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Once they finally stop laughing…sort of…Hids gives us a brief look at the Men in Black! They’re going back to 1947 and the start of the UFO craze in the US. We visit Washington State and learn a bit about the first appearance of the Men In Black. Are they supernatural? Are they FBI Agents? Are they just a hoax?

Jess takes us across the ocean to Egypt and tells us about an amazing fossil find called Phiomicetus Anubis. Cute oversized sea puppy or vicious prehistoric predator? 

Hids’ Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_black

https://www.history.com/articles/men-in-black-real-origins

Jess’ Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phiomicetus

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-whale-god-of-death.html

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article/288/1957/20211368/86341/A-new-protocetid-whale-offers-clues-to

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Tangents abound! Hids takes a look at a Smokey Bear, the iconic and longest running public service announcement campaign in US History! Wildfires are a very real threat across the US and the world, and Smokey has been a voice for prevention and safety for over 81 years!

Jess takes a look at something slightly creepier than bears…vampires! Specifically the rise of the current ‘romantic’ vampire depiction from the Victorian era and a brief look at some of the earliest mentions of vampirism. We’ll definitely be looking forward to future episodes and deeper dives into this topic!

Hids’ Sources:

SmokeyBear.com

https://www.adcouncil.org/campaign/wildfire-prevention/spread-the-word

https://smokeybear.com/#tips

https://youtu.be/Myz93sXW66Y?si=kMshDXgnU7o7aYqk 

Jess’ Sources:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-popular-culture-changed-our-view-of-the-vampire

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Paole

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Blagojevi%C4%87

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_vampire_panic

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We’re back! This episode kicks off our new schedule. We’ll be dropping episodes every other week for the foreseeable future. This week Jess reminds us to touch grass and how good it is for us to be outdoors as she discusses Sylvotherapy. Nature is really cool and we all need to spend more time in it!

Hids talks about another awesome woman from history: Amelia Earhart!! We’ve all been told the basics, she was a great pilot and did some cool things and then was lost at sea. But there’s SO MUCH MORE! 

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This week we’re dropping a Warm Embers episode full of announcements, updates and conversations!

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Join us! Jess and Hids for a cozy, low stakes actual play D&D podcast! A Tale of Two Kobolds.

Follow the adventures of Fizzz and Bang, two adorable Kobolds, as they face a world that’s bigger than they are in an effort to find each other, and maybe learn a bit about themselves along the way.

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Order has been restored and Jess goes first in this episode.

She talks about the top secret illegal government project, MKUltra, famous now for dosing unwitting civilians with LSD and conducting horrible experiments on them.

Hids introduces us to the brilliant scientific mind of Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, the woman behind bluetooth and early forms of wifi. Oh, she was also the beautiful and talented actress, Hedy Lamarr.

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We have a shorter episode this week. Hids is still recovering from being sick and their voice is less than stellar. The streak breaks with this episode and Hids goes first! They give us a quick look at the pink fairy armadillo, an adorable little creature from Argentina!
Jess pulled a recurring card and takes us back to the golden age of piracy and a look at the Jolly Roger and its variations and origins. Arrrr matey, yer gonna love this one!

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Hids’ streak of not going first lives on as Jess takes us back to New York, 1964. She dips into a true crime story, so a trigger warning for murder, but what she really gets into is the fascinating psychology of the Bystander Effect and how the death of Kitty Genovese kicked off a decades long study, and paved the way for the 911 emergency call system.

Hids also travels back in time, but they go to West Virginia, 1966. A man is stopped on a lonely stretch of highway by…an alien spacecraft! Woodrow Derenberger experienced one of the first and most intriguing encounters with a being known as Indrid Cold, or the Grinning Man. He’s been tied to Mothman, but likely only because they were both seen in West Virginia around the same time frame. Was Indrid a bounty hunter going after Mothman? Was Mothman really Indrid’s lost pet!? Who knows!?

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It’s been a while since we’ve done a Raven Riff, so we’re bringing it back with a fun look at The Raven. We love cheesy movies, Vincent Price, and Edgar Allan Poe and this wonderfully cheesy comedic horror from 1963 has all three PLUS Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. Unfortunately for Jess, this movie also features a young Jack Nicholson.

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Episode eight has arrived and we’re bringing out the Punk! Jess revisits various punk genres and we come up with a few of our own along the way.

Hids does a bit of science-y stuff as they discuss Halley’s Comet and the Comet Panic of 1910!

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