Learnin' with Lauren and Mary

Our Season 2 finale! Mary turns 30 for the second time and looks back fondly on eating sand for dinner. Then, your favorite two dummies are traumatized by voice throwing and are horrified to realize that a large part of their childhoods involved a very famous ventriloquist.

Mary and Lauren take listener questions from regular people and also a celebrity.

This week, Lauren and Mary pick each other's topics! And they are not easy. But hey, they did the research! (Or did they?)

What do tiny trees and tiny paintings have in common? They're hard to make, but easy to steal. Look for us in the news if we get arrested. 

There are no fun facts about bedbugs, just gross ones, like the fact that they reproduce via something called traumatic insemination. If you think that's deeply disturbing, just wait until you hear about the notoriously violent and criminal cult, The Order of the Solar Temple. Lauren describes it as: “Sex, Drugs and Rock n’ Roll if the Sex was rape, the Drugs were poison and Rock n’ Roll was murder.”

We're still in lockdown and if we need a break, we bet you do too! After 20 years of complaining about it, Mary finally watches one of Lauren's favorite movies- The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. Listen to her dissect what she's learned here, in our bonus mini episode! 

What are pajamas, really? And what's up with the Australian bananas in them? How tricksy are the Russians when it comes to protecting their diamond secrets? And just how cold does it actually get in Siberia? Lauren and Mary attempt to answer all these questions on this week's episode. Plus- Is the Queen OK? Find out on an exclusive interview Mary was granted with Queen Elizabeth II herself! 

Food. Fashion. Fakes. Fish. Frauds. Who can you trust these days? Not your average Extra Virgin Olive Oil salesman, that's for sure. Whether you're purchasing a fake Rolex on Canal Street, or a fish filet in Whole Foods, Lauren and Mary break down what you need to know when it comes to sniffing out counterfeit goods.

Extra, Extra! Tiny Humans Can Barely See! EXPLOSIVE New Information on Sperm Whales! Babies May (or may not) Be Olympic Swimmers! All the top headlines about Babies and Sperm Whales are coming at you live from Lauren and Mary's latest episode! No Shih Tsus allowed.

Go with the Flo. Everything's coming up Daisies. These are a couple of literary devices to help you remember two powerful black women who  ushered in the civil rights movement and created real change in our culture.