This week on Twinkie Tales, Ryan takes you on an unexpectedly deep journey — starting in an Apple Store and ending with a meditation on AI, cloning, and the risk of outsourcing your life.

Inspired by a conversation with his daughter about sending a clone to school, Ryan wonders:

• How much of your life would you delegate — if you could?

• When does helpful assistance become dangerous substitution?

• Are AI tools today already serving as life-clones in subtle ways?

• Will we wake up one day to find we’ve stopped living our own lives — becoming voyeurs of our experiences while AI drives the action?

Funny, dark, and thought-provoking — this is Twinkie Tales at its finest.

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This week on Twinkie Tales, Ryan dives into Labubu Fever — the mysterious rise of those sharp-toothed, wild-eyed plush monsters suddenly dangling from bags across Sydney (and beyond).

What begins as a random encounter on the metro becomes an exploration of why humans can’t resist fads — from scarcity-driven marketing to primal collector urges. Along the way, Ryan questions:

• Why we chase the latest craze (even when it makes no sense)

• How fads like Labubus tap into our evolutionary wiring

• The paradox of consumerism in an age of climate awareness

• And why, deep down, we all want just one more cool thing on the shelf

A funny, thoughtful reflection on why even the most absurd trends can capture our hearts — and wallets.

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This week on Twinkie Tales, Ryan takes you back to a pivotal — and wildly unfortunate — moment in public high school education: Sex Ed Day.

Set in a crumbling Australian classroom sometime in the late ‘90s, this hilarious story features:

• An awkward VHS sex tape (educational, of course)

• A middle-aged Indian doctor who did not read the banana instructions

• An exploding rubber penis disguised as fruit

• And a health lesson that landed about as well as the banana did — directly on a teacher’s lapel

From VHS horrors to flying flesh-toned props, this episode is a painfully relatable rite-of-passage for anyone who’s survived public school sex ed.

Warning: Includes awkward laughter, nostalgic cringe, and mild banana-based trauma.

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