40 - Depression Naps, Dinosaur Facts & Delusions of Hydration

This week, Sarah’s fighting off Hot Girl Tummy Problems™️ while Erika moves her entire bedroom upstairs out of pure stubbornness and a desperate need for closet space. (Spoiler: the mattress did make it up the stairs…eventually.)

We spiral into anxiety brain, dehydration habits, and the absolute fantasy that is a smooth-brained, worry-free existence. (Teach us your ways.) From stress fogs to depression naps, it’s a mental health rollercoaster—chaotic, real, and mildly caffeinated.

Then we dino-dive into feminist fossil fuel with a quickfire education session led by Erika, who nerds out on the badass women who shaped paleontology—Mary Anning, Tilly Edinger, Mary Leakey, and Sue Hendrickson (yes, that Sue from the Field Museum). It’s women in STEM, petty historical drama, and fossilized poo. You’re welcome.

💀 Also featuring:

• Smooth brains
• Electrolyte water
• Random diving expeditions
• Dinosaurs that lived more stable lives than we do

🎧 Listen now. Laugh through the existential dread. Then hydrate. Probably.

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