This week Steph tells us about the opioid crisis, how it was manufactured by companies like Purdue and the effects on people's lives.

We also chat about fake meat, real meat and Marvel movies vs. Scorsese.

If you have a topic you would like either of us to cover, email [email protected] with either "Steph topic" or "Ben topic" in the subject, or tweet at Ben (@SRHGBG) or gram Steph (@badgalpheephee).

Topic Notes

2017 HBO documentary, ‘Warning: This Drug May Kill You’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPa8z4r4WqI&t=8126s

2019 BBC 3 documentary, ‘Addicted: America’s Opioid Crisis’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hOyjFyE3Ek

Australian Alcohol and Drug Foundation website – for specific information relating to the drugs I will be talking about - https://adf.org.au/

2017 article by Rachel N. Lipari, Ph.D., Matthew Williams, Ph.D., and Struther L. Van Horn, M.A., WHY DO ADULTS MISUSE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS? - https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3210/ShortReport-3210.html

US Department of Health and Human Services page on Opioids - https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/about-the-epidemic/index.html

National Institutes of Health website - https://www.nih.gov/

Nature, the International Journal of Science, 2019 article, Tracing the US opioid crisis to its roots by Sarah DeWeerdt - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02686-2

LA Times 2016 article, ‘YOU WANT A DESCRIPTION OF HELL?’ OXYCONTIN’S 12-HOUR PROBLEM, by HARRIET RYAN, LISA GIRION AND SCOTT GLOVER - https://www.latimes.com/projects/oxycontin-part1/

Banter Notes

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/summeranne/morality-didnt-turn-people-vegan-capitalism-might

https://www.popsci.com/red-meat-health-evidence-nutrition-studies/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/michaelblackmon/spider-man-staying-in-marvel-cinematic-universe-mcu

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/martin-scorsese-marvel-theme-parks-1203360075/

This week Ben finishes of his two part series on Alex Jones, talking about his new business model, his relationship with Trump and the outlandish events of the past few years.

We also chat about Lana Del Ray, giving up your dating information to Facebook and the sad passing of the Jeremy Renner App.

If you have a topic you would like either of us to cover, email [email protected] with either "Steph topic" or "Ben topic" in the subject, or tweet at Ben (@SRHGBG) or gram Steph (@badgalpheephee).

Topic Links:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/09/insider/alex-jones-infowars-media-interview.html

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/alex-jones-infowars-employees-complaint-about-sexual-harassment-2018-2?r=US&IR=T

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/alex-jones-trans-porn-phone-infowars-marissa-minx-a8510801.html

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/18/media/alex-jones-lawsuit/index.html

https://heavy.com/news/2017/04/alex-jones-ex-wife-kelly-jones-kids-child-custody-infowars-fake-performance-artist/

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/06/13/here-exactly-what-alex-jones-has-said-about-sandy-hook-massacre/216889

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/twitter-permanently-bans-alex-jones-and-infowars-accounts.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/26/521545788/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-apologizes-for-promoting-pizzagate

https://nypost.com/2019/06/17/lawyers-for-sandy-hook-families-say-alex-jones-sent-them-child-pornography/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/infowars-alex-jones-loses-custody-case-ex-wife-wins-right-to-decide-where-children-live

https://www.salon.com/2018/03/30/kelly-jones-alex-jones-brainwashed-my-son/

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/alex-jones-accused-sexual-harassment-racism-anti-semitism-article-1.3848193

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/alex-jones-chobani-lawsuit.html

https://mashable.com/2017/04/18/alex-jones-chili-infowars/

https://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/04/alex-jones-custody-battle-infowars/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4423402/Alex-Jones-forgot-kids-details-chili-lunch.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2019/02/07/alex-jones-and-joe-rogan-are-in-the-midst-of-a-hilarious-feud/#1e2d689d24f8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HzOqZeX3Yk

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/18/business/media/megyn-kelly-alex-jones-interview.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/megyn-kelly-exposed-by-alex-jones-in-leaked-audio-recordings

https://mashable.com/article/facebook-youtube-alex-jones-ban/

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/06/twitter-permanently-bans-alex-jones-and-infowars-accounts.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanberr/2019/06/24/conspiracy-theorist-alex-jones-evades-crackdown-on-social-media-sites/#2177fd0d4f87

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/03/30/infowars-host-alex-jones-blames-psychosis-sandy-hook-claims/3318972002/

https://www.salon.com/2019/09/05/alex-jones-loses-his-appeal-of-sandy-hook-defamation-lawsuit-and-he-has-been-ordered-to-pay-up/

https://www.mediamatters.org/alex-jones/alex-jones-souring-his-indicted-infowars-employee-roger-stone

