Unstable Topics
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 version of this podcast, subscribe to JAM by texting UNSTABLE TOPICS to 552266
Episodes
An episode all about boredom is ANYTHING but boring!
FACTS:
"Boredom" is a relatively new term, described as being weary.
Sarah is NOT into Pokémon cards.
Death by boredom? Civil servants who suffered from boredom had a 30% increased likelihood of dying within the next three years.
Plus, Ms. Patricia answers burning questions about children's birthday party etiquette.
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This is a listener submitted theme, and it might be the Greatest Of All Time!
Facts:
16 anecdotal facts submitted by bestie Jami
The term "GOAT" was added to Merriam Webster in 2018. Which is correct.
What do you think? Do you have something you can list 16 facts about? Whose your GOAT of reality TV? Are capricorns the GOAT of the zodiac?
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In 2000, the average human attention span was 12 seconds. By 2015, it shrunk to 8.25 seconds, 3/4 of a second shorter than the attention span of the average goldfish.
What were YOU thinking about while Maggie read this fact?
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Abaracadabra! Do you believe in magic? You will after this!
Facts:
The term "abracadabra" was written in masks to protect people from the Black Plague.
The performer who created the specific "magician look" was Herman the Great. After him, people always expected to see magicians with a top hat, goatee, and a tailcoat.
What do you think? Did the magicians come first, or the Black Plague? Did you guess the word? What would your...
Where do bags go when they're lost? Listen to find out!
This episode original aired on JAM and was one of the very first facts we ever shared. It holds up! We think about those poor lost bags nearly every day.
And, as you're booking summer travel, it's important to know: where DO bags go when the airline loses them?
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Finally! An episode all about Bravo reality television! With special guests and scholars, Lauren and Michele.
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Maggie is ready to buy lots of trophies to showcase her family values, but the real winners in this episode are DISNEY PRINCESSES!
So many (upsetting?) facts about Disney princesses, sources from a Cosmopolitan magazine article from a few years ago.
Fact 1: Cinderella and Tiana are the oldest Disney princesses, clocking in at 19 years old. Jasmine is only 15, and Snow White is actually at eighth grader at 14 years old.
Yo Mama's so old, she was probably around when the first Yo Mama joke was written!
Learn all about the first Yo Mama joke, and laugh along with us in this episode that was originally recorded in 2022!
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Sarah is getting a trampoline for her family, which is incredibly unstable, but not even the most unstable thing in this FEET THEMED EPISODE!
JUST THE FEET FACTS:
- FACT 1: Your toes are essential for balance, movement, and weight baring - without your toes, your feet wouldn't work at all!
- FACT 2: It's totally possible to make actual cheese with the bacteria from feet.
What do you think? Would you buy a trampo...
You won't want to miss the very first episode of Unstable Topics ever recorded.
Did you know the real life voice actors who played Mickey and Minnie Mouse were MARRIED in real life?
Learn more and laugh along with us in this Monday Mini from the vault!
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Not one, not two, but THREE facts about ducks that will have you saying "this is quack!"
JUST THE FACTS:
It's important for survival for ducklings to stick together. So much so that the baby fowls coordinate their hatching by communicating with one another while they are still in their eggs! The range of subtle sounds the ducks make in their eggs is called pipping.
Female ducks choose their mate based on their dance moves and...
We did a thing! Now you can enjoy our live show from the comfort of your couch, or car, or wherever you listen to podcasts!
The first ever live recording of Unstable Topics had the best besties at The Comedy Arena in McKinney, Texas. Now, you can feel like you're part of the show, too!
So put on your favorite velour tracksuit, pour yourself a bowl of cereal, and listen to all our random facts from the early aughts!
Sarah is not a whopper fanatic, but she is a bonsai fact finder!
FACT 1: Bonsai is the Japanese art of shaping trees in container. It is believed if you can grow a bonsai, you can obtain mortality.
FACT 2: Bonsai trees are not dwarf trees. It is through the containers and careful cutting on leaves, limbs, and roots that make over 400 variety of trees "bonsai"
What do you think? Could you keep a bonsai alive? Don't yo...
Paul McCartney's "WONDERFUL CHRISTMASTIME" has been named "The Worst Christmas Song Ever." But is it?
This fact from the vault forced our decade-long friendship to grapple with such strong differences of opinion, and yet we came out the other side of it stronger than ever! Though we still disagree and talk about this song year round.
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This episode has a lot of heart. So much so, it's a whole dang heart-themed episode!
From making grown-up friends with game nights, to facts about the most important (?) organ in the body, listen to these cold heart facts!
Just the facts:
FACT 1: People might think they're spooky looking, but squids and octopuses have a lot of heart. Three in fact! Octopuses and squid all have three hearts: one for pumping blood through...
From the vault of Monday Minis, we present a fact so gross you'll want to crawl inside a bear tummy.
This episode from 2022 was the fifth fact we ever slung, and only appeared on our favorite short-form audio content app, JAM. Now, it's here for everyone, wherever you get your podcasts!
Enjoy some vintage facts!
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Sarah has an unstable habit of consuming suggested videos on Facebook, but she's still found time to productively research facts about vacuums for this vacuum themed episode.
Fact 1: The 4th of February is National Create a Vacuum Day! And we're already planning how we will celebrate next year with Dysons.
Fact 2: A woman from Kent, England bought an Electrolux vacuum in the 1930s and used it until 2008, only to stop...
Was King Edward VII a horrible king? We don't know. But we do know he was a fashion icon.
Ever wonder why men's suits leave the bottom button unbuttoned? It's cause of this King! King Edward VII!
And, honestly, we hope he didn't do any bad things because this alone was enough for us to make some pretty bold supportive statements about him.
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Sarah and Maggie chat with president of her HOA, and our hearts, Laurie Reaves Barnett.
They're asking the tough questions, and sharing this delight of a human with the all of you.
Follow her on instagram (her REAL account, not the stolen account) and NOW, because we influenced her, on TikTok for more laughs.
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This week we’re talking all about brains! What makes them freeze up, how they have unlimited potential, and all the little helpers that make brains work.
Just the facts:
FACT 1: Research suggests that the brain’s storage space is virtually unlimited, able to create over 1 quadrillion connections.
FACT 2: The scientific name for a brain freeze is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia, and Maggie is having an existentia...
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