Dawn recorded her first episode of HILF in June of 2021 and- as a podcaster - came in rather cold. Microphones, editing and distribution were new, but a love of History and way with people were very familiar territory. What follows are short clips from each guest, in the order they were originally released... but with no other order whatsoever. Welcome to the HILF ORGY.

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00:02:20 - EP01: FRANKENSTEIN with Helen Shephard - The two discuss Dawn’s possible merch line that could come from long-standing bickering over the nature of Frankenstein. ...and we do it all with little (to no) Opium. 

00:03:05 - EP02: JOHN DILLINGER with Kat Perkins - Dawn asks if Kat has ever had sex with someone BECAUSE they were a criminal and her answer is illuminating. 

00:03:49 - EP03: DB COOPER with Maile Flanagan - Maile gives Dawn good advice on how to cast the inevitable DB Cooper Road Movie.

00:04:30 - EP04: PRESIDENT POLK with Meryl Klemow - Dawn discusses how our historical transgressions can be viewed with more clarity from the present if we try to recognize how our great-grandchildren will view our current misdeeds.

00:06:40  - EP05: KRAMPUS with Andrew Melby - Enjoy this intimate chit-chat between husband and wife.

00:07:40 - EP06: THE F-WORD with Ryan Ripple [2-parter] - Ryan tells the story of how he accidentally came out to his parents in a too-raunchy note he wrote to a high school friend.

00:08:19 - EP08: CINNAMON with Wayne Wilderson - It’s a burping, giggling path through Scientology and more.

00:09:25 - EP09: PIRATES with Shelby Young [2-parter] - Tattoos and how one's ‘Arh!’ Is like their thumbprint, all your own. 

00:10:09 - EP11: STAND UP COMEDY with Wayne Federman - Wayne tells Dawn about the bitter pill that is growing up in a place called ‘Plantation'.

00.11:00 - EP12: FREAKS with Christine Blackburn - Dawn and Christine made no secret of the fact that they smoked a couple joints during this episode… but these clips are when it really sounded like it. 

00:12:17 - EP13: THE WHISKEY REBELLION with Rashid Green - Whist sipping Whiskey, Dawn and Rashid discuss the pros and cons of traveling to the future and the downside of immortality… 

00:15:06 - EP14: PROHIBITION with Beau Hufford - Dawn asks Beau if he had the ability to go back in time, where he would go and what would he do. His answer, meet Jesus. But mostly to be a spoiler. 

00:18:41 - EP15: THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS with Alex Malt- As they hold for a plane, Alex and Dawn discuss the danger of badmouthing a bad guy on set.

00:19:40 - EP16: GREAT MISTAKES with Brian Kiley -Brian and Dawn lament the fact that comedians are often fenced out of being serious about anything. Dawn explains how listening to True Crime Podcasts made her a better editor. 

00:21:14 - EP17: JOAN OF ARC with Lauren Prichard - Lauren tells Dawn about the behind-the-scenes reality to the dozens of fabulous birthday videos she and her husband produced during Covid Lockdown. 

00:23:00 - EP18: THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION with Zari Faripour - Dawn's 76 year-old neighbor tells Dawn her favorite English swear words; and a few more gems of wisdom she learned from her father in Iran.

00:25:06 - EP19: LESBIANS with Rachel Scanlon [Recorded Live - The Live Audience in Glendale, California got a little nugget of insight and wisdom on that night in May in 2022… Listen in. 

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HILF SEASON 2 begins on Wednesday, September 7th, 2022.

In the meantime... follow @dawn_brodey and @hilfpodcast to follow Dawn's exploits during the month of August. Two weeks traveling through Italy - from Venice to the Amalfi coast - with several members of her family including her mother, her husband and her 4 year-old daughter. I KNOW! 

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