Naturally, we had to take some time to reflect on David Lynch's life and philosophy. But first, Marko tells Corrigan about the Toba Catastrophe and what it might tell us about the future of humankind after we climate change ourselves to death!

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the Toba Catastrophe Theory
[23:05] Mark's inscrutable bits, our special guest for next week,
[32:30] Now that Mark listens to podcasts, his latest listen brings him to a discussion of conspiracy theorists in the White House on the eve of the inauguration
[42:18] What we watched: The Man They Could Not Hang, The Straight Story, Gladiator II, Cuckoo, Twin Peaks, The People's Joker
[1:03:15] Looking back on Lynch

Corrigan tells Marko some fun stories about times people were sure telekinesis and other paranormal superpowers were a thing, we discuss what's going on with the California wildfires and why it's a problem for Marko's climate anxiety, and Mark weaves his Nightmare on Elm Street reboot idea through CoRri's attempts to talk about what she watched this week!

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the U.S. government's forays into telekinetic research
[49:36] Marko has climate anxiety; Corrigan explains what's going on with the California wildfires
[1:08:00] Book club coming, we recommend Tananarive Due's The Reformatory, and a watch-along will occur February 1st!
[1:13:45] What we watched! (The Mist, Wicked, The Order, The Boys From Brazil, The Sea Wolf, To Die For, Y2k, 10 Cloverfield Lane)

In keeping with our VERY dark January, Marko tells Corrigan about a British pedophile advocacy group that got way too much legitimacy. But then we lighten things up with shout outs from The Void, bickering over Nosferatu, and a deep question about time travel.

[0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about a pro-pedophilia group in 1970s England
[35:35] Mark hates January, CoRri is terrified of caterpillars, and people are eating bugs for the planet!
[48:12] Elon Musk is "intervening" in UK politics and pretending to be a German guy on Twitch
[55:20] Lots of good stuff coming up on the Ko-Fi so sign up, ya silly geese!
[1:00:00] Shout Outs from the Void
[1:14:45] What we watched! (Timecop, Nosferatu, Evil Dead 2, Conclave, Lockerbie)
[01:50:55] Corrigan asks Marko how he would convince someone he was a time traveler

As 2025 kicks off, Corrigan tells Marko some dark tales she learned on her vacation in Rome, and we look back at our favorite things this year and forward at what's on the horizon for us this year.

[0:00] Corrigan tells Marko the dark tales of two women who've become feminist symbols in Italy
[54:34] CoRri recaps her vacation, including the many human bones she saw, Mark smells of brisket
[1:04:30] What we watched! (Nosferatu, Twister, Carry-On, Resolution, Gladiator, Werewolves, RoboCop,
[1:26:28] Looking back over what we got up to in 2024 and forward to 2025
[1:46:20] Our favorite things from 2024 -- Movies, books, TV, music, and adventures!

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