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Episode 48: Mini! Evolution of the Pride Flag
CW: Death Have you ever wondered why the gay pride flag changed through the years? M answers that question today by guiding you through the evolution of the main flag, the rainbow we all know. What do the stripes stand for? What is the meaning behind the new stripes? All covered in this brief mini.…
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Episode 45: 15 Minutes Away
CW: COVID-19, the Far Right, Conspiracy Theories Don’t you wish you can nip out and make it anywhere on foot? Don’t you wish that you didn’t have to drive forever just to get around the corner? Well, come on in and give 15 minute cities a gander! The good, the bad— we talk about it…
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Episode 44: Immortal & Ingenious Women
CW: Being taken advantage of, poverty, Extensive Cancer talk (after ad break) How does one achieve immortality? Join us today to find out how two women in history have become effectively immortal (but not in the vampire way). These two women have affected the course of human history in remarkable ways, and we also punctuate…
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Episode 43: Help Us Pick A Roommate!
CW: Murder, SA, All sorts of Violence, Cannibalism New moves mean new roommates, right? And new health stuff on Remy’s end mean that our researcher needs a brain break. So let’s talk about weird roommates. Specifically, let’s talk serial killers and having one as a roommate. Of the three of us, Remy has a real…
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Episode 42: Ghost of Karens Past: White Feminism & How To Be A Better Ally
CW: Sexual objectification, oppression The joke of “being a Karen” feels like a recent meme, but the idea behind it is as old as feminism has been a movement, and our very own amazing Karen is here to talk to you about it. She’s going to address being a white woman named Karen, but really,…
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Episode 41: Rebel, Spy, & Harlem Hellfighter
CW: Slavery, War, Guns/Gunshot Wounds, General Violence, Poverty In our first non cult-based episode this Black History Month, we talk about heroes who fought for their, and others, freedom against huge odds and touched lives through history. Since you’ve been listening to a lot of cult content lately and had several small episodes lately, here’s…
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Episode 40: American Messiahs: Father Divine
CW: Death, Control (bodily, financial), Murder (a single sentence) It’s Black History Month, and as we are wrapping up our cult talk for a while to focus on talking about the cool Black folks who deserve talking about (for more than this month, but we’re focusing especially hard right now too). To end our cult…
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Episode 39: American Messiahs: Movers & Shakers pt 2
CW: Racism, Slavery Sometimes God reaches out and shakes a person, telling them, “How about we knock off being evil for a while?” Granted, God lives in the back of their mind, but hey! It happens! And sometimes, in weird ways. And sometimes, you get extremely popular cabinets and brooms out of it. This is…
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Episode 38: American Messiahs: Movers & Shakers pt 1
CW: Miscarriage, Abandonment Sometimes God reaches out and shakes a person, telling them, “How about we knock off being evil for a while?” Granted, God lives in the back of their mind, but hey! It happens! And sometimes, in weird ways. And sometimes, you get extremely popular cabinets and brooms out of it. In this…
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Episode 37: American Messiahs: The Public Universal Friend
CW: religious talk, cult talk, persecution, police To start, here’s an article about how cults made America. This goes over not only the pilgrims but also The Public Universal Friend and some other early US cult leaders. In this episode, we talked about The Second Great Awakening and the rise of the revival movement in…