Why do we go to a funeral and need to see the body? Edna and Reggie start with your 20s, when nature hasn't caught up with how long you now live, then rank the strangest jobs: urologists, the dentist sitting on the stairs, paparazzi, medical sex workers and morticians. From there: open caskets, families who search for decades for a body they know is dead, Neanderthal burials, why innocent people never say "alibi", and the husband everyone wanted to be guilty, including his own mother.

Content note: strong language, discussion of death, suicide and murder, and crude sexual jokes about disability, sex work and necrophilia.

Letters for Gary is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

01:12 Why 20-Somethings Are Megalomaniacs (and Used to Get Sent to War)

04:00 Biology vs. Modern Life: Nature Expected 7 Kids by 23

10:34 The Chef's Burden: Quality, Quantity & Never Feeling Adequate

12:00 Why No Society Can Exist Without Music

12:30 Which Jobs Would Break You Mentally? Nurses, Urologists & Dentists

18:00 Is There a "Demonic Pact" Behind Fame?

19:22 A Tangent on Caregiving Jobs

23:45 Very Bad Sponsor: Cockorset

24:32 The Mortician: Working With the Dead

26:17 Seeing a Dead Body for the First Time

33:49 Serial Killers & Withholding Where the Body Is

36:47 Why Do Some People Gravitate Toward Morbid Jobs?

39:18 Death Rituals: Are They for the Dead or the Living?

41:33 Neanderthals, Religion & How We Manage Death

44:25 Interrogation Red Flag: People Who Tell Too Many Details

47:17 True Crime: The Missing Wife and the Suspect Husband

51:38 Why Stay in a Dead Marriage?

53:54 Closing: The Worst Crimes Have Simple Solutions

#Death #Morticians #TrueCrime #Psychology #DeepConversations #podcast

A 43-year-old woman asks Reddit if she's the asshole for running to the bathroom after trying something new with her husband of 17 years. He looks disgusted, takes his pillow to the couch and stops answering her calls. Five days later come the tears, the flowers, the pancakes... and one word that gives everything away. Sugar and Edna pull the thread: why he really reacted like that, what it means to rope someone into a plan they know nothing about, and whether anybody who gets married is brave or just mad.

Content note: strong language, explicit sexual and bathroom talk, infidelity, and dark jokes.

The Cupboard is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

0:00 Did you miss me?

0:58 The algorithm and the battle of the sexes

1:50 Am I the asshole for pooping after sex?

2:31 17 years in, they try something new

3:10 The sprint to the bathroom, and his face

4:18 He takes his pillow to the couch

5:04 Five days later: tears, flowers and pancakes

6:02 It's just not usually like that

6:44 The year-long affair

7:41 He calls her homophobic

8:46 Five months later: the final update

10:27 The private dick is back

11:05 Was she wrong to laugh?

12:36 How open was their marriage?

15:44 Guilt and projection

18:05 Very Bad Sponsor: No Homo Smart Glasses

19:16 Our first ad ever

20:00 He made her part of his plan

21:19 Cheater or just a child?

22:01 Can you ever see it coming?

24:08 Was it a cry for help?

24:25 The homophobe card

24:53 What the comments said

26:26 Brave or mad: why anyone gets married

27:51 The twink secretary

28:39 Burn it all down and start over

29:26 When you can't take a reaction back

#RedditStories #AITA #Relationships #Cheating #StoryTime #podcast

The ass-pocalypse has been confirmed. Sugar brings bad news about AI pricing: self-checkouts that predict what you'll scan next, and plane tickets that cost more because your aunt just died. Then the conversation goes through retirement funds, exit liquidity and why Steam isn't EA, before landing on celebrities singing from their pools and Gal Gadot's new movie, which is, apparently, her running.

This is our opinion and our understanding, not financial advice. If we got something wrong, tell us.

Content note: strong language, crude sexual humour, and dark jokes about violence, death and public figures.

