In a super special bonus episode, Nins & Arns share listener sob stories from season 2—featuring The Lord of the Rings, ghosts, park bench plaques, & more.

Content warning: child loss, pet loss

0:00 - Intro
1:32 - Announcements (Apple Podcasts feature, s2 ending)
5:00 - Sob stories
31:08 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• "My Friends, You Bow to No One": scene from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Mayweather vs. Pacquiao (2015): Philippine National Anthem performance
  
  

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Nins accesses a higher power through the song and music video "Me & U" by Tems. Arns delves into a piece of Native American history and the truth about belonging through documentary Daughter of a Lost Bird.

0:00 - Intro
7:37 - Nins: "Me & U" by Tems
31:50 - Arns: Daughter of a Lost Bird
54:30 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• "Me & U" by Tems (Spotify)
• Tems - Me & U (Official Video)
• "Interview: Tems Is Ready to Help You Find Healing" on OkayAfrica by Nelson C.J.
• "Even Fame & Stardom Can't Take Away Tems' Peace of Mind" interview on Billboard by Carl Lamarre
• "I met Tems, she used to be a loner" YouTube interview by korty eo
• Documentary Daughter of a Lost Bird (available for purchase on Documentary Channel)
• This Land podcast, Season 2
• All My Relations podcast, episode "Native Children Belong in Native Homes"
  
  

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In a departure from their usual BS, Nins & Arns reflect on last week's presidential election, despair & hope, and how we move forward.

0:00 - intro
0:48 - not our usual episode
3:35 - nins' reaction: despair & hope
17:43 - arns' reaction: how we move forward
25:20 - outro

Referenced in this episode: 

• poem "daughter" by catarine hancock (@catarinehancock)

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Arns ponders how to best prepare loved ones for your death through the podcast Julie: The Unwinding of the Miracle. Nins dives into the transformative power of love as shown through Shark Heart by Emily Habeck.

Content warning: cancer, death

Referenced in this episode:

• Julie: The Unwinding of the Miracle Podcast Series on Spotify & Apple
• The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After by Julie Yip-Williams
• Shark Heart by Emily Habeck
• Writers' Block podcast: "WB_S3E30: Shark Heart with Emily Habeck" on Spotify & Apple
• Interview with Emily Habeck by Nils Shukla for The Fantasy Hive

0:00 - Intro
3:04 - Announcements: merch, sob stories
7:29 - Arns: The Unwinding of the Miracle
25:13 - Nins: Shark Heart
49:45 - Outro

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We're getting spoOoOky! In this week's Halloween special, Nins explores childlike wonder in the face of death through Kate Braestrup's story, "The House of Mourning," on The Moth. Arns navigates loneliness in the film Casper.

Content warning: child loss, dead bodies

Referenced in this episode:

• About The Moth 
• About Kate Braestrup, storyteller behind "The House of Mourning" on The Moth
• 1995 film Casper (IMDB)
• Collider article on Casper's CGI by Elisa Guimarães
• Casper lighthouse/lullaby scene
• Casper Halloween party scene

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Arns relives the sheer terror of falling in love through "Beyond" by Leon Bridges. Nins pays a visit to an old friend: Steve from Blue's Clues.

0:00 - Intro
5:05 - Announcements: crying is self-care, merch, spooky sobs
8:05 - Sob story: Schitt's Creek
13:21 - Arns: "Beyond" by Leon Bridges
32:02 - Nins: Steve from Blue's Clues
55:27 - Outro

Referenced in this episode:

• Lyrics & meaning of "Beyond" by Leon Bridges on Genius
• The Great Discontent interview with Leon Bridges by Tina Essmaker
• Nick Jr tweet & video
• Steve Burns TikTok
• "Educational Television is not an Oxymoron" by Daniel R. Anderson
• Behind the Clues: 10 Years with Blue documentary
• "'Blue's Clues' Returns, and Silence is Still the Star" NYT Article by Katrina Onstad 
• Steve Burns Variety Interview

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Nins wraps up our Hamilton tour of tears with Act 2 of the hit musical. Arns pays tribute to our past selves with the help of her sister Mios' zine, The Liminal Spaces.

Content warning: grief, loss

Referenced in this episode:

• Hamilton: An American Musical
• "One Last Time" performed by Christopher Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda
• "Burn" performed by Phillipa Soo
• "It's Quiet Uptown" performed by Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo
• "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story" performed by the Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton

Announcement: find us this Saturday, 10/19 at Undiscovered SF! We'll be hanging out at a self-care themed booth in collaboration with Kurated Kultura. Come cry with us irl :')

0:00 - Intro
5:09 - Nins: Hamilton Act 2
34:10 - Arns: Mios' zine
52:46 - Outro

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Arns is distraught over A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza and the tender words our parents leave unspoken. Nins eases us into Act 1 of the most millennial musical of all time: Hamilton.

Content warning: grief, loss

Referenced in this episode: 

• A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
• Podcast "BOOKS WITH JEN" ep 12 ft. Fatima Farheen Mirza
• Fatima Farheen Mirza on "A Place For Us" at the 2018 Miami Book Fair
• Hamilton: An American Musical
• "Hamilton: Casting After Colorblindness", Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic

0:00 - Intro
9:43 - Arns: A Place for Us
31:39 - Nins: Hamilton Act 1
56:17 - Outro

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Nins guides us through reincarnation and the afterlife as revealed through Journey of Souls by Dr. Michael Newton. Arns examines short film Dove Real Beauty Sketches through an ethnic lens.

Referenced in this episode:

• Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life Between Lives by Dr. Michael Newton, PhD
• Dove Real Beauty Sketches (short version)
• Dove Real Beauty Sketches (extended version)
• Google case study on Dove
  
  

0:00 - Intro
2:23 - Nins: Journey of Souls
37:56 - Arns: Dove Real Beauty Sketches
53:30 - Outro

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Arns lets herself wallow in sadness about long-distance loved ones. Nins is touched by Letters from Mom in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Referenced in this episode:

• Animal Crossing Context & History (National Videogame Museum)
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Wikipedia)
• Parents/Letters (Nookipedia)
• "Letters From My Dead Mom in Animal Crossing" (Modern Loss)

0:00 - Intro
7:32 - Arns: long distance
25:53 - Nins: Animal Crossing
47:32 - Outro

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