-own tweet They Hacked McDonald’s Ice Cream Machines—and Started a Cold War (Wired) Biden signs executive order aimed at cracking down on Big Tech (New York Post) Executive Order on Promoting Competition ...
