Everything Is Real, by Garbage Brain University
184 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 237 ratingsIn Everything Is Real, Natalie Dee & Drew Toothpaste investigate the conspiracies and strange happenings that peel back the edge of reality. Join Drew (a research chemist) and Natalie (a Ph.D in Metaphysics) as they study the fringes of society.
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GBU 64: Natalie & Elissa Visit Their Past Lives (Yes, Really)
January 20, 2020 16:02 - 1 hourToday’s episode of GBU features our friend Elissa (@badgirlfriday) and it’s a double-sized tale of the time Natalie and Elissa went to a psychic last week to explore their past lives. We talked crystals, psychic elevators, psychic cheese-making, and the universality of the mind’s Golden Country. You’ll also hear who Natalie was in a past life, and why Elissa didn’t have one. Join our Patreon for access to the GBU Discord, where we (and our listeners) chat about a myriad of subjects, and a...
GBU 62: Babies Are Stupid
January 14, 2020 17:42 - 50 minutesIt’s true. Babies are stupid. In this episode, we talked about stealing a baby’s milk, giving birth on drugs, why babies don’t need clothes, and the time our kid said Fuck in the parent-teacher conference. Ride the Genimi. • drew & natalie This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.garbagebrainuniversity.com/subscribe
GBU 60: How I Got A Public Enemy Tattoo At The Hospital
January 06, 2020 21:44 - 54 minutesHappy 2020! Episode 60 of Garbage Brain University is here, and it’s all about tattoos, the permanent markings we love to get on our skin. Drew & Natalie talk about why they want to see nipples, the logistics of getting xanax-bar tattoos, asking someone about their personal shit, and the fabled return of the Vibrating Teeth. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you’re missing half of our episodes. You can fix that by clicking on this old button right here: Answer our questions from the ‘cast in ...
GBU 58: The Goat That Was The Mayor
December 16, 2019 23:14 - 57 minutesHey! It’s Natalie Dee & Drew Toothpaste, and we’re back again to talk about drop-kicking cheese across the yard, the relationship between horses and goats, and, of course, why three goats were once the mayor. All this, and over nine hundred other goat facts, are right here, right now, in this episode of Garbage Brain University. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you’re missing half of our episodes. You can fix that by clicking on this old button right here: Answer our questions from the ‘cast...
GBU 56: Flyover Country feat. @BrettPain from Street Fight Radio
December 09, 2019 22:23 - 1 hourNatalie & Drew are joined by our friend Brett Pain from Street Fight Radio to talk about “flyover country,” that imaginary region of our nation in between the two very important coasts. In this double-sized episode, we talked about gross food, saying “thank you,” why it’s all right to live in the gloomiest place in the country, and why you have to say “sorry,” even if sometimes it means you apologize for saying “sorry” too much. If you haven’t already, you can hear more from Brett at Street...
GBU 54: Winter: It's Dark All The Time
December 02, 2019 20:50 - 53 minutesNatalie & Drew talk about why school spirit sucks, what happens when you only listen to Pretty Hate Machine, and how to follow someone backwards, in your car. We also listed 45,000 different facts about winter, and why Natalie loves it, and Drew hates it so much. Listen now and make the next hour of your life better. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you’re missing half of our episodes. You can fix that by clicking on this old button right here: Answer our questions from the ‘cast in the Offi...
GBU 53: Soda, and A Theory For Why Fish Are Actually Aliens
November 22, 2019 19:20 - 47 minutesThis is our 53rd episode, and we’re finally sharing Natalie’s vast knowledge of soda, pop, coke, fizzfizz, bupples, glunk, diet bupples, or whatever you want to call the non-alcoholic flavored drinks you put in your mouth. There are MULTIPLE quizzes, and Drew shares his theory about why fish are aliens. It goes deeper than you’d think. Did you hear our last episode, about knives? If not, you’re gonna wanna subscribe, because half of our episodes are only for subscribers. Here’s how to do th...
Punching A Horse Right In The Oat Pipe
November 13, 2019 17:15 - 53 minutesHey! It’s Drew & Natalie Dee, back again with another Garbage Brain University for you. This week, we’re talking horses, donkeys, zebras, and zonkeys. We’ve got a panoply of horse facts and weird horse stories for you. As always, there’s a play-along quiz, and Natalie sings a tiny, weird horse song. Also, due to popular demand, we’ve got Garbage Brain University t-shirts and hoodies now! Here’s what they look like: If you’re not a Garbage Brain University subscriber yet, you’re missing the...
