Ep. 106: Forensic psychiatry

Click here to listen everywhere! It’s a VERY special JoAG this week as we’re joined by Dr. Ben Duffin-Jones, a forensic psychiatrist with years of experience working in the Welsh penal system. We learn the ins, outs, ups, and downs of working to understand what makes criminals tick, and why empathy is the most importantContinue reading “Ep. 106: Forensic psychiatry”

Ep. 105: Murphy’s law

Click here to listen everywhere! Oh boy. Right before recording this episode, our dear scheduled guest had an emergency and had to cancel, so… um… we talked about everything from bird migration to the genius of She-Hulk to what the Dahmer Netflix series can tell us about the true crime landscape. Highlights: [0:00] Mark introducesContinue reading “Ep. 105: Murphy’s law”

Ep. 104: Irregularity

Click here to listen everywhere! An article in GQ has CoRri hyperfixated on the gory procedure of surgical leg lengthening, we revisit the royal mourning period in the UK and get an EXTREMELY surprising revelation from Mark, and Mark takes us into the world of conjoined twins and other physical irregularities in the human form.Continue reading “Ep. 104: Irregularity”

Ep. 102: Folk religion

Click here to listen everywhere! Mark is back! And he wants to talk about folk religion! We chat about corpses uncovered by climate change, potentially necrotic mosquito bites, kind of rad cannibals, and more! Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the corpses in Lake Mead[21:20] We catch up on the past two weeks apart, startingContinue reading “Ep. 102: Folk religion”

Ep. 101: Mormon

Click here to listen everywhere! Mark is still away on his Caribbean dream vacay, so CoRri is joined by Dead and Lovely’s Hollywood Steve this week to talk about his journey from atheist to Mormon to atheist again, with some fascinating history and theology thrown in. If you didn’t think Big Foot featured into MormonContinue reading “Ep. 101: Mormon”

Ep. 99.5: Pig zombies & movie recs

Click here to listen everywhere! Maybe it’s cheating a little, but we want to record our big 100th episode together in London, so this week we’re just hanging out chatting about some disconcerting science news, some horror science, and a whoooole lot of stuff we’ve been watching the past two weeks. Plus Mark recommends musicContinue reading “Ep. 99.5: Pig zombies & movie recs”

Ep. 99: Ask a boffin – surviving the unsurvivable

Click here to listen everywhere! We’ve got your favorite scientist Eileen Marks-Nelson back with us to answer more super weird science questions! This time she’s tackling tips for how to survive scenarios that are nearly impossible to make it out of alive! Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells CoRri and Eileen about the strange case of theContinue reading “Ep. 99: Ask a boffin – surviving the unsurvivable”

Ep. 98: Gratui-titty

Click here to listen everywhere! Rewatching the Final Destination movies has CoRri wondering what society would be like if the events of the movie were happening in real life and everyone started to recognize it. How would it change our ideas about death and near-death experiences? What would people buy and sell? How many timesContinue reading “Ep. 98: Gratui-titty”

Ep. 97: Deep dark cuts

Click here to listen everywhere! You ever stop to listen to the lyrics to a high energy jam and realize there’s something super sinister lurking beneath those bouncy beats? This week we’re delving into songs inspired by real life crimes and tragedies. Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells CoRri about a seemingly benign stupid food decision withContinue reading “Ep. 97: Deep dark cuts”