The companion piece to the fiftieth episode of the Totally Buzzed UK Podcast Episode 50: Call Me Nugget, Chicken McNugget.

Laura and Kayleigh preside over the fiftieth episode of the Totally Buzzed UK Podcast. The podcast drops every Monday on all-good podcasting platforms and discusses the weird, wonderful, and down-right unbelievable stories that are floating around the web.

The Stories Featured On Episode Fiftieth of The Totally Buzzed UK Podcast:

Taiwanese diners who legally changed their names to ‘Salmon’ to get free sushi discover they can’t undo it

The opening story of the podcast was sourced from Yahoo! News and was about how some people in Taiwan had been stuck with the name salmon after a sushi contest.

Laura and Kayleigh debated whether it was worth changing their name to get free food, the idea of changing their name as well as sushi in general.

Google engineer put on leave after saying AI chatbot has become sentient

The second story saw the podcast take a surprising deep turn as Kayleigh and Laura discussed a story by The Guardian which revolved around an AI chatbot allegedly becoming sentient.

The duo talked about movies the story reminded them of, how they’d feel about robots becoming sentient, and the meaning of life in general.

Amy Schumer Hits Back After Being Blamed for Tampon Shortage: ‘I Don’t Even Have a Uterus’

The final article in the podcast was from US Weekly and was about how Amy Schumer had allegedly been blamed for the recent tampon shortage in America.

Kayleigh and Laura discussed the power of celebrity endorsements, adverts as well as product placement in movies as well as television.

TikTok Spotlight

Kayleigh selected a TikTok she believes others would enjoy.

@k.i.tattoo Just trying to enjoy spring #allergies #cottonwood #spring @tattooed_santa ♬ original sound – K.I..Tattoo

And that was episode fifty, new episodes of the Totally Buzzed UK Podcast drop every Monday at 7am – Like, Subscribe, and Rate 5* where possible!