Click here to listen everywhere! This week we’re diving into torture, whether state sanctioned or the work of criminal elements like cartels and serial killers. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri talks about the tragic and terrifying Lake Nyos disaster [16:40] Mark issues and episode content warning for descriptions of torture, we re-introduce our wonderful guest, Hollywood SteveContinue reading “Ep. 47: Torture”
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Ep. 46: Sick, sad world
Click here to listen everywhere! This week we’ve been sending news headlines back and forth to each other, so we thought we’d share some of the world’s weirdness with you. Highlights: [0:00] Mark loves Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark [11:00] A listener witnessed someone actually getting stuck in quicksand! [18:00] We remind everyone we’re watchingContinue reading “Ep. 46: Sick, sad world”
Ep. 45: No pain, no gain?
Mark wondered about the connection between suffering/oppression and innovation/progress, so we explore whether these things are inherently connected. Click here to listen everywhere! Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the phenomenon of mass psychogenic illness, and it turns out Mark has experienced it [22:50] Not to harp on this soccer thing, but boy does itContinue reading “Ep. 45: No pain, no gain?”
Ep. 43 : Horror is the fear vaccine
Click here to listen everywhere! CoRri’s been thinking lately about what fear is, and why some things break through the fear callous we’ve built up over the years and send us running to pull the covers over our heads, so we discuss our biggest fears and what our brains are doing when they hit us.Continue reading “Ep. 43 : Horror is the fear vaccine”
Ep.42 – Satanic, don’t panic
Click here to listen everywhere! An ex-vangelical and a Satanist walk into a podcast… Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about primary amebic meningoencephalitis — otherwise known as brain-eating amoebas [16:50] We recap our amazing boatcore watch-along and the wonderful movies we watched this week [29:00] Mark shares a listener story and we talk about whetherContinue reading “Ep.42 – Satanic, don’t panic”
Ep. 41: Cursed Films
Click here to listen everywhere! Whether it’s fires on sets, cast member deaths, or IRA bombs, some movies just seem to draw catastrophe. Some people would even say they’re cursed. I mean, we wouldn’t, but some people would. Let’s chat about them. Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells CoRri about some nightmarish types of cysts [14:02] MarkContinue reading “Ep. 41: Cursed Films”
Ep. 40: The stinkhole moment
Click here to watch everywhere! As happens from time to time, we had a plan for where this episode was going, and then it happened very differently from that plan. So, this week, we have Mark’s big brother on the ‘cast to talk about sinkholes, movie demons, and his deep love for Hereditary. It’s aContinue reading “Ep. 40: The stinkhole moment”
Ep. 37: The suicide contagion
Click here to listen everywhere! We live in the age of memes and mass media, so we all know that some ideas are especially contagious. In this episode, we delve into the phenomenon of suicide clusters and the media’s culpability in spawning copycats. Highlights [0:00] Where have all the soundtracks gone? Mark laments the lossContinue reading “Ep. 37: The suicide contagion”
Ep. 36: Wrasslin’
We’ve got one of CoRri’s childhood besties, Duncan Newton-Gaines, on the show this week to help Mark initiate CoRri into a love-hate relationship with the tragic, awesome, exploitative, magical art of pro wrestling. Highlights [0:00] CoRri explains why, if you think you have ghosts, it might not be ghosts. And you’re also probably the oneContinue reading “Ep. 36: Wrasslin’”
Ep. 35: Jack of All Quakes
Click here to listen everywhere! This week we thought we’d delve into natural disasters, but it turns out we’re both preoccupied with the same phenomenon: Earthquakes. Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells the story of Franz Reichelt, the flying tailor. [11:40] Mark and CoRri are SO bad at math, Mark listened to JoAG for the first time,Continue reading “Ep. 35: Jack of All Quakes”
Jack of All Graves 