Really? no, Really?
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Every Tuesday best friends Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden are joined by experts, newsmakers and celebrities in an attempt to find answers to the thingsthat make us go…"Really? no, Really?” We invite you to join us, subscribe and even suggest topics, as we search for the answers to life’s most baffling, intriguing,confusing and annoying questions
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Episodes
The Cities and Secrets that Lurk Below, NY-Boston-Berlin + Your Town!
56m · PublishedWe’ve all seen steam rising from manhole covers in big cities like New York - but have you ever stopped and wondered why? Jason and Peter were curious and discovered that manhole covers literally explode all over NYC every year. Really, no Really!
Determined to discover the cause of these explosions and uncover the secrets that lurk below many of the world’s cities, they spoke with one of the planet’s foremost underground enthusiasts. Adventurer and history devotee Don Wildman is the host of the adventure series, "Cities of the Underworld," and he’s explored secret underground tunnels, catacombs, crypts, and entire cities completely hidden beneath more than forty cities around the globe.
The Conversation Includes:
- The definitive answer to, “Do alligators live in NYC sewers?”
- Mole people?
- The archeological find that shocked the world.
- New York City’s new Rat Czar.
- The world’s longest underground tunnel.
- The largest underground structure ever built.
- Floating Cities, Underground shopping centers and Underground Pyramids!
- Aaron Burr’s water Scam.
- Our sinking skyscrapers
- Spectacular subterranean rock carved Churches.
- The reason many cities of the future may be built underground.
Instagram & Twitter: @DonWildman
Don’s PODCAST: American History Hit
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The Secret to Happiness + The Happiest Person on Earth
40m · PublishedPeter discovered that the most popular course in Yale’s over 300-year history was the “Class on Happiness”. Really, no Really!
In the modern era, happiness has become an industry, with motivational speakers and self-help gurus promising to teach techniques that unlock the gates to everlasting joy. Yet for many, happiness remains elusive because it’s influenced by numerous factors and is a deeply personal and subjective journey.
Since Jason and Peter (both experts when it comes to anxiety) are both aware of the greatly increased rates of depression in today's society, they decided to go to Yale in search of answers and possibly some personal joy!
Dr. Laurie Santos is a Professor of Psychology and Head of Silliman College at Yale University, and teaches Psychology, and the Good Life - the happiness class. Dr. Santos created the course after witnessing and researching how depressed and overwhelmed her students and young people generally are. Give a listen... and you may find that your mindset changes… for the better.
We Discuss:
- The “5 Senses Technique” to lower anxiety in 5 minutes.
- Hacking your Fight or Flight system.
- Jason’s gratitude bed.
- Using the Tsao of Karen on negativity.
- The happiest person on Earth revealed.
- Prescription medication vs exercise.
- Do parents have an obligation for their children’s happiness?
- Asking for help: a burden or an opportunity for happiness?
Dr. Santos’ Class is now available for FREE for teens: The Science of Well-Being for Teens
Check out Dr. Santos’ podcast, The Happiness Lab
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Tipping: How Not to Tip, When to Tip + How Much to Tip
39m · PublishedHow did tipping get so confusing? The Cut, a New York magazine, recently published new guidelines for tipping and suggested a 20% gratuity, regardless of the level of service you received. Really, no Really!
The expansion of point-of-sale technology that prompts customers to tip at coffee shops and convenience stores has dramatically changed the way we perceive and engage with tipping. Should you now tip for a pack of gum or bottled water in situations where human interaction is minimal or non-existent? And just as tipping has gotten more confusing and uncomfortable, our tipping choices are prominently displayed on large swivel screens that invite others to scrutinize and judge.
To help Jason and Peter navigate and understand the new rules of tipping, they invited Michael Lynn, a professor of consumer behavior and marketing at the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration to join them. He has been studying why and how Americans tip for decades.
Their Discussion Includes:
- Why efforts to move away from tipping in America always fail.
- Many people feel the tipping culture has become, “out of control”.
- Is a 25% restaurant tip the new 20%?
- Hatred of the swivel screen.
- Why raising menu prices and removing tips doesn’t work.
- New guidelines that perpetuate an already convoluted and often arbitrary tipping culture.
- Guilt Tipping and the atmosphere of obligation.
- Generational differences in tipping.
- Specific examples to help guide your tipping decisions.
- When it’s okay not to tip!
Michael Lynn is a nationally recognized expert on tipping who has written over 70 research publications on this topic. His work on tipping has been covered by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the International Herald Tribune, the Economist, and Forbes as well as by ABC's 20/20, BET's Nightly News, and NPR.
