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.

Check out J. Keith van Straaten's podcast!

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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

Want to take a tour of Everest Base Camp?

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

Doesn't the Khumbu Ice Fall sound relaxing? Sign up for our newsletter to see the video of someone falling! (don't worry, they don't die.)

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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This week Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive hail storms and our guest, the hilarious Andy Daly, joins us to talk about the dramatic events of traveling through a blizzard!

Everyone at HTS enjoyed the SNL season opening sketch with Miles Teller as Peyton Manning but don't expect us to pay for Peacock. 

Garon shared his feeling of ennui after seeing Bros, which Danielle and Kristine explain is the right feeling to have and is backed by research. Therefore, K&D are scientists.

BIG NEWS! Tornadic is already a band, and you need to check them out. Trust us on this.

Why isn't OH HAIL NO a movie? Hail can be very destructive, as Danielle shares in this episode. She also discusses the worst U.S. hail storm in history. 

Then it was time for our fabulous and hilarious guest, Andy Daly. Check out his podcast Bonanas For Bonanza

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This week Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive ghosts plus we're at last reading your letters!

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This week Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive being lost at sea, and the hilarious Sara Schaefer joins us to talk about her white water rafting adventure.

In this week's episode, we discuss Adnan Syed of Serial fame's release from prison.

Danielle is reading Compulsion, a 1956 novel by Meyer Levin (aka Meyer Lemon), also a movie starring a very young Dean Stockwell! You can watch the entire thing here! They are both based on the infamous Leopold and Loeb case.

Danielle shared some powerful tips if you ever find yourself lost at sea. She also mentioned Salvador Alvarenga, who went fishing off the coast of Mexico. It was the last anyone heard from him – for 438 days. 

Then it was time for our excellent, multi-talented, and awesome guest, Sara Schaefer.

Sara discussed her epic and transforming white water rafting trip in the grand canyon, further detailed in her memoir, Grand.

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In this week's episode, Kristine and Danielle dive into the murky waters of catfishing.

No, not this kind

Garon and Kristine discuss spitting at catfish and noodling to preview their upcoming side podcast Midwest Hillbillies.

Danielle and Kristine also chat about the tragic, untimely, and unexpected death of Queen Elizabeth. TOO SOON! 

Diving into catfishing- Teen Vogue has a great article on warning signs.

Want to do a Google reverse image search?

Danielle & Kristine both recommend the riveting and maddening podcast,-p0 Sweet Bobby

Two young boys emerge from the wilderness to catfish an entire small Canadian village in the fascinating podcast Wild Boys

A wild catfishing story involving Brad Paisley, Jon Henson, and Kate Gosselin because that tracks. Another off-the-wall catfishing tale we didn't even have time to get to.

Suspect you've been catfished and you've given them money? Aside from calling your local police, you can and should also file a complaint with the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center.

Additionally, report the scam to the Better Business Bureau Scam Tracker.

Are you ready for a story? In this week's episode, Kristine shares the dark and tragic tale of Talhotblond

Then, D & K are joined by author and Emmy-winning TV producer Wendy Miller for an incredible story about her brief tenure freelancing at The Oprah Winfrey show.

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