Candy Court

Episode 557 Nick the Rat cracks open a torch seltzer and dives into the week's weirdest science headlines — a full fruit fly brain map with 130,000+ neurons, and researchers implanting human brain organoids into living mice. Between rants about AI, Black Mirror plot holes, and a very confused pest control call, this episode somehow also becomes a full Halloween candy tier list ranking everything from Reese's to candy corn. Live callers join in to argue over Jolly Ranchers, debate whether Kit Kats deserve top tier, and question just how much taxpayer money goes into slicing fly brains with electron microscopes. It's science news, Halloween candy chaos, and sewer nonsense all in one unhinged broadcast — value-for-value, no scripts, just vibes. #NickTheRatRadio #DarkSewerNetwork #PodcastClips #ScienceNews #HalloweenCandy #WeirdScience #ConspiracyPodcast #LivePodcast #BrooklynPodcast #UndergroundRadio #CandyTierList #FruitFlyBrain #Neuroscience #TalkRadio #ITM #sewerchat A paranoid rat discusses conspiracies, secret agendas, and things they don't want you to know — while playing hand-picked underground music. Call in live: 1-917-719-5923 Originally aired: 09/16/26 All music is Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). All artists are credited during the episode. For more info: www.nicktherat.com