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Episode 6: Our Unhinged Fears & Superstitions

In this episode of What do you wanna talk about? we’re exposing the most unhinged corners of our brains—irrational fears, weird little rituals, and the superstitions we know make no sense… but still refuse to test. We trace it all the way back to childhood (shoutout to Mom for casually letting us watch 60 Minutes segments on flesh-eating bacteria and The Exorcist way too young), and unpack how that somehow turned into adult fears of dark corners, sleeping with a leg on top of the blanket, and… basically everything at night.

We laugh at our social anxieties, discuss intuition vs. delusion, and talk through the tiny “just in case” behaviors we can’t bring ourselves to quit. Plus: our spouses’ quirks, a rapid-fire superstition round, and our “beautiful things” of the week—featuring a Noah Kahan song and a genuinely hopeful update from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on an mRNA pancreatic cancer vaccine.

Buckle up listeners. This one’s a little weird.

Recommendations from the show:

• Noah Kahan, The Great Divide - https://noahkahan.com/
• The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton - https://www.lilybrooksdalton.com/the-light-pirate.html
• Ruins by Lily Brooks-Dalton - https://www.lilybrooksdalton.com/ruins.html
• Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy - https://www.charlottemcconaghy.com/books
• Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke - https://www.caroclaireburke.com/book-info
• Hillary Duff, Luck or Something - https://shop.hilaryduff.com/collections/music
• Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial - published April 18, 2026 on NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/pancreatic-cancer-mrna-vaccine-shows-lasting-results-early-trial-rcna331969

Timestamps:

00:00 Ghost Door Debate

00:59 Podcast Intro

01:40 Catch-Up Chat

05:30 What Do You Wanna Talk About? Main Discussion

45:57 Rapid Fire Segment

52:55 Beautiful Things - “Dan” by Noah Kahan; NBC News Article on Promising Cancer Trial

57:24 Closing And Wrap Up