Danielle and Kristine talk about surviving their recent experiences with grief, and we also take some time to deal with the finale of White Lotus. Spoilers!

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Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive parasites, and the wonderful Laura Mannino joins us to share her experiences with failure in Hollywood.

In this week's episode, we got into appetite-suppressing territory with a deep dive into How to Survive Parasites.

Kristine got some fun information from medicalnewstoday.com.

For more details on toxoplasmosis, the mayo clinic's got you covered.

Got Pinworms? This is the medicine you need. I recommend mixing it with a few spoonfuls of orange juice to make it less disgusting. Get ready to wash everything in your house and cry a little. 

Here's some information on Ascaris.

Elephantiasis (aka lymphatic filariasis) is dark stuff. You can look at images if you want to see how devastating this disease truly is. 

Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease, is sure to haunt our nightmares for years to come. You can read about the efforts to eradicate this disease here.

For our heartwarming parasite story, we shared the story of a man who survived a tapeworm in his brain. 

Young Garon never imagined he'd have so many shirts dedicated to him. But he's more than just an inspiration for podcast merch. He's also a published author. Check out his work and support!

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Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive a carjacking this week, and Euphoria's own Martha Kelly joins us to share her experience of being robbed while delivering a pizza.

Danielle returned to an old favorite, The Art of Manliness, for crucial advice on how to avoid being carjacked.

Kristine had been uselessly trying to figure out how to call 9-11 with her iPhone while keeping it hidden. Guess what? The geniuses at Apple already solved this problem for her. Here's how to use Apple SOS.

If you or your child ever have giant swollen lymph nodes in your neck, here is some practical information.

The bump-and-run technique is real. Here's how to protect yourself. 

 Pepper Spray vs. Pepper Gel- Find out which is right for you.

For our story, Danielle shared the harrowing tale of Rebecca Matous, who was carjacked and shot in Daytona Beach after an early morning Walmart run.

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Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive extreme isolation, and the delightful Sharon Houston discusses her nightmare neighbors.

Danielle was aided in her research by this article from the BBC,  How Extreme Isolation Warps Minds. 

And she also got into some of the Covid tips for the Lockdown.

Here's a fun article about how the lockdown affected introverts & extroverts differently.

Danielle shared the harrowing story of Sarah Shourd, an American imprisoned in Iran in extreme isolation for 410 days. If you'd like to learn more about Sarah's experience, watch the documentary here, CNN also covered the story, and you can learn more about Sarah Shourd at her website.

Then it was time for our most excellent guest Sharon Houston. She shared an insane neighbor story for the ages. Have your own nightmare neighbor story you want to share? Email us at [email protected] and tell us all about it.

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Danielle and Kristine learn how to Thanksgiving with family, and it's a Dish reunion as the wonderful Danielle Fishel joins us to talk about surviving Thanksgiving with young kids!

Since most of us don’t live inside a Nancy Meyers movie, Thanksgiving isn’t that treasured holiday full of warm cozy feelings and LL Bean Sweaters.

Maybe you have a toxic family member or members? Well on this episode of HTS, we are going to give you some tips on how to not only Survive this holiday season BUT ENJOY THE HELL OUT OF IT.

HTS shared some  tips Courtesy of an Article From Bustle

 In a Guardian piece by Christina Wyman, she postulates that the obligation to be with family is built into the fabric of American culture. You’ll see it in every Holiday advertisement, movie, and holiday-themed show that fetishizes this idea of the loving nuclear family as opposed to hanging out with friends or going to a movie alone.

How to Survive Thanksgiving with a QAnon Family Member

Thank you to Vice & Slate for so much fascinating information

 The number of people sitting down to dinner with family and friends who are believers in QAnon is pretty nuts. The current reports put it at 1 in 5 Americans (41 million)

 Here is the fascinating story of the woman who was radicalized overnight.

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Danielle and Kristine learned how to survive North Korea this week, and our friend J. Keith van Straaten joins us to talk about when he found himself in the wrong village in Northern Germany.

For some history of the world's most repressive regime and the last closed totalitarian state, Human Rights Watch is a great place to start.

To understand more about the Cult of Personality and Juche, Vox has a great explainer.

Here's an NPR piece that you can listen to or read. 

A Chilling Look Inside North Korean Prison Camps

And if you can't get enough, some more about the gulags.

