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Unstable Topics

The Monthly Junk

Welcome to Unstable Topics, a fast-paced, jam packed, unhinged bestie podcast filled with pop culture / historic / scientific facts, honest reacts, and made up games in between. Comedian hosts Sarah and Maggie invite you to their weekly best friend hang out filled with surprises. A very special thank you to Summer Berman for the ear worm of an intro song! Follow them on social @themonthlyjunk and @unstabletopics Email questions and reactions of your own to unstabletopics@gmail.com For a mini

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4:31

Monday Mini 22: We're YouTube Videos!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/12/11

YouTube was originally created as an online dating platform, which makes sense. And if the algorithm has found you matched with this content: welcome. We're basically the piano cat of podcasting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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18:40

86: We're Building a Snowman!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/12/07

Sarah vulnerably shares her love of gumdrops before delivering wintery facts about snow and wind chill.Timestamps for y’all:Gumdrops - 1:40Do you want to build a snowman? - 5:15Friend Enemy Block- 9:50We’re Wind Chill - 13:30Just the facts:FACT 1: Physics confirms that snow on the wet or moist side is best for building a snowman. The perfect snow:water ratio is 5:1.Fact 2: Windchill is calculated using a complicated equation combining temperature and windspeed.Plus Friend Enemy Block

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18:42

85: We're Britney B*tch!

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2023/12/05

Maggie shares her most shocking takeaways from Britney Spears’ memoir WOMAN IN ME and inspired early 2000s facts for Sarah to react to.Timestamps for y’all:Britney Spears - 1:45The Devil Wears Prada - 6:56This or That? - 11:00Backstreets Back, Alright! - 15:15Just the facts:FACT 1: Anne Hathaway was not the first choice to play ANDY in A DEVIL WEARS PRADA. In fact, she was the ninth choice.Fact 2: The Backstreet Boys are the highest grossing boy band of all time.Plus what word is Maggie

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6:30

Monday Mini 21: We're Reindeer Milk!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/12/04

Move over cow milk! The liquid squirting out of reindeer nipples packs more fat and nutrition than any other mammal on the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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24:43

84: We're Dying Cells! With Julie Matthews

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2023/11/30

Sarah and Maggie talk with guestie bestie Julie Matthews, and also about their love of Icona Pop and appreciation for wood.More about our guestie bestie:Julie Matthews is a nature play teacher and owner of Wild Wonder Outdoor in Grand Junction, Co. She is also a lover of Shakespeare and a talented actor.Plus:Icona Pop liked a story we tagged them in and we... kind of freaked out???Just the fact:Wood is composed of living, dead, and dying cells.Do you wish the camera was following you all

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20:18

83: We're a Junk Drawer!

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2023/11/28

Sarah and Maggie pull out all the junk from their drawers, including a fact about ants that is the sweetest little pun, and a big honker of a fact that you didn’t see coming.Timestamps for y’all:Junk Drawers - 2:20Manhattants - 8:50What Word Am I Thinking?- 12:00A fact you need to NOSE - 14:18Just the facts:FACT 1: There is an ant species unique to New York City called MANHATTANTS. They can be found in a specific 14-block area of the city.Fact 2: Your nose is always visible to you. You

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5:27

Monday Mini 20: We're Saved by the Bell!

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2023/11/27

What do iCarly, That's So Raven, and Saved by the Bell Have in common?They all use the same high school set for filming!And, while all these shows took place in different time periods, iCarly fans are actually, surprisingly, no longer pre-teens?? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:53

82: We're Thankful Turkeys!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/11/23

Happy Thanksgiving from the queens of Thanks(mis)givings, Sarah and Maggie! Today, and every day, we’re thankful turkeys for all our respectable besties.To celebrate, we’re talking about the tradition of thankful turkeys with kids, Benjamin Franklin’s claim that turkeys are a respectable bird, andTimestamps for y’all:Thankful Turkey - 2:20Thanks(mis)givings Fact - 6:54You Don’t Know Jack - 11:45Fact 2 - 14:40Just the facts:FACT FROM THE THANKS(mis)GIVINGS DECK: According to Benjamin

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23:18

81: We're Vegan Thanksgiving! With Jade Winters

Unstable Topics ·

2023/11/21

Sarah and Maggie chat with famer(‘s wife) Jade Winter about all things farming, homeschooling, and more in this heavy hitting interview.About our Guestie Bestie Jade Winter:Jade is a fake farmer, which means she’s a farm wife who loves the baby animals. She’s a homeschool mom, Denton resident for over 20 years, a writer, a singer, and a bread baker. Jade believes every day should involve heavy doses of whimsy and play.Timestamps for y’all:Family Photos - 2:05Fact 1 - 6:40Bestie Guestie with

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4:17

Monday Mini 19: We're Ambidextrous!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/11/20

Leonardo da Vinci was ambidextrous, writing with one hand while simultaneously drawing with another. But maybe people are just kind of giving him a lot of credit because he was so "brilliant." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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20:37

80: We're 90s Movies!

