Summary:

This week we invite Renaissance woman Cynara Geissler on to take a deep dive into Poltergeist. Also discussed: ordering off-menu at Dairy Queen, hot dogs from 7-11, and our all-time favourite cakes.

Show notes:

Bon Ton's Diplomat Cake

Fratelli Bakery's Saint Honore cake 

All of Dairy Queen's blizzards, ranked

Poltergeist trailer

Cynara Geissler

Poltergeist murder clown scene

'Poltergeist Curse': truth or fiction?

Recommendations:   Lisa Christiansen: Lost in Space (Netflix)    Andrea Warner: Wild Wild Country (Netflix)   Cynara Geissler: Jane the Virgin (Netflix)   Music credits:   "Flutterbee" by Podington Bear From Free Music Archive CC BY 3.0   Theme song "Pyro Flow" by Kevin Macleod From Incompetch CC BY 3.0 Intro bed:"OLPC" by Marco Raaphorst From Free Music Archive CC BY-SA 3.0 NL

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