Paranoia Happy Hour

Uncork some wine and join me and my bestie for the story of Oculus Anubis! Is it a cult? A rich housing development? Both? Who knows! We speculate wildly and also please do not trespass.

Rachael’s Boo Clubs
Tusk staring Justin Long! Warning that this contains some weird body horror and walruses may frighten you like never before.

Brand New Cherry Flavor - a psychedelic, sci-fi Netflix show about a woman trying to make it in cutthroat Hollywood.

Rachael’s Shares not Scares
1) Fuck the Patriarchy 
2) Support sex worker’s rights
3) Support local art

Join me for happy hour with Delilah and James! James is a forensic pathologist who shares a story from work about tempting fate, a glimpse of his mom’s spirit when he was a teenager, and some tales of Southern folklore/voodoo magic. 

James and Delilah's Boo Club picks:

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
• The Key: A True Encounter by Whitley Strieber

It’s hot toddy time! Join me for Paranoia Happy Hour with my guest Sumer. We hear about the time she found a glass door to nowhere in a cold basement and some creeeeeeeeeepy kid stories. 

Sumer’s Boo Club pick is The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Check it out from your local library! 

Sumer’s awareness picks are The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and The Nature Conservancy.

• JDRF is a nonprofit that funds innovative research and advocates for government action around juvenile diabetes. Learn more at jdrf.org! 
• The Nature Conservancy is one of the most effective and widereaching environmental nonprofit organizations in the world, working to conserve our natural resources. Check them out at nature.org to learn more about their mission.

WARNING: Mentions the spirits w*ndigos! 

Mix up that cocktail and join me for happy hour with Rina! We speculate on a mystical animal sighting in a rural Oregon town and bond over our mutual love of cheap red wine (also known as “grad school juice”). 

Rina’s awareness pick is the nonprofit No More Deaths. Check them out at nomoredeaths.org (and donate, if you’re so inclined!). Here’s some great info from their website: The mission of No More Deaths is to end death and suffering in the Mexico–US borderlands through civil initiative: people of conscience working openly and in community to uphold fundamental human rights. 

My first guest on Paranoia Happy Hour is James Sharinghousen! He’s a haunted house expert, one of my brother’s oldest friends, and the spookiest person I know. I hear the weirdest thing that’s ever happened to James, enjoy a brief foray into The Exorcist, and reminisce about that time we were pulled over in a hearse. Hit him up for haunted house tips and follow his instagram account (@jamessharinghousen) to soak up spooky and creative merriment year round. 

Mix up your favorite adult beverage and join me for a spooky happy hour! Over the course of a year, I'll be interviewing my family,  friends, and acquaintances to ask what's the weirdest thing that's ever happened to you?  From ghosts to UFOs to who knows what, I'm buckling up to hear the weirdest tales my circle has to offer. Cheers!