Inbred is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

0:00 Sugar Lix and Don Reginald

0:41 Worst OnlyFans title

1:29 The ass-pocalypse is confirmed

2:48 Sugar versus the word "world"

3:24 AI pricing at the self-checkout

5:17 AI predicts your pasta

7:24 A death in the family

8:51 Kings and people who are too safe

9:33 Public companies vs private

12:08 How American retirement works

14:05 Into the index funds

15:12 Exit liquidity

16:09 Steam vs EA and Ubisoft

17:32 Kicking the ball down the street

18:22 Short mandates, bandaged wounds

19:28 The beautiful nineties

20:01 Very Bad Sponsor: Stalker Jeans

20:57 Why nobody likes celebrities anymore

22:43 It started in COVID

23:36 Gal Gadot's new movie

25:24 The movie is her running

28:14 We have no fans. Don't dig.

29:00 The apology

29:33 Today's subject, somehow

What do you see when you put your headphones on? Reggie confesses his daydream: a jewellery heist across Europe, a night ride through a city tunnel, champagne on a boat in Monaco. Edna would rather not say (she says anyway). From there: why men daydream about dying and women about surviving, adults who interrupt kids' daydreams, parenting through fear, a grandmother who lost 14 of her 16 children and stayed completely serene, and why the trauma might hit hardest when you come home from the war.

Content note: strong language, and discussion of child mortality, war and trauma.

Letters for Gary is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:31 Gary, Our Mysterious Listener

01:32 The Daydreaming Confession Begins

23:45 Men vs. Women: Do We Daydream Differently?

47:47 Parenting Through Fear

49:25 The Woman Who Lost 14 Children

53:04 Environment, Trauma & Why Some People Don't Break

55:04 Vietnam, Apocalypse Now & Returning From War

#Daydreaming #Psychology #Parenting #PTSD #DeepConversations #podcast

She's been writing a dark trilogy since she was 16. Her boyfriend read the kidnapping chapter, said he was fine, stayed over all cuddly... and called the police on her. Sugar and Edna read the Reddit post and work out what really happened: why "it was a mistake" doesn't cover dialling the police, people who mistake fiction for a confession, what you'd do if you recognised yourself in your partner's book, and the theory the comments landed on: jealousy.

Content note: strong language, and discussion of violence, kidnapping and abuse.

The Cupboard is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

Chapters

00:00 Intro — John, Henry Cavill & the ACC Bit

01:47 Story Time: "My Boyfriend Called the Cops on My Book"

02:10 The Background: A Trilogy Written Since Age 16

03:09 The Twist: A Kidnapping Scene Gets Reported to Police

04:20 The Welfare Check & the Humiliation

04:42 His Excuse: "It Got in My Head"

05:07 Initial Reactions: Is This a Red Flag?

16:59 Trust, Shared Clouds & Digital Privacy in Relationships

29:38 Would You Ever Write a Character Based on Revenge?

30:29 The Real Question: Would You Leave Him?

31:42 Fiction as Therapy vs. Fiction as a Warning Sign

33:53 Final Verdict: Calling the Cops Is Unforgivable

34:21 Theory: Was It Jealousy or Sabotage?

34:49 Closing Thoughts

#RedditStories #RelationshipAdvice #StoryTime #RedFlags #Writing #podcast

Governments are telling people to stock up on food and water, and Reggie would like to report that he no longer wants the apocalypse. Sugar and Reggie plan where they would actually survive it: open land, a hidden ravine, and a hideout the bees will absolutely snitch on. Along the way: why being 'non-political' on Tinder got one man eaten alive, the perfect Chinese Elon Musk, and what's wrong with Lord of the Rings reaction videos.

In this episode:

• Why the apocalypse stops being fun once your knees creak
• World leaders, impressions and the people with their finger on the button
• 'Non-political' on a dating profile, and why Reddit lost it
• Your bees will give you away
• Reggie and every puddle on earth
• Lord of the Rings reactions and male friendship

Content note: strong language, crude sexual humour, and jokes about race, gender, sexuality and politics.

Inbred is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

Chapters

0:00 Sugar Lix in the house

0:59 The ass-pocalypse

1:43 Governments say stock up

2:08 I used to want the apocalypse

4:21 Not a survival body

4:59 Fallout and the wasteland

5:26 Just let it happen

6:38 They're making it up as they go

7:25 Clowns with the button

8:24 Go plant some tomatoes

9:49 I talked to Xi

10:28 The Chinese Elon Musk

11:06 Why tell people to stock up?

