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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…
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Mini: Watch Out! She’s A Maneater!
CW: Animal Violence both toward the animal and to the animal, death This page is from the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not people about the life and death of the Champawat Tiger. It has pictures of the actual tiger. This article is from India. It’s a really in depth look at the life of the…
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Episode 33: Merry Christmas: How We Celebrate from Then to Now
CW: rioting, blood Merry Christmas to those who celebrate. You might not know, but the symbols you associate with Christmas – whether you’re coming from a secular or religious background – have their roots in very different practices than how they’re being used now. In this episode, we’ll look at the history of how people…
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Episode 32: Krampus, BDSM King of Christmas (& Other Observances)
CW: Single line mentions of fascism and sexual assault, police brutality, hitting children with sticks (it’s literally Krampus’ whole job), animal sacrifice We’ll just start off right away with me correcting myself. I misremembered Dr. Jackson Crawford’s last name and called him Dr. Campbell. That’s entirely my fault for not double checking. So the video…