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/stick-a-fork-in-qanon-alex-jones-and-jerome-corsi-claim-that-qanon-has-been-completely-compromised/

http://www.conspiracyschool.com/blog/alex-jones-disinfo-agent-satanists

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d7evqv/digging-deep-into-the-only-conspiracy-alex-jones-doesnt-like

https://galacticconnection.com/alex-jones-exposed-parents-were-cia-agents-masonic-family-lineage-controlled-opposition/

https://www.salon.com/2013/05/02/alex_jones_conspiracy_inc/

 http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/05/how-does-alex-jones-make-money.html

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/we-sent-alex-jones-infowars-supplements-to-a-lab-heres

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-visit-to-the-infowars-studios-of-alex-jones-a-1136654.html

https://labdoor.com/article/labdoor-special-report-we-tested-the-infowars-supplements

http://www.sfgate.com/local/article/SF-lab-finds-out-what-s-actually-in-Alex-Jones-11748954.php

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/4/6/15160486/alex-jones-vaccines-autism-gates-fungus-health-conspiracy-theories

https://jezebel.com/alex-jones-and-his-pill-pushing-chiropractor-are-here-t-1794383993

https://www.globalhealingcenter.com/about/dr-group

https://us.blastingnews.com/opinion/2017/02/adroll-cuts-ties-with-infowars-claiming-alex-promotes-fake-news-001492303.html

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/breaking-the-storm-jerome-corsi-and-q-go-to-war/

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trump-and-the-amazing-alex-jones

https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/guide-donald-trumps-relationship-alex-jones

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/guide-conspiratorial-media/514757/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/charliewarzel/alex-jones-will-never-stop-being-alex-jones

https://www.statesman.com/news/20161024/austins-alex-jones-the-voice-in-donald-trumps-head

https://edition.cnn.com/2015/12/02/politics/donald-trump-praises-9-11-truther-alex-jones/index.html

Banter Links:

https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/in-the-media/lana-del-rey-comes-out-against-furries

https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/09/lana-del-rey-npr-album-review/amp/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/opinion/facebook-dating-app.html#click=https://t.co/FZRDrMTcy3

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/meghara/period-tracker-apps-facebook-maya-mia-fem

https://www.gq.com/story/jeremy-renner-app-rip/amp#click=https://t.co/Iw9WTvujqP

This week Steph reflects on movies from the 80's set in 2019, how accurate and inaccurate their predictions were, and our opinions on whether we can have sex with robots.

We also discuss bed bugs in The New York Times office, Disney war on popular culture and why The Eclecticast office won't be on a WeWork floor.

Finally we talk about Ari Aster's new film Midsommar.

If you have a topic you would like either of us to cover, email [email protected] with either "Steph topic" or "Ben topic" in the subject, or tweet at Ben (@SRHGBG) or gram Steph (@badgalpheephee).

Topic Links:

https://www.ranker.com/list/movies-shows-set-in-2019/jonathan-kantor?ref=hp_collection&collectionId=2133&l=1

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/blade-runner-original-movie-plot-synopsis-you-need-before-2049-1046355

https://twentytwowords.com/blade-runner-was-set-in-2019/

https://nypost.com/2019/02/02/how-blade-runner-and-the-running-man-predicted-our-lives-decades-ago/

https://www.headstuff.org/entertainment/film/film-features/akira-anniversary-30/

https://www.cbr.com/akira-blade-runner-running-man-right-about-2019/

https://www.looper.com/144187/what-these-movies-predicted-about-2019/

Banter Links:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/08/the-new-york-times-has-bed-bugs.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ny-times-columnist-bret-stephens-to-twitter-critic-come-to-my-home-and-call-me-a-bedbug-to-my-face

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/aug/30/bret-stephens-bedbug-column-twitter

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/upcoming-movies/spiderman-to-exit-marvel-cinematic-universe-after-disneysony-deal-collapses/news-story/cf73a1e81078837b8f9e9a29c715c0f3

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/entertainment/news/so-long-die-hard-christmas-cinemas-losing-access-to-fox-film-archives/ar-AAGsu4o

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/wework-ipo-office-sharing-prospectus-s-1-shows-losses/

https://www.wework.com/buildings/120-spencer-st--melbourne/virtual-tour

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/analysts-expect-uber-eats-lose-172153835.html

This week Ben guides us through the first part of the Alex Jones episode, guiding us through childhood, early career and what his beliefs are.