13:59 'Non-political' on Tinder

17:30 Very Bad Sponsor: Silent Step Sneaker

18:20 Not white enough to be far right

19:09 Our apocalypse exodus

21:40 Bees will snitch on you

22:44 Waste management

23:26 Finding water: unleash Reggie

25:04 The sidewalk sardines

25:52 The hidden ravine

27:24 The scintillating caves

28:44 Lord of the Rings reactions

31:43 What happened to male friendship

33:01 Everyone is playing a character

34:32 Three decades ago means what?

Are comic books the Bible of the future? Edna and Reggie follow the theory wherever it goes: whether charity is ever selfless, how narratives get attached to real events, why science needed a story to sell the moon landing, whether rationality is making us worse off, and why having kids might be the most delusional act of hope there is.

Letters for Gary is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:41 The Theory: Comic Books as a Modern Bible

06:00 Is Charity Ever Truly Selfless?

09:22 The Problem With Organized Religion's "First-Degree" Believers

10:35 Could You Build a Second Bible on Purpose?

13:47 How Narratives Get Attached to Real Events

26:29 Why Individuals Have to Accept Incomplete Narratives

30:05 Legacy, Cathedrals & "The Right Kind of Crazy"

36:53 Selling the Moon Landing: Science Needs a Story

41:23 Why We Don't Build Like We Used To

43:58 Is Rationality Making Us Worse Off?

47:20 Can We Escape the Cycle of Delusion and Disillusionment?

50:23 Why Fiction Sold as Fiction Is the Honest Version

54:00 Having Kids as an Act of Delusional Hope

55:43 Post-War Baby Booms & Self-Fulfilling Hope

56:49 Closing Thoughts

#Philosophy #Religion #ComicBooks #Superheroes #Mythology #DeepConversations #ThoughtProvoking #podcast

His girlfriend asked him a simple question. He compared her to his model best friend, and then he told her. Sugar and Edna read the Reddit post and the update where everyone sided with him, then work out what he should have said: the 'mutual' crush that wasn't, the best friend test, thoughtfulness vs. grand gestures, and why he's still waiting for the best friend to change her mind.

Content note: strong language.

The Cupboard is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

05:24 Story Time: "I Made My Girlfriend Cry" Reddit Post

07:20 First Reactions: Did She Ask a Stupid Question?

09:05 Red Flags: The "Mutual" Crush That Wasn't

10:32 The Best Friend Test: How Far Would You Go?

12:04 Is This Really Just About Looks?

16:30 The Stalker Fantasy vs. Real-Life Creeps

17:40 What Women Actually Mean by "I Don't Like That"

19:25 Thoughtfulness vs. Grand Gestures: What Really Wins

21:20 The Update: Everyone Sided With Him

24:36 Beauty, Self-Awareness & the Catfish Comparison

26:11 The Real Answer He Should Have Given

28:23 He's Still Waiting for the Best Friend to Change Her Mind

29:20 Closing Thoughts

#RedditStories #RelationshipAdvice #Dating #StoryTime #DeepConversations #podcast

Sugar gives Reggie a list of 'suspicious' habits: he has to pick four and still pass as a heterosexual man. Pink cocktails, glossy lips, a four-step skincare routine and a very committed Love Island performance follow. Then Reggie gets his revenge with a would-you-rather game about a lung pump, a rare kind of OCD and some very loud Tourette's.

In this episode:

• The 'suspiciously straight' list: cocked hip, gay hands, pink cocktails, purses
• Pew pew and the shoulder shimmy
• What actually counts as a four-step skincare routine
• Mercury in retrograde, girl
• Not gay, just French (and Haaland's bags)
• Reggie's Love Island gossip, glossy lips included
• Reggie's game: pick two of three afflictions
• Acting it out: the board meeting, the parents' meeting and the deathbed

Content warning: strong language, crude sexual humour, and jokes about medical conditions, Tourette's and OCD.

Inbred is part of the Inbreds podcast. Listen on all podcast platforms.

