The Lotus Effect
Your hosts Pheonix and PhoneBoy talk about health, happiness, higher consciousness, and hi-tech hijinks!
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Last Episode : December 15, 2024 12:21am
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163 - Suck My Pinot
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Health:
8 Foods That Can Help Relieve Headaches, According to a RD
Stress Belly: How Cortisol Harms Your Health
FDA recalls more than 233,000 bottles of antidepressant over possible cancerous chemical
OZEMPIC KILLED DIET AND EXERCISE
Happiness:
400,000 Kids Now Have LEGOs to Play with Thanks to Parents Donating 1.2 Mil Pounds of Used Bricks So Far
Lego Replay Program
Bakery Owner Discovers Her Longtime Customer Is Her Biological Son
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
US cops find mysterious $100 million in marijuana
Majorities Of Republicans And Democrats, New Poll Shows
Back of the Napkin:
Google unveils ‘mindboggling’ quantum computing chip
Hacker reveals why you should never share iPhone chargers
The Junk Drawer:
The $200 Android vs. the $1,000 iPhone: How our digital divide keeps growing
DMV apologizes for license plate that mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel
Last Call:
Dick Van Dyke Dances in New Coldplay Video Premiering on His 99th Birthday
Why Newsom’s electric vehicle mandate is in troubl
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Published Sunday
161 - WTHC
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Health:
Raw milk recalled for containing bird flu virus, California reports
Flu vaccine estimated to be 21% effective against flu spread to household members
Lizzo Says These 3 Healthy Habits Helped Her Lose 60 Pounds
Common Food Additive May Affect Intestine, Raise Risk Of Diabetes: Study Finds
Happiness:
Mom Credits Stranger’s Comment with Helping to Save Her Son’s Life
Massachusetts Cafe Offers Free Coffee if You Come in Dancing
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Clipping from YouTube on an iOS Device
Higher Consciousness:
Lesser-Known Marijuana Component CBG Is A ‘Promising Therapeutic Agent’ With Potential To Treat Cancer And Pain, Study Says
Adding Marijuana To State Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Reduces Prescribing Of Scheduled Narcotics, Study Shows
Back of the Napkin:
Man accused of hilariously bad opsec as alleged cybercrime spree detailed
Yup, half of that thought-leader crap on LinkedIn is indeed AI scribbled
The Junk Drawer:
California Man, 24, Dies from ‘High Voltage Electrocution’ While Hanging Up Christmas Lights
4 Planes Involved in 2 Separate Collisions on Boston Logan Airport Tarmac
Last Call:
Smith & Wesson Deplatformed From Facebook As Musk Welcomes Gun Industry To X
Office food thief steals coworker’s food for 6 months, learns the hard way it's been dog food all along: 'Their hair does seem shinier'
Chuck Woolery, host of Love Connection and other game shows, dies at 83
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Published 12/01
160 - Cumwater, WA
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Health:
Federal Judge Orders Kraft Heinz to Face Lawsuit Over Mac & Cheese Labeling
Eating more than 45% of calorie intake after 5 p.m. alters glucose levels, with serious consequences for health
'A Significant Health Risk': How Everyday Items Fill Our Bodies With Microplastics
Giving up sugar can change your body for the better—within days
Happiness:
Man Turns Old Mobile Home into a Log Cabin with Just $13k–and DIY Charm
Officials Applaud Canadian Woman Who Saved Boy from Drowning in Frozen River
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Good Morning Lord
Higher Consciousness:
Beer Industry Group Pushes Tighter Regulations For Cannabis Products—And Higher Taxes Than Are Levied On Alcohol
1 man arrested in April kidnapping/burglary at marijuana biz, Tumwater police say
Back of the Napkin:
These Guys Hacked AirPods to Give Their Grandmas Hearing Aids
Tesla Has Highest Rate of Deadly Accidents Among Car Brands, Study Finds
The Junk Drawer:
The 'Sideways' Revolution: How a Single Joke Upended the Wine World
WHY N.S.A. RULES SAY NO TO SMARTPHONES, NO TO TEXTING, YES TO PODCASTS
Last Call:
Meet Adam Smith, The Green Beret Behind North Carolina's 'Redneck Air Force'
MARYVILLE MAN CONVICTED ON CONSPIRACY TO MURDER FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
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Published 11/23
159 - Cum Wheat
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Health:
She was vegan for 5 years—until seeing what her blood work revealed
Pandemic associated with increase in babies born with heart defects
Yes, mushrooms are good for you. But don't eat them every day.
