August 13, 2024 • 12 mins
Today we cover how to be happy. So, ya. Solved it. Easy stuff. Also, how far would you be willing to go to lose weight? And what's the ONE thing you need to make sure you do for your kids going back to school? We solved all those, too. Next up - geopolitics.
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
I'll tell you what.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Helen Hunt's dad in this movie idiot, big dumb, dumb
watching the Original Twister. I don't know why. I had
some time here over my lunch, and I'm working in
front of a computer because there's a lot of work
apparently to do when you're the only person. And so
(00:31):
Original Twister, right, And I watched it as a kid
maybe one other time. As an adult, I wasn't paying
much attention. The beginning of this movie is Helen Hunt
in her little farmhouse with her mom and dad and
little Dorothy dog Toto. I don't think its name was Toto,
but it looks exactly like a Toto. We got to
get in the storm shelter, says dad, and they run outside.
(00:54):
It's six hundred yards away from the house. For some
inexplicable reason, it's very far. They finally get there just
as the tornado is rolling in enough time to get
everybody settled to get the door latch. The dog, lagging
three hundred yards behind, also makes it there, latched up
with a what can only be described as a bolt,
(01:15):
like a latch bolt. It's about a quarter inch of metal,
so you know that attached to a wood door. It's
not ideal. We'll get there and they're sitting in there,
they're lighting up the thing and the lamp and everything's fine.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
And then the tornado rolls.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Through and Dad decides, well, that door's really wiggling. I
am gonna leave the safety of this cocoon of concrete
to go attach myself to that wooden plank and quarter
inch piece of metal and then repeatedly I can't hold on,
I can't hold on, and yet still does never lets go,
(01:57):
even when the tornado sucks him out.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
What pray tell are his wife and daughter and Toto.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Dog up to They're sitting in the back of the
concrete tornado shelter with a little bit of wind in
their hair. This is after the door has been ripped off.
Why wouldn't you just go sit with them too?
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Welcome to the girly Show.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I know it's not supposed to be a serious movie.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
The guy's a dumb dumb It's gonna be a good show.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Storm themed as it is raining outside for the first
time in weeks out there, glad to be here with
you doing this. Today we're going to talk about what
spice or flavor is going to take over for pumpkin spice.
Now that that is on the way out, according to
I'm pretty much everybody. Also how to live a happier life,
(02:55):
a step by step guide according to somebody who actually
researches happiness plus gen Z taking a swipe at baby
boomers again, this time by being super actually responsible.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
So may want to listen up.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
And then and I'm not sure we're ready for back
to school yet here, but I do know the biggest
rule to follow when going back to school for parents
to give their kids the best chance of success.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
We'll cover that.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
And if there's time, which there always seems to be
now apparently, would you shock your own brain if it
meant you get to lose weight.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Because that's the thing. Let's see if we have time
for that.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
So we start today with this spice and or flavor
that's going to take over for pumpkin spice now that
it's rain a top fall uh things is done. In fact,
nearly half of all people are flat out tired they
admit pumpkin spice flavors, and fifty eight percent of them
believe either cinnamon, salted caramel, or candy apple should be
(04:10):
the hot new flavor for twenty twenty four fall eye.
I can't disagree. And it's not that I hate on
pumpkin spice. I just I don't really like it. I
haven't really liked it ever. But I really do like
candied apples, and I feel like cinnamon is a part
and so assalted garmel of a candy apple. Why can't
we just make that the thing?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
It's not even just the smell, but the flavor itself
is delicious.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I like everything about candied apples, except candied apples.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Does that make sense? Like the thought of eating one
huge turnof for me food wise. If we're equating food,
just this suality. The thought of putting one in my mouth,
I'm just na pass.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
It's like sticky on the outside and then on the inside,
even if you get a good bite.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
This is juice pass.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
But everything else I'm a huge fan. Makes me happy
speaking up. See what I did. If you want to
live a happier life, here is how to do it.
According to somebody who actually studies happiness as a job.
His name's doctor Robert Waldinger. He is the director of
the Harvard Study of Adult Development. He's very smart. It's
(05:20):
the longest running study on human happiness. Here are his tips,
in no particular order. I'm realizing now something's up with
my audio equipment. I am clipping whenever I raise my voice.
I just move some stuff around. We'll see if that helps.
First thing you should do if you want to be
happy is optimize your physical health. No if ans or
butts about this. This is exercise regularly and eat well.
(05:42):
So I'm out just almost immediately as soon as it began.
