What If...? Caution, Meet Wind!
What happens when you try something with no guarantee it’ll work out? In this milestone 10th episode of Messy Minded, Jess explores the fun and inspiring stories of people who dared to take a chance —...
11 Sep 20251h 1min
The Plants Are Plotting
Plants don’t just sit there quietly photosynthesizing—they plot. Jess and guest Scott (a Master Gardener) dig into the wild science of plant communication, defense, and even fungal conspiracies. From ...
28 Aug 20251h 34min
Questionable Medicine
From foot X-ray machines and Victorian vibrators to radioactive tonics and lobotomies, this episode dives into the weird world of questionable medical treatments and the history of health fads that de...
14 Aug 202556min
Bog Bodies
In this episode of Messy Minded, Jess is joined by Lolo and they squelch into the haunting, weirdly well-preserved world of bog bodies — ancient humans pulled from the muck of northern Europe, skin in...
31 Jul 202547min
Olympics
The ancient Greeks ran naked. Modern athletes get Tinder Gold. Somewhere in between? A lot of weird stuff.This week on Messy Minded, we explore the strange evolution of the Olympics — from sacred ritu...
17 Jul 20251h 3min
Secret Societies
From candlelit basements to elite forest retreats, this episode of Messy Minded dives deep into the strange, spooky, and occasionally sinister world of secret societies. Jess explores the mystics, the...
3 Jul 20251h 5min
Secessions : The Great American Flake-Off
What do a pothole-riddled town in Minnesota, a margarita-fueled island in Florida, and a micronation with a space program have in common? They all tried to secede — seriously. In this episode of Messy...
19 Jun 202553min
Scams
From Nigerian princes to fake tech support, the internet is a scammer’s paradise — and we’ve all almost fallen for something.In this episode of Messy Minded, Jess explores the wild, weird world of onl...
10 Jun 202548min
