In this electrifying episode Katharine answers all your burning questions, including: Does lightning strikes twice? Where should I go when I hear thunder roar? Is Fleetwood Mac lying to us?

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Katharine tells Lorien about this scam? cult? extended commitment to the science fiction bit? We eagerly await our cease and desist from one of their many legal departments.

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-       Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief documentary

-       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology

-       https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/22/us/believer-what-is-scientology/index.html

-       https://www.history.com/topics/religion/history-of-scientology

-       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianetics

-       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White

-       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Freakout

-       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hole_(Scientology)

-       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Miscavige

Wallendas are flying! Omelets are flipping! Swords are not being swallowed! Lorien straps Katharine to her back and walks a metaphorical tightrope.

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Katharine decries a trend(?) of her youth. Lorien surprises them both by being a proponent of skydiving.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungee_jumping

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/thailand-bungee-jump-snap-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/bungee-jump-man-died-macau-tower-china-2023-12

https://www.insideedition.com/woman-falls-164-feet-to-her-death-in-freak-bungee-jumping-accident-while-on-date-with-boyfriend

https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/western_colorado/womans-fatal-fall-investigated/article_c7347486-f2af-11e7-bc94-10604b9f1ff4.html

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240226050695

https://oregonbungee.com/is-bungee-jumping-safe/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Hackett

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/vanuatu-land-divers/index.html

Lorien tells Katharine non-duplicative stories about cloning (something that Katharine and Lorien are not, despite a classmate, ten years ago calling them interchangeable [never letting it go]).

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https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/cloning/#

Katharine tells Lorien about permafrost and the viruses contained therein; they keep track of how many disaster-movie openings these sciences seem to be trying to stage.

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Lorien tells Katharine about counterfeit an adulterated supplements. If that sounds upsetting, well, it's not great.

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Katharine teaches Lorien about the cat of 1000 (40) names.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cougar

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/19/1232488622/cougar-attack-mountain-bikers-washington-state

https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/cyclists-recount-cougar-attack-washington-fighting-for-my-life/281-d75bd67c-f4e8-469b-8b9f-037dc16290b3

https://westernwildlife.org/cougar-felis-concolor/cougar-safety/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/20/p-22-mountain-lion-los-angeles-death-reaction

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/03/21/colorado-mountain-lion-attack-hot-tub/11513180002/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/trail-runner-describes-deadly-mountain-lion-attack-worst/story?id=61073157

https://www.ranker.com/list/fatal-mountain-lion-incidents-in-us/jonathan-kantor

What do you say to taking chances...on this episode about a rare disease and also Celine Dion.

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