Getting addicted to nangs, being tracked by your parents + the Met Gala

A 21-year-old Australian man recounts how nitrous oxide—commonly known as 'Nangs'—nearly cost him his life after a six-month addiction that led to psychosis, hospitalization, and antipsychotic treatment. His story highlights a growing public health crisis: despite being a Schedule 6 poison, Nangs are easily accessible in Australia through tobacconists and online delivery, with reports of 100-pack orders arriving via Uber Eats. Experts warn of rising cases of paralysis, brain damage, and death linked to oxygen deprivation from repeated use, yet research remains scarce. Meanwhile, a parallel conversation explores the normalization of location tracking among families, where parents use apps like Life360 to monitor adult children—sometimes without consent. While framed as care, this surveillance breeds anxiety, erodes autonomy, and risks normalizing coercive control. Experts stress the need for voluntary, time-bound sharing and open family dialogue. The episode closes with a protest at the Met Gala, where activists dumped 500 bottles of colored water labeled 'urine' to highlight Amazon workers' forced use of plastic bottles due to lack of bathroom breaks—underscoring the growing tension between extreme wealth and labor exploitation.