Episode 122 | Why Men Follow Their Exes & The Pub Waxing Fail
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British and Irish banter collide once again as Episode 122 brings chilling past-life memories, pub-waxing medical emergencies, and the simulation-breaking power of head-to-toe magenta.
Here is what you have to look forward to this week:
📰 Have you heard
Did a toddler actually recall a past life in the World Trade Center?
The Mystery of Cade Wilson: Jake introduces the viral case of a young American boy, Cade, who from age three woke up screaming with vivid nightmares of an office overlooking the Statue of Liberty. He developed severe phobias of planes and high-rise buildings, insisting his name wasn't Cade and describing the exact sequence of 9/11 with disturbing detail.
The Chilling Verification: Online researchers matched his descriptions - office view, job, and exact circumstances of death - to a real victim, though the family chose never to contact the victim's relatives out of respect.
The Gang's Theories:
James recalls an Irish friend's young cousin who spontaneously identified a photo of an American town she'd never visited as where she "used to live".
Jake brings up the theory of birthmarks reflecting traumatic deaths in past lives (prompting the gang to decide Danny was an 1800s chimney sweep or an archer who took an arrow to the elbow).
🤫 Confessionals
When a DIY chest wax migrates south mid-pint in a packed pub.
The Pre-Ibiza Disaster: A listener prepping for a lads' holiday to Ibiza slapped a cold wax strip on his sternum, chickened out from the agony with blood and sweat pouring, threw on his shirt, and fled to the pub to numb the pain.
The Pub Undercarriage Trap: Body heat in the packed pub melted the strip, causing it to slide down his chest, down his jeans, and fuse flat to his undercarriage - leaving him pinned inside his denim on his second pint.
The Extraction: He spent 20 minutes standing on one leg in a sticky pub toilet cubicle, peeling the molten wax off his crown jewels with dry paper towels before shuffling out like a cowboy.
Voice Note Highlight: A listener admitted to flooding her own anonymous Q&A inbox with fake questions, rejecting herself to look unavailable, and even cyberbullying herself when attention ran dry.
👛 Rachels furry purse
Four-figure phone upgrades and the infamous €80 crisps.
The Topic: Rachel digs into the purse for: What is the most amount of money you've ever spent on one thing?
The Spending Regrets:
Jake: Crushing solicitor fees just to get a single letter sent during a house purchase.
James: Drunkenly spending €50 on American cheese puffs, only to find €30 postage added—costing €80 for a single packet of crisps.
Danny: Prepping to drop nearly £2,500 outright on the newest iPhone Duo and AppleCare (which sparked Jake and James debating whether flying to Boston to buy tax-free tech is actually cheaper).
👩🏻 Boys catch yourselves on
Are you checking in innocently, or is your ex still watching from Tenerife?
The Interrogation: Rachel puts the lads on trial for keeping exes on social media: innocent curiosity, unfinished business, or keeping doors open?
The Excuses:
Danny admitted to following past exes and even searching dates on Facebook beforehand to see unedited "real life" photos.
James drew a line between short-term flings (fine to follow) and long-term exes (strictly deleted).
Jake claimed it’s a passive follower count boost—unless Provocative gym photos get likes, in which case boundaries are crossed.
Rachel’s Counter-Attack: Revealing how women operate on FBI levels—unblocking an ex to inspect his misery, accidentally watching his story, re-blocking him, and having friends provide full dossiers on his new partner’s 2016 look within 15 minutes.
The Verdict: Rachel admitted the lads' chaotic logic was "low-key genius."
🤯 What the FAQ
Is your wardrobe a style choice, or are you an energy-draining NPC in the Matrix?
The Question: Danny explores whether clothing color dictates how you are perceived.
Page 1 of Google: Evolutionary psychology—navy blue conveys competence and trustworthiness (the politician staple), while red sparks attraction and confidence.
The TikTok & Spiritual Escalator: TikTok wellness claims black turtlenecks block your root chakra and absorb commuter negativity on the Luas, while the Red Nail Theory claims red polish triggers subconscious 1990s maternal memories in men, compelling them to buy you coffee.
The Deep Matrix Basement: Deep Reddit theorists insist neutral tones (beige and grey) are simulation programming designed to keep you an NPC. The only cure? Magenta. Because magenta doesn't exist on the visible light spectrum (it's a cognitive glitch created when your brain detects red and blue together), wearing head-to-toe magenta allegedly turns you into a walking system error that scrambles 5G surveillance and shields your aura while buying milk.
Episode 122 drops tomorrow (Friday 9th October) on all podcast platforms, including our YouTube channel - so make sure to watch/listen!
Got a confession, a memory of a past life, or a question for the furry purse? Drop a DM to @podcast.meetinthemiddle or email the team directly. See you next week!