We Proved That Your Phone Listens To You All The Time
November 05, 2019 21:29 - 47 minutesDrew & Natalie Dee explain why Siri, and all personal digital assistants, plop. We also talk about the Panopticon, improving your Ad Experience, getting clickbaited, why Drew isn’t an Eagle Scout, and why Natalie refuses to use self checkout. Also, a play-at-home quiz you can take while you listen, and a guest appearance by Siri, who turns out to (spoiler alert) be part of the global war experience. And more! Right now!!! Hit this button to subscribe to Garbage Brain - you’ll help us contin...
A Spell To Stop Me From Shitting My Pants (w/ Rodney Anonymous)
October 28, 2019 22:24 - 1 hourThis week, we had our friend Rodney Anonymous (of the Dead Milkmen) on to talk about witches, witchcraft, spells, and what happens when someone pulls a knife on you in a sub shop. Listen (and play along at home) to our most bizarre quiz yet, and find out what happens when Rodney demands a spell to stop him from pants disaster. It’s a mega-sized episode, it’s just in time for Halloween, and you can listen to it NOW!!!! The Dead Milkmen still tour - if you didn’t get into them as a kid, there...
Out In The Yard, Drinking Dog Blood
October 23, 2019 18:08 - 49 minutesNatalie and Drew expose the hidden world of vampires in this episode. We talked half-human/half-vampire hybrid babies, why we hate Beowulf, why zombies are less real than vampires, bags of blood, and all of the myriad ways you can become a vampire. Plus, a play-along quiz you can take while you listen! It’s all on this week’s episode of Garbage Brain University. Hit this button to subscribe to Garbage Brain - you’ll get twice as many episodes and be able to participate directly in our litt...
The Conspiracy That Started Two Pizza Chains
October 15, 2019 20:49 - 46 minutesNatalie Dee & Drew reveal the dark secret behind two well-known pizza chains in this episode of Garbage Brain University. Also, we talk Thanksgiving Pizza, Columbus (Northwest) Pizza, have a regional pizza quiz you can play along with while you listen, and dig into why non-pizza-foods flavored like pizza are Yucktown, Grosslahoma. New to Garbage Brain? Run out of free episodes? You’ll get instant access to over twenty subscriber-only episodes you’ve never heard, if you subscribe now: Subs...
A Plan to Scare Poor People and Measure How Much They Pee
October 07, 2019 13:16 - 1 hourNatalie Dee & Drew present to you the bizarre story of Mothman, the legendary West-Virginia-based creature that might be real. Or not real. Maybe he’s real, but constructed by the CIA. We expose the facts, explore all of these theories, and more, right here, right now. Here’s an illustration of M-Man himself, as drawn by ???? in the year ???? (see, we told you it was mysterious.) It’s The Smiling Man, aka Indrid Cold, as drawn by someone who saw him, supposedly! Our friend Elissa, who you...
The Word You Use To Say What Stuff A Thing Is
October 02, 2019 18:26 - 53 minutesNAMES! You probably have one. In this episode, Drew & Natalie talk about your name (probably) and a bunch of other peoples’ names. Natalie explains why she doesn’t have a name, and Drew plays a name quiz that you can play along with as you listen. We also have dozens, maybe thousands, of name-based facts. We also mentioned that it’s illegal in Sweden to name your son Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116, which came up because a couple in Sweden tried to name their son exactly this wo...
Consumer Testing, Teeth, and Diet Coke
September 24, 2019 17:27 - 43 minutesDrew’s boss tried to make him drink experimental chemicals. Natalie got paid five dollars to consumer-test cereal. We reveal why whitening toothpaste doesn’t work, Drew almost breaks a non-disclosure agreement with a billion-dollar company, Natalie reveals why she loves watching real surgery, and then makes Drew take a quiz, which you can play along with as you listen. Want to get this in your email every week, and hear the subscriber-only episodes? Here’s the button you gotta hit: Subscr...
Natalie, What Is A Chicken?
September 17, 2019 17:06 - 53 minutesNatalie and Drew attempt to figure out what, exactly, chickens are. We talked about the strange life of Mike The Alive Headless Chicken, the exotic jungle origins of the humble normal chicken, and what chickens use their brains for. We also talked Chicken Baby, Shrimpy Chicken, Chicken Frankenstein, and more. Before we get to it, slam the Subscribe Now button! Right now! Right here: That photo is a Red Junglefowl, the ancestor of the modern chicken! It’s leaner, smaller, and it has a differ...
The Cigarette-Smoking Chimp, and How To Play Titanic
September 09, 2019 14:47 - 56 minutesNatalie & Drew dig deep to find the least boring sports-related facts possible. We tell you what it’s like to live in the third-largest football stadium in America, and why Drew’s childhood included a gun-factory bar with an outdoor chimp who smoked cigarettes. (It’s real - but read the article after you listen, if you would.) Did you hang out with an imprisoned primate as a child? Play Titanic? Eat Bosco Sticks? Have a gym teacher yell Touch My Ass at you while you’re running? Then leave ...