Chapters

0:00 Sugar Lix in the house

1:04 The test: pick four and stay 'suspicious'

1:54 Cocked hip and gay hands

2:56 Pink cocktails, purses and Love Island

4:09 Pew pew and the shoulder shimmy

4:43 Glossy lips and 'girl'

5:30 The four-step skincare routine

7:04 Everything is astrology

7:48 Reggie starts picking

8:09 Closeted, out or just suspicious?

9:35 Not gay, just French

10:32 Love Island on hold, pew pew denied

12:25 Glossy lips or skincare?

15:33 Reggie's Love Island performance

18:21 Very Bad Sponsor: Arm Clamp

19:26 Reggie's turn: pick two of three

20:02 The lung pump

22:13 OCD and the third affliction

24:59 Sugar picks the pump and the Tourette's

26:36 Acting it out: the board meeting

27:18 The parents' meeting

29:35 The deathbed

31:10 Is this the dumbest podcast on earth?

#ComedyPodcast #SiblingBanter #WouldYouRather #LoveIsland #DarkHumor #FunnyMoments #podcast

Chapters

00:00 Intro/Disclaimer: This Podcast Is Just Opinion

06:44 Why You're Forced to Have an Opinion on Everything Now

07:53 The Immigration Question Trap

10:56 Is Political Outrage a Form of Entertainment?

11:35 Republics, Elites & the Illusion of Having a Voice

16:16 Should Everyone Get to Vote?

18:43 The Freemasons & Mattering at the Right Scale

20:01 Do We Actually Matter on a Global Scale?

22:53 Reading Hitler's Speeches Without the Crowd

25:00 MAGA Hats, Belonging & Manufactured Tribalism

26:38 The Belgian Laughing Epidemic

29:30 Why You Laugh at Bad Comedy Shows

31:29 Nostalgia, Hip-Hop & Belonging Through Music

35:37 What Is Civilization, Really?

43:59 Delusion, Hope & the 1% Who Succeed

45:47 Why Colonizing Mars Is Kind of Delusional

48:04 Is Religion a Mass Delusion?

49:39 The Parking Lot Fear & Proving God Exists

50:44 The Car Crash Prayer Story

52:06 Defining Civilization vs. Culture

54:03 Closing Thoughts

Chapters 

00:00 Story Time: Guy Made Horrible Comments on Dates

01:06 Date #1: Phone-Obsessed & Rude to Staff

02:03 Date #2: Showed Up Drunk and High

03:52 Why We Stay on Bad Dates (Sunk Cost Fallacy)

05:32 The Apartment Date From Hell

08:15 Date #3: The PCOS Conversation Goes Wrong

10:53 "It Lowers My Stock Value" — The Worst Line Ever

13:00 Reactions: The Glare That Says Everything

14:36 Is Modern Dating a Rigged Game?

15:00 The Death of the "Third Place"

18:00 Would You Choose an AI Girlfriend Over Real Dating?

21:16 Is This Reality Even Real? A Simulation Detour

23:20 The Slippery Slope: Porn, Video Games & Escalating Highs

25:36 Why Some Things You Should Never Even Try

26:36 Who Would Actually Unplug You From the Machine?

28:06 Closing Thoughts

"Breakthrough Pain", How a Marketing Term Became Medical Truth

Chapters

00:00 Intro/ Religion & Cultural Commentary (Discretion Advised)

09:16 The Sackler Family & the Oxy Crisis

11:16 "Breakthrough Pain" — Marketing a Lie Into Truth

13:00 Why We Don't Hate Drug Dealers the Way We Hate Big Pharma

16:53 Is There a New Oxy Happening Right Now?

18:24 The ADHD Advertising Mystery: Who Is It Actually For?

21:24 90s Cartoons vs. Modern Cartoons: The Attention Span Theory

23:13 Adderall's Addiction Risk & Why Students Lie to Get It

26:38 Trusting "Experts" in the Podcast/Influencer Economy

29:05 Change the Environment, Not the Kid

33:00 The Theory: How Pharma Profits From Panic

36:56 Closing Thoughts

Chapters

00:00 The Letters for Gary Premise

02:39 Prison Groupies

03:58 Could Michael Jackson be Your Friend ?

