Episode 204

The Great Gas Debate: Who Smells Worse? 🤔

Published on: 8th April, 2026

So, guess what? Science has finally cracked the code on one of life's biggest mysteries: who’s the real gas champion—men or women? Spoiler alert: it’s a tie! 🎉 Turns out, ladies have the stink factor down with their concentrated toots, while dudes are rocking the volume game. I mean, a man’s fart might be loud and proud, but when a woman lets one rip, it’s a whole different level of olfactory offense! 🤣 And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, we dive into how airplane pressure makes everyone’s gas expand like it’s a balloon at a birthday party. 🎈 So buckle up for a wild ride through the world of flatulence, complete with giggles and maybe a little gagging! Let’s rip into it! 💨

Takeaways:

  • Dr. Levitt's gas study reveals that ladies' farts are stinkier, but guys let out more volume!
  • Ever wonder why flying makes you gassier? Blame it on low pressure expanding those beans!
  • After all that research, turns out we're all in this gaseous mess together—nobody's blameless!
  • Ladies, your toots may be tiny but they're mighty—smell power in a pint-sized package!
  • Men's farts might be larger, but ladies' gas packs a pungent punch that could clear a room!
  • So, who’s the fairer gender when it comes to gas? Spoiler: It’s a tie, folks!
Transcript
Speaker A:

Good morning.

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It's haystack.

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And science has finally answered one of life's most important questions.

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And honestly, the way they figured it out might be even better than the answer itself.

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But I'll explain how they figured it out after I give you the results in musical form.

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About which gender is the fairer gender when it comes to gas.

Speaker B:

When a man smells a woman, it's because she's passing gas.

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She blows tiny farts that smell really bad.

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Because a man farts greater volume, it gets spread around.

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A woman's farts are concentrated, so they stink a lot.

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When a man smells warm.

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When a woman cuts the cheese, Horrible farts that come from her bone are itty bitty crop dust in me.

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When a man smells a woman as she's breaking wind, it's worse than when your buddy rips one Watching the game, concentrated molecules from the farts that she blows burned your eyes.

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Cause they're so stinking When a man smells a woman.

Speaker A:

Yeah.

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So essentially, this gastroenterology gastroenterologist named Dr. Michael Levitt dedicated a chunk of his career to this.

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Had volunteers eat gas producing foods like beans, hooked them up to a system that literally captured their output in bags to analyze, and then because he's so committed, he had two human judges smell it and rate it on a scale from zero to.

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And basically the study found that women's gas was more potent in smell, men produced more volume per event.

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So women toots are stinkier, men toots are bigger, there's more of it.

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So after all that research, all that effort, it's basically a tie.

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And there's even more to the study, actually.

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If you've ever wondered about being on a flight, airplane cabins make everyone gassier because lower pressure causes gas to expand.

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So if you've ever been on an airplane and thought, what in the world is happening?

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That's, that's what it is.

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Science didn't just answer the question, it proved something beautiful.

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Nobody is blameless.

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We are all to blame, and we all contribute.

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Enjoy Haysnacks, the bite-sized comedy podcast from Northwest Arkansas’s own Haystack—morning radio’s master of mischief on 106.5 KBVA and 96.7 The Bull. Each episode packs in the best moments from Haystack’s daily shows, including fan-favorite highlights, his legendary “morning six pack” top 6 lists, and the hilarious weekly phone call with his super-redneck pal, Alabama Bama. Don’t miss the Saturday “Leftovers” episode, where Haystack serves up the jokes and bits that didn’t make it on air (due to time, or because they were too weird or wild). Designed for busy listeners, Haysnacks delivers quick, snackable laughs whenever you need them—perfect for your commute, coffee break, or anytime you want a dose of fun.

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