Do You Ever Think About...?

D.Y.E.T.A...Visual Stimulation?

What happens in your brain when you connect with a piece of visual art? Why do some people easily process visual information while others find themselves quickly overstimulated? Candice and Merida consider these questions and many more on an episode that really opens the mind's eye. 

 

Sources for this episode include:

The Atlantic

Live Science

Centre for Autism

D.Y.E.T.A...Satisfaction?

What exactly IS satisfaction? A fleeting moment? An unattainable illusion? Or simply something that can be squeezed from a pimple? Merida & Candice deep dive into their own minds to find that satisfaction may never be guaranteed.

Sources for this episode include:

Wired

Bustle

Glasgow Insight in Science and Technology (GIST)

Harvard Health

D.Y.E.T.A...Potatoes?

Ever find yourself fantasizing about potatoes? On the first loose fit episode, Merida and Candice explore the humble spud from domestication to mastication.

Sources for this episode include:

Smithsonian Magazine

The American Historical Review

Discover Peru

Nature

NPR

D.Y.E.T.A...Unintended Consequences?

Ever notice how a seemingly insignificant moment can actually be the portal to an unexpected outcome? Merida & Candice ponder how a chain of events can end up in surprising places...

 

Sources for this episode include:

The Urban Institute

Science Daily

Forbes

 

Do You Ever Think About...Utopia?

Do you ever think about the concept of Utopia? Merida and Candice discuss the idealist fantasy only to find that not everyone is happy in paradise.

 

Do You Ever Think About...Memories?

On the first episode of Do You Ever Think About..? Candice Jade & Merida Violet have a casual conversation about memories, their psychological function, and how nostalgia has both influenced and hindered their personal lives.