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Introducing: Born to Love with Ellie Kemper and Scott Eckert
2m · PublishedHi, Really? no, Really? Fans! We want to share a new podcast from Will Ferrell's Big Money Players Network that we think you'll love - Born To Love with Ellie Kemper and Scott Eckert.
About the show: Born to Love with Ellie Kemper and Scott Eckert is an interview show about all the things we absolutely adore, hosted by Ellie Kemper and her longtime comedy friend, Scott Eckert. Each week Ellie, Scott, and various celebrity guests discuss what they were Born to Love: a hobby, a city, a holiday, a cuisine, a movie, a childhood memory - there's so much love to share! Ellie and Scott keep it playful and upbeat while getting into all sorts of topics... all in the name of love.
Listen here and subscribe to Born To Love with Ellie Kemper and Scott Eckert on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!
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The King of Collectibles, Autographs + Costanza Glasses
45m · PublishedA Mickey Mantle baseball card recently sold for $12.6 million dollars and the collectibles market is valued at $458 billion dollars… Really, no Really!
Jason and Peter marveled why people collect comics, vinyl, sports memorabilia, video games, toys, cars, and autographs. Is it merely an investment or does it speak to something more fundamental about what captivates us? To help explore the psychology of collecting, they invited legendary collector Ken Goldin, who stars in the Netflix series King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch to join them on the podcast.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- How to properly appraise collectables.
- The staggering percentage of memorabilia that is fake.
- Are NFT’s a smart collectable and do they’ll hold their value?
- A first-generation unopened iPhone is worth how much!?!
- 1.5-million-dollar Mario Brothers game.
- The most valuable lunch box, bobblehead and Lego bricks.
- Top-10 most valuable movie props sold at auction.
- Estimated value of the George Costanza iconic glasses from Seinfeld.
- The right way to determine what YOU should collect.
Watch Ken on Netflix’s "King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch"
Follow Ken:
Instagram & Twitter: @KenGoldin
Online: GoldinAuctions.com
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The King of Collectibles, Autographs + Costanza Glasses
45m · PublishedA Mickey Mantle baseball card recently sold for $12.6 million dollars and the collectibles market is valued at $458 billion dollars… Really, no Really!
Jason and Peter marveled why people collect comics, vinyl, sports memorabilia, video games, toys, cars, and autographs. Is it merely an investment or does it speak to something more fundamental about what captivates us? To help explore the psychology of collecting, they invited legendary collector Ken Goldin, who stars in the Netflix series King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch to join them on the podcast.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- How to properly appraise collectables.
- The staggering percentage of memorabilia that is fake.
- Are NFT’s a smart collectable and do they’ll hold their value?
- A first-generation unopened iPhone is worth how much!?!
- 1.5-million-dollar Mario Brothers game.
- The most valuable lunch box, bobblehead and Lego bricks.
- Top-10 most valuable movie props sold at auction.
- Estimated value of the George Costanza iconic glasses from Seinfeld.
- The right way to determine what YOU should collect.
Watch Ken on Netflix’s "King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch"
Follow Ken:
Instagram & Twitter: @KenGoldin
Online: GoldinAuctions.com
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Museum of Failure, Meaningful Risk + BBQ Oreos
42m · PublishedWhen Peter and Jason discovered that there was a museum dedicated to failure, their response was of course… Really, no really?
They both began to ruminate about their own failures and the relationship between failure and innovation, so they turned to Swedish psychologist and innovation researcher, Dr. Samuel West for more insight.
Dr. West is the curator of the Museum of Failure, a collection of over 150 failed products and services from around the world. This rare collection includes flops designed by world famous companies like Colgate’s Beef Lasagna. And if anyone could make Jason and Peter feel better about their failed T.V. show… Bob Patterson… it should be Dr. West.
During their conversation you’ll hear:
- The worst thing Anthony Bourdain ever ate.
- The beloved American beverage considered disgusting by the rest of the world.
- Why Procter & Gamble invented the phrase ‘anal leakage.’
- Jason’s notorious McDonalds fail.
- The secret reason Oreos come in so many crazy flavors.
- The small-bladdered golf enthusiasts dream accessory.
- The automotive failure that featured a Frank Sinatra TV show & a female genitalia-like grill.
- The “Failure Paradox”.
- Silicon Valley’s “fail fast” ethos.
- And you can take the Failure quiz!
WATCH Jason’s McDLT Commercial (not cringy at all.)
Learn more about Dr. Samuel West.
Online: MuseumofFailure.com & DisgustingFoodMuseum.com
Instagram, Twitter & Facebook: @museumoffailure
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Dick Van Dyke: Aging, Joy + Rescue Dolphins!