Birth control shots caused brain tumors and speech issues for Nevada mom, lawsuit says
Happiness:
4-Year-old Girl Told She’d ‘Never Walk’ takes Her First Steps–With Sisters Screaming as They Shoot Video
Dad Who Wanted to be a Pilot Builds Incredible Real-Life Simulator at Home–Now his Daughter’s Obsessed
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Costco Recalls Butter Over a Labeling Error
Higher Consciousness:
A Surprising Source of Dementia Relief: Cannabis
This strange syndrome is linked to regular cannabis use—and cases have doubled
Back of the Napkin:
The Fastest Airport Security Line You Don’t Know About-
'Cybersecurity issue' at Food Lion parent blamed for US grocery mayhem
The Junk Drawer:
Trouble at the Nudist Colony: A Couple Disappear, Neighbor Charged With Murder
Woman Kills Own Father With Ax After Being 'Overwhelmed' On Election Night
Last Call:
Apple explains why the M4 Mac mini power button is located on the bottom
Man dies by suicide after shooting his estranged partner at Blount County probation office
Mattel Apologizes for Porn Site Misprint on ‘Wicked’ Toy Packaging
Images:
Chicken Broccoli Cheddar Rice Recipe
2 Boneless Chicken Breasts cut into cubes.
1 to 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
3 Tbsp Mrs Dash Seasoning
2 tsp Salt
1/4 tsp Pepper
1 pkg broccoli florets chopped
2 pkg Hearts of Palm “rice” (or use real rice if you prefer)
Cheese Sauce
Cheese Sauce Recipe
4Tbsp Butter
2 cups Heavy Cream
1/4 Cup Cream Cheese cubed
1/4 Cup Sour Cream
1/4 Cup Shredded Parmesan
2 Cups Shredded Cheddar
Cooking Instructions
Chicken
Cube chicken breast then season with Mrs Dash, Salt and Pepper in intervals ( season, stir, season etc. ) Heat Olive Oil in skillet over medium heat and add chicken, stirring occasionally until well browned. Set aside.
Rinse Riced Hearts Of Palm and allow to drain well.
Chop the broccoli into small pieces.
Sauce
In a 3 qt sauce pan add butter and allow to melt on medium heat, once melted add the Heavy and Sour Cream(s). Heat until the cream mixture starts to steam then whisk in the cream cheese 2-3 cubes at a time. Continue to whisk constantly from here forward. Once melted add the parm slowly while whisking until fully incorporated. Add the cheddar small hand fulls at a time making sure to fully incorporate the last handful before the next. Continue to whisk the cheese mixture until all cheddar has been incorporated.
Combining Casserole
Take chicken out of frying pan and place in bowl. Add “ rice “ to skillet and mix for 5 minutes to warm and deglaze pan. In a large bowl add rice, chicken, broccoli and cheddar sauce together. Once mixed thoroughly, place in a 5 quart Baking Dish or 13X9 Pyrex dish. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees then broil on high for 10 minutes to brown the top. Let rest 5 minutes then serve.
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Published 11/17
158 - Unsafe at Any Dose
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Health:
Mom Overdosed on Weight Loss Drug She Got on Instagram, Recalls 'Throwing Up Blood': 'Thought I Was Going to Die'
Doctors are already using AI in care—but there isn't agreement on what safe use should look like
After decades, FDA finally moves to pull ineffective decongestant off shelves
‘TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING’: FASTING HAS MANY HEALTH BENEFITS, BUT THERE’S A SNAG
Happiness:
She Was Going to Take Her Own Life, Then Married the Train Driver Who Spotted Her on Tracks
Man, 36, Declared Brain Dead Details 'Grueling' Recovery from Locked-In Syndrome: 'I’m Still In Here'
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
How marijuana legalization played itself
Are legal psilocybin truffles the new magic mushrooms?
