You can now rent a professional bridesmaid for your wedding! Really, no really!

Before you ask the inevitable and logical question…why anyone would need to rent somebody to be their bridesmaid, consider this: twenty two percent of Americans say that it has been at least five years since they’ve made a new friend and nearly one-third say they have three or fewer close friends. With friendship in decline no wonder one woman, today’s guest has acted as a bridesmaid in hundreds of weddings for brides she didn’t know.

Jen Glantz is the world’s first professional bridesmaid and founder of Bridesmaid for Hire, she’s also a best-selling author, a blogger, she writes several newsletters, and she hosts the wildly popular podcast, You’re Not Getting Any Younger.

IN THIS EPISODE:
How Jen stumbled into the professional bridesmaid business.
Wedding disasters! Arguments, mistresses, fistfights, inappropriate speeches, and dog bites!
Which couples won’t last…can Jen tell the difference?
The surprising origin of many of your wedding traditions
Anybody interested in attending a vow renewal? They have a registry!
Destination weddings & why we hate them.
Has Jen ever been busted as a pseudo friend?
If you’re asked to be a bridesmaid…answer these questions BEFORE saying yes.
The inherent sadness of needing a paid bridesmaid.
The wedding Hokey Pokey incident Jason will never forget.
Google-heim: Hokey Pokey controversies and producer Lorre’s dubious wedding!

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Website: BridesmaidForHire.com

Blog: The Things I Learned From

Podcast: You're Not Getting Any Younger

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You can now rent a professional bridesmaid for your wedding! Really, no really!
Before you ask the inevitable and logical question…why anyone would need to rent somebody to be their bridesmaid, consider this: twenty two percent of Americans say that it has been at least five years since they’ve made a new friend and nearly one-third say they have three or fewer close friends. With friendship in decline no wonder one woman, today’s guest has acted as a bridesmaid in hundreds of weddings for brides she didn’t know.
Jen Glantz is the world’s first professional bridesmaid and founder of Bridesmaid for Hire, she’s also a best-selling author, a blogger, she writes several newsletters, and she hosts the wildly popular podcast, You’re Not Getting Any Younger.
IN THIS EPISODE:
<ul>
<li>How Jen stumbled into the professional bridesmaid business.</li>
<li>Wedding disasters! Arguments, mistresses, fistfights, inappropriate speeches, and dog bites!</li>
<li>Which couples won’t last…can Jen tell the difference?</li>
<li>The surprising origin of many of your wedding traditions</li>
<li>Anybody interested in attending a vow renewal? They have a registry!</li>
<li>Destination weddings &amp; why we hate them.</li>
<li>Has Jen ever been busted as a pseudo friend?</li>
<li>If you’re asked to be a bridesmaid…answer these questions BEFORE saying yes.</li>
<li>The inherent sadness of needing a paid bridesmaid.</li>
<li>The wedding Hokey Pokey incident Jason will never forget.</li>
<li>Google-heim: Hokey Pokey controversies and producer Lorre’s dubious wedding!</li>
</ul>
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<a href="https://www.instagram.com/jenglantz/">Instagram</a>: @jenglantz
<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bridesmaidforhire?lang=en">TikTok</a>: @BridesmaidForHire
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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

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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Confessions of a Rented Bridesmaid

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We’re in the golden age of finding and recovering trillion-dollar shipwrecks. These high-stakes, highly dangerous expeditions have been supercharged thanks to revolutionary deep ocean technologies. But… it’s not just the good guys searching through sunken Spanish galleons for gold doubloons; the rush to be first can sometimes get you killed. Really, no really!

Jason and Peter became aware of this phenomenon when they read about an elderly Florida couple arrested after appearing on PBS’ Antiques Roadshow. Appraisers were stunned to see gold ingots recovered “by a friend” from a shipwreck. Seeing the artifacts, French authorities claimed the couple were trafficking national treasures belonging to France.

The old adage “finders’ keepers” seemingly doesn’t apply - EVEN after spending years researching where the ships might be, then spending millions on expeditions HOPEFULLY finding the ship... hopefully. It seems like a lot of trouble when the country that lost and forgot about the treasure - hundreds of years ago can suddenly demand it back!

To help us salvage what’s actually going on… we turned to the “Indiana Jones” of underwater archeology -- Marine Scientist and Oceanographer, David L. Mearns – who is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club – he’s located 29 major shipwrecks and holds five Guinness World Records - including the deepest shipwreck ever found.

