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I'm attempting to unravel the mystery of mummies, from ancient Egyptian practices to modern fascination while exploring the history of Egyptomania, the impact of Tutankhamun's discovery, and the enduring myth of the mummy's curse.

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• Mummy
• What is Egyptomania?  
• Egyptomania: A History of Fascination, Obsession and Fantasy  
• Egyptomania: Looking Back at Ancient Egyptian Culture  
• Ancient Egypt in the Western imagination  
• The Birth of Tutmania  
• 1920s "Tutmania" and its Enduring Echoes  
• Curse of the pharaohs 

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Ripley joins us today to talk about the upcoming movies of the Winter 2025 season, and we're taking our guesses if these will be flops or not!

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• 2025 SCHEDULE

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There’s something special about 2000s animated movies to me, it could be nostalgia but I chose to dig deeper into some of the most prominent 2000s animated movies to try and figure it out.

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  • Anatomy of an Animated Adventure: Atlantis and Treasure Planet
  • The Enduring Appeal of Stitch: Why He’s So Popular at Disneyland Paris and Beyond
  • ‘We’re going to hide it’: How Lilo & Stitch succeeded by staying off Disney’s radar
  • Celebrating 20 years of “Shrek” and its influence on pop culture
  • More Than Just Memes: How ‘Shrek’: Changed Pop Culture as we Know It
  • Shrekfest

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Dumping my predictions for 2025, from the housing market to GTA 6, to personal and content predictions. It's all wrapped up in this episode!

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• Pod Rec: Not Another D&D Podcast

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Towns and even islands that only exist on paper, these phantoms have entertained people for hundreds of years and guarded maps from attempted copyright infringement. I'm sharing some of the most famous paper towns and phantom islands in today's episode!

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• Wiki - Phantom Settlement
• Ripton (fictitious town)
• What Are Phantom Settlements? Paper Towns & Mountweazels in Maps Around the World
• Wiki - Bielefeld conspiracy
• Leiria does not exist 
• Phantom Island

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I get a little distracted with an old-man take on streaming services before talking about TikTok and the successful start to the year with production.

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• Physical media will never die and is a better option
• Solarpunk
• Song Rec: Revolution of Mass Destruction

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My mom joins us for the last episode of the year to talk about family traditions and where they come from.

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• Song Rec: Family Tradition by Hank Williams, Jr.

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In Indiana Jones fashion, we are exploring and discovering some lost artifacts from my life and why they were so important to me.

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• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Song Rec: The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie 

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Cooking a turkey is very frustrating after being sick all week, the new Indiana Jones game is awesome, and 2025's year of content is quickly approaching. All that on this week's Saturday Morning Coffee episode.

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• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Why Turkey Sucks
• Pod Rec: BigFeets

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Oxford's word of the year is Brain Rot, so I'm jumping in to discuss this choice and my own examples to showcase it!

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• Oxford Word of the Year
• Oxford Word of the Year Contenders
• Newport Institute on Brain rot

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