Our Dog Inventions: The Best Episode So Far
August 27, 2019 20:18 - 1 hourIn the best episode of Garbage Brain University that’s been recorded so far, Natalie & Drew let the world in on our fantastic dog inventions, discover dozens of bizarre dog facts, and let you play along with a quiz about dog breeds. We also found the origins of “raw dog,” and this photo of a dog wearing jeans. Subscribe to hear our fifteen premium episodes (one new premium episode every week!) You can also listen to Garbage Brain University on Spotify, iTunes, and/or Stitcher if you don’t ...
Reassembling A Dead Person's Body (feat Elissa @badgirlfriday)
August 20, 2019 22:28 - 58 minutesOur friend Elissa (@badgirlfriday) joins us again to bring us bizarre facts and stories about cemeteries! She’s the administrator of a fairly large cemetery, and tells us about how to create a museum for yourself after you die, what happens when detectives dig your dead ass up and chop it up, and how a dead body is put back together. Plus, facts about modern sarcophagi, why groundhogs live in graves, how to haunt your own house, and more. Subscribers may recognize Elissa from our previous ...
How To Quit College Three Times
August 13, 2019 20:45 - 43 minutesSubscribers have already heard the first half of this extremely long school-based episode! Non-subscribers, here are our school facts from around the world, as well as even more stories. What happens in Catholic school if you’re not Catholic? Why do cigarette companies directly advertise to schoolchildren in some places? What do you do when your daughter kicks some little boy’s ass? How do you quit college three times? And most importantly, What Would Dave Thomas (The Founder Of Wendys) Do? ...
Bigfoot Punched Me In The Face Because I Cried
August 06, 2019 17:00 - 53 minutesNatalie & Drew investigate the facts (“facts”), lore, and stories about America’s favorite cryptid, Bigfoot. How big are its feet? How about its hands? Its femur? Is it real? Where is it? We sort of answer these questions, and two or three more questions. It’s really hard to find facts on Bigfoot. Subscribers get to hear the episodes that non-subscribers don’t, as well as leave comments, which we read and answer right here on the page. So slam this button right now: and we’ll get you twice...
There's Poop On Everything
July 29, 2019 13:51 - 55 minutesNatalie & Drew dig into the world of hygeine and find out that there’s poop on everything, everywhere. Learn about how people used to bathe, why nobody used to pick lice out of their hair, what happens when a child sneezes directly into your mouth, and the exact amount of poop that’s in every swimming pool. (Unfortunately, it’s a lot.) There’s also a quiz you can play along with as you listen! It’s all in this, the currently most recent Garbage Brain University episode. Subscribers can comm...
Natalie & Drew's UFO Theories
July 15, 2019 14:17 - 55 minutesWe talked facts about alien encounters, why aliens are our dads, shared some UFO stories from our listeners (follow @NatalieDee if you want to participate next time!) and both of us laid out never-before-heard theories about extraterrestrial life. There may or may not be content about kicking ET’s ass. You’ll have to listen to find out. Here are the videos Natalie mentioned - the first is from 2004 and the second is from 2015. They’re recently declassified Navy footage from fighter planes. ...
Robo-Calls, Cowboys, And Payphones
July 09, 2019 15:54 - 50 minutesNatalie & Drew dig into weird telephone facts, tell you how to make a telephone out of garbage, divulge the contents of cowboy-names.txt, place a call through miles of barbed wire, and invite you to play along with the Telephone Quiz while you listen. All in this single episode of Garbage Brain University. You can get twice as many Garbage Brain episodes each week by subscribing, which you can do with this very button: Or, you can even click the play button right up there and listen to us ...
The Worst Candy In The World
July 01, 2019 21:43 - 56 minutesHorehound! Rock candy! Candy corn! Salty candy! Drowning ET in a trash can! Throwing books on ET and drowning him! And swedish fish! It’s all about candy, and nothing else, especially not murdering Spielberg aliens from 1982, and it’s on this week’s free episode of Garbage Brain University. Make sure you follow @NatalieDee and @drewtoothpaste on twitter for more great shit, if you liked this episode, and subscribe to GBU to get TWO episodes every week instead of one. Twice the education! On...
