Foreign correspondent Tony Five covers an older story about Stephen King legendarily trolling his wife and the Mortal Kombat tournament by a woman holding her newborn. After that, Tony talks about putting his dog on Prozac. Therapist ⁠⁠Laurel van der Toorn⁠⁠ explains what the enneagram of personality is and how couples can use it to decrease conflict. Despite being terrifying of spiders, David learns from biology and chemistry professor Dr. Andreas Fischer that black widow lure males with the smell of cheesy feet. Machine learning professor Rayid Ghani reveals the perils of letting AI plan your next trip. Freelance tech reporter Matthew Alston describes why LEGO's new $1000 Death Star set has caused a great disturbance in the force. Travel writer Jamie Davis Smith tells David what her kids' top four travel destinations are and why they surprised her. Psychiatry professor Dr. Błażej Misiak explains how ⁠loneliness can be closely tied to paranoid thought rather than to social isolation⁠. Segments: (00:00) Introduction (01:23) Tony Five pt. 1 (10:00) Tony Five pt. 2 (20:00) Laurel van der Toorn (30:00) Dr. Andreas Fischer (39:50) Rayid Ghani (49:50) Matthew Alston (59:50) Jamie Davis Smith (1:09:50) Dr. Błażej Misiak (1:19:05) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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