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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Episode 10: Clown Eggs: Nothing More Beautiful than Clown Birth
CW: Clowns, Scary Clowns Remy, M, and Karen discuss the difficulties of clownbirth, and also what do eggs have to do with it? Jokes aside, we discuss a bit of clown history— where did they come from? Where are they now? How are they dealing with a world that has decided to dislike and fear…