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Episode 109: Spilling the Beans on Idioms pt 2
We start with Paint the Town Red. This website catalogs the earliest uses of this phrase. This website talks through some of the stories associated with this phrase, the possible origins that could have given it to us. Just for fun, here’s information about Henry Beresford, who is the key player in the theory Karen…
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Episode 108: Spilling the Beans on Idioms pt 1
During our discussion about what an idiom is, Karen pulled some information from a Youtube channel called Z&Z TV. We encourage you to go watch their videos if you’re interested in this topic. They’re great! Karen also encourages you to go check out their store online if you’re interested in spices! Karen started out giving…
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Episode 107: Icebreaker: First Cryonics Patient (mini)
This is a look at the last several decades since the first man was successfully cryonically frozen. This is a picture of Dr. James Bedford, the first man successfully cryonically frozen. Click his picture to learn about what he looked like when he was first seen after 50 years. This is a look at the…
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Episode 105: Great Molasses Flood
Let’s start with some of the historic images. These all come from Getty Images. These images start with the coverage from The Boston Post. The second picture shows the intact tank, and everything after that shows the destruction from after the flood. In one image, you can see the knee-deep molasses as firefighters try to…
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Episode 104: Mad Gasser of Mattoon
Let’s start with the overview of what this case is. If you go to this link, you can read about it and also see some pictures! This link will take you to an historic newspaper about the gas attacks in Mattoon. This link will take you to an ebook on the Internet Archives called Unexplained!…
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Episode 103: Lip Smack
This link will take you to a history of red lipstick specifically. It talks about its place amongst royalty, sex workers, and witches over time. This one will teach you about where the red color in lipstick, and other things, comes from. This is a timeline of lipstick from ancient times to the modern usage…
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Episode 102: The Pleasure Squad
CW: Sex Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation, Pedophilia, Cult Mentality If you or someone you know is experiencing any sort of sexual violence, please consider reaching out to one of these hotlines. Use the buttons below to go to the various pages for resources and phone numbers. I pulled most all of my quotes from Mi Hyang…
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Episode 101: Cults and Kibble
We’ll just start with the Purina About Us page. For some extensive history, pop over to the Encyclopedia. The Wikipedia is a good source of extra links to news articles about Ralston Purina and the history of how the company got the Ralston part of its name. Here we have some history of Ralstonism and…
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Episode 100: The Creatures of Nahanni
Let’s start with a video. A never-before-seen interview featuring cryptozoologist and adventurer Frank Graves, who explored the notorious Headless Valley in the summer of 1965 with the American Expeditionary Society. Let’s stick with Hammerson Peters and link his Legends of the Nahanni Valley book that M has been quoting from episode to episode. This is…