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IN THIS EPISODE:
How does one find a shipwreck that sank hundreds of years ago?
Why are the deep ocean recovery missions so extraordinarily expensive?
Guys with eye-patches? Treasure Hunters? Actual pirates! Who’s doing this work?
Material value (gold) VS. archeological value (historical record)
The law under the sea! The complicated legalese of sunken treasure.
Can you sell Spanish doubloons on eBay? Tales of stolen booty!
Black markets, personal bodyguards, razor-wire covered ships – the life of a shipwreck hunter!
Riding on Paul Allen’s $200 million superyacht treasure hunting ship, Octopus.
The tragedy of the Titan submersible – What really happened?
David shares his ‘great white whale’ shipwreck he’d still like to find.
The impact of shipwrecks is way more emotional than we previously thought.
Google-HEIM: Why are ship's toilets called “the head”?

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We’re in the golden age of finding and recovering trillion-dollar shipwrecks. These high-stakes, highly dangerous expeditions have been supercharged thanks to revolutionary deep ocean technologies. But… it’s not just the good guys searching through sunken Spanish galleons for gold doubloons; the rush to be first can sometimes get you killed. Really, no really!
Jason and Peter became aware of this phenomenon when they read about an elderly Florida couple arrested after appearing on PBS’ <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/07/29/a-cursed-ship-and-the-fate-of-its-sunken-gold">Antiques Roadshow</a>. Appraisers were stunned to see gold ingots recovered “by a friend” from a shipwreck. Seeing the artifacts, French authorities claimed the couple were trafficking national treasures belonging to France.
The old adage “finders’ keepers” seemingly doesn’t apply - EVEN after spending years researching where the ships might be, then spending millions on expeditions HOPEFULLY finding the ship... hopefully. It seems like a lot of trouble when the country that lost and forgot about the treasure - hundreds of years ago can suddenly demand it back!
To help us salvage what’s actually going on… we turned to the “Indiana Jones” of underwater archeology -- Marine Scientist and Oceanographer, David L. Mearns – who is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers Club – he’s located 29 major shipwrecks and holds five Guinness World Records - including the deepest shipwreck ever found.
***
IN THIS EPISODE:
<ul>
<li>How does one find a shipwreck that sank hundreds of years ago?</li>
<li>Why are the deep ocean recovery missions so extraordinarily expensive?</li>
<li>Guys with eye-patches? Treasure Hunters? Actual pirates! Who’s doing this work?</li>
<li>Material value (gold) VS. archeological value (historical record)</li>
<li>The law under the sea! The complicated legalese of sunken treasure.</li>
<li>Can you sell Spanish doubloons on eBay? Tales of stolen booty!</li>
<li>Black markets, personal bodyguards, razor-wire covered ships – the life of a shipwreck hunter!</li>
<li>Riding on Paul Allen’s $200 million superyacht treasure hunting ship, Octopus.</li>
<li>The tragedy of the Titan submersible – What really happened?</li>
<li>David shares his ‘great white whale’ shipwreck he’d still like to find.</li>
<li>The impact of shipwrecks is way more emotional than we previously thought.</li>
<li>Google-HEIM: Why are ship's toilets called “the head”?</li>
</ul>
***
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Shipwreck Hunters: The Trillion Dollar Undersea Quest

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Dungeons & Dragons, the legendary tabletop role-playing game featuring elves, dwarves, wizards, fighters, and legions of nerds is currently observing… its 50th anniversary! Really, no Really!

Over the five decades, the game has had its fair share of infamy with stories of “Satanic panic” and more recently, a resurgence after being featured on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” But what is this game really about? And how can it be more popular than ever after 5 decades?

Jason and Peter, after much needling from the self -identified nerds on their production staff (and Jason’s son who is a proud Dungeon Master) bravely walked into the never-known realms of D&D with one of the game’s quintessential experts... Jon Peterson, who studies the history of games, especially tabletop role-playing games and wargames. His first book has just been re-released as “Playing at the World, 2E, Volume 1: The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons” which has been called "the first serious history of the development of Dungeons & Dragons" by the Village Voice.

IN THIS EPISODE:
A painless and fun history of Role-Playing Games.
D&D is an improvisational-collaborative- storytelling experience.
What’s a Dungeon Master and does it involve black latex, mouth gags and whips?
What’s the point of a game with no “winning”?
Breaking down D&D to understand its appeal.
Wait… watching other people livestream D&D is a multimillion-dollar thing?
Why D&D has become popular in prisons, on death row and in solitary confinement?
Is D&D a game or a lifestyle choice?
D&D’s ongoing controversies.
How should a novice approach starting to play D&D?
How A.I. and other technology will affect the future of D&D.

