Really? no, Really?

Every Tuesday best friends Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden are joined by experts, newsmakers and celebrities in an attempt to find answers to the things that 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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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 39m. Bisher sind 70 Folge(n) erschienen. Dies ist ein wöchentlich erscheinender Podcast.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 23 hours 34 minutes

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episode 49: The Secrets of Scent Marketing – How Smells are Manipulating Your Behavior

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Disneyland has “smellitizers” that stealthily blow aromas to intensify visitor’s sensory experiences and create lasting memories! And Disney isn’t alone in this over 40-billion-dollar mechanization of our sense of smell. Celebrities, auto manufacturers, insurance companies and even the military have employed scents to influence people’s behavior, without them even realizing it...


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 January 9, 2024  34m
 
 

episode 48: Bryan Cranston on Retirement + That Time he was Wanted for Murder

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When Jason and Peter read that actor, producer, director, author, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Bryan Cranston was retiring to spend more time with his family, in France, or something like that…they had to find out if it was true. Why would an actor in his prime retire now? The actual answer may surprise you...


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 January 2, 2024  59m
 
 

episode 47: Feeding Frenzy: Buffets, Consumerism + the Allure of Overabundance!

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COVID killed the all-you-can-eat buffet, right? With fogged sneeze guards, giant shared tongs and serving spoons, communal cheese boards, bread baskets and chocolate fountains, buffet line etiquette issues, and the threat posed by double dippers…the all-you-can-eat-buffet suddenly became a high stakes game of food roulette forcing us to become amateur epidemiologists...


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 December 26, 2023  33m
 
 

episode 46: The REAL Festivus with Seinfeld Writer Dan O’Keefe + Why Families Create Bizarre Holiday Customs

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Jason will forever be associated with the 166th episode of Seinfeld, which featured Festivus…the holiday where families express their disappointment in each other, then demonstrate feats of strength around an unadorned, aluminum pole. For Seinfeld writer Dan O'Keefe, the horrors of the real-life Festivus, invented by his mad genius father, were traumatizing events...


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 December 19, 2023  39m
 
 

episode 45: Gifting with Rolling Stones Bassist Darryl Jones + Acting Lessons

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This week’s show is all about the joy AND angst of gift giving, the importance of context and considering the message you want to send with your gift...


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 December 12, 2023  35m
 
 

episode 44: Our Digital Miscommunication Crisis + Ways to Avert it!

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Recipients of a 2-word email or text as basic as… “Nice job” or “Great work” are misinterpreting these messages a whopping 60% of the time! Really, no Really!

If we are misconstruing simple and clear communications this often and assuming that our intended messages have been easily understood…and they are not…we could be in the midst of a real miscommunication crisis!

With technological communication growing exponentially and younger people often shunning older more analogue...


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 December 5, 2023  38m
 
 

episode 43: Pickleball Drama + Guitar Great Joe Bonamassa

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The New York Times claims that “Pickleball Noise Is Driving Everyone Nuts,” and that the noise is so maddening that many prospective home buyers are Googling “pickleball courts” to make sure their future homes are a safe distance from the racket. Really, no really!

While you might not know the rules, courts are popping up around the country making its popularity undeniable, growing by 40% in just the last 2 years...


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 November 28, 2023  36m
 
 

episode 42: Extreme Anti-Aging - Is This Tech Entrepreneur Aging Backwards?

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Vice Magazine dubbed tech millionaire Bryan Johnson “the most measured man in human history’” and the 45-year-old dares the world and the medical establishment to call bull$%*# on the $2 million-a-year anti-aging program he calls: "Project Blueprint." Really, no Really?

Johnson not only wants to LOOK younger, he wants to BE younger...


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 November 21, 2023  48m
 
 

episode 41: Wine Fraud and Wine Scams

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Peter recognized an expert he knew in the documentary “Sour Grapes” about high-end wine fraud and wondered how a so-called authority could be so easily duped. Astonished by the enormity of the black-market wine world, Jason and Peter started wondering about the nature of high-end products…are they actually superior? What they found out will definitely surprise you...


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 November 14, 2023  39m
 
 

episode 40: The Secret Lives of Rats…Bet You Didn’t Know This!

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Forget about the Statue of Liberty and Broadway shows; residents and visitors are signing up for Rat Tourism in New York City…Really, no Really!

As the rodent population grows in most major U.S. cities, the infestations have warranted the appointment of Rat Czars and unique and often unsuccessful-solutions for their eradication.

It appears that one man understands rats and their behavior better than most, preeminent Rodentologist, Dr. Bobby Corrigan...


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 November 7, 2023  37m