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Weird Subscriptions: Potato Mail, Rent-a-Chicken and Cryonics
Would you pay to get a potato in the mail every month? Brandi Mastrud and Marlo Anderson work through a list of real (and really weird) subscription services, from messages mailed on potatoes and rent-a-chicken to bacon and pickle of the month clubs, hot sauce, tinned fish, exotic meats, dice, fossils, pay dirt for gold panning, cryonics memberships and even pet care after the Rapture.
Along the way, Marlo pitches his Hotel Pen of the Month Club, Brandi shares her family’s Universal Yums box, and they dream up a coffee club with a VIP line. Plus rent-a-bees, candle clubs, succulents, booze-infused jerky, olive oil and mac and cheese clubs, Bokksu, MeUndies, the magic of brand-new socks, dry cleaning, the swallowing-spiders myth and why nobody remembers names anymore.
Watch for the fact-check cards when they get something wrong.
The Absurdists, where logic takes a back seat. Season 3, Episode 2 with Brandi Mastrud and Marlo Anderson.
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