First Story of Escape: Shin Dong-hyuk

 His story is famously told in the book Escape From Camp 14

If you want to read about the admitted inaccuracies in his report, this Washington Post piece is excellent.

Next Up: The Lover & The Despot

This is a crazy documentary (watch the trailer here) that you can stream on Amazon Prime. This KPCC review has some fun pics, including the one below.

There wasn't time to get into this, but Assassins looks insane. You can also hear the incredible story in podcast form.

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This week Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive a burning car, and comedy writer Phil Stark joins us to talk about his journey from writing "Dude, Where's My Car?" to his career as a therapist.

Here's some helpful general information on car explosions, so you know what to watch out for.

What about rising temperatures? Does that affect the danger? Read this!

Was this Tesla possessed by the Devil?

Here is a brief re-telling of the Pinto's deadly history and the original Mother Jones expose that brought the Pinto down.

Remember back in 2016 when those Samsung phones kept exploding? Here's an article that reveals the cause; surprisingly, it wasn't our combined stress hormones. However, it looks like Samsung continues to be plagued by phones catching fire,  and batteries being too swole.

We were thrilled to be joined by the therapist and film and television screenwriter Philip Stark for the second half, who shared his story of finding a second career after massive success in Hollywood. Buy his book!

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This week Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive climbing Mount Everest, and our new friend Amanda Deibert joins us to talk about the time she fell off a cliff at the absolute worst time possible.

Kristine dug into the topic without any supplemental oxygen and got a wealth of information from National Geographic,

What makes Everest so Deadly from Livescience

How Climbers Are Ruining Everest from Reader's Digest

Some Tips on Climbing Everest from CNN

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According to Wikipedia, Ken and Kevin are the two contenders for male Karen.

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In case you want more information about deaths on Everest.

A short video on the first two men to summit Everest, although some speculate it could've been George Mallory

Your odds of dying if you try to climb Everest are 1 in 100 (less than 1%). Here are some comparison numbers of other ways to go.

There are tons of survival tales to be found regarding Everest. But Lincoln Hall's captivated us. You can also watch an entire documentary on his rescue on youtube.

Want more movies on Everest? Here is a list!

We were thrilled to be joined by comic book writer, screenwriter, and graphic novelist Amanda Deibert for the second half, who shared a fantastic story of falling off the Appalachians in a very awkward situation.

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Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive massive blood loss, and at last, our friend Dave Holmes makes his debut to tell us about the time he got kicked out of college.

There's a big shake-up in the Real Housewives universe, and Danielle & Kristine are positively giddy that style icon Jenna Lyons is joining the RHONY cast. In another Bravo news, something called BravoCon exists, and Garon watches it. Next year, we plan to have press passes. 

Breaking news, The Watcher is also a 2000 film starring James Spader, Marisa Tomei, and Keanu Reeves. If the dialogue from the trailer is any indication, this looks like the best kind of "so bad it's good" movie to watch as a comedy after ingesting a weed gummy.

Since we are approaching Halloween weekend, there is one more Watcher, if you can believe it. This is a 2022 film, rated 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Kristine watched it with a pal, and they thought it was okay. Here's the trailer.

Because it's SPOOKY SEASON (why is this a thing now?), we are keeping things creepy, and our topic was blood loss.

Danielle had many cool facts on how much blood a person can lose and still live. Kristine and Danielle thought bloodletting could be a good option for Danielle, but it turns out it is not that safe! Speaking of bloodletting, do you know this story about George Washington?

We are nothing, if not current, with our pop culture references. Check out this classic SNL sketch Danielle mentioned, and not for those who feel faint at the sight of blood.

Once we all learned how much blood we should not lose (more than 40%), it was storytime! Danielle told the story of Ashley Byrnes, who nearly died from PPH (Post Partum Hemmorage) in 2017. Here is her harrowing story.

Then it was time for the guest that needed no introduction, the multitalented and hilarious Dave Holmes! He told a fantastic story about his experience flailing at his small Catholic university in the 90s. You can enjoy Dave in various ways, and we encourage you to do so. His book, Party of One, is an NPR’s Great Reads and an Esquire‘s Best Books. 

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This week Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive blood sucking vampire bats and our guest, the wonderful Alisha Gaddis, shares her experience staying in a haunted Cape Cod mansion.

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