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  • Let's Break the Law

    Let's Break the Law
    2026/04/06
    There's the usual laws, like no kissing your wife on Sunday, and then there's the law about keeping ice cream in your back pocket. Remy delivers on weird laws that are still on the books, some of which we can be arrested for very easily. Or may actively be breaking. And that you might be breaking. Right now.

    CW: Ableism / Disability exploitation, LGBTQ+ discrimination, Sexual content (brief/legal context), Death (brieth), Religion

    Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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    1 時間 35 分
  • Giant Golf Balls Full of Spies

    Giant Golf Balls Full of Spies
    2026/03/23
    Echelon sounds like a conspiracy theory. A secret government project? Cold war private surveilling? And giant golf balls in the English countryside? This week we're digging into the full story of mass surveillance from Cold War spy networks to the devices sitting in our homes and asking how much privacy we actually have left.

    CW: Government Spying and Privacy Violation, War, Brief talk of 9/11

    Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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    1 時間 24 分
  • War on the Warrens

    War on the Warrens
    2026/03/10
    Ed and Lorraine Warren of The Conjuring franchise and more get the WWYAT treatment: knock them down brick by brick. We address their rise to fame and subsequent drift into infamy, the Judith Penney allegations, and the media empire that buoyed their reputation. Please be mindful of the content warnings this episode.

    CW: Child Sexual Abuse/Statutory Rape Allegations, Grooming, Coerced Abortion Allegations, Domestic Violence, Manipulation, Religious exploitation, Demonic and Paranormal topics, Death

    Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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    1 時間 22 分
  • The Rate of Reality

    The Rate of Reality
    2026/02/24
    What is it like to experience the world at 400 frames per second? How quickly can cats see the world around them? How does it change the perception of time? This episode tackles the speed of reality. How fast can you see?

    CW: Harm to Animals

    Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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    54 分
  • Scentertainment

    Scentertainment
    2026/02/09
    What if you could SMELL your movies? What if the protagonist walked on screen and you recognized their smell as much as their musical motif? This episode, Karen tells us about the history of Smell-O-Vision and how it briefly came to light in the movie theatre.

    Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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    1 時間 8 分
  • Tall Tales: The Nephilim

    Tall Tales: The Nephilim
    2026/01/26
    What ARE the nephilim? Where did they come from and how did their existence prompt the Christian god to drown 99.999% of humanity? This episode dives in to explore the history and the conspiracy of nephilim.

    CW: Murder, Death, Religious Trauma

    Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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    1 時間 8 分
  • Inupasugjuk: Cold and Colossal

    Inupasugjuk: Cold and Colossal
    2026/01/12
    Far to the north, the inukpasugjuit sleeps. Once there were giants of all sorts making their homes on the polar ice, but now we don't see even a silhouette in the distance. We meander into Inuit folklore this week, sharing what we could find on Inukpasugjuit.

    CW: Animal Harm (super briefly), Colonialism

    Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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    40 分
  • Do Mi So What?

    Do Mi So What?
    2025/12/22
    This week, Karen answers a listener's questions about the history and purpose of scales in music. Why do we use scales? Where did the come from? Let's find out!

    Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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    59 分