Why the Cincinnati Castle is for idiots! Also: White Castle, sandcastles, bunkers, moats, woods, and all of the dirty business of castles, old and new. Please subscribe so that we can continue to pay the Garbage Brain University research team and write/record these episodes! You’ll get over 130 episodes you haven’t heard, plus access to our secret Discord server. • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, v...
May 02, 2022•49 min
Why nothing humans make will last, why spiders are the worst bugs, why people perceive almost nothing, how spiders make silk, the ongoing cloaca situation, and what humans could do if we could make thread. Plus Imposter Syndrome, aliens changing our DNA, and the true purpose of all the plastic we make, micro or macro. Please subscribe, by the way. Your five bucks would keep us researching, writing and recording Garbage Brain University: • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd lik...
Apr 26, 2022•59 min
Blood tests, birds exploding, and other reasons not to like weddings. Hit the “subscribe now” button to access the 136 paid episodes plus our Discord chatroom. • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe
Apr 12, 2022•54 min
Pigeon races, camel races, racewalking, swimming, nude biking, and all the other races that have ever existed. Which one would you be in? If you’re not a patron/subscriber you’re missing 135 premium-only episodes which you can access immediately by clicking the “Subscribe Now” button: • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe...
Apr 05, 2022•56 min
Would you become a cannibal? We talk about all the important parts of cannibalism: bioaccumulation, taste, Big Lurch, Christ Bearer, and chickens eating chickens. Also, prions, pour-overs, and the shit tree. Not a subscriber? Support GBU by giving us five dollars and you’ll be rewarded with 134 paid-patron-only episodes plus access to our secret Discord: • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www....
Mar 29, 2022•47 min
People love hippos… but should they? We look deeply into the hippo-dolphin connection, why they spray feces, why Drew doesn’t believe in wind chill, and why people love the lowest common denominator. Also: GG Allin, ancient zoos, muting people, and sleeping in the bathtub. Please consider supporting GBU since you listen to it and love it. A patronage here or elsewhere is only $5 and gives you instant access to 133 episodes you’ve never heard plus our secret Discord chatroom: • natalie & drew...
Mar 22, 2022•51 min
But first, books: what came before them? Who invented them (not Gutenberg, obviously?) Who invented spaces between words? Why did the Roman Empire fall? Why are we here? What comes after this? In ten, a thousand, a million, a trillion years? Subscribe now (instant access to the 132 odd-numbered episodes you’ve never heard) please. • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.c...
Mar 15, 2022•54 min
Emojis, in their short life online, have accomplished a lot. We talked our favorite emojis, “internet tone,” why they don’t have a nose, passive aggression, why the smiley face is copyrighted, Natalie’s idea for a mobile game, and 🆗. Not subscribed? You’re missing half of our episodes and our secret chat-room/group-game hub. Subscribe now to join us. • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.gar...
Mar 08, 2022•58 min
Hey, we’ve gotta talk about something important: we need your help to keep making Garbage Brain University, and the only way you can help is by becoming a patron/subscriber. Hit the “Subscribe Now” button and you’ll be instantly rewarded with 130 subscriber-only episodes, but you’ll also have helped us to continue researching, writing, and recording two of these every week. Anyway! Are caterpillars conscious? When is it time to leave society? What part of your DNA are you, really, if any? What h...
Feb 28, 2022•51 min
How many twins are there? Why do mammals have them? And what goes down at the Kentucky Pig Derby? We answer questions on these, dox the Dick Boys, and Drew creates a plan for neighbors to raise children more efficiently. All in today’s free episode. Want to listen to the episodes we publish for subscribers only? The 129 full-length episodes you’ve never heard? You should know how to do that by now, but if not, you can hit this “Subscribe Now” button for instant access to our whole backcatalogue....
Feb 21, 2022•51 min
Welcome to the shitty holiday season! We talked about why they’re usually on Monday, why Natalie likes Flag Day, why Drew hates the flag, mini eggs, Bezos, Columbus Day, Jack Nicklaus, and the secret of the Seychelles. Please subscribe so that we may continue making more of these: • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe...
Feb 15, 2022•49 min
Anteaters: I don’t like the look of them! Giant anteaters, silky anteaters, what the Wall Street Journal thinks of us, why Salvador Dali had an anteater, how they make more anteaters, and all about their insanely weird tongue. Subscribe now to help us keep making more Garbage Brain University! • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe...
Feb 08, 2022•50 min
What is Reality Television? We take a look at the metaphysics of reality television, the Great Reality TV Con, linguistic shifts in confined populations, cops, and give you the details of our brand-new reality TV show. Subscribe to hear more episodes & join our community: • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe...
Feb 01, 2022•46 min
Get in touch with dirt! Natalie & Drew talk about gardening, plastic animals, rosemary, the heaven of a huge dirt pile, and what happens when you buy a raw whole chicken from Amazon. You’re still listening to us talk and it’s been 250 episodes, so you clearly love it, and we dearly need your support, and you’ll get twice as many episodes, so please subscribe now. Hit this brown button: • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ...
Jan 24, 2022•53 min
Having a great time with lizards! (Just kidding, lizards aren’t any fun.) Why Natalie doesn’t want to touch them, what Drew’s lizard was like, a lizard quiz, and the answers to all the lizard questions you’ve ever had. Subscribe and you’ll keep us making more (and hear the 124 episodes that you have to pay to hear.) • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe...
