The Human Exception

In this special two-part holiday episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four of topics full of heartwarming and inspirational stories!

• Merry Chris-Fish: Courtney takes us on a tour of all the holiday inspired named marine creatures, from Christmas tree worms, to sea angels and even a crab that likes to take things from its environment decorate itself!
• The Great Tree Kangaroo: Tree kangaroo seems like a paradoxical term. Kangaroos are large, powerful land marsupials unlike anything on any other continent outside Australia. But evolution is a funny thing, and out of it we got tree kangaroos.
• Asian Holiday Traditions: We all know about Christmas, but there are countless holidays celebrated by thousands of other cultures. Nathan takes us to India and China explore a few!
• The Hatbox Baby: It was Christmas Eve 1931, when a couple driving through the Arizona desert encountered car troubles. They pulled over and as they were examining the damage, they heard a baby crying. 150 feet away they found a little girl, seven days old in a woman's hatbox. How had she got there? Where were her parents? Who was she? These questions wouldn't be answered for seventy years

Pt.1

• Merry Chris-Fish
• The Great Tree Kangaroo

https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0054-0055-deep-sea-diwali-roos-and-other-holiday-miracles/

Our hosts chat with very special guest, Mike Browne host and creator of Dark Poutine, a podcast about Canadian true crime and dark history, as well as host on Supernatural Circumstances and now author of Murder, Madness and Mayhem

In this special bonus episode, our hosts return to the dark , spider-webbed cobbled corner of the internet where My Immortal resides

• My Immortal: The year is 2006, emo rock is so very in and the Harry Potter fandom is at an all-time high. Enter Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, the core protagonist of what would go down as the most notorious fanfiction of all time and one whose legitimacy still is debated today

Part one can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/0039-campfire-stories-to-tell-on-the-internet/

In this special episode our hosts review all the topics from the last year, discussing these stories and providing updates. 

Please review the list here https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0051-one-exceptional-year/ for all episodes and stories with links and any updates we found!

In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue:

• Witchcraft in Europe: It was the mid 1400s when Europe began to get really concerned about their "witch problem" and this paranoia only grew to a fever pitch between 1500-1660 where up to 80,000 suspected witches were put to death in Europe. What happened? How did we get here? And are you a witch? The answer might surprise you
• Witchcraft in Japan: When people think of witches they think of the pointy hats and broomsticks that cackle off into the night. In Japan you would hear no such tales, instead you get blind women who are married to spirits, magic users who employ the skills of snakes and foxes and even witches who turn into cats and meek old ladies to catch young girls alone at night outside of temples for dinner. Let's go to Japan
• Witchcraft in America: Like a stubborn independent child, America likes to pretend their connection to their mother country of England ain't no thang. But let's face it, the basis of their entire society is based in the culture and practices brought over from Europe. Of all the things that were brought with them, was a book known as the 'Malleus Maleficarum' and with it a terror of witchcraft
• Modern Witchcraft: Times have changed, thankfully in most first world countries people are free to practice religions like Wicca with a focus on meditation, magic and balance with nature. Witches are far from dead, despite the efforts of nearly every country trying to burn them out. Today there is an estimated 200,000 Wiccans, let's talk about how that came to be

Pt. 3

• Witchcraft in America
• Modern Witchcraft

https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0048-0050-witch-please/

In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue:

• Witchcraft in Europe: It was the mid 1400s when Europe began to get really concerned about their "witch problem" and this paranoia only grew to a fever pitch between 1500-1660 where up to 80,000 suspected witches were put to death in Europe. What happened? How did we get here? And are you a witch? The answer might surprise you
• Witchcraft in Japan: When people think of witches they think of the pointy hats and broomsticks that cackle off into the night. In Japan you would hear no such tales, instead you get blind women who are married to spirits, magic users who employ the skills of snakes and foxes and even witches who turn into cats and meek old ladies to catch young girls alone at night outside of temples for dinner. Let's go to Japan
• Witchcraft in America: Like a stubborn independent child, America likes to pretend their connection to their mother country of England ain't no thang. But let's face it, the basis of their entire society is based in the culture and practices brought over from Europe. Of all the things that were brought with them, was a book known as the 'Malleus Maleficarum' and with it a terror of witchcraft
• Modern Witchcraft: Times have changed, thankfully in most first world countries people are free to practice religions like Wicca with a focus on meditation, magic and balance with nature. Witches are far from dead, despite the efforts of nearly every country trying to burn them out. Today there is an estimated 200,000 Wiccans, let's talk about how that came to be

Pt. 2

• Witchcraft in Japan

https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0048-0050-witch-please/

