Lindsay and Madison discuss the phenomenon of “prairie madness,” as well as how isolating the Great Plains are, that silence can be just as dangerous as sound, and how man needs community.

Information pulled from the following sources

2025 Retrospect Journal post by Kate Phillips

2024 Homestead article by Barbara Bamberger-Scott

2023 Medium post by Mel Carriere (1) (2)

2022 Atlas Obscura article by James Gaines

2020 Psychology Today article by Matt W. Wolff

2016 Scribd article by Heikki

1893 The Atlantic article by E.V. Smalley

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