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!”
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Ep. 155: The boundaries of horror
Click here to listen everywhere! After Corrigan takes us back to a horrific civilian tragedy in WWII England, we deep dive into our spooky season watches, and then get into a question brought to us from a listener: What exactly IS a horror movie, and how do we tell it apart from similar but differentContinue reading “Ep. 155: The boundaries of horror”
Ep. 152: Hospital Hell pt. 3: emergency in the ER
Click here to listen everywhere! Corrigan brings us some true, historical boatcore before we dive back into our tales of hospital horror. This week, we look at what happens when there’s an emergency in the emergency room: fires, and shootings, and toxic fogs, oh my! Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the sordid mystery behindContinue reading “Ep. 152: Hospital Hell pt. 3: emergency in the ER”
Ep. 151: Hospital hell pt. 2 – Surgeons gone wild
Click here to listen everywhere! We continue our series on the terrible things that happen in hospitals by discussing the various ways in which surgeons can ruin your life, whether by accident or malice! Plus, Mark accidentally retells a cold open. Which one of us did it best? Highlights: [0:00] Mark accidentally tells the sameContinue reading “Ep. 151: Hospital hell pt. 2 – Surgeons gone wild”
Ep. 150: hospital hell pt. 1: empathy for the devil
Click here to listen everywhere! We’re introducing our September series: Hospital horrors! A look at the horrible things that can happen to you in hospitals! But first, we begin this episode by deleting our twitter apps live before delving into some wrestling drama and our somewhat conflicting feelings about living in the end of theContinue reading “Ep. 150: hospital hell pt. 1: empathy for the devil”
Ep. 148: Evolution & neurodivergence w/ Boffin Eileen!
We’re in for a huge treat this week as our favorite scientist Eileen Marks-Nelson joins us once again, and absolutely BLOWS OUR MINDS with a look into the relationship between neurodivergence and evolution. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Eileen and Anna and Eileen about stupid and dangerous things people do for views on the internet[40:07] WeContinue reading “Ep. 148: Evolution & neurodivergence w/ Boffin Eileen!”
Ep. 147: Miseducation
The dismantling of education in various U.S. states has us SUPER troubled. We’re talking book bans, censored school courses, and those disturbing PragerU videos you’ve been seeing on your socials. Plus, an abandoned underground ballroom in England? Go onnnn. Highlights: [0:00] Anna tells CoRri about the doomed life and estate of James Whitaker Wright[22:48] WeContinue reading “Ep. 147: Miseducation”
Ep. 143: Let’s get political, political
It’s in the title so you can’t get mad at us! First, an update on our dear Marko’s absence. Then, Corrigan and interim co-host Anna discuss a man whose appetite was too damn big, and have a discussion about why everything seems to overwhelmingly suck in the world right now and whether we can doContinue reading “Ep. 143: Let’s get political, political”
Ep. 135: Definitely not a coronation special
Click here to listen everywhere! Totally unrelated to any current events, we’re chatting about some royal tragedies, dumb royal deaths, and an important royalty-related phrase to learn in many languages. Highlight: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark the story of Prince John, the Lost Prince of the United Kingdom[14:22] CoRri’s return from the UK was met withContinue reading “Ep. 135: Definitely not a coronation special”
Ep. 112: Lead heads
Click here to listen everywhere! We’ve got existential dread up to our ears this week! We talk about the ways in which lead may have destroyed generations of brains, climate and covid anxiety, stupid deaths, and the things that caused our nightmares growing up. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri explains the lead-crime hypothesis to Mark[24:49] We chatContinue reading “Ep. 112: Lead heads”
Jack of All Graves 