Back of the Napkin:
Company's wall of lava lamps creates 'unhackable' code that protects people on the internet
The Creator of Houseparty Is Back. This Time He’s Taking on Slack and Discord
The Junk Drawer:
School District Pulls 425 Books From Its Libraries In Response To Tennessee’s Shitty Book Ban Law
Airborne microplastics aid in cloud formation
Last Call:
Notre Dame's bells ring out across Paris for the first time since fire
Bay Area tech layoffs: Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% of employees in restructuring push
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Published 11/10
157 - Candied Asshole
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Health:
Does daylight saving time actually save? Research shows costs outweigh benefits
Taking five or more medications daily can negatively impact older adults with Alzheimer's disease or related dementias
Drug pollution in water poses risk to my health
Hidden sugars in Asia’s baby food spark concerns
Happiness:
17-Year-old Rescued After 12 Hours Lost in Rough Seas Clinging to a Capsized Kayak
Dad in Charge of Coming Up with Costume for Triplets — and His Creative DIY Getup Goes Viral
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Mile High Club: 4 arrested at SAN for smuggling marijuana on flight to London
TRIPPING ON NOTHING
Back of the Napkin:
18-year prison sentence for man who used AI to create child abuse images
THE PERFECT GIRLFRIEND
The Junk Drawer:
S.F. approves $700-a-month sleeping pods in a former bank. Now the operator has plans for more
Mysterious sign highlighting S.F. drug crisis installed on troubled street corner in SoMa
Last Call:
British Airways Flight Delayed Over MAGA Hat Brawl
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Published 11/02
156 - Craven More Cock
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Health:
Studies of migraine’s many triggers offer paths to new therapies
THOUSANDS OF BOTTLES OF DULOXETINE (CYMBALTA) RECALLED
High-Intensity Exercise Works Like An Appetite Suppressant, Study Finds
How Ozempic, GLP-1 Weight Loss Drugs Affect the Brain to Curb Substance Misuse
Happiness:
After Getting $4.99 Cheese-making Kit for Christmas He Now Runs His Own Creamery And Wins Awards
'Nothing but happiness': Phoenix Latina celebrates 100th birthday with bingo, Zumba and art
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Snoop Dogg Confirms He Has A Staffer Who Makes Sure People He’s Smoking Marijuana With Don’t Get Too High
There’s ‘No Linear Relationship Of Blood THC To Driving,’ Study Finds, Calling Into Question Many State Marijuana-Impaired Driving Laws
Back of the Napkin:
We Tried Apple’s New Hearing Test—and the New AirPods Pro Hearing Aids
24,000 Abandoned Redbox DVD Rental Kiosks Are Leaking Sensitive Customer Information
The Junk Drawer:
DENNY’S TO CLOSE 150 RESTAURANTS
This town has no cell service, so the ‘electrosensitive’ have made it home
Last Call:
Fractured Streaming So Bad Injured NFL Players Turn To Illicit Streams To Watch Their Own Teams
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Published 10/26
155 - Jesus Hot Pockets Christ
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Health:
Drug Trials Funded By Manufacturers Find 50 Percent Greater Drug Effectiveness
‘Food Noise’ Ruled Her Life for Years. Here’s How She Learned to Silence It
Ultra-processed foods: Why public health warnings could backfire
Burger King Offering Free 8oz Ranch ‘Big Dip’ Cup with Sandwiches: What Nutritionists Think
Happiness:
Pilot of Rescue Flight for Pets Impacted by Hurricanes Adopts Kitten, Finding ‘Love at 30,000 Feet’
Moment dog sees friends arrive at the beach to play with him melts hearts
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Snoop Dogg Plays Marijuana Meteorologist On The TODAY Show, Delivering Forecasts For Real Cities Like Blaze, Kentucky And Stoner, Colorado
Legal Marijuana Contains Dangerous Mold. States Approve It Anyway
Back of the Napkin:
Apple study exposes deep cracks in LLMs’ “reasoning” capabilities
THE AGE OF AI CHILD ABUSE IS HERE
The Junk Drawer:
Bath & Body Works Apologizes After Customers Claim Winter Themed “Snowed In” Candle Looks Like Ku Klux Klan Hoods – Pulls it From Shelves
Kentucky man declared brain dead wakes up during organ harvesting
Last Call:
Steam Finally Makes It Clear: You’re Buying A License, Not A Game
Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78
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Sharky
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Published 10/19
