Iran War's Effect on Diet Coke

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the Iran war on Diet Coke, along with various health and social topics, featuring advice from the hosts' mothers for Mother's Day.

This week, Sam and Tiege are talking about the latest on the Hantavirus, RFK Jr.'s push to get Americans off of anti-depressants and the death of Spirit Airlines. They're also diving into about another side effect of the Iran war and this time, it’s affecting Diet Coke. They also break down “doom-spending” and “burned haystack dating.” Oh, ALSO, since it is Mother’s Day weekend, the girls' moms will be joining the show to give us all some motherly advice.

People in this episode

Hosts: Tiege Dooley-Panko, Samantha Kubota

Topics covered

• Hantavirus
• anti-depressants
• Iran war
• Diet Coke
• doom-spending
• burned haystack dating
• Mother's Day advice

Keywords

• Hantavirus
• RFK Jr.
• anti-depressants
• Iran war
• Diet Coke
• doom-spending
• burned haystack dating
• Mother's Day

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Spirit Airlines

Products: Diet Coke

Places: Iran

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