Extra, extra! Michael’s a bully who talked so long during a segment that he started the next one without asking Jasmine to contribute. To be fair, he was discussing the Hulu miniseries “Dying for Sex” and got caught up in the moment.

This week, Jasmine and Michael talk about the 30th Anniversary of “A Goofy Movie”, good news from around the world (including sports—what??), and Michael makes a very crass joke (sorry, Mom).

The Wheel of Topics gets our hosts talking about things they used to believe as kids, but don’t anymore. And then Michael does a mini discussion/review of “Dying for Sex”, the Hulu miniseries and the podcast it was inspired by.

Don’t do your “Michael’s Filler Words” drinking game this episode because you will end up in the ER.

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Good News Links:

Volunteers in the Bay Area are building DIY benches for bus stops that don’t have anywhere for people to sit (Guerrilla activists are remaking Bay Area transit stops on their own): https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/guerrilla-transit-activists-bus-benches-bay-area-20234113.php

Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record with 895th of his career: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alex-ovechkin-breaks-wayne-gretzkys-nhl-goals-record-895-career/

Technology developed by MIT engineers makes pesticides stick to plant leaves: https://news.mit.edu/2025/mit-engineers-develop-pesticides-stick-on-plant-leaves-0325

Clean energy powered 40% of global electricity in 2024, report finds: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/08/clean-energy-powered-40-of-global-electricity-in-2024-report-finds

Volunteers plant record number of trees in woodland: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz03d18erp0o

Stir stick to detect if your drink is spiked developed by UBC researchers: https://globalnews.ca/news/11101145/stir-stick-drink-spiked-ubc-researchers/

Eastern monarch butterfly population nearly doubles in 2025: https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/eastern-monarch-butterfly-population-nearly-doubles-in-2025

You can buy a pebble from the 'tariffed' Heard Island penguins to support wildlife conservation: https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/trump-tariffs-heard-island-penguins-pebble-export

Beavers back in river for first time in 400 years: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78jd6dqjzyo