53m · PublishedWhat will you be like when you’re older?
As Jason and Peter bemoan their current state of crankiness - aches, and pains, increased lack of patience and errant hair growth, they also express their trepidation of becoming even more miserable as they age. But it doesn’t have to be that way… there can potentially be a state of real joy. Really, no really!
Joining us in-studio is an American Treasure, the personification of joy throughout life and into advanced age. Dick Van Dyke and his wife Arlene Silver joins us to talk about Dick’s life, his contributions and living with joy at 97!
The conversation is filled with many surprises:
- How Dick went from mime and radio host to unlikely stage and screen icon.
- His secret to beating alcoholism.
- How Dick almost became James Bond.
- Working with the “strange one” Andy Kaufman.
- How Dick’s life was saved by a pod of dolphins.
- Why he has two birthdays.
- Dick’s involvement with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Working with Walter Cronkite.
- Meeting his heroes… Stan Laurel and Buster Keaton.
- The huge regret that Dick and Mary Tyler Moore shared.
- Jason’s personal story about the magic of Dick Van Dyke
Follow Dick Van Dyke:
Instagram: @official_dick_van_dyke
Twitter: @IamMrVandy
Author: Keep Moving: And Other Tips and Truths About Aging
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Noise Pollution, Misophonia + Chewing Rage
42m · PublishedEveryone is bothered by certain sounds – chewing noises, dogs barking, babies crying, leaf blowers, but 20% of the population could have a very different, more visceral reaction - anger and panic! These intense reactions are attributed to a real condition called misophonia and it’s only the tip of the iceberg in terms of how noise is increasingly driving us insane. Really, no really!
In a previous episode (S1/E15) Jason discovered that Peter has misophonia, defined by WebMD as a disorder in which certain sounds trigger emotional or physiological responses that some might perceive as unreasonable given the circumstance.
Jason and Peter wanted to better understand what this condition is since it affects so many people, so they sought out Dr. Jane Gregory, a clinical psychologist and researcher based at the University of Oxford. She is a leading expert in therapy techniques adapted specifically for misophonia and set up two of the first NHS psychology services for misophonia in the UK. She’s also the author of the forthcoming book, “Sounds Like Misophonia: How to stop small sounds from causing extreme reactions.” And she really hates the sound of her husband* eating and breathing.
Some of the topics they discuss:
- The proliferation of noise pollution and its dangerous effects on society.
- Ways to tell if you have misophonia.
- Why Queen Elizabeth only allowed rounded ice cubes.
- Can misophonia cause road-rage and other extreme behavior?
- Why more Americans have become more sensitive to noise.
- Techniques sufferers can adopt to help cope with this condition.
- How environmental sounds create anxiety and stress in the body.
- How noise levels are affecting birds, frogs and other animals’ patterns and mating habits.
- The quietest place on Earth.
Learn more about Dr. Gregory:
WEBSITE: SoundsLikeMisophonia.com
Instagram & Twitter: @SoundsLikeMiso
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*They are doing fine.
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The Quiet Zone, NSA Surveillance + WI-FI Daredevils
38m · PublishedWas your screen-time up last week? How’d that make you feel?
In a world where we underestimate our screen time by 100% and studies indicate that social media corrodes self-esteem - would we be happier with less tech in our lives?
There’s a place that’s effectively a Petri dish for this question; a so-called Quiet Zone that stands against the tides of technology… and Jason and Peter were driven to find out all about it! Really, no really!
In the Quiet Zone, anything that creates radio noise, like: microwaves, cellphones, combustion engines, Wi-Fi, even malfunctioning electric blankets are explicitly outlawed. Our guide this episode is Stephen Kurczy, an award-winning journalist and author of, “The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence.”
In this episode:
- How the United States government forcibly set aside 13,000 squares miles for a Radio Astronomy Observatory and then established an NSA surveillance compound.
- What it’s like for the 8,000 people who live wirelessly in a space about the same size as Rhode Island.
- The lack of mobile tech and its effect on culture and society.
- The Quiet Zone’s mysterious murders, Neo-Nazi encampments, hippie communes and Electro Sensitives.
- The scientific study investigating how the absence of social media affects happiness.
- Peter’s Misophonia vs. Jason’s Electro Sensitivity!
- Can Quiet Zone residents stream Seinfeld?
Learn more about Stephen: StephenKurczy.com
He Tweets! @StephenKurczy
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Really? no, Really? has 76 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 51:23:49. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on February 22nd 2023. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 30th, 2024 16:12.
