Category: podcast

• September 19, 2022

  Episode 20: Haunted Houses to the MAX

  For content warnings this week, I’m giving you two different sets, as our talk of extreme haunts take two tones. This is our most extreme episode, so take care of yourselves, listeners. CW (first half): Being Restrained, Simulated Waterboarding, Simulated Sexual Violence, Guns, Simulated Gun Violence CW (second half): Real Violence, Teeth Trauma, Finger Trauma,…
• September 18, 2022

  Episode 19: Dark Tourism? In My Family Vacation?

  CW: Holocaust, Death, War, this episode generally contains many forms of grimness It’s More Likely Than You Think! Ever wanted to venture into the dark, the disturbed, and the utterly goth? Well, guess what, that school trip your school took to the local battlegrounds is exactly that! In this episode we delve into what is…
• September 7, 2022

  Episode 18: I Hate When My Paintings Try To Murder Me

  CW: suicide mention, death, murder, sexual assault Haunted paintings have been around since humans figured out how to draw on cave walls. On this episode, we have the Crying Boy, who sets his homes aflame; the Anguished Man, so haunted people aren’t even allowed to touch it; The Hands Resist Him, famed for being just…
• September 7, 2022

  Episode 17: How Coffee Found God

  CW: Food, religion, a bit of poop, but not human poop Coffee has had a long journey through history, exploring itself, changing itself… getting chewed up and pooped out. It was once the devil’s drink, the MAN’s drink, inspiring people to move the world… but most importantly, the swaying power of coffee convinced people to…
• August 21, 2022

  Episode 16: Whisper of the Stars: Temps to Freeze Your Face Off

  CW: Extreme Survivalism, Death Today we unbury what circumstances are ideal to trigger your breath freezing in the air as you expel it. Who lives in the regions that reach conditions that get that far? Why would they live out there?! And how do the stars whispering get involved with the breath freezing? This link…
• August 13, 2022

  Episode 15: Gay People Exist! Put Us in Your Movies!: The Hay’s Code

  CW: Homophobia, AIDS This week the crew talk about the era of The Hay’s Code and how it messed up American cinema for several decades. Mostly, we’re talking about how The Code messed up queer representation in Hollywood and how people in Hollywood are still using the tropes and rules set up by the code…
• August 6, 2022

  Episode 14: Smells Like Grandma’s Spirit

  CW: Death, Rot, People putting things in their various orifices Is that grandma’s famous cookie recipe? Dad’s cigar? Or the unholy scent of brimstone? The crew today talk about what ghosts smell like… or, more accurately, what smells happen around ghosts. Eau de Mort is a concoction of concepts— after all, it would be rude…
• July 30, 2022

  Episode 13: Liking Dogs Is Copyright (And So Are Feelings)

  CW: Attempted Homicide, Nazis (very briefly), Homophobia Or at least according to Andrea Plunket and the Conan Doyle Estate. This episode, we discuss the finer points of Sherlock’s copyright— since only parts of the story are public domain in the U.S., only parts of the character are, too! So what can you do? Can he…
• July 23, 2022

  Episode 12: Houdoyle Story: Spirit Photography Gone Wild!

  CW: Death Two acquaintances turned friends… to enemies! What else does one expect from a relationship rife with living dinosaurs and dead mothers being summoned back from the world beyond!? The gang discusses why the father of eccentric detective Sherlock, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, had a falling out with famed escape artist Harry Houdini. What…
• July 18, 2022

  Episode 11: Why Won’t You Take My Blood?!

  CW: AIDS, Homophobia, Transphobia, Death, Blood, Eugenics Karen, M, and Remy talk about the homophobic policies for blood donations. Why won’t blood drives let gay men donate? Is there science there or fear of our precious rainbow blood? Is it valid or should they just shut up and take the blood already?  This is a paper…