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Dungeons &amp; Dragons, the legendary tabletop role-playing game featuring elves, dwarves, wizards, fighters, and legions of nerds is currently observing… its 50th anniversary! Really, no Really!
Over the five decades, the game has had its fair share of infamy with stories of “Satanic panic” and more recently, a resurgence after being featured on Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” But what is this game really about? And how can it be more popular than ever after 5 decades?
Jason and Peter, after much needling from the self -identified nerds on their production staff (and Jason’s son who is a proud Dungeon Master) bravely walked into the never-known realms of D&amp;D with one of the game’s quintessential experts... Jon Peterson, who studies the history of games, especially tabletop role-playing games and wargames. His first book has just been re-released as “Playing at the World, 2E, Volume 1: The Invention of Dungeons &amp; Dragons” which has been called "the first serious history of the development of Dungeons &amp; Dragons" by the Village Voice.
IN THIS EPISODE:
<ul>
<li>A painless and fun history of Role-Playing Games.</li>
<li>D&amp;D is an improvisational-collaborative- storytelling experience.</li>
<li>What’s a Dungeon Master and does it involve black latex, mouth gags and whips?</li>
<li>What’s the point of a game with no “winning”?</li>
<li>Breaking down D&amp;D to understand its appeal.</li>
<li>Wait… watching other people livestream D&amp;D is a multimillion-dollar thing?</li>
<li>Why D&amp;D has become popular in prisons, on death row and in solitary confinement?</li>
<li>Is D&amp;D a game or a lifestyle choice?</li>
<li>D&amp;D’s ongoing controversies.</li>
<li>How should a novice approach starting to play D&amp;D?</li>
<li>How A.I. and other technology will affect the future of D&amp;D.</li>
</ul>
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The 50-year Dungeons & Dragons Phenomenon Explained!

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We’ve all seen videos of stage-hypnosis shows where seemingly random audience members are put to sleep, hypnotized and then… in no time, they’re clucking like chickens, dancing like ballerinas, or swatting away imaginary pests.  Jason and Peter had to find out if this was something staged or “real” hypnosis.

Today’s guest, Dr. David Spiegelhadthe answer and reveals whetherhypnotism can make people do things against their will, increase their physical strength and he even hypnotizes both Jason and Peter. Really, no really!

Dr. Spiegel has more than 40 years of clinical and research experience studying differing psychological disciplines, including hypnosis. He has used hypnosis since 1967, achieving and publishing results in more than 404 scientific journal articles, and 170 book chapters.

He is also the founder of Reveri, a self-hypnosis app.

So, sit back, get comfortable, and be prepared for a very, hypnotic episode…Really, no Really!

IN THIS EPISODE:
Stage hypnosis… is it real? (You might be surprised!)
The therapeutic aspect of making a football coach dance like a ballerina.
What happens inside the hypnotized brain
Can hypnosis retrieve long lost memories… induce false memories?
Therapeutic problems hypnosis can help.
Is self-hypnosis a thing?
How hypnosis can help alleviate self-destructive thinking.
Jason and Peter get hypnotized by Dr. Spiegel – Really, no Really?
Jason reveals his never before discussed personal encounters with hypnosis.
Googleheim: Famous people who famously used hypnosis.

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We’ve all seen videos of stage-hypnosis shows where seemingly random audience members are put to sleep, hypnotized and then… in no time, they’re clucking like chickens, dancing like ballerinas, or swatting away imaginary pests.  Jason and Peter had to find out if this was something staged or “real” hypnosis.
Today’s guest, Dr. David Spiegel had the answer and reveals whether hypnotism can make people do things against their will, increase their physical strength and he even hypnotizes both Jason and Peter. Really, no really!
Dr. Spiegel has more than 40 years of clinical and research experience studying differing psychological disciplines, including hypnosis. He has used hypnosis since 1967, achieving and publishing results in more than 404 scientific journal articles, and 170 book chapters.
He is also the founder of Reveri, a self-hypnosis app.
So, sit back, get comfortable, and be prepared for a very, hypnotic episode…Really, no Really!
IN THIS EPISODE:
<ul>
<li>Stage hypnosis… is it real? (You might be surprised!)</li>
<li>The therapeutic aspect of making a football coach dance like a ballerina.</li>
<li>What happens inside the hypnotized brain</li>
<li>Can hypnosis retrieve long lost memories… induce false memories?</li>
<li>Therapeutic problems hypnosis can help.</li>
<li>Is self-hypnosis a thing?</li>
<li>How hypnosis can help alleviate self-destructive thinking.</li>
<li>Jason and Peter get hypnotized by Dr. Spiegel – Really, no Really?</li>
<li>Jason reveals his never before discussed personal encounters with hypnosis.</li>
<li>Googleheim: Famous people who famously used hypnosis.</li>
</ul>
FOLLOW DR. SPIEGEL:
<a href="https://www.reveri.com/">Website</a>: reveri.com
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/reveri/">Instagram</a>: @Reveri
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How Hypnosis Is Changing Lives!

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