I hate Oh boy, I tell you. I lately absolutely
discussed it with myself as far as like eating habits
and exercise habits. So yeah, it hurts to hear this.
The path to happiness goes right to that stuff I
don't want to do and yet should then from there,
He also advises invest in your personal relationships with people.
(06:07):
Express your values. Don't know is that?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
What is that? Does that mean?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Like the things that you care about or the things
that occurred, like your truths as well as and this
is my favorite one, accept and embrace change.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
You want to be happy for the rest of your life,
get doctor Robert Waldinger to talk to your.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Why I don't even want to do the song? Remember
that song? All right, we're moving on gen Z.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Taking a swipe of baby boomers again, this time for
being you know, responsible. It's true according to a new
survey about money in the savings Index by nat West.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
It's a British bank. I didn't know either.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Sixty eight percent of gen Z responded and say, yeah,
we use a budget every month. It's over two thirds
for baby boomers do it as well. That means when
it comes to money, turns out that gen Z might
be a little bit more responsible than these baby boomers are.
(07:20):
Of course, that is all fueled by the need right.
Turns out baby boomers are doing fine. It's true money wise,
no problems gen Z, ugh Alpha even millennials, Oh boy, it's.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Harrd out there.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
South Korean researchers have found that zapping the brain can
curb hunger. How far are you willing to go to
lose weight? Right at this point we got to say
how far are you willing to go to be happy?
A weight loss treatment of the future, they're calling it.
Oh god, it focuses on your brain, not your stomach,
(08:02):
specifically if you are an emotional eater. Researchers at South
Korea's Korea ECTRA about that place. South Korea's Korea Electro
Technology Research Institute, not saying that again. I've been looking
for a new treatment for obesity, and the one they
came up with sending electrical currents into your brain. There's
(08:23):
a specific part of the brain, it's not the whole thing.
But what it'll do, they have shown is stimulate the
resistance to cravings and stronger will power.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
It's a huge finding, they say. I don't know how
much of this I believe.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
That's why I'm reading it like a like a like
a pseudo news story. It's a huge finding, they say.
But the treatment heavily slows down emotional eating, and even
though it may take a while for the tech to
make it into homes, researchers say, uh yeah, it might
partner with lifestyle changes, right, this is always the thing
(09:00):
new weight loss drug. You take this along with a
regular diet and exercise and just doing generally healthy things
that you I mean, would you be willing to strap
electrodes to your brain or something? I mean, I'll be
honest with it, like, it's not the worst thing I've
(09:20):
heard of to lose weight. I would rather zap my
own brain than go vegan again.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
No, I don't know. Vegan was fine.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
There's so many things that you can get dude. Whatever, Hey,
look at that. We've got time for the last one today.
If you, like me, are sending your kids back to
school in one week's time, one week from today, and
you want to be a good parent at least once
this summer, do right by the kids at least once
(09:49):
this summer. Send them back to school with the biggest
advantage that they can have, and that is sleep. It's
the biggest hurdle for back to school transition. This is
according to doctor Bruce Chen of the Cleveland Clinic, who
says that you gotta start adjusting your kids sleep schedules
(10:11):
right now with a week out. Get them back into
the routine of what it's going to be when school
kicks off. That is the best advantage you can give
them to get them into school and learn it again.
They also say, then get ready for this. Screens big
time distraction. Let's chill out on those for the kids too.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Completely agree. We've been pretty good this summer. I'm not
gonna lie. I know I said this.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
I went to the office earlier today and let my
kids watch It's like forty five minutes of a screen,
which was not ideal. But yesterday I don't think they
watched Emmy, which is pretty awesome. So do an all
right over here. We did send them a bad about
an hour later than normal, though, so uh, probably gotta
fix that. We're gonna chop all this up. This should
be easy today. It's all bite size already. Turn this
(11:00):
into a show. Then I'm gonna make dinner. We're doing
a freezer clean out week. You've done one of these before,
where you got all the stuff that's built up in
the freezer, whether it's like extra leftovers or things that
you couldn't get to during the week, you just throw
it in the freezer. I'll get to it later. This
is later for us today. A couple of chicken thighs
and some sirloin steaks. God, I hate sir Llin's steak,
(11:22):
but that's what it is. So we're making a stir
fry thing with ramen, maybe just ramen and rice because
my wife, as we covered yesterday, is allergic to all
the things. So rice and beef that's fine, but everything else. Anyways,
Thanks for being here for this.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
We'll talk to you tomorrow.
