Spark My Interest

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about a celebrity's James Dean premonition, a man who became a human balloon, and the only place in America where the locals still speak Elizabethan English... and the future of tongue prints. Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/category/health/the-weirdest-fact-about-human-tongues/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alec-guinness-warned-james-dean-his-car-one-week-before-deadly-crash-1019948/ https://www.sfgate.com/centralcoast/article/Cursed-James-Dean-car-part-sells-16907965.php https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-13537084 https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20190623-the-us-island-that-speaks-elizabethan-english https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgi9wYsR5fo

Debra, Diana, and Jesi answer a question about allergies. They got 'em! Especially Debra. Send us your burning questions on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast), or email us at sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show!

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about what really happened to Buddy Holly, the international fixed calendar, and an amateur archeologist couple who had some incredible finds... and the amazing Frank Oz. Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Article and other sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly https://youtu.be/ppKIfnUu0-U https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-11/the-death-and-life-of-the-13-month-calendar https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-59828850 https://www.zmescience.com/science/fossil-friday-uk-couple-accidentally-discovers-a-motherload-of-fossils/

Debra, Diana, and Jesi follow up on the topic of pretending to be someone else out in the real world. They all have and got away with it! Well, most of the time. Send us your burning questions on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast), or email us at sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show!

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about Boeing the Bunny, sheela na gigs, and the luckiest (or unluckiest) man... and a strange custom time forgot. Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-news/rabbit-bomb-scare-adelaide-airport https://www.rspcasa.org.au/boeing-the-bunny-gets-new-home/ https://relevantmagazine.com/faith/the-strange-christian-beliefs-that-time-forgot/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheela_na_gig http://www.irelands-sheelanagigs.org/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/frane-selak

Welcome to our first Fireside Friday! Join us as Debra, Diana, and Jesi answer this week's listener question: "Is there a moment in life where you had the best one-liner that it felt like it was something straight out of a movie?" Send us your burning questions on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast), or email us at sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show!

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about the Well of Hell, a great flamingo escape, and Yugoslavian poem reciters... and the world's most hated foods. Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: https://soyummy.com/most-hated-foods-world/ https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/cavers-reached-the-bottom-of-yemens-well-of-hell-heres-what-they-found-4249751.html https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-58653795 https://apnews.com/article/oddities-environment-texas-environment-wildlife-9462e93be9cf24f9ad3435b102a2f545 https://www.quora.com/How-were-Greeks-able-to-orally-pass-down-the-Iliad-and-Odyssey-despite-there-being-nearly-28-000-total-lines-of-metered-poetry-between-them-Without-memorizing-the-words-verbatim-they-would-have-had-difficulty/answer/Eleftherios-Tserkezis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer https://www.biography.com/writer/homer

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about premonitions from The Simpsons, the Battle of Karánsebes, and the Dodleston Messages... and a tale of two Guys. Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a35279081/best-simpsons-predictions-future/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/simpsons-30-times-fox-comedy-successfully-predicted-future-1140775/ https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-most-embarrassing-moments-in-history/answer/Prime-Wongsaard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kar%C3%A1nsebes https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/dodleston-messages.htm https://fraghero.com/the-dodleston-messages-explained/

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about a caffeine overdose, a hero swimmer, and a bladder tumbler... and a life-saving venomous spider. Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: https://www.newsweek.com/one-worlds-deadliest-spider-venoms-could-help-heart-attack-patients-1610585 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-60570470 https://thegreatmysteriestold.quora.com/In-1976-Shavarsh-Karapetyan-an-Armenian-Olympic-swimmer-had-just-completed-a-12-mile-run-with-his-brother-when-they-s https://nypost.com/2022/03/16/womans-uti-was-actually-glass-tumbler-lodged-in-bladder-for-4-years/

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about a traveling salesman known as Old Mike, some adventurous dentures, and a murderous murmuration… and something strange banned in Arkansas. Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: https://www.rd.com/list/weird-things-banned-in-the-u-s/ https://swark.today/prescott-history-old-mike/ https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/02/11/dentures-lost-in-Spain-returned-British-man-11-years/8301644613695/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/video-blackbirds-plummet-sky-deaths/ https://www.treehugger.com/the-incredible-science-behind-starling-murmurations-4863751

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about a badass nurse, The Great Green Wall, and Peggy the doll... and Dillon T. Pickle's disappearance... and Jesi's second prank on Diana.  Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/02/17/dillion-the-pickle-missing-portland-pickles-baseball-mascot-found https://www.mamamia.com.au/woman-killed-hitman-hired-to-kill-her  https://www.rd.com/list/interesting-facts/ https://www.greatgreenwall.org/about-great-green-wall https://www.redbookmag.com/life/news/a21511/warning-this-video-of-a-haunted-doll-may-make-you-sick/

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about the life of a courtesan, the power of strangers, and Rubik's cube pogo sticking... and Cleopatra. Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: https://ambition-game.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtesan https://janelark.blog/2012/10/29/the-story-of-emma-hart-lady-hamilton-one-of-the-scandalous-women-of-history-including-her-relationship-with-admiral-nelson/ https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/good-news-stories-world/ https://inews.co.uk/news/world/free-conversations-movement-adria-ballester-art-of-talking-1027956 https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/02/25/canada-Guinness-World-Records-pogo-stick-Rubiks-cube/4851645811953/ https://www.healthpartners.com/blog/mental-illnesses-terms-to-use-terms-to-avoid/ https://vm.tiktok.com/ZTdUhM8er/ https://mashable.com/feature/soviet-women-snipers

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about a connection between Steve Irwin and Charles Darwin, a bear that joined the Polish Army, and the women's fight for the right to smoke... and some Friends trivia. Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: https://youtu.be/0IcFNiNDb8E https://www.tiktok.com/@lach_mac/video/7061714649745493250 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13115101 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15736812 https://historyofyesterday.com/women-were-once-fined-and-arrested-for-smoking-13747db36fa0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torches_of_Freedom

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about the disturbing life of Blanche Monnier, the short-lived Condom Hut, and progressive penguins... and a particularly versatile medication. Gryffindor! Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: http://www.ibdclinic.ca/treatment/medications/why-do-some-drugs-have-several-names/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sildenafil#Jet_lag_research https://historydaily.org/blanche-monnier-story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Monnier https://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/condom_hut/ https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2022/02/02/same-sex-penguin-couple-raise-chick-Rosamond-Gifford-Zoo-Syracuse-New-York/2631643830489/ https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/gay-penguins-hatch-egg-scli-intl-scn/index.html

Debra, Diana, and Jesi talk about George Washington's teeth, a bellend of football, and the youngest murderer in Japan... and the Ethiopian calendar. Tell us what sparks your interest on twitter (@interest_spark), facebook, instagram, and TikTok! (@sparkmyinterestpodcast) Send a crazy story or interesting article to sparkmyinterestpodcast@gmail.com or through our website sparkmyinterestpodcast.com and we might just discuss it on the show! Articles and other sources: https://thetravelintern.com/fun-facts-about-the-world/ https://www.livescience.com/61919-george-washington-teeth-not-wood.html https://youtube.com/shorts/j8TSn6muR1A?feature=share https://northfield.dental/history-of-dentures/ https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1786/fifa/2010/07/16/2028168/sepp-blatter-given-award-with-embarrassing-middlename-after https://metro.co.uk/2010/07/15/sepp-blatter-called-a-bellend-during-award-of-south-african-medal-447946/ https://ussoccerplayers.com/?s=blatter