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2023/11/16

Sarah and Maggie talk about PG-13 movies, and other horrifying things that happened in the 90s.Plus a Ritz cracker recipe that is delicious for the Thanksgiving table, and a discussion about a cool old cat named Cream Puff.Timestamps for funsies:Bestie - 1:50 - Unstable movies from our youthFact 1 - 5:57 - Thanks(mis)givings Day ParadeGame - 10:58 - Putin on the Ritz RecipeFact 2 - 13:33 - Old catsJust the Facts:FACT FROM THE THANKS(mis)GIVINGS DECK: The 1997 Macy’s Day Parade floats didn’t

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16:31

79: We're Muppets!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/11/14

Sarah and Maggie talk about the origins of Big Bird’s suit, plus cleaning tips and why women are better at tipping than men.Timestamps for y’all:CleanTok - 2:00Fact 1 - 6:15What Word Am I Thinking - 9:50Fact 2 - 11:45Just the facts:FACT FROM THE THANKS(mis)GIVINGS DECK: The American Plume and Fancy Feather Company is responsible for making Big Bird’s suit which is made of 4,000 turkey feathers.Fact 2: According to a 2018 study by credit cards dot com, women are better tippers than men.What

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Monday Mini 18: We're Struck by Lightning!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/11/13

Have you ever said "lightning only strikes once?" Well, you're wrong! Lightning follows similar patterns and often strikes the same place, especially if that place is a tall, pointed, and isolate object - like the Empire State Building which gets struck almost twice a month on average. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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78: We're Grieving! With Rebecca Feinglos from Grieve...

Unstable Topics ·

2023/11/09

Sarah and Maggie find an excellent replacement bestie in grief support expert Rebecca Feinglos of Grieve Leave.A little bit about guestie bestie Rebecca:Rebecca Feinglos is a grieving educator, advocate, and founder of Grieve Leave. She turned her personal grief into a resource and community for thousands of grievers across the globe. With two dead parents and a divorce under her belt, she helps people process and give themselves permission to grieve losses of all shapes and sizes. She’s an

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21:18

77: We're Mr. Watermelon!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/11/07

Sarah and Maggie laugh a lot in this episode about turkeys and watermelons and more!Specifically they’re giggling about sending emails, seagulls, and promoting their own card game that you can purchase for yourself!Timestamps for y’all:Mr. Watermelon - 1:50Fact 1 - 6:23Fictional Patreon Shout-outs - 10:19Fact 2 - 14:09Just the facts:FACT FROM THE THANKS(mis)GIVINGS DECK: Wild turkeys can fly for short distances, moving up to 55 miles per hour.andThe Periodic Table of Elements includes 20

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5:52

Monday Mini 17: We're Dog Noses!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/11/06

Dog noses are designed so they can smell and breathe at the same time while figuring out what a scent is. And, is this fact actually not a good fact? Can humans do this too? We are spiraling.If you are a scientist or understands how smell works, let us know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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15:37

76: We're Respectful Alligators!

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2023/11/02

Sarah and Maggie deep dive into all kinds of water animals - from tortoise mating noises to alligators being respectful.But first, an important discussion on the randomness of text messaging with spouses.Just the facts:The terrifying noises made by raptors in Jurassic Park were sourced by tortoises mating.ANDAlligators will give manatees the right of way if they are swimming near each other.What do you think? Do you text about big toots with your sugar daddy? Have you ever seen tortoises

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22:47

75: We're Stingy Jack! With Sinisterhood's Christie...

Unstable Topics ·

2023/10/31

Sarah and Maggie celebrate Halloween with guestie besties Christie Wallace and Heather McKinney from Sinisterhood.A little bit about our guestie besties:(Timestamp: 11:11)Christie Wallace and Heather McKinney are co-hosts and best friends from Sinisterhood podcast. Covering all things true crime, cryptid, and creepy, these two Dallas-based comedians are podcasting pros and we are honored to have them on the podcast.But first, a recap of the best costumes from childhood including a makeshift

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Monday Mini 16: We're Pareidolia!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/10/30

Once thought to be a sign of psychosis, pareidolia is a common habit of finding meaning in the the meaningless. Also, Maggie might be mispronouncing "pareidolia" wrong this entire episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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74: We're NOT Cannibals!

Unstable Topics ·

2023/10/26

Sarah and Maggie talk spooky facts about spiders, Europeans, and children’s Halloween costumes.Just the facts:Fact 1: Peaking in the 16th and 17th centuries, Europeans routinely engaged in various forms of cannibalism. From grinding up skulls to digest and cure headaches, to taking tinctures of mummy remains to quell internal bleeding - it was believed that the remains contained the true spirit of the deceased, and that spirit could be helpful in curing a variety of common ailments.Fact 2:

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