I'll tell you what.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Helen Hunt's dad in this movie idiot, big dumb, dumb
watching the Original Twister. I don't know why. I had
some time here over my lunch, and I'm working in
front of a computer because there's a lot of work
apparently to do when you're the only person. And so
(00:31):
Original Twister, right, And I watched it as a kid
maybe one other time. As an adult, I wasn't paying
much attention. The beginning of this movie is Helen Hunt
in her little farmhouse with her mom and dad and
little Dorothy dog Toto. I don't think its name was Toto,
but it looks exactly like a Toto. We got to
get in the storm shelter, says dad, and they run outside.
(00:54):
It's six hundred yards away from the house. For some
inexplicable reason, it's very far. They finally get there just
as the tornado is rolling in enough time to get
everybody settled to get the door latch. The dog, lagging
three hundred yards behind, also makes it there, latched up
with a what can only be described as a bolt,
(01:15):
like a latch bolt. It's about a quarter inch of metal,
so you know that attached to a wood door. It's
not ideal. We'll get there and they're sitting in there,
they're lighting up the thing and the lamp and everything's fine.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
And then the tornado rolls.
Speaker 2 (01:34):
Through and Dad decides, well, that door's really wiggling. I
am gonna leave the safety of this cocoon of concrete
to go attach myself to that wooden plank and quarter
inch piece of metal and then repeatedly I can't hold on,
I can't hold on, and yet still does never lets go,
(01:57):
even when the tornado sucks him out.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
What pray tell are his wife and daughter and Toto.
Speaker 2 (02:03):
Dog up to They're sitting in the back of the
concrete tornado shelter with a little bit of wind in
their hair. This is after the door has been ripped off.
Why wouldn't you just go sit with them too?
Speaker 1 (02:22):
Welcome to the girly Show.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I know it's not supposed to be a serious movie.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
The guy's a dumb dumb It's gonna be a good show.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
Storm themed as it is raining outside for the first
time in weeks out there, glad to be here with
you doing this. Today we're going to talk about what
spice or flavor is going to take over for pumpkin spice.
Now that that is on the way out, according to
I'm pretty much everybody. Also how to live a happier life,
(02:55):
a step by step guide according to somebody who actually
researches happiness plus gen Z taking a swipe at baby
boomers again, this time by being super actually responsible.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
So may want to listen up.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
And then and I'm not sure we're ready for back
to school yet here, but I do know the biggest
rule to follow when going back to school for parents
to give their kids the best chance of success.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
We'll cover that.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
And if there's time, which there always seems to be
now apparently, would you shock your own brain if it
meant you get to lose weight.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
Because that's the thing. Let's see if we have time
for that.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
So we start today with this spice and or flavor
that's going to take over for pumpkin spice now that
it's rain a top fall uh things is done. In fact,
nearly half of all people are flat out tired they
admit pumpkin spice flavors, and fifty eight percent of them
believe either cinnamon, salted caramel, or candy apple should be
(04:10):
the hot new flavor for twenty twenty four fall eye.
I can't disagree. And it's not that I hate on
pumpkin spice. I just I don't really like it. I
haven't really liked it ever. But I really do like
candied apples, and I feel like cinnamon is a part
and so assalted garmel of a candy apple. Why can't
we just make that the thing?
Speaker 1 (04:29):
It's not even just the smell, but the flavor itself
is delicious.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
I like everything about candied apples, except candied apples.
Speaker 1 (04:40):
Does that make sense? Like the thought of eating one
huge turnof for me food wise. If we're equating food,
just this suality. The thought of putting one in my mouth,
I'm just na pass.
Speaker 2 (04:53):
It's like sticky on the outside and then on the inside,
even if you get a good bite.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
This is juice pass.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
But everything else I'm a huge fan. Makes me happy
speaking up. See what I did. If you want to
live a happier life, here is how to do it.
According to somebody who actually studies happiness as a job.
His name's doctor Robert Waldinger. He is the director of
the Harvard Study of Adult Development. He's very smart. It's
(05:20):
the longest running study on human happiness. Here are his tips,
in no particular order. I'm realizing now something's up with
my audio equipment. I am clipping whenever I raise my voice.
I just move some stuff around. We'll see if that helps.
First thing you should do if you want to be
happy is optimize your physical health. No if ans or
butts about this. This is exercise regularly and eat well.
(05:42):
So I'm out just almost immediately as soon as it began.
I hate Oh boy, I tell you. I lately absolutely
discussed it with myself as far as like eating habits
and exercise habits. So yeah, it hurts to hear this.
The path to happiness goes right to that stuff I
don't want to do and yet should then from there,
He also advises invest in your personal relationships with people.
