BJD faceup artist Lav shares the basics of the ball-jointed doll crafting (and collecting adjacent) community.

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Pauline looks into the origins of the Michelin Guide.

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Pauline explores the continuing evolution of FEMA.

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Pauline describes the Company Town structure and gives examples of the good, the bad, and the massacre.

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Pauline breaks down the rhetoric used in Stochastic Terrorism, the characteristics of those most at risk of being influenced by its messaging, and how to spot shifts in The Overton Window.

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Pauline explains the rise and scandalous collapse of Enron Corporation.

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Pauline makes the case for opening more Safe Injection Sites to help address the opioid crisis.

Pauline covers how businesses used middle-men to suppress their workers in the late 19th/early 20th century.

Pauline shares the steps coffee goes through from harvest to brew (including processing styles), then covers the four waves of the coffee industry. Find ‘The Marvelous Madames’ Podcast at https://linktr.ee/themarvelousmadames

:30 The Coffee Production Process,

13:44 Promo: The Marvelous Madames Podcast,

14:30 The Four Waves of Coffee

Pauline covers the German term ‘Lebensraum’, its part in the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, and part of that invasion - The Siege of Leningrad.

0:05 Best Anythings (Ted Lasso, Legends of Tomorrow rewatch),

1:52 Lebensraum,

6:31 The Siege of Leningrad