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 coming back.

We talk through what’s driving nitrate pollution in Iowa and many other states, including agricultural runoff, fertilizer, and the tile drainage systems that move water off fields and into streams, then into major rivers. We also compare the public attention given to crises like Flint with the quieter, ongoing water quality problems many communities face, from Safe Drinking Water Act violations to aging infrastructure and the false comfort of small, everyday “solutions” like basic pitcher filters.

Then we get into health concerns and the messy reality of multiple contaminants. We unpack the difference between naturally occurring nitrates in foods and the added or environmental nitrates that raise red flags, plus how PFAS “forever chemicals” fit into the bigger water contamination story. Finally, we talk about what actually helps, why treatment is expensive, and why lasting change means prevention at the source and louder demands for action. Subscribe, share this with a friend who trusts boil advisories, and leave a review. What does your local water report say right now?

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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 figure out what the heck happened) as they unpack the everyday absurdities that chap their hides.

From the struggles of wearing glasses to the literal crime of Jane stabbing her fork into the nucleus of Dr. Domain’s waffle, no grievance is too small to obsess over. Tune in, laugh along, and validate your own petty rage. Look out listeners, it’s about to get wild!

Feel free to give us feedback or tell us what topic you would like us to talk about at boomerandgenxer@gmail.com. Like, follow and share us please!

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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 cheapest” and the need families have for a place to visit, remember, and feel like someone mattered. Dr. Domaine weighs in on preferring a traditional burial and side-eyes the idea of a made-up “celebration of life,” which opens a bigger debate about whether we should honor people while they’re still here.

Then we hit the darker stuff: funeral home scandals, what can go wrong when money and grief mix, and how planning ahead can protect the people you leave behind.

If you’ve ever wondered what a “good goodbye” looks like, this one will make you laugh, cringe, and think. Subscribe, share with a friend who avoids death talk, and leave a review, then tell us: burial, cremation, or something totally different?

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