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Here Be Monsters episodes

October 02, 2013 HBM026: John Comes Down The Birth Canal
In this episode, John describes the first trauma that he experienced in life—something we all share. And he explains how he overcame that trauma to become the person he is today.
17 min
September 18, 2013 HBM025: The Sasquatch of Pumpkintown VS Motley Crue Jon Bon Jovi
Homemade Bigfoot costumes can get you in a lot of trouble. And in gun-toting community of Pumpkintown, SC, a fake Bigfoot costume might get you killed too. But when the recession caused a local outfitter’s store sales to sag, it was a risk he was willing to take.
In the episode, Ben Becker tells the story of a disgusting hound dog named “Motley Crue John Bon Jovi”, a tobacco-juice soaked Sasquatch suit, and the world’s worst hot sauce.
Sharp listeners should note that no one fact-checked a single claim in this story. Wait, actually, we did look up Pumpkintown on Google Maps. It’s a real place. Use discretion before you use anything else in your term paper.
Music from: Flowerpetal Downpour ||| Lucky Dragons ||| Nym ||| Swamp Dog
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September 05, 2013 HBM024: The Friendliest Town In Texas
Shoppingspree Clark showed up on the side of the road outside the “Friendliest Town in Texas” with nothing more than a sketchpad and the burnt-out ruin of the RV he’d just bought.
Content Note: Explicit Content
Coleman, Texas’ self-claimed title is true because it used to be on a billboard above the highway. And the people that live there are diverse, troubled, religious, unusual…and friendly.
This episode contains many adult themes, including suicide, prejudice, and racism. There are also unbleeped swear words and racial slurs. Use discretion.
This episode was originally released by Shoppingspree Clark in June 2013.
Most of the music on this show comes from Shoppingspree himself. His moniker, Crunchy Person, has some good albums up on Bandcamp.
Music from: Javelin ||| Seagull Invasion
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September 04, 2013 HBM024: The Friendliest Town In Texas [Explicit]
Shoppingspree Clark showed up on the side of the road outside the “Friendliest Town in Texas” with nothing more than a sketchpad and the burnt-out ruin of the RV he’d just bought.
34 min
August 21, 2013 HBM023: The Near Destruction of Rey Jaguar [Extended Cut]
For lucha libre wrestlers, masks are everything. They wear them in the ring, they wear them to the grocery store, they wear them any time they appear in public. No one knows what face lies under that mask, so it makes sense that de-masking a Luchadore or Luchadora is highest taboo in the sport.
In this episode, we travel to Seattle’s South Park neighborhood for Lucha Libre In The Park, a free wrestling event put on by Lucha Libre Volcanica. Costumes, yelling kids, exquisite masks, cross-dressing, motorcycles, bad victory speeches--everything you would expect, and one thing that no one saw coming.
Check out the crazy photos from that night right here
This piece’s shortened form (6 minutes) was entered as a submission in KCRW’s 24-Hour Radio Race. Listen to the original.
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Music from: Lucky Dragons ||| The Black Spot
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August 07, 2013 HBM022: The Holy Ghost Fixes David's Brain
David Blackshire Key has been called a douchebag more times than he can count. It's probably because he used to wear big sunglasses--day and night, indoors and out. He wasn't a movie star, he just had brain cancer.
Writer and radio producer Bridget Burnquist produced this show.
One of his side-effects was a strange sensitivity to light called "photophobia". Even after doctors removed the tumor, his painful sensitivity continued. So he turned to his faith, looking for healing from a supernatural force.
In this show, we reference Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, California.
Music from: Lucky Dragons ||| Swamp Dog ||| Flower Petal Downpour ||| The Black Spot
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July 24, 2013 HBM021: Potential Energy
Season 2 of Here Be Monsters begins.
The reasons why I bike at night are diverse. It’s partly because I don’t feel graceful anywhere else, it’s partly to run away and it’s partly out of persistent defiance of my failing vision.
I recently biked out to a parking garage on the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado and remembered the most significant moment of my eighteenth year, a night that made everything I do now possible.
The story involves electronic dance music, a laundromat, a bunch of sweaty teenagers pretending like it’s the eighties and one of the loudest amplifiers I’ve ever heard.
Music Nym ||| The Black Spot
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March 06, 2013 HBM020: Without Name
In this episode, Lina goes back to her old neighborhood looking for nothing in particular. She's greeted by familiar faces, new tenants, and a series of stories that tell a modern ghost story of a building in the bad part of Brooklyn.
29 min
February 14, 2013 HBM019: The Other One Percent
This week’s show is about Pete Brook’s 2011 journey across America to interview photographers, criminologists, and, most of all, the prisoners of New York’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
31 min
February 02, 2013 HBM018: How I Learned to Love Rejection (Pt. 2)
This episode looks at the lessons Jeff Emtman learned in his trip, joining a carnival, sleeping in a cemetery, and camping with a train rider named Puke.
29 min