(06:07):
Express your values. Don't know is that?
Speaker 1 (06:10):
What is that? Does that mean?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Like the things that you care about or the things
that occurred, like your truths as well as and this
is my favorite one, accept and embrace change.
Speaker 1 (06:25):
There you go.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
You want to be happy for the rest of your life,
get doctor Robert Waldinger to talk to your.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
Why I don't even want to do the song? Remember
that song? All right, we're moving on gen Z.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Taking a swipe of baby boomers again, this time for
being you know, responsible. It's true according to a new
survey about money in the savings Index by nat West.
Speaker 1 (06:54):
It's a British bank. I didn't know either.
Speaker 2 (06:58):
Sixty eight percent of gen Z responded and say, yeah,
we use a budget every month. It's over two thirds
for baby boomers do it as well. That means when
it comes to money, turns out that gen Z might
be a little bit more responsible than these baby boomers are.
(07:20):
Of course, that is all fueled by the need right.
Turns out baby boomers are doing fine. It's true money wise,
no problems gen Z, ugh Alpha even millennials, Oh boy, it's.
Speaker 1 (07:38):
Harrd out there.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
South Korean researchers have found that zapping the brain can
curb hunger. How far are you willing to go to
lose weight? Right at this point we got to say
how far are you willing to go to be happy?
A weight loss treatment of the future, they're calling it.
Oh god, it focuses on your brain, not your stomach,
(08:02):
specifically if you are an emotional eater. Researchers at South
Korea's Korea ECTRA about that place. South Korea's Korea Electro
Technology Research Institute, not saying that again. I've been looking
for a new treatment for obesity, and the one they
came up with sending electrical currents into your brain. There's
(08:23):
a specific part of the brain, it's not the whole thing.
But what it'll do, they have shown is stimulate the
resistance to cravings and stronger will power.
Speaker 1 (08:34):
It's a huge finding, they say. I don't know how
much of this I believe.
Speaker 2 (08:38):
That's why I'm reading it like a like a like
a pseudo news story. It's a huge finding, they say.
But the treatment heavily slows down emotional eating, and even
though it may take a while for the tech to
make it into homes, researchers say, uh yeah, it might
partner with lifestyle changes, right, this is always the thing
(09:00):
new weight loss drug. You take this along with a
regular diet and exercise and just doing generally healthy things
that you I mean, would you be willing to strap
electrodes to your brain or something? I mean, I'll be
honest with it, like, it's not the worst thing I've
(09:20):
heard of to lose weight. I would rather zap my
own brain than go vegan again.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
No, I don't know. Vegan was fine.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
There's so many things that you can get dude. Whatever, Hey,
look at that. We've got time for the last one today.
If you, like me, are sending your kids back to
school in one week's time, one week from today, and
you want to be a good parent at least once
this summer, do right by the kids at least once
(09:49):
this summer. Send them back to school with the biggest
advantage that they can have, and that is sleep. It's
the biggest hurdle for back to school transition. This is
according to doctor Bruce Chen of the Cleveland Clinic, who
says that you gotta start adjusting your kids sleep schedules
(10:11):
right now with a week out. Get them back into
the routine of what it's going to be when school
kicks off. That is the best advantage you can give
them to get them into school and learn it again.
They also say, then get ready for this. Screens big
time distraction. Let's chill out on those for the kids too.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Completely agree. We've been pretty good this summer. I'm not
gonna lie. I know I said this.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
I went to the office earlier today and let my
kids watch It's like forty five minutes of a screen,
which was not ideal. But yesterday I don't think they
watched Emmy, which is pretty awesome. So do an all
right over here. We did send them a bad about
an hour later than normal, though, so uh, probably gotta
fix that. We're gonna chop all this up. This should
be easy today. It's all bite size already. Turn this
(11:00):
into a show. Then I'm gonna make dinner. We're doing
a freezer clean out week. You've done one of these before,
where you got all the stuff that's built up in
the freezer, whether it's like extra leftovers or things that
you couldn't get to during the week, you just throw
it in the freezer. I'll get to it later. This
is later for us today. A couple of chicken thighs
and some sirloin steaks. God, I hate sir Llin's steak,
(11:22):
but that's what it is. So we're making a stir
fry thing with ramen, maybe just ramen and rice because
my wife, as we covered yesterday, is allergic to all
the things. So rice and beef that's fine, but everything else. Anyways,
Thanks for being here for this.
Speaker 1 (11:38):
We'll talk to you tomorrow.
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