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In the nineteenth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie discusses her opinions on coffee and how important it is to consider the coffee industry before ordering.

Sources:

Eaken, Autumn. 2017. “Coffee Processing: An Introduction.” PT’s Coffee. PT’s Coffee. September 25, 2017. https://ptscoffee.com/blogs/news/coffee-processing-an-introduction?srsltid=AfmBOorIPiX5B_NGaM51H93hEQXzQy7iXOP_9JrI8R_whD3aEtkGvwAz.

Link, Kristen. 2023. “Do You Know Where Your Coffee Comes From?” FoodPrint. October 10, 2023. https://foodprint.org/blog/do-you-know-where-your-coffee-comes-from/.

Robinson, Nathan J. 2025. “Starbucks Is Everything Wrong with American Capitalism.” Currentaffairs.org. Current Affairs. February 5, 2025. https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/starbucks-is-everything-wrong-with-american-capitalism.

The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. 2022. “Light Roast vs Dark Roast: The Differences Revealed.” The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® Online Store. January 20, 2022. https://www.coffeebean.com/blogs/blog/light-roast-vs-dark-roast-the-differences-revealed.

U3 Coffee. 2023. “Difference between Light, Medium and Dark Roast | U3 Coffee.” U3 Coffee. September 25, 2023. https://u3coffee.com/blog/difference-between-light-medium-and-dark-roast/.

UC Irvine News. 2009. “Coffee: The Drink That Changed the World.” UCI News. January 20, 2009. https://news.uci.edu/2009/01/20/coffee-the-drink-that-changed-the-world/.

In the eighteenth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie talks about her experience with group projects in college and how they can be improved for the future.

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University, Carnegie Mellon. n.d. “Using Group Projects Effectively - Eberly Center - Carnegie Mellon University.” Www.cmu.edu. https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/instructionalstrategies/groupprojects/index.html.

Warner, John. 2022. “Group Projects Don’t Need to Be Miserable.” Www.insidehighered.com. July 6, 2022. https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/just-visiting/group-projects-dont-need-be-miserable.

The lovely experience of being a college student at a Big 10 university.

In the seventeenth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie talks about some of the female punk icons and how they influenced punk as a genre. She will also delve into what it was like being a woman in the alternative music subculture.

Happy Women's History Month!

Artists mentioned: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Big Mama Thorton, Patti Smith, Joan Jett, Alice Bag, Debbie Harry, the Slits, The Runaways, The Raincoats, Poly Styrene, Exene Cervenka, Wendy O. Williams, Nina Hagen, Siouxie Sioux, Shonen Knife, Kathleen Hanna.

Sources:

Amour, Cheri. 2019. “The Enduring Legacy of the Raincoats.” The Line of Best Fit. October 18, 2019. https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/longread/the-enduring-legacy-of-the-raincoats-interview.

Bullman, Janine. 2009. “Girls Unconditional: The Story of the Slits, Told Exclusively by the Slits.” Loud and Quiet. July 18, 2009. https://www.loudandquiet.com/interview/the-slits/.

Cooper, Leonie. 2021. “The Unsung: Alice Bag, Punk’s True Revolutionary Spirit.” The Forty-Five. September 15, 2021. https://thefortyfive.com/opinion/the-unsung-alice-bag/.

Damage, Danny. 2023. “Women Who Shaped Punk Music as We Know It | Sound of Life | Powered by KEF.” Sound of Life. December 3, 2023. https://www.soundoflife.com/blogs/people/women-shaping-punk-music.

Ensminger, David. 2021. “The 10 Best Women-Led Punk Bands» PopMatters.” PopMatters. June 14, 2021. https://www.popmatters.com/best-women-led-punk-bands..

Ewens, Hannah. 2021. “The Truth about British Punk Legend and X-Ray Spex Singer Poly Styrene.” VICE. March 5, 2021. https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-truth-about-british-punk-legend-and-x-ray-spex-singer-poly-styrene-2021/.

“Guide to Nina Hagen: ‘the Godmother of German Punk.’” 2023. Halftone Magazine. May 4, 2023. https://halftonemagazine.com/guide-to-nina-hagen-godmother-of-german-punk/.

