PIG IRON.

We went so many weird places on the last episode that we felt compelled to follow up with Camping Part Two: What We Meant To Talk About. Food choices, tent troubles, snipe hunts, all the nitty gritty of camping life comes to the table. Lucy gives the camping onigiri from last episode a try to some dubious results. All in all a light affair this week as we plan out the new year's slate of guests. Thanks for hanging out! 

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@pigironpodcast for contact. 

You win, Meghan Trainor! This week, the gang formally introduces our new name: Pig Iron. We also welcome new team member Lucy to the podcast to discuss some essential quarantine friendly outdoor activities. Jake hates camping, Ruben loves it. Eliza has many smart things to say about the value of outside. Michelle tries to keep us on target and we talk for several minutes about proper defecatioin etiquette. So all in all, not much has changed. 

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In the midst of working on our grand re-naming scheme, here is something a bit different. Recorded after our tangent in episode 016, the gang unpacks the bizarre cultural artifact "Our Friend, Martin." Historically shown in grade schools around this time of year, hopefully no more, the film has some ... interesting takes on the life and death of MLK Jr.

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A very Happy New Year to all, now here's some tips on how to not die! Covid isn't going anywhere in the near future, we don't like it and we don't expect you to either, but we do want you to be as informed as you can about protecting your face! Eliza has been busy doing this already in the broader internet sphere, so we decided to address it here on the pod in audio format as well. Plus, a certain somebody decided to start another podcast with our name, what are we going to do? 

Resources: 

https://twitter.com/masknerd

https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg

Naomi Wu Mask Thead: https://twitter.com/RealSexyCyborg/status/1480455810564063233

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/health/san-antonio-hospital-could-have-an-answer-to-the-ppe-crisis-elastomeric-masks/273-882e7ea3-e377-4776-906c-33ce89e193cc

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/05/long-covid-research-microclots

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It's the end of our first year as a podcast and also the solar year, so in the interest of keeping things light this week we're talking about one of the most DIY endeavors humans have in common - pet ownership! Come learn the origins of the pod's pets, Churchgrim, Bruce and Roux, and hear us talk about the logistics and fun parts of having a little guy who hangs out around your home. 

We have a mailbag! If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to [email protected]

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The haus so nice we talk about it twice! This week the gang closes the book on Groverhaus, with Ruben back into the fold and alive from last week's tech difficulties. What can we learn from this madness? The gang examines Something Awful modship, the changes in posting behavior and the general fallout of Grover's journey from military-worshiping, corner-cutting forum mod to the embodiment of DIY nightmare culture. Also, the semantics of posting hole.

Groverhaus: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/groverhaus

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The full house of buddies returns for more tales of DIY excess from the pit of the internet: the Something Awful forums. This time we discuss the house that gave us "load-bearing dry wall," the beige barn in the swampland: the mythical Groverhaus. We also touch on the recent death of Something Awful founder Lowtax. Join Michelle, Eliza, Jake and a dash of Ruben (lost to internet woes) for another peak back into the lives of Goons past and their echoes into the future. 

Groverhaus: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/groverhaus

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This week we welcome very special guest Sarah Hightower (@nezumi_ningen). Sarah has been working online as a terrorism/cult researcher and de-radicalization proponent for years, primarily through her popular twitter account and collaborations with other journalists and researchers. We discuss her pathway to her current work as well as the hows and whys of various cultic organizations. In regular podcast news, Eliza returns and Jake is late!

Sarah's Links

Twitter: https://twitter.com/nezumi_ningen

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nezumi_ningen 

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Michelle and Jake are very excited to have author and critic Gretchen Felker-Martin join them on the show today to discuss all things disgust. Gretchen's debut novel MANHUNT, about a testosterone-fueled apocalypse scenario, is releasing in early 2022 on Tor's Nightfire imprint. We discuss the development process, going from critique to published fiction, and why all 3 of us seem to be on the same page with regards to the impact that consumer culture has had on fandom (hint: it's bad!). 

Gretchen's Links:

Pre-Order Manhunt: https://tornightfire.com/catalog/manhunt-gretchen-felker-martin/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/scumbelievable

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scumbelievable

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The show is haunted! The spectre of GHOST*FRUITS looms over the gang as 4/9 members of this elusive and eclectic art collective apparate into the digital studio for a sit-down. If you've never read a GHOST*FRUITS comic you've missed out on the potential for chaos that collectivist, digital art can bring to the medium. A single page is often filled to the brim with crackling energy and like eight art styles that still look good together. Listen in to find out how nine funky souls cast aside their egos to work as one, and get hip to these ghosts.  

Ghost Links

http://ghostfruits.com/

https://twitter.com/GHOSTFRUITS

https://ghostfruits.itch.io/

https://www.patreon.com/ghostfruits

Thee Ghost Fruits: 

https://twitter.com/imthemango

https://twitter.com/3NDUFO

https://twitter.com/puzzleroom_

https://twitter.com/Sleeper_Muscle

https://twitter.com/Personfaces

https://twitter.com/steamjamboree

https://twitter.com/ghbstfrbbts

https://twitter.com/Garbotrash3d

MICHELLE PEREZ x GHOSTFRUITS: SPIDERMAN 

https://turtlemilitia.tumblr.com/post/174612924725/michelle-perez-x-ghostfruits-spiderman

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