A Boomer and GenXer Walk into a Bar

If your town posts a “boil advisory,” do you assume your water is safe again after a few minutes on the stove? We challenge that assumption and explain why boiling does not remove nitrates and can actually concentrate them, which is a scary fact in a state already dealing with severe nitrate contamination in drinking water. From Iowa cornfields to kitchen faucets, we trace how this problem spreads and why it keeps comin...

What chaps your hide? What just makes your blood boil; okay maybe not boil but steam a bit? 

Welcome to the show where minor inconveniences become major offenses.

Have you ever wanted to launch a public speakerphone user into the sun? Do "stupid traffic requirements" make your blood steam? You’re in the right place. Join Bobbi (constantly on the verge of losing it), Jane (already crazy), and Dr. Domain (just trying to figu...

A bedazzled live beetle pinned to your shirt. Salsa made with stink bugs. A funeral plan that involves Disney, a confetti cannon, and maximum trauma. We start in pure chaos and end up somewhere unexpectedly human: how do you want your body handled when you die, and who is that choice really for?

We (Jane and Bobbi) dig into burial vs cremation, grave sites, and the very real tension between “do whatever’s cheapes...

Clutch your pearls and secure your toupees! Keep your hands and feet inside the ride at all times! We are changing the instruction manual!!

Yep, Bobbi and Jane are moving to every other week to drop a new podcast. This change allows them to dive deeper into each subject and provide more time for Bobbi to do her deep-dive investigatory fact-finding.

Although both have admitted to not being experts at pretty much everything, the new sc...

Disrespect has become a default setting, and it is showing up everywhere from traffic stops to school meetings to the way people treat a server over missing fries. We sit down as a mother and daughter duo and ask a blunt question: when did “standing up for yourself” start looking like chaos? Along the way we separate peaceful protest from intimidation, and we talk about why yelling, threats, and property damage do not p...

Something is stomping around the edges of human belief, and we can’t help chasing it into the woods. We’re talking cryptids: the creatures people swear they’ve seen even when science rolls its eyes. From Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster to the Jersey Devil, the Kraken, mermaids, and the infamous chupacabra, we bounce through the legends that keep showing up in campfire stories, old maps, and late night rabbit hol...

Graduation day is supposed to be loud in a happy way, but when your body remembers gunfire, even celebration can hit like a warning. We’re back together in Iowa, face to face, processing Corey’s high school graduation after surviving the Perry High School shooting two years ago where he was shot 9 times. We talk about pride, exhaustion, and the strange moment when confetti cannons go off and half the room instinctively ...

First off, you'll hear what goes on in the studio before we start recording!!

The news used to have an off switch. Now it lives in our pockets, follows us across every app, and somehow convinces us we’re “behind” if we stop watching. We get into how the 24/7 news cycle started.

From there, we connect the dots to modern cable news, social media, and the algorithm-driven feeds that keep serving more of whateve...

A pork sandwich that spills over the plate. Fries that look like a pile meant for a whole table. Drinks that feel like a small bucket with a lid. American portion sizes can be so big that visitors are genuinely stunned, and we think that shock is a clue worth following.

We’re getting ready to travel, and it kicks off a blunt, funny, and surprisingly practical talk about how the United States drifted into supersize cult...

A gravel driveway, a motorcycle, and one quiet moment of bargaining with Jesus turns into a low-speed pileup at home and a broken rib for Dr. Domain. We start there because it’s exactly the kind of everyday story that reveals something bigger: the choices we make ripple outward, and life feels different when the old rules of living together start to blur.

From that laugh-so-you-don’t-cry opener, we zoom out into ...

The cashier asks one tiny question and suddenly you are on the spot: “Do you want to round up for charity?” We get why people freeze, why it can feel like a guilt trap, and why “sure, it’s just pennies” is not always the simple, feel-good move it seems.

We get practical about charity transparency and nonprofit overhead. We talk about red flags like vague spending, glossy fundraising events, and ...

People love to shout “term limits” like it’s a magic spell, but the minute you ask how it would actually work, things get messy fast. We start with our usual real-life chaos, including concussions, pickleball injuries, thrift-store living, and a legendary argument about a wildly expensive four-slice toaster, then pivot into a serious question: why do career politicians keep winning if voters say they want change?&...

Bullying gets talked about like it’s only a school hallway problem, but we see it everywhere, from group chats to corporate offices to family dynamics at home. We start with some real-life banter, then pivot hard into what bullying actually is: repeated aggression, a power imbalance, and the kind of behavior that sticks in your head long after the moment passes. We share personal stories of getting picked on for “stupid...

Trigger warnings used to be rare and specific, now they show up everywhere and we’re not sure that’s helping anyone. From a high school play that upset parents to the way social media posts get “put through the grinder” without the right label, we dig into how content warnings have expanded from genuine safety needs into a cultural expectation. We’re the mother and daughter behind two mics at Rabbit Ru...

What happens when personal choice meets a hallway full of kids? We take on the push to remove vaccine requirements for public schools and follow the question wherever it leads: from polio scars and school nurse lines to modern data on measles, HPV, and mRNA. Along the way, we compare the backbone of childhood immunizations—MMR, polio, DTaP, Hib, and varicella—with the messy reality of exemptions, access, and trust. This...

Ever walk into a pool hall and feel the room buzz with purpose? That’s the energy Dusty carries as a 26-year billiards veteran, league owner, and tournament director at the Rack Billiard Club in Clive, Iowa. We dive into how a great room is built—38 tables, diamond setups, a Rasson tournament table—and why culture, fairness, and flow matter as much as cloth and cues.

We trace the path from early days of sne...

What do our shelves say about us? We dive into the strange, sweet, and sometimes spooky world of collecting—why we start, what we keep, and when the market loves us back. Are your collections worth a fortune or are they just unfortunate?

We map the winners and losers of nostalgia economics. Cabbage Patch dolls still charm but don’t command the old prices. Beanie Babies and most Happy Meal toys? Mostly dust, with ...

What happens when a Boomer mom and her Gen X daughter take on the cannabis debate without flinching? We start where policy meets pain: fibromyalgia, daily function, and the search for relief that doesn’t wreck a life. That lived reality pushes us to ask better questions about reliance vs addiction, the real impact of today’s higher-THC products, and where responsible adult use ends and risky daily habits begin.

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A throbbing headache, a flashlight pointed just off the bolt, and two generations arguing about what real competence looks like—that’s our starting line for a lively ride through gender roles and cultural identity. We share how being “tomboys” shaped our sense of self, why changing a tire at midnight still matters, and how those gritty lessons echo through dating, partnership, and the way we judge leadership...