In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue:

• Witchcraft in Europe: It was the mid 1400s when Europe began to get really concerned about their "witch problem" and this paranoia only grew to a fever pitch between 1500-1660 where up to 80,000 suspected witches were put to death in Europe. What happened? How did we get here? And are you a witch? The answer might surprise you
• Witchcraft in Japan: When people think of witches they think of the pointy hats and broomsticks that cackle off into the night. In Japan you would hear no such tales, instead you get blind women who are married to spirits, magic users who employ the skills of snakes and foxes and even witches who turn into cats and meek old ladies to catch young girls alone at night outside of temples for dinner. Let's go to Japan
• Witchcraft in America: Like a stubborn independent child, America likes to pretend their connection to their mother country of England ain't no thang. But let's face it, the basis of their entire society is based in the culture and practices brought over from Europe. Of all the things that were brought with them, was a book known as the 'Malleus Maleficarum' and with it a terror of witchcraft
• Modern Witchcraft: Times have changed, thankfully in most first world countries people are free to practice religions like Wicca with a focus on meditation, magic and balance with nature. Witches are far from dead, despite the efforts of nearly every country trying to burn them out. Today there is an estimated 200,000 Wiccans, let's talk about how that came to be

Pt. 1

• Witchcraft in Europe

Special thank you to Cat Dossett for our cover photo you can find her at https://www.catdossett.com/ or https://www.instagram.com/catdossett/

More info can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0048-0050-witch-please/

In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:

• The Quackery of Paul Bragg: Everyone has lied at one point in their lives, usually about small inconsequential things whether about your availability on a Friday night or saying we're good even when we feel like crap. But what about people who tell much bigger lies? Like the year and location of their birth? Their medical degree? The health benefits of apple cider vinegar? Time to meet Paul Bragg
• The Kelloggs: A name that exists in nearly everyone's pantry, Kellogg's was a big part of our lives to many of us that grew up with it. Created by two brothers, one often forgotten in the shadows of his much more prolific older sibling, the first flaked cereal was a total accident. But this story doesn't start or end with cereal. It starts with a desire to make a better, healthier world and ends with eugenics
• Young Living: Who doesn't love a good MLM? What could be more empowering than to run your own business, setting your own hours and going bankrupt chasing an impossible standard? There's a reason products end up as part of an MLM scam: they lack quality, function and sometimes even a passing FDA grade. But essential oils are harmless, right?

Pt. 3

• Young Living

https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0045-0046-cereal-offenders-of-the-human-race/

In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:

• The Quackery of Paul Bragg: Everyone has lied at one point in their lives, usually about small inconsequential things whether about your availability on a Friday night or saying we're good even when we feel like crap. But what about people who tell much bigger lies? Like the year and location of their birth? Their medical degree? The health benefits of apple cider vinegar? Time to meet Paul Bragg
• The Kelloggs: A name that exists in nearly everyone's pantry, Kellogg's was a big part of our lives to many of us that grew up with it. Created by two brothers, one often forgotten in the shadows of his much more prolific older sibling, the first flaked cereal was a total accident. But this story doesn't start or end with cereal. It starts with a desire to make a better, healthier world and ends with eugenics
• Young Living: Who doesn't love a good MLM? What could be more empowering than to run your own business, setting your own hours and going bankrupt chasing an impossible standard? There's a reason products end up as part of an MLM scam: they lack quality, function and sometimes even a passing FDA grade. But essential oils are harmless, right?

Pt. 2

• The Kelloggs

https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0045-0046-cereal-offenders-of-the-human-race/

In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:

• The Quackery of Paul Bragg: Everyone has lied at one point in their lives, usually about small inconsequential things whether about your availability on a Friday night or saying we're good even when we feel like crap. But what about people who tell much bigger lies? Like the year and location of their birth? Their medical degree? The health benefits of apple cider vinegar? Time to meet Paul Bragg
• The Kelloggs: A name that exists in nearly everyone's pantry, Kellogg's was a big part of our lives to many of us that grew up with it. Created by two brothers, one often forgotten in the shadows of his much more prolific older sibling, the first flaked cereal was a total accident. But this story doesn't start or end with cereal. It starts with a desire to make a better, healthier world and ends with eugenics
• Young Living: Who doesn't love a good MLM? What could be more empowering than to run your own business, setting your own hours and going bankrupt chasing an impossible standard? There's a reason products end up as part of an MLM scam: they lack quality, function and sometimes even a passing FDA grade. But essential oils are harmless, right?

Pt. 1

• The Quackery of Paul Bragg

https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0045-0046-cereal-offenders-of-the-human-race/