Jan 17, 2022•53 min
What do beavers smell like? Who is more pious, Drew or Natalie? And how do you hold a beaver? Also: high risk texting, beaver dams, human nature, Jeff Bezos’s space lie, Keyboard Cat, zoomer pants, and thousands of other facts and ideas. Subscribe for more. • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe...
Jan 10, 2022•55 min
Welcome to 2022! We talk septic tanks, garbage disposals, not pooping on trips, boycotts, pony kegs, and why we’re not any smarter than ancient people. Also: the first quiz of the year! Subscribe for more episodes (there are over 120 you haven’t heard.) • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe...
Jan 03, 2022•53 min
Time loss! Time dilation! And actual time travel. We talk about these as well as aliens’ ability to time travel, the Vatican’s chronovisor, John Titor, magick as relating to the wave function, gravitational waves, time as a single point, and the rat experiment that may have proved global consciousness is possible. Not a subscriber? You’re missing the deepest and best episodes we have (over 120 now!) which are only available to subscribers. Consider helping us continue to write and record GBU wit...
Dec 14, 2021•52 min
Natalie & Drew go inside the secret world of magicians to find out: Why are they so corny? Why do they want to impress people so much? What secret club did Drew try to join fruitlessly for years? Also: Clothesless yoga, cat circuses, Tom Of Finland, steampunks, and the worst kind of monologue you have to hear constantly. Subscribe if you haven’t already! You’ll get access to our secret social-media hideout as well as 120 episodes which are only available to subscribers. • natalie & drew ...
Dec 06, 2021•52 min
Fairies: the little guys who are sneaky beepers. What are they? What do they look like? And what do they do all day? We answer these plus over 18,000 other questions you didn’t ask in today’s episode. Please consider subscribing to help us continue making GBU, if you haven’t already: * natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe...
Nov 29, 2021•53 min
Modern sloths, ancient sloths, sloth metabolism, sloths in the water, sloths eating, sloth facts, all amazingly fast and capable compared to nature’s slowest boy, the Sloth. If you haven’t already, please become a patron/subscriber today so that we can keep making GBU. You’ll get a ton of episodes you haven’t heard, plus our eternal goodwill, which is available nowhere else for this low price. • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or ...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Today’s special GBU episode is about turds: how they’re used, why they look the way they do, paying for poop, getting paid to poop, shitting on the moon, and hundreds more facts. Missed episode 233, 231, 229, and all the other odd-numbered eps? That’s because you don’t subscribe. Do that now & you’ll also keep us making GBU! • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 2 min
All about shrimp: what they do, why their tails are like that, and why people eat them so much. Plus: being old! Being reborn! Shrimp Lips! Shrimp holidays! Eating bugs! And a harrowing tale at the very end of the episode you can’t miss (so don’t close it as soon as we say Harlem Township.) Subscribing gets you all the benefits we’ve promised for years, plus a community of fellow listeners and the knowledge that by giving us five bucks we will never make NFTs or something else equally foolish. S...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Think about it. Also: why aliens want human bones, investigating haunted houses, using poppers, measuring ghosts, and why the earth is full of skeletons. Our latest in the spooky Halloween episodes (have you noticed the trend?) Subscribe if you missed the odd-numbered episodes, of which there are 115 at this point, including many spooky Halloween topics. • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www....
Oct 26, 2021•57 min
HALLOWEEN SEASON IS HERE! Today we’re talking werewolves, but also: how to become a werewolf, why a werewolf might have depression, putting on the wolf belt, werewolves on trial, and L. Ron Hubbard. Not subscribed? Please do that • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe...
Oct 18, 2021•59 min
Natalie & Drew unearth ancient Danzig lore, and explain how owls fly. Also: What are owls? Who is Danzig? Why does he hate wigs? What happens when you show your boobs on a podcast? And why does THIS guy have a raven as a pet? Also owl facts. Subscribing helps us keep making GBU and gives you access to the 113 episodes you’ve never heard as well as our Discord chat room. Join us! • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access ...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min
The history of the world’s shittiest field of pursuit: advertising! Why it sucks, why they’re everywhere, and why anything good doesn’t need an advertisement. Plus: Esperanto, brand managers, strip club advertising, and how we trapped an ancient man on earth by talking about his ads. Not a subscriber? You can fix that immediately. Please click this: • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garba...
Oct 05, 2021•1 hr 11 min
Today! All the information on the POTUS you KNOWTUS and some you might not have already knowntus. Plus: Why all politicians are psycho, how presidents die, the Crypt Keeper, why rap and America are intertwined yet rap about America sucks beyond words, anarchists, and, of course, how to impress Jodie Foster. Subscribe now for the 111 episodes you’ve never heard, plus our group gaming and memes on Discord: * natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subs...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 4 min
It’s Tom Cruise time! We dig up over a thousand Tom Cruise facts you’ve never heard, and reveal that, unbeknownst to anyone, he’s been a book star this whole time, not a movie star. Not a subscriber? You need to do that if you want the 110 premium episodes you’ve never heard! ($5.00) • natalie & drew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Candle thoughts. Candle meditation. Making smores with candles. Over 4,700 candle facts and stories. Plus: Artificial fragrance, why you don’t need to give notice when you quit your job, why people are never happy, and why the unenlightened hate Ohio. Please consider, at this point, on episode 218 of this podcast that you’ve been listening to for over two years, a subscription. Your five dollars allows us to continue doing this, and we would appreciate it: See you next week (subscribers only) or...
Sep 07, 2021•59 min