Where We Got This Bag Of Neil Armstrong's Hair
June 24, 2019 19:25 - 54 minutesThe true, and bizarre, tale of how Drew’s barber stole hair from Neil Armstrong. A review of the collections of Twitter followers of @NatalieDee. Hoarding problems! An obscure video game where you hit a frog! HOMETOWN SMILES! A quiz that you can play along with while you listen! All this, and more, in this fresh episode of Garbage Brain University. Paul Brockman, shown here, has collected over fifty thousand dresses, which he purchased for his wife Margot, also shown here. They store them i...
Why The Girl Gang Spaghettied Your Yard
June 17, 2019 15:57 - 53 minutesNatalie’s girl gang. Drew’s opossum, covered in chicken grease. Trash cops, a cunning fake recycling program, and the reason why you should throw out all of your coffee mugs. Plus: a play-along trivia quiz, how Drew ended up on some shitty teen’s TikTok, and the reasoning behind Natalie’s head-to-toe glistening sheen. Thanks again to Substack for our podcast/newsletter setup, to The Melvins for our theme song, and to the people around the world who pick up, transport, process, and recycle t...
Paying for breathy phone calls & mounting a jar of peanut butter
June 10, 2019 17:58 - 1 hourWe have to phrase this one delicately, since it’s tales from the back room at a video store and the other end of a 1-900 phone line. Play along with our “spicy video quiz” and learn what the French population searches after dark. And find out what a customer at Natalie’s old job used to do with peanut butter. (It’s not great.) We have a sequel to this episode in the works, but you’ll have to be a paid subscriber to listen, since this takes an enormous amount of time to research, record, and...
Eating A Trash Bag Full Of Burgers
June 03, 2019 20:56 - 59 minutesDrew & Natalie Dee are back with more weird facts and bizarre stories. Sub shop rivalries, a milkshake down your shirt, pancakes of the world, the trash bag full of burgers, and, somehow, even more. It’s all in this episode of Garbage Brain University! The oldest restaurant in the United States is the Union Oyster House, which was started in 1826 in Boston. It wasn’t only a place to eat, but a social hub, and for some time, Louis Phillipe, who would later become the King of France, lived on...
How Natalie Destroyed E.T.'s Nasty Little Body
May 27, 2019 20:50 - 1 hourNatalie & Drew run down the origins of “Nut Rage,” why you shouldn’t make DMT at home, the bizarre inventions created in dreams, and the time Natalie whooped E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. It’s all in our longest-ever episode, and it’s time for you to listen to it right now. The study of dreams is called Oneirology. Even though interpreting dreams is still wholly subjective, dreaming plays an important role in the health of the human brain. It’s linked to REM sleep, named after the Rapid Eye M...
How We Got A Ghost On The Podcast
May 20, 2019 17:22 - 59 minutesThe true story of a ghost who convicted her husband of murder! An offramp ghost who just wants a ride! Undead grandmas! Thousands of ghost facts! And the first-ever live summoning of a ghost on a podcast. Smash that play button and let’s get spooky. We talked about Zona Heaster Shue on this episode, the first, and possibly only, ghost who managed to convict her murderer for her untimely death. (Here’s a photo of her grave via Findagrave.) The prosecutor didn’t believe that she really came b...
The Mailman Kissed My Mail
May 13, 2019 12:58 - 56 minutesHow the post office shot missiles full of mail to Florida! The insanely difficult zip code game (play along while you listen!) The history of sending people through the mail! Nixon’s mail vendetta! And more. Listen to the full episode and subscribe at garbagebrainuniversity.com to get each episode the second it drops. (We’re also on iTunes, Spotify and a handful of other services.) The United States Postal Service handles 47% of the mail in the entire world, and operates 143,000 of its famo...
I Accidentally Murdered A Squirrel
May 06, 2019 13:25 - 56 minutesIn this episode of Garbage Brain University, we’ve got thousands of squirrel facts, a squirrel quiz, and one very unfortunately dead squirrel. Our new theme song is “Electric Flower” by The Melvins, used with the permission of Ipecac Recordings and The Melvins. If you haven’t already, subscribe @ garbagebrainuniversity.com to get the newsletter that holds all the facts we were unable to cram into the podcast! Squirrels may be the cutest of all invasive species, but they’re fucking everywhe...
A new podcast & newsletter by Drew & Natalie Dee.
April 29, 2019 14:00 - 52 minutesHello! It’s Drew & Natalie Dee, who you know from Married To The Sea, The Worst Things For Sale, and other online projects. We’re working with Substack to create Garbage Brain University, a brand-new weekly newsletter and podcast where we’re collecting and sharing weird facts and stories. Some of our episodes will be for paid subscribers only, and some will be for everyone to listen to for free. You’ll be able to listen to Garbage Brain University on your favorite podcast app soon, but sin...