Click here to listen everywhere! 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 happeningContinue reading “Ep. 248:one last hurrah at the ramen glory hole”
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Ep. 230: the bradford city fire & the hubris of stockton rush
Click here to listen everywhere! Closing out our impromptu series on horrendous public tragedies, Marko talks about the Bradford City stadium fire. Then, we deep dive into the highlights of our movie viewing the past two weeks before a little reflection on what we’ve learned about Stockton Rush. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about theContinue reading “Ep. 230: the bradford city fire & the hubris of stockton rush”
Ep. 229: a palace of pebbles & deaths in a crowd
Click here to listen everywhere! For the second week in a row, we talk about some devastating deaths in public settings, but not before Mark tells a heartwarming story about a quirky Frenchman, we talk about ICE and the National Guard, and Corrigan questions what the best radioactive mutation would be. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tellsContinue reading “Ep. 229: a palace of pebbles & deaths in a crowd”
Ep. 228: race car chaos & strange legacies
Click here to listen everywhere! People love watching the cars go fast, but this week Corrigan tells Marko about some horrific racing tragedies that make even being a spectator seem scary AF! Plus, we chat about what it means to leave a legacy and the different ways people have left their mark beyond the grave.Continue reading “Ep. 228: race car chaos & strange legacies”
Ep. 205: a death cat & well-trained worms
Click here to listen everywhere! Bit of a week, huh? We’ll address it, but mostly we want to talk to you about a cat that predicts death, our love for Night of the Living Dead (1990) and Smile 2, and weird ways organisms “think” that cause as to ask questions about our own consciousness. Highlights:Continue reading “Ep. 205: a death cat & well-trained worms”
Ep. 186: the panic broadcast & the 2nd death
Click here to listen everywhere! Uh oh! Corrigan’s busting some myth’s again, breaking down the tall tale of the War of the Worlds panic broadcast. Then, as Marko and CoRri both deal with different deaths in their lives, it’s a chat about what it means to leave a legacy, and how we and others staveContinue reading “Ep. 186: the panic broadcast & the 2nd death”
Ep. 183: a baby-eating dingo & tourist (death) traps
Click here to listen everywhere! Corrigan tells Mark the dark origins of the phrase “the dingo ate my baby,” and we discuss how travel can be hazardous to your life expectancy as we explore the many ways tourists have died on holiday. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Mark about the time a dingo ate a lady’sContinue reading “Ep. 183: a baby-eating dingo & tourist (death) traps”
Ep. 165: planes, trains, and ahhhh!
Click here to listen everywhere! CoRri is in crisis this week after hearing too much about airplane disasters, so of course, we’re leaning in and talking about death and transportation, from Arctic shipwreck to airline malfeasance. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Marko about the ill-fated Franklin Expedition[34:30] We shoot the breeze about CoRri’s leaky eye, aContinue reading “Ep. 165: planes, trains, and ahhhh!”
Ep. 161: medieval tomes & digital souls
Click here to listen everywhere! Dr. Keri Thomas joins us to talk about medieval manuscripts, death, and the possibility of digital resurrection. Are we entering a digital dark age, or are our mortal souls bound for the cloud? Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Keri and Marko about Europe’s werewolf trials[28:53] We dive right in with anContinue reading “Ep. 161: medieval tomes & digital souls”
Ep. 131: [Travel edition!] Self-sacrifice
Click here to listen everywhere! This week’s travel edition of Jack of All Graves includes reflections on a Jack the Ripper tour, as well a trip to a memorial to heroic self-sacrifice in a tiny London Park, which has us thinking: Is there anything we would die for? Highlights: [0:00] Some key takeaways from aContinue reading “Ep. 131: [Travel edition!] Self-sacrifice”
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