Episode 19: My Brain Made Me Do It: Everyday Compulsions We All Have

Body/Health Compulsions!

In the episode we talked about our own compulsive need to discuss health and bodily functions, especially as we are getting older. We referenced an episode of the podcast Behind the Bastards, where they discussed the time KFC’s Colonel Sanders went on Jim Bakker’s PTL broadcast to share an uncomfortably candid health-related story of his own. This clip can be found between the 35-39 minute mark.

And now we’ll be testing our theory about the social compulsion to sing-along… Just try not to sing. We dare you.

Lorde - Royals

Will you be like Autumn when you sing-along with this one? Will you “Ah-wooo, Ah-wooo, Ah-wooo, Ah-wooo!” with her?

Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline

Seriously, though, can anyone resist this song? Love it or hate it, if a crowd gets going can you withstand the temptation?

The Foundations

Build Me Up Buttercup

In the episode, Ivy recounts a story about when she was working in the booking department at a jail and got all of her male co-workers to do an impromptu sing-along to this song. And you know what you should do? One up her. See where you can get a random group of people to sing along with you. We promise this song is addictive and impossible to resist, so it should even work on complete strangers.