Ep. 282: collusion & the miami showband massacre

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Mark asked for something unpleasant, so this week Corrigan tells him about a place she loves — Northern Ireland — and how the British state colluded with paramilitaries to murder the wildly popular Miami Showband.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells the story of the murder of the “Irish Beatles,” the Miami Showband
[53:47] Marko has a medical plan Corrigan is not on board with; he also has a book rec: The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre; and we discuss GTA6 and how Marko decides what kind of content is too adult for his children
[01:21:35] What we watched!: Arachnophobia, Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Blair Witch Project, Below, The Sixth Sense, Street Fighter, Crystal Lake, Buddy

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Ep. 281: free will & the illusion of choice

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This week Marko ponders whether free will exists, or whether our corporate overlords have stripped us of any possibility of it. Plus, it’s been what Mark calls a “we didn’t start the fire” week, so we’re chatting about this week’s speedrun of chaos.

Highlights:

[0:00] Is there such thing as free will?
[57:55] A man was mauled by a tiger, Pete Hegseth wants to livestream an execution, San Diego is underwater, America is getting oil from Russia, and we feel fine?
[01:26:40] What we watched: Carrie, Rose of Nevada, V/H/S/Mixtape, The Fog, Joy Ride, Mortal Kombat II

Ep. 280: axe mutiny on the saladin

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Corrigan came home from Canada with a bloody tale of mutiny on the high seas! Plus, Marko is in his true crime era and America botches yet another execution.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the mutiny on the Saladin.
[41:19] You’re doing better than some quantum you, Corrigan’s hairdresser is super into the MCU, Marko has no sense of time, we’ve got a kinky let’s play coming and a Spirited Away fancave, and Corrigan has a 12 foot skeleton (not inside her body)
[57:09] Marko is in true crime documentary mode
[01:08:03] The U.S. stays winning by managing to fully botch an execution
[01:20:20] Freddy Krueger comes to Fortnite and Marko thinks that portends something very important about the upcoming ANOES film
[01:30:00] What we watched: The Widower, The Bodies on the Bridge, Death of a Pastor’s Wife, David Gordon Green’s Halloween trilogy, Ravenous, The Monkey, Colony

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Ep. 279: parsing psychosis & the great ai panic

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We’re back from our little hiatus! This week, Corrigan overthinks Marko’s attempt to explain the neuroscience of psychosis, we get into some of the books we’ve dug lately, and we weigh whether the warnings about AI ending humanity should be taken at face value.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about some scientific perspectives on psychosis he’s intrigued by
[39:40] Corrigan went to Nova Scotia, Marko did a Tough Mudder and got a nubbin removed from his eyelid (not at the same time)
[57:50] A recap of book club and some books we’ve been reading and loving lately (The House That Eats the Dead by Max Doty, The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim, The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir, Eden Undone by Abbott Kahler)
[01:09:32] What we watched: Primetime, Salem’s Lot, Hide and Seek, Supergirl, Evil Dead Burn, United 93, Resident Evil
[01:44:10] Will AI end humanity?

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Ep. 278: pacific northwest, you in danger girl (w/ alfie spratling!)

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Our dear pal Alfie from the Hellrankers pod joins us so Corrigan can tell him how his home state of Oregon is bound for inevitable and deadly catastrophe!

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Alfie and Marko about the Cascadia Subduction Zone and why people in the Pacific Northwest should be much more stressed out
[51:00] A send off for Andy “The Butcher” Williams, Bookseller Ryan’s book box came in and Marko is on cloud nine!, we talk about screen addiction and how everyone knows it’s making their lives worse, and why solving billionaires would solve the world
[01:18:50] What we watched (and read): Leviticus, The Whisper Man, Murderland by Caroline Fraser, Viy, Coyote vs. Acme, The Odyssey, Ghost: Too Big To Rig, Exit 8, Iron Lung

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Ep. 277: a walk to the world cup & glacier dangers

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In our 6th anniversary episode, Marko tells Corrigan about Richard Swanson’s ill-fated walk to Brazil, and Corrigan caps things off with some real bad news about glaciers… and then some good news… and then more bad news.

Highlight:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about Richard Swanson, who attempted to walk to Brazil from Washington to see the World Cup
[33:00] We’ve officially done 6 years of JoAG and Marko is scarred, we’re doing double mailers, we’re watching Viy for our next international movie
[55:55] What we watched: The Glass House, Ritual, Legend, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Soulm8te
[01:34:41] Corrigan talks about why glaciers melting is bad, how we’re fixing it, and the one stupid thing that’s really hindering our efforts to stave off climate change

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Ep. 276: astral projection & other dream states

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While Marko is skeptical, Corrigan tells him about how neuroscience studies dreams, and whether people who claim to lucid dream, wake up with demons and vampires on their chests, or astral project are making it up or really seeing some shit.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about how neuroscientists have come to understand things like lucid dreaming, sleep paralysis, and astral projection
[01:12:16] Society is weird about Sundays, our book club is bendy, and we’ve got a watch-along coming up
[01:23:22] Marko talks about things that have gotten worse in the six years we’ve been doing this podcast

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Ep. 275: you’re supposed to bury the bodies

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Marko picked too dark a topic for this week, so we fucked it off and wung it with a little discussion about terrible funeral directors.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko and Corrigan talk about funeral directors who are more in the desecrating corpses business than the burying or cremating them one.
[43:00] We lost Hayden Panettiere and Screaming Mad George, we recap the meet-up and how we lost the recording, the Lewis family eats approximately a ton of American sweets,
[01:02:25] What we watched!: Deep Rising, Blow Out, The Devil’s Mouth, Is God Is

Ep. 274: the ss eastland tips over

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The good news is we had a great time recording a live episode in London! The bad news is it did not, in fact, record! So this week Corrigan retells the story she told of the dockside capsizing of the SS Eastland, sans Marko and audience reaction.

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Ep. 273: ye olde reconstructive surgery

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In a breezy episode as we prep for our London meet-up, Marko talks about his latest museum-inspired hyperfixation: Early iterations of reconstructive surgery!

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko shares the origins of reconstructive surgery
[0:38:55] Marko shouts out a man who kept his mom in the fridge, CoRri is about to head to London
[0:50:20] What we watched: Beetlejuice The Musical, Hadestown The Musical, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Is God Is