05:22 Ted Bundy’s Conjugal Visits

06:22 Vengeful Justice: Inside Russia's Extreme Prisons

09:05 Mixing Lifers with Short-Term Inmates

14:12 The Fear of Losing Freedom

18:15 Would You Rather Be Homeless or Go to Prison?

28:06 "Luxury" Prisons: The Northern European / Scandinavian Model

31:50 The Boiling Frog Metaphor: Gradual Shift in European Ideas

33:13 Individual Freedom vs. Societal Rules & Education

35:48 How Well-Meaning Individual Choices Lead to Catastrophic Results

37:25 Statistics vs. Human Emotion: How We Perceive Risk & Danger

41:14 Why Humans Are Driven by Narratives, Not Data 

43:03 Scaling Social Models: Why Small Tribal Dynamics Fail at Scale

Chapters 

00:00 Old Age Shenanigans 

01:23 Reddit Thriller: The Fake Online Friend Group 

08:26 Don’t Confront Maniacs 

12:12 He Chose the Weasley Way

15:02 Why Do People Ask "Am I Overreacting?"

Chapters

00:00 Magic Wands 

01:48 The Husband Who Moans

05:07 The Bill Clinton Emergency 

06:48 Brad the Non-Flusher 

07:42 The Husband Who Was Never Potty Trained 

12:39 An Angel Sent From Above… With a Catch 

15:35 One Guy, 12 Jars a Year 

17:44 Welcome "Little Piggies" 

19:32 Picking the Lesser of Two Evils 

21:00 Send me Bobs and Vajin

25:05 Colourful People

Chapters

00:00  Intro & banter

00:43  The Trade-Off: Give Up Coffee for 20 Extra Years?

02:05  On Old Age, Diapers & Clinging to Life

06:23  Western self-preservation vs. fatalistic mindsets

08:08  The Congo River boat story 

12:00  COVID masks, an existential perspective

19:42  Public personas, crying on camera, and performative outrage

22:28  The psychology of crime, vengeance, and random acts

30:00  Does the justice system actually deter crime?

32:30  Societal sickness, culture, and logical conclusions

Chapters 

00:00 Introduction and Banter 

02:20 The Jokester Boyfriend 

05:13 The Mystery Beeping Hidden in the Closet 

14:18 Pushing Limits in Relationships 

18:55 Reading Audience Comments 

22:00 How Small Pranks Escalate Into Abuse Patterns 

25:40 Choosing Solitude Over Misery 

27:18 Female Socialization and the Trap of Being Agreeable 

Chapters

00:00 Vocal Fry & The Try Guys Scandal

05:10 Celebrity Gossip, Lawyers, and Kim Kardashian’s Legal Show

07:20 Bring Back Shame

08:14 Daydreaming About Podcast Fame

11:20 Selling Out 

15:10 The Ultimate Humiliation Test: 90 Day Fiancé & Big Ed

16:40 Bottom G

17:18 Would You Do It for Family Safety?

20:08 Living with the Aftermath of Public Embarrassment

Chapters

00:00 - Intro & Studio Vibes: The Headphones "Bubble Effect"

01:30 - Language of Sex Work: Transactional Honesty vs. Euphemisms

03:15 - Defining Love: Multi-Faceted Realities & Different Expectations

06:40 - Childhood Patterns & The Mechanics of Attachment

09:20 - Unpacking Toxic Relationships & Intervention Support

12:50 - Individualism vs. Collectivism: Isolation and Responsibility

17:15 - The Illusion of Virtual Communities & AI Companionship

21:00 - Why Real-World Friction is Essential for Connection

Chapters

00:00 - Opening Banter

02:40 - Reddit Question: What Sucked as a Child, But is Lit as an Adult?

03:55 - Schedules, Freedom & The Fear of Growing Old

07:22 - Finding Wonder in Chores & The Trap of Modern Distractions

09:24 - Reading Paper Books vs. Screen Distractions & Lost Reverie

11:22 - Phone Addiction & Aging Out of Modern Culture

16:00 - Sleep Dreams, Losing Freedom & "Factory Settings" in Your 30s

22:04 - Social Personas, Authentic Style & Inside Jokes

28:08 - Childish Boisterousness & Wrap-Up