Category: podcast
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Episode 6: Lilly Law and Lavender Menace
CW: Police Violence, Homophobia Happy Pride Month everyone! Today we discuss the language of Polari and its use in the UK before the decriminalization of homosexuality, as well as discuss queer flower symbolism used to communicate in subtle or not-so-subtle ways. This episode features a small sample of audio from Putting on the Dish by…
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Episode 5: Rainbow Party? More Like Rainfaux Party!
CW: Suicide, Sex, Child Endangerment This week we talk about a history of humans making and following trends off the internet starting in the 1700s and moving through time back to now. Then we explore the concept of internet trend urban legends: trends that were rumored to happen but never did. A link to the…
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Episode 4: I Can’t Believe You’ve Done This: Internet Trends
CW: Bees, Hospitalization/Personal Injury The crew want to know: what was the first internet trend? Not memes, but challenges. We talk about things like the Cinnamon Challenge, or the Sprite Challenge, or eating crackers really fast and being bad at them! Plus some weirder things you might not have heard of. We challenge you to…
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Episode 3: Mischievous Maggots
CW: Insects, Consuming Insects, Infection, Food Talk We discusses the matter of culinary maggots, the pros and cons of consuming the wiggly rice, and how the little fly babies, both eating them and other uses, could help to sustain our future.
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Episode 2: Tongue is Exclusive Property
CW: Racism, Xenophobia Not everyone has access to it. In this one, Karen, M, and Remy talk about the century long struggle for umami to take its rightful place on our tongues, the history of our obsession with MSG, and scientists proposals for a sixth taste. Why do people hate MSG? History of the Ajinomoto…
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Episode 1: Brewing, Baking, Body Fluids, Oh My!
CW: Body Fluids, Food Talk, Infection Can you make bread with yeast from your own body? What else can you make using your bodies’ own microbes? In this episode, we’re going to answer this weird question, and we’re going to tell you about so many other weird body-based cooking experiments. Listen to the full episode…