Jenkins, Craig. 2022. “Rock and Roll Starts with Sister Rosetta Tharpe.” Vulture. June 21, 2022. https://www.vulture.com/2022/06/sister-rosetta-tharpe-rock-legacy.html.

Knowles, Chris. 2023. “The Story of Wendy O Williams and the Plasmatics: ‘I Woke up in a Pool of Blood on the Way to the Hospital.’” Louder. April 6, 2023. https://www.loudersound.com/features/wendy-o-williams-the-plasmatics-story.

Kreth, Will. 2021. “Women in Punk Rock - THIRTY YEARS LIT - Medium.” Medium. THIRTY YEARS LIT. June 13, 2021. https://medium.com/thirty-years-lit/women-in-punk-rock-d978455c9342.

Macbeth, Katie. 2024. “7 Female Punk Artists Leading the Genre.” Idobi. March 19, 2024. https://idobi.com/features/7-female-punk-artists-leading-the-genre/.

Starkey, Arun. 2021. “The High Priestess of Punk: The Influence of Siouxsie Sioux.” Faroutmagazine.co.uk. May 27, 2021. https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-profound-impact-of-siouxsie-sioux/.

In the sixteenth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie discusses true crime and how it can be dangerous to see people's lives as a form of entertainment instead of reality.

Trigger warning: Violence will be talked about, but it won't be anything explicit.

Sources:

Alexander, Jeffrey. 2004. “Toward a Theory of Cultural Trauma.” https://content.ucpress.edu/title/9780520235953/9780520235953_chapone.pdf.

Anthony, Amelia. 2023. “Listening in on Horror: Why Many Women Love True Crime Podcasts | Psyche Ideas.” Psyche. October 30, 2023. https://psyche.co/ideas/listening-in-on-horror-why-many-women-love-true-crime-podcasts.

Raby, Dan. 2025. “Kendrick Johnson: Court Denies Lawsuit’s Dismissal in Teen’s Gym Mat Death.” FOX 5 Atlanta, February 25, 2025. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/kendrick-johnson-court-denies-dismissal-lawsuit-teen-gym-mat-death-investigation

Tait, Amelia. 2021. “The Rise of ‘Citizen Sleuths’: The True Crime Buffs Trying to Solve Cases.” The Guardian. October 2, 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/02/the-rise-of-citizen-sleuths-the-true-buffs-trying-to-solve-cases.

Tron, Gina. 2021. “‘I Survived It’: How a Heavy Metal Musician Found Himself Wrongly Accused of Killing Elisa Lam.” Oxygen Official Site. February 11, 2021. https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/how-pablo-camilo-was-thrust-into-an-elisa-lam-death-theory.

In the fifteenth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie sheds some light on popular and not-so-popular idioms and what she thinks about them. Make sure to catch your breath and take her opinions with a grain of salt.

Sources:

B. A., English. 2024. “40 Common English Idioms.” ThoughtCo. May 5, 2024. https://www.thoughtco.com/common-english-idioms-3211646.

Denova, Rebecca. 2022. “50 Biblical Phrases, Idioms, & Metaphors.” World History Encyclopedia. February 16, 2022. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1941/50-biblical-phrases-idioms--metaphors/.

Dictionary.com. 2023. “Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words.” Dictionary.com. 2023. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/make-a-long-story-short.

Editors of Merriam-Webster. 2019. “The Origin of ‘Snug as a Bug in a Rug.’” Merriam-Webster.com. Merriam-Webster. February 25, 2019. https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/origin-history-of-snug-as-a-bug-in-a-rug.

Jennings, Ken. 2016. “What ‘beyond the Pale’ Actually Means.” Condé Nast Traveler. October 10, 2016. https://www.cntraveler.com/story/what-beyond-the-pale-actually-means.

Poem Analysis. n.d. “Speak of the Devil.” Poem Analysis. https://poemanalysis.com/idiom/speak-of-the-devil/.

Tamara N. Janevska. 2024. “It’s Not Rocket Science: On the Birth and Propagation of the Idiom.” Lexis 24 (January). https://doi.org/10.4000/12cvn.

Tusa, Paola. 2021. “The Story behind an Idiom: ‘Hang in There, Baby.’” Blogwig - about Writing, Language and Much More . April 6, 2021. https://ludwig.guru/blog/the-story-behind-an-idiom-hang-in-there-baby/.

