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Episode 147: The Great Moon Hoax
Before clickbait headlines and conspiracy YouTubers, there was The Great Moon Hoax of 1835. Join us as we talk lunar lies, Victorian media chaos, and a fake discovery so elaborate it makes some modern conspiracy theories look tame. All that, and one astronomer who just wanted to mind his own telescope. I’ll start you off…
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Episode 146: Splice It Real Good
CW: Animal Cruelty, Racism (briefly) You ever wonder how plausible it would be to become a real life catgirl/catboy/catbeing? How close we are to having centaurs? Or perhaps you wonder if you could gain some cool animal powers if science just progressed far enough? Well guess what! Remy has the deets on human/animal chimera research!…
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Episode 145: BrosNowhere to Hide
CW: Big Fish with Big Teeth, Deep Water Talk, Brief Talk of Murder and SA (maybe 30 seconds) In Russia lies a lake that could hold a sea dragon of either humble or magnificent proportions, which is either big enough to swallow men or small enough to hide, and maybe it glows, or maybe it…
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Episode 144: A Bug’s Eye View
CW: Bugs (Bees, Spiders, Mites, Flies mostly) We’re back! We got a question from JJ about something very important: what do bugs think humans are? This episode we delve into bug perception, bug feelings, and bugs… as cows? This article talks about the studies that I mentioned where they looked into insect brains, how they…
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Episode 143: Steel Abs, Steel Bowels
CW: Poop, About 5 minutes of Sex Talk A silly question has emerged from the crypts this time around! This episode ponders a deeply held curiosity… about Superman’s digestive system. When he drops the kids off at the pool, does the porcelain throne explode? When his stomach disposes of the evidence, how much disappears? Are…
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Episode 142: Omegaversed
CW: Non-consensual dynamics, Kink talk, The Whole Episode is About Sex This week, we unzip the metaphorical pants of the internet and crawl deep into the sweaty, scent-marked den of the Omegaverse. What is it? Where did it come from? Why is everyone growling? We’re talking heat cycles, scent ruts, social hierarchies, and the very…
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Episode 140: Tales of Cannibalism Past
CW: Death, Cannibalism, Bodily Harm, Body Waste, Body Fluids, Medical Harm Cannibalism: The act of consuming another member of your own species. This episode we explore human cannibalism in a historical context— why did we do it? How common was it? How did things change since then? This is the Encyclopedia of Anthropology which provides…
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Episode 139: If It Doesn’t Kill You, Eat It
How did we decide that grinding wheat makes bread? Where did food even come from? Today we explore the origins of food! Karen pulled a lot from the Food Timeline for this episodes talking points, so here’s that website for your perusal. Some general concept, but here’s the timeline of food from Wikipedia. This is…