Click here to listen everywhere! This week we decided to just shoot the breeze about our lives, so CoRri suggests discussing the economic classes we grew up in and how they made us who we are. Mutual aid is everything, people! Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells CoRri about an odd series of similar suicides in JapanContinue reading “Ep. 72: Poor”
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Ep. 71: Xenotransplantation
Click here to listen everywhere! A guy who received the first pig-to-human heart transplant set Mark off on a journey this week, and we all benefit from his hyperfixation on the history of transfusions, transplants, and putting monkey balls where they absolutely should not be. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the mindset of peopleContinue reading “Ep. 71: Xenotransplantation”
Ep. 70: Flappy leg nubbins
Click here to listen everywhere! Inspired by a photo from last week’s conversation about Thalidomide, we’re discussing the wild world of prosthetics throughout history, what disability means, and better living through body augmentation. Highlights: [0:00] Mark gives a very affecting lesson on why you shouldn’t keep wild animals as pets [17:10] CoRri is kind ofContinue reading “Ep. 70: Flappy leg nubbins”
Ep. 69 (nice): Happy new fear
Click here to listen everywhere! It’s a brand new year, and with it comes, well, some of the same old anxieties. We’re diving deep into what makes us nervous in 2022, but cutting it with some movie talk and some optimistic thoughts about capybaras. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the devastatingly dangerous 1950s morningContinue reading “Ep. 69 (nice): Happy new fear”
Ep. 68: Technologies of murder
Click here to listen everywhere! We’re keeping it real festive this post-Christmas week with a deep dive into the circle of life, starting with a discussion of the ways in which evolution does wild things to keep organisms alive, and journeying on to a chat about how steadfastly committed humans are to ending other humans’Continue reading “Ep. 68: Technologies of murder”
Ep. 67: Miracles is it lads
Click here to listen everywhere! This week we’re following up on a viewing assignment from last week with Silent Night, and we’re talking about whether or not miracles are all around us (after a cold open about whatever the exact opposite of a medical miracle is). Highlights: [0:00} CoRri tells Mark about the medical mysteryContinue reading “Ep. 67: Miracles is it lads”
Ep. 66: Your dog’s got ghosts (and other tales from the internet)
Click here to listen everywhere! Every day folks post bananas stories about the world in our Facebook group. This week we delve a little further into some of the incredible things that have come across our group, from dog exorcisms to suicide pods. Highlights: [0:00] Mark shares some terrifying AI… art? [12:00] We explain whereContinue reading “Ep. 66: Your dog’s got ghosts (and other tales from the internet)”
Ep. 65: Steve’s vast deferens
Click here to listen everywhere! In an epic Jack of All Graves/Dead and Lovely crossover event, Hollywood Steve is here to talk with us about his reproductive organs! Make sure you check out Dead & Lovely episode #242 to hear the three of us talk about the cannibal horror western “Ravenous.” Highlights: [0:00] Mark tellsContinue reading “Ep. 65: Steve’s vast deferens”
Ep. 64: The boffin
Click here to listen everywhere! The time has finally arrived for us to ask JoAG’s resident boffin, Eileen Marks-Nelson, some of our listeners’ weirdest science questions! If you’ve ever wondered how vampires get it up, or how long you’re alive after decapitation, or whether it’s possible there’s a branch of human evolution that turned intoContinue reading “Ep. 64: The boffin”
Ep. 63: Apocalypse soon
Click here to listen everywhere! Let’s be real: It can feel to all of us like the end is nigh, but we mean that in an ambiguous sense generally. For some folks, though, they’re pretty sure there’s a concrete date when all this is over. We’re looking at who some of those people are, andContinue reading “Ep. 63: Apocalypse soon”