Episode 61 - Snack

This week Ben and Norah are discussing the food we consume to tide us over to our next full meal.  Yummy SNACKS!  Sprinkled throughout the episode are salty stories and discussions about electric boats, happy hours, ice cream bar diets, snakes, potato salad, and “sleepy chicken.”  After Norah reveals her cookie addiction, Ben reveals his Bacon number!  Finally, the proverbial cherry(s) on top for a touch of sweetness are conversations about Norah playing Ben Esposito’s Donut County and Ben playing Young Horses’ Bugsnax.  00:00:35 - Norah’s boat trip on the Chicago River, and knocking out the arthritis  00:03:37 - River-faring to snack food segue, word of the day calendar, and eating casually 00:06:27 - No “walking apples” for Ben in Japan, and sexually attractive people 00:09:23 - “Go to” snacks, baby carrots… aren’t, and Norah almost spews 00:12:46 - Vegetable trays, Ben’s ice cream bar diet story, and being an ectomorph  00:15:45 - Trigger warning: skinny guy complains about the monetary cost of being skinny 00:16:49 - Norah’s post-boating experience at the “Adult Snack Machine” 00:19:50 - Ben asks what the food items in afternoon tea or high tea are called 00:22:25 - Drinks as snacks, in my freezer, served in a paper cup, and portion control 00:25:05 - Salty-sweet snacks, and Paula Poundstone’s eating a box of Pop-Tarts bit 00:29:24 - Ben’s “Weird-ass Cheese (and Spinach) Quesadilla,” and Telly Savalas 00:32:04 - Norah and Ben talk about playing Donut County  00:35:55 - Annapurna Interactive, Ben is too excited about his Bacon number, and snakes 00:39:24 - Independent game studio Young Horses, and taking photos  00:42:10 - Talkin’ bout’ Bugsnax, and opinions on what makes a “kids games” 00:45:12 - Eating insects, and Ben explains some Bugsnax game mechanics to Norah 00:48:00 - The truth about Bambi… which was based on a book by an Austrian author 00:51:59 - Capturing the cheese puff butterfly, and a brief history on game FAQs and guides 00:55:55 - Zach "Danger" Brown’s fifty-five thousand dollar potato salad 00:57:33 - Memes vs. political cartoons, and the “sleepy chicken” TikTok trend 01:00:40.- FDA warnings, the nature of social media communications, and locked goods 01:04:20 - Norah and Ben’s parting snack wisdom