154 - Soak It Inside Her
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Health:
Can Eggs Prevent Dementia? Here's How Many To Eat For Beneficial Effects
Screen Use In 9- And 10-Year-Olds Elevates Risk Of Depression, Anxiety, Study Says
Your doctor’s office could be reading your blood pressure all wrong
Eating Nothing But Sardines May Help You Lose Weight, But Experts Say It's a Bad Idea
Happiness:
Painting Found in Italian Villa Basement Turns Out to Be Original Picasso
Good Samaritan ‘Skip’ Finds $12,000 and Returns it All to the Senior Citizen Who Lost it
Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Most People Don’t Trust The Government For Marijuana Information, Federally Funded Study Shows
LAPD Raids Medical Lab For (Nonexistent) Weed, Get Gun Stuck In An MRI Machine
Back of the Napkin:
Why it's time to take warnings about using public Wi-Fi, in places like airports, seriously
Russian Hackers Are Using Fake AI 'Nudify' Sites to Steal Data
The Junk Drawer:
Internet Archive leaks user info and succumbs to DDoS
Musk’s ‘Free’ Starlink For Helene Victims Wasn’t Free
Last Call:
She ate a Costco salad before giving birth. After a drug test, authorities took her baby away
Reports: China hacked Verizon and AT&T, may have accessed US wiretap systems
NFL replay official: We didn’t see Seahawks’ muffed punt until too late to fix blown call
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Mama T
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Published 10/12
153 - Milk of Amnesia
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Health:
Drinking bottled water is much worse for you than tap, scientists find
Pain Relief Woes: Here's Why It's Risky to Take Ibuprofen Daily
Why People on TikTok Are Claiming Mucinex Helped Them Get Pregnant
She Was in Agony—Until She Tried This Centuries-Old Method for Relief
Happiness:
When Dying Boy’s Life Support Was Turned off He Began Improving–and Went Home with Parents
Stranger Carried a Senior Hiker for Hours on His Back After She Fell and Couldn’t Walk
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Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Uber terms mean couple can't sue after 'life-changing' crash
Higher Consciousness:
The Feds Are Hiring A Contractor To Roll Hundreds Of Thousands Of ‘Marijuana Cigarettes’ For Research
Down from the high: States that first legalized marijuana see plummet in tax revenue
Back of the Napkin:
Why it's time to take warnings about using public Wi-Fi, in places like airports, seriously
Russian Hackers Are Using Fake AI 'Nudify' Sites to Steal Data
The Junk Drawer:
Helene shuts down Spruce Pine, NC mine that is pivotal to world’s semiconductor supply
The government doesn’t care about you
Last Call:
UNLV quarterback leaves team, saying $100,000 NIL payment wasn’t made. The dispute didn’t have to happen
Google's hidden AI tool turns your text into stunningly lifelike podcasts - for free. Listen for yourself
Aphantasia Deep Dive by Google NotebookLM via Aphant Chris Abraham
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Published 10/05
152 - #MoreCumming
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Health:
She took Ozempic, now she can't eat without vomiting. Lawsuit claims the drug made her ill
Diet-related diseases are a leading cause of death in the US, yet many doctors receive little nutrition education
Scientist ate bacon, butter and eggs for 30 days, here's what happened
Patients Are Turning to Vibrators to Relieve Their Migraines
Happiness:
Man Arrives Hours Early to Clear the Shelters Event to Ensure He Could Adopt Dog He Previously Bonded with
N. Carolina High Schooler Pulls Couple and Dog from Pickup Truck Sinking in Floodwaters
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Tales from Rideshare/Toast and Jam:
Higher Consciousness:
Cheech and Chong sue California over new marijuana regulation
After cannabis linked to higher stroke risk, Michigan doctor calls for more research
Back of the Napkin:
Secret calculator hack brings ChatGPT to the TI-84, enabling easy cheating
Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext
The Junk Drawer:
Cards Against Humanity Sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX for Trespassing
Those Published '17,000 Hydroxychloroquine Deaths' Never Happened
Last Call:
Ohio Sheriff Removed From Election Security After Comments On Harris Yard Signs
That doomsday critical Linux bug: It's CUPS. May lead to remote hijacking of devices
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Published 09/28