We also chat about how Iceland is melting and the Amazon (the good one) is on fire, Elon Musk's totally normal plan to nuke Mars and the authoritarian world of Amazon (the bad one).

If you have a topic you would like either of us to cover, email [email protected] with either "Steph topic" or "Ben topic" in the subject, or tweet at Ben (@SRHGBG) or gram Steph (@badgalpheephee).

Topic Links:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/670/beware-the-jabberwock

Banter Links:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/passantino/iceland-held-a-funeral-for-its-first-glacier-lost-to

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/sao-paulo-darkness-amazon-fires

https://www.thebigsmoke.com.au/2019/08/20/85563/

https://www.thedailybeast.com/amazons-army-of-superfan-ambassadors-is-getting-even-weirder

https://twitter.com/RespectableLaw/status/1161836277567754240?s=09

This week Steph tells us about the twisted tale of Angela and Ian Diaz, and Michelle Hadley. This one is certainly a bizarre journey. [Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault]

We also talk about the cynical marketing campaign targeting millennial associated buzzwords, the disturbing number of young people without friends and the obligatory (though delayed) Jeffrey Epstein conversation. [Trigger Warning: Paedophilia, Sexual Assault, Suicide]

If you have a topic you would like either of us to cover, email [email protected] with either "Steph topic" or "Ben topic" in the subject, or tweet at Ben (@SRHGBG) or gram Steph (@badgalpheephee).

Banter Links:

https://thetakeout.com/pizza-hut-lockers-cubbies-pick-up-carry-out-1836662741

https://www.vox.com/platform/amp/science-and-health/2019/8/1/20750047/millennials-poll-loneliness?utm_campaign=vox&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&__twitter_impression=true

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5d5317b7e4b05fa9df060586/amp#click=https://t.co/Dns4zuv7FX

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/10/nyregion/jeffrey-epstein-suicide.html#click=https://t.co/5D3Sd4JNoe

In this very first attempt to record content, we talk about our history of broadcasting and performance, religion and cults, appropriation of culture, living out of home and our early plans for the podcast. I feel like you learn a lot about what makes us tick in this demo.

Real fans will take note of all the quotes included in The Eclecticast theme.

If you have a topic you would like either of us to cover, email [email protected] with either "Steph topic" or "Ben topic" in the subject, or tweet at Ben (@SRHGBG) or gram Steph (@badgalpheephee).

This week Ben tells us about Platonic love, the original dialogue from which it emerged and what it means to navigate a friendly relationship with someone you could be sexually attracted to.

We also talk about feet pics, the Oscars and our plans to become podcast millionaires.

If you have a topic you would like either of us to cover, email [email protected] with either "Steph topic" or "Ben topic" in the subject, or tweet at Ben (@SRHGBG) or gram Steph (@badgalpheephee).

This week Ben goes personal and talks at length about one of his hobbies. LEGO. Its history, all the different kinds of LEGO and the issues surrounding this ubiquitous brick. Trigger warning: Suicide.

We also chat about the problem with the glut of podcasts, why are some people are going to the U.N. so they can continue to harass women and how the ladies also reportedly like sexy time.

If you have a topic you would like either of us to cover, email [email protected] with either "Steph topic" or "Ben topic" in the subject, or tweet at Ben (@SRHGBG) or gram Steph (@badgalpheephee)

Links:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/style/why-are-there-so-many-podcasts.html

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/australian-christian-lobby-religious-freedom

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/universal-desire-men-and-women-respond-identically-to-erotic-images/

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/us/area-51-raid.html

This week Steph tells us about modern slavery, its surprising prevalence in western countries and a few recent examples of this horrific crime. 

We also talk about how you should wash your clothes, the weird habits we keep from out childhood and the movie "Hail Satan?".

 If you have a topic you would like either of us to cover, email [email protected] with either "Steph topic" or "Ben topic" in the subject, or tweet at Ben (@SRHGBG) or gram Steph (@badgalpheephee).

Links:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-48908413?__twitter_impression=true

Ben talks about Revelation 12 Sign, a prophecy for the end of the world which of course failed and the wider context of the Book of Revelation. This one is a bit messy.

We also talk about the season finale of Rick and Morty, complain about how many podcasts they are and provide a behind-the-scenes look at trying out some new samples (hopefully soon to return!)

If you have a topic you would like either of us to cover, email [email protected] with either "Steph topic" or "Ben topic" in the subject, or tweet at Ben (@SRHGBG) or gram Steph (@badgalpheephee).