Year One Recap
One year ago, Messy Minded began with a simple question:"How do podcasts go from a microphone to a stranger's ear?"That question led to Vikings, scammers, bog bodies, Olympians, secret societies, curs...
4 Jun 1h 36min
Spilling the Beans on Idioms
Why do we say someone “barked up the wrong tree”? What does “beyond the pale” actually mean? Why were medieval people throwing armored gloves at each other? And why does the English language sound lik...
21 Mai 41min
The Invisible Rules of Talking
Why does kindness sound rude, politeness sounds fake, and nobody agrees on what “normal conversation” is?In this episode of Messy Minded, Jess dives into the strange hidden architecture of human conve...
7 Mai 40min
Gaslit by Your Brain
Cronin et al. (2014) – Visual ecology (UV vision in animals)What if you can’t fully trust your own brain?In this episode of Messy Minded, we explore how the brain builds reality through perception, me...
23 Apr 35min
Operation Paul Bunyan | Messy Morsel
Jess takes us back to 1976, when a routine maintenance job inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone spiraled into one of the most bizarre and dangerous standoffs of the Cold War.What started with a tree b...
9 Apr 18min
Cracking open Easter
What do a resurrection story, a rabbit delivering eggs, and aggressively pastel candy have in common?Easter… apparently.In this Messy Morsel, Jess digs into the strange mix of traditions behind one of...
26 Mar 18min
Corpse on Trial | Messy Morsel
In the year 897, one of the strangest events in medieval history unfolded in Rome. A pope ordered the body of his predecessor to be dug up… and placed on trial. The event became known as the Cadaver S...
19 Mar 13min
Do You Have ADHD?
In this episode of Messy Minded, Jess walks through her full cognitive assessment — from interviews and computer tests to memory drills. Along the way she is joined by Sam and Scott and they explore h...
5 Mar 1h 4min
