Ep. 248:one last hurrah at the ramen glory hole

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Marko continues his quest to find out if pain can be quantified objectively by diving into the McGill Pain Questionnaire, and Corrigan has questions about food, memory, and final meals.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the McGill Pain Questionnaire
[25:49] Thanksgiving is coming, Marko’s got a Santa thing happening in his house, and we wonder if Mark has had a fantastic idea or a really distasteful one
[45:59] After an epic gaming sesh, we implore you to hang out with each other online (http://www.ko-fi.com/jackofallgraves)
[54:49] What we watched! (Sweet Home Alabama, Ick, Hot Rod, Abruptio, Revenge)
[01:34:14] Corrigan wants to talk about food and death

Ep. 247: mooninite panic & the goals of ai

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What do the creators of all those AI chatbots and therapists and essay writing apps really wants from us? We’re talking that out today, after Corrigan tells Marko about the Great Boston Mooninite Panic of 2007, and we share lots of cultural exchange.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the Great Boston Mooninite Panic
[34:26] Marko has an iffy idea for corporate gatherings, CoRri finds out Spotify has comments and people have been commenting, there’s new Fancave on the Ko-Fi, and we need your suggestions for the 2026 book club schedule
[01:02:38] What we watched: Predator: Badlands, Life of Chuck, ANOES 2: Freddy’s Revenge, Shin Godzilla, Hearts in Atlantis, Ghost Ship, Death By Lightning, Depraved, Black Phone 2, Frankenstein
[01:41:05] We talk about the research that exists about what AI does to our brains, anecdotal stories about AI’s impact, and ultimately why the people who create AI platforms are taking advantage of a broken society.

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Ep. 246: the man of the hole

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This week Corrigan prompted Marko to tell a story about isolation, so he brings us the tale of Man of the Hole — the last member of his Amazonian tribe.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the lonely life of the Man of the Hole
[31:27] A YouTube video CoRri watched causes us to discuss Marko’s inscrutable list of potential JoAG topics; make sure you listen to CoRri on The Crumbling!
[49:30] We discuss CoRri’s perfect Halloween
[53:22] What we watched: Muppets Haunted Mansion, Over the Garden Wall, The Haunted Mansion, Casper, Death Becomes Her, Good Boy, Ghost Ship, Anything for Jackson, Army of Darkness, Coyotes (Eddie Burback’s AI delusion video), Being Frank

Ep. 244: a very british cult

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This week Corrigan asked Marko to tell her about some “culty Brits,” and he came through with lovable crank George King and his band of interplanetary misfits, the Aetherius Society!

Highlights:

[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about the Aetherius Society
[44:55] We allow ourselves to celebrate ONE death in violation of Deadpool rules, CoRri’s getting fit, both hosts have maybe stolen things, and Marko has questions about trump and Gaza
[01:03:00] Mark’s son wants a movie to “shit him up” and we need your help
[01:10:20] We finished Ed Gein and it did not get better
[01:18:35] We recap the watch-along. Toxie was a hit!
[01:23:35] What we watched: Toxic Avenger (2023), Practical Magic, The Borderlands, Dog Soldiers, The Righteous, Sinister, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Sleepy Hollow, Trick ‘r Treat, Arachnophobia, Hell House LLC, OVerlord, Found Footage: The Making of the Patterson Project, Annabelle

Ep. 243: cursed love

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This week Marko wanted to hear a story of cursed love, so Corrigan recounts the tragic mystery of the Mayerling Incident, which inadvertently led to WWI. Cursed indeed!

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells the story of the Mayerling Incident
[47:15] Marko wonders if any of our listeners are dead, Corrigan indulges her special interests, and Hades II is out
[01:02:40] What we watched: Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, Demon Knight, Strange Harvest, Night of the Reaper

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Ep. 242: It’s Not X, It’s Y

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After a day at the National Space Center, Marko tells Corrigan about some fun ways to die in space! Plus, the Rapture is Tuesday, Capgras syndrome is in the news, and Mark has some head canon he’d like us to know about.

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the horrors of space
[32:08] Apparently the Rapture is here! Who will saaaaave your soul?
[39:56] It’s not a podcast, it’s a record of the AI-pocalypse
[49:34] Some JoAG related stories listeners have sent us, including Capgras syndrome and parthenogenesis
[01:08:24] Mark shares some head canon
[01:22:05] What we watched: Sketch, Beyond the Poseidon Adventure, Bad Shabbos, Lost Boys, District 9, Red Rooms, Handling the Undead, Masking Threshold

Ep. 241: Groypers

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Listen: We know you’ve googled it this week. So, today we’re gonna try to get to the bottom of what the hell a groyper is and whether we should care.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the absurd and terrifying right wing posse known as Groypers
[56:20] Marko tells Corrigan about the joys of CEX, lizard parthogenesis, and the CoLD scale, all of which leads us to a chat about what we’d really like to see on the news
[01:26:16] Some Ko-Fi updates, plus Corrigan talks about Banana Ball and we just keep thinking about touching grass

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Ep. 240: martyrs or murderers?

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This week we talk about how religions define martyrdom, whether it reeeeeally counts according to their own texts, and how any group is convinced to go to war. Plus, CoRri closes out her thirties, we talk science illiteracy, and we bicker over some movies!

Highlights:

[0:00] Marko discusses warriors from Samson of the Bible to modern suicide bombers, and what it means to be a martyr
[39:35] Marko talks about dumb shit he’s done, it’s Corrigan’s last day in her thirties
[48:40] We discuss health fads, science confusion, and WHO BENEFITS
01:03:42] Mark talks about rediscovering the brilliance of Metal Gear Solid
[01:13:00] What we watched! (The Omen, Together, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Now Voyager, Dead Ringer, The Naked Gun

Ep. 239: a fiery five year banger

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Holy smokes! We’ve been doing this thing for five years! To celebrate, Corrigan tells a horrific historical banger, we discuss some of our favorite stories and films from the last five years, and we make a big announcement! Thanks for sticking with us, friends!

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko the story of the Great Hinckley Fire, which has haunted her since she first read about it
[01:04:40] We do some reflection on the last five years of podcast and whether we feel like it’s been a net positive in our lives, and exactly how MUCH of our lives this show has taken up
[01:17:38] What we didn’t foresee about the world five years from when we started
[01:33:00] Mark talks about the only video he’s ever noped out of, and CoRri talks about an audio clip Marko sent her that she noped out of, and we talk about WHEN IT HAPPENS
[01:40:40] Our favorite movies and our favorite JoAGs from the past five years
[02:06:25] The big announcement!

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Ep. 238: the conspiracies that broke america

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Corrigan explains to Marko how Pizzagate and Q-Anon unmoored the United States, and we have a chat about the racism white men tend to perpetuate in their movies about racism.

Highlights:

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about conspiracy theories that have shaped the last decade of American politics
[01:02:20] We have a watch-along coming (Slime City Massacre) on August 23rd, we discuss our weird mortality thoughts as Corrigan is weeks out from her 40th birthday, and Corrigan tells a story of accidentally getting high
[01:18:50] What we watched:  Rockula, The Invisible Man, Eddington, Weapons, Rear Window
[01:40:00] We discuss why Corrigan found Eddington harmful

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