It's a truth universally acknowledged that Christmas is a time for ghosts. We don't make the rules. So, Marko opens us up with a spooooky tale of a perhaps misunderstood monk in West Yorkshire before we dive into the world of prepping, doomsday and otherwise.

[0:00] Mark tells Corrigan
[33:36] We talk about how good you look, The Void is coming so sign up on our Ko-Fi to secure your personal message, Mark updates us on what it's like to be 46
[45:22] There are DRONES MAYBE in New Jersey
[56:39] What we watched!: Violent Night, Speak No Evil (2024), The Santa Clause 3, Venom: The Last Dance, Heretic, 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later, The Endless
[01:37:16] What are doomsday preppers and do we want to be them?

What a week it's been to live on this spinning rock, right? This week Corrigan tells Marko the story of the only unsolved highjacking case in American history, and we talk about the assassination of a healthcare CEO, and what the response says about the state of the U.S.

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the mystery of famous highjacker D.B. Cooper, and about new revelations that might finally tell us for sure who he was!
[45:28] It has been a CRAZY week to be alive, Mark doesn't like Corrigan's accent work, book club will be Dec. 28th
[53:30] A discussion of Corrigan's upcoming resolutions leads to some deep philosophical tangents about morality
[01:11:38] What we watched! (Nazi Town, USA, Wicked, Trapped in the Rocky Mountains, Arctic Void, History of the Occult, Three Wiser Men and A Boy, Sugarplummed, The Christmas Quest, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Suicide Squad, Targets, Nightbeast, The Burrowers
[01:45:22] We talk about the assassination of United Healthcare and what we can take from the discourse about the killer

There will be oversharing, friends, as Mark deals with his approaching 46th birthday by exploring what science says is happening to his body. Plus our regular chat about AI, a revisit of the Lady of the Dunes case, and Marko's final appraisal of Scream VI! Has he changed his tune, or are we doomed to fight forever?

[0:00] Mark talks about some of the ways he can expect his body to break down now in his mid-40s
[39:39] We discuss neurodivergent safe foods, CoRri's impulsive haircut and tattoo, and how Mark has been burned by his impulses before
[55:27] CoRri learns to put less pressure on herself, we mention upcoming things, and we watched a very unusual version of Metropolis for the Ko-Fi
[1:01:00] What we watched! (Xtro, Giorgio Moroder’s Metropolis, Targets, True Stories, Lady of the Dunes [Oxygen True Crime], My Old Ass, Scream VI, Love Death & Robots)
[1:38:10] We check in on generative AI and how quaint our past discussions of deepfakes seem now that AI is being trained on US
[1:44:00] A quick revisit of the Lady of the Dunes

Corrigan wants to get to the bottom of the gruesome phenomenon of cattle mutilation, and Marko finally gives up diet coke... for reasons that may surprise you.

[0:00] CoRri tells Marko about the mysterious phenomenon of cattle mutilation
[50:52] Mark has finally divested from diet Coke over, of all things, AI. You'll be shocked to know this sends us spiraling.
[1:16:08] Book club picks are coming, Mark loves Eastenders, we've changed how our YouTube functions, and other loose thoughts
[1:27:14] What we watched! (Hot Frosty, Creep Tapes, Cape Fear, Scream, Alien: Romulus, MadS)

Bit of a week, huh? We'll address it, but mostly we want to talk to you about a cat that predicts death, our love for Night of the Living Dead (1990) and Smile 2, and weird ways organisms "think" that cause as to ask questions about our own consciousness.

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about a cat who can predict death
[28:56] A listener made us a shirt and it causes us to reflect on how lucky we are
[33:45] We reflect briefly on the week since the election. Check out the Fancave on our Ko-Fi for some advice on how not to be a doomer.
[40:12] A moment for Tony Todd and a rave about Night of the Living Dead (1990)
[52:30] What we watched! (The Penguin, Frankie Freako, Heretic, The Purge: Election Year, Carnival of Souls, Eyes Without a Face, Smile 2, Woman of the Hour, Joker: Folie a Deux)
[1:30:45] Mark delves into ideas of consciousness, and whether some scientific revelations about how we can imitate it could effectively, well, kill god.

Weeoooweeoooweeooo! JoAG therapy alert! After Corrigan explains the horrible history of the American electoral system, Marko needs to get some feelings of futility about the world off his chest.

[0:00] Corrigan gives Marko an overview of America's terrible electoral system
[01:19:47] JoAG therapy! We have to talk out some existential dread

It's been a minute since we updated the trusty JoAG columns o' recs, so just in time for Halloween, we got a ton of recommendations for you, all released in the last 4 years! But first, we go deep into evangelicalism once more as we discuss a supposed portal to hell in Siberia!

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about the Siberian "Well to Hell"
[53:00] We apologize for and discuss the choice to watch Peter Jackson's Meet the Feebles for our watch-along
[01:09:35] We update our horror columns with new Halloween recs for you!

We're back in action and boy how we missed you! This week Marko tells Corrigan about an average Joe thrust into decidedly remarkable circumstances, we deep dive into The Substance, and we discuss some of the bonkers stories from the internet that have been posted on our socials lately!

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the grim end of Brian Wells, the man with a bomb strapped around his neck
[20:40] Mark does some victim blaming, we explain our absence, and we go over some upcoming JoAG stuff including this weekend's watch-along on October 26th!
[32:10] Robert Roberson's execution has been delayed! Keep up the pressure!
[39:45] CoRri picks out a classic movie for Mark to watch!
[42:08] What we watched! (Pulse, Dead Man’s Curve, Dead of Night, The Gift, Next of Kin, It’s What’s Inside, Horror in the High Desert, Horror in the High Desert 2, Hellboy: The Crooked Man, The Substance, Red Rooms, WNUF Halloween Special, Terrifier 3, Azrael)
[1:12:00] We talk about The Substance! No spoilers unless you want to know zero things about the film.
[1:29:40] We share some of the bonkers stories people have shared to our social media lately

Fresh off our NYC meetup and a matching set of colds, we're reflecting on Marko's American adventure, and talking about the frightful phenomenon of spontaneous human combustion.

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the mechanisms by which human being seem to spontaneously combust
[34:10] We reflect on the meetup and Mark's time in America.
[44:40] Corrigan has a wild coincidence to share with the JoAG circle
[58:39] CoRri explains why Strange Darling is a very problematic movie
[1:09:00] What we watched! (Evolver, Dead Silence, House of Spoils, Clearcut, The Believers, Absurd, Speak No Evil, Deadpool & Wolverine, V/H/S/Beyond, Salem’s Lot, Dracula, Halloween 3, Freaked)
[1:44:30] A question for our audience: What franchise has the best average hit rate?

It's a very special 200th episode live from Corrigan's backyard at the JoAG x Hellrankers meetup of DOOOOM! That's right, Hollywood Steve and Your Pal Anna, along with a few dozen of our listening fam, assembled for a swingin' shindig where Marko told us about some notable mob hits, and we ranked each entry in the Jaws franchise!

[0:00] Mark tells us about the rise of organized crime in America and some of the classic MOs for mob hits.
[25:00] We rank the Jaws flicks!