In the fourteenth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie explains her criteria for evaluating movies, reviewing a few relevant ones and why they hit or miss the mark.

Spoilers ahead, beware!

The only sources were Jackie's brain and her Letterboxd account.

In the thirteenth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie discusses some of the coolest superheroes created by DC (Detective Comics) including: Deadman, Red Robin, The Question, Doctor Occult, John Constantine, the Birds of Prey, Matter-Eater Lad, Crimson Avenger, Hawk and Dove, and the Metal Men.

Strap in for a superhero flight!

The only sources were Jackie's brain, consultations with her father, and comics that feature the aforementioned characters.

In the twelfth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie talks about her appreciation for Wikipedia and clears the air about what it does and doesn't represent.

If you're interested in the Wiki Game, you can play it here: https://www.thewikigame.com/

Sources:

Cohen, Noam. 2021. “Perspective | VIPs Expect Special Treatment. At Wikipedia, Don’t Even Ask.” Washington Post, October 28, 2021. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-john-eastman-editing/2021/10/28/f2d61bea-35fd-11ec-9bc4-86107e7b0ab1_story.html.

Wikipedia Contributors. 2019. “Criticism of Wikipedia.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. February 5, 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Wikipedia.

———. 2022a. “Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia Is Not so Great.” Wikipedia. February 26, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_Wikipedia_is_not_so_great.

———. 2022b. “Wiki Rabbit Hole.” Wikipedia. March 8, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_rabbit_hole.

In the eleventh episode of Jackie On:, Jackie explores different holidays around the world and the many things they represent, from bank holidays to national days.

Happy Holidays to all!

Sources:

African Union. 2024. “African Statistics Day | African Union.” Au.int. 2024. https://au.int/en/newsevents/20201118/african-statistics-day.

AnydayGuide. 2023. “Berchtold’s Day (Berchtoldstag).” AnydayGuide. January 2, 2023. https://anydayguide.com/calendar/1552.

“BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 in Four - Nine Things You Might Not Know about Bank Holidays.” n.d. BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3Wx39r1Ppmyl90z8vxjDgYh/nine-things-you-might-not-know-about-bank-holidays.

Burke, Anniessa . 2024. “Holiday Customs around the World.” Worldstrides.com. 2024. https://worldstrides.com/blog/2022/12/holiday-customs-around-the-world/.

Chen, Mike Kai. 2021. “Settling Scores at a Fist-Fighting Festival in the Peruvian Andes.” The New York Times, August 9, 2021, sec. Travel. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/travel/takanakuy-fighting-festival-peru.html.

Days of the Year. 2024. “National Ride Your Horse to a Bar Day.” Days of the Year. December 6, 2024. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/national-ride-your-horse-to-a-bar-day/.

Phuntsho, Karma . 2017. “Ngenpa Gudzom: The Day of Nine Evils | Mandala Collections - Texts.” Virginia.edu. 2017. https://texts.mandala.library.virginia.edu/text/ngenpa-gudzom-day-nine-evils.

Time and Date. n.d. “Spring Bank Holiday in the United Kingdom.” Www.timeanddate.com. https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/uk/spring-bank-holiday.

In the tenth episode of Jackie On:, Jackie explores dog breeding and responsible pet ownership, touching dog shows, puppy mills and more.

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Bannasch, Danika, Thomas Famula, Jonas Donner, Heidi Anderson, Leena Honkanen, Kevin Batcher, Noa Safra, Sara Thomasy, and Robert Rebhun. 2021. “The Effect of Inbreeding, Body Size and Morphology on Health in Dog Breeds.” Canine Medicine and Genetics 8 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40575-021-00111-4.

Clarke, Jennifer. 2024. “How dangerous are XL bullies and how does the ban work?” BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66775985.

Rawlinson, Stan. 2023. “The American XL Bully Dog | Doglistener.” Stan Rawlinson (Doglistener). https://www.doglistener.co.uk/the-american-xl-bully-dog/.

Wood, Trina. 2021. “Most Dog Breeds Highly Inbred.” UCDavis. https://www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/most-dogs-highly-inbred.