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This week Joshua and Briana discuss Chess and Monopoly.

Time Stamps:
Chess- 6:22
Monopoly- 34:40

Sources:

Chess:

General history

General info

History of modern chess

History of staunton chess set

Staunton chess set

Shantranj

Deep blue

Chess variants

Vera Menchik

Brief history

Chess second book ever written

Fun chess facts

How the queen became so powerful

World chess champs

Number 1 selling board game

Polgar sisters

Chessboard killer

Monopoly:

cbs youtube video

Landlord’s Game wiki

Mary Pilon Smithsonian article

Charles Darrow information

Ms. Monopoly/Hasbro quote

Elizabeth Magie information

 Mandela Effect

monopoly tokens

monopoly story

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg.

This week Briana and Joshua invite special guest Olivia Griffin to talk about Jumanji and its connection to some wild theories.

Time Stamps:
0:00 meet Olivia
10:49- a brief Jumanji history
14:00- Olivia's Theory Corner
43:55- Which came first GAME

Sources:

general jumanji info


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This week Briana and Joshua discuss Absinthe and Vodka. Please drink responsibly!

This episode discusses alcohol, so if you are not 21, please check out our other episodes or ask your cool parent for permission. 

Time Stamps:
Absinthe- 14:39
Vodka- 37:01

Sources:

how to drink youtube

absinthe in the arts

origins of absinthe

czech absinthe

absinthe murders

medicinal use

absinthe in art

anti-absinthe propaganda

cocktail recipe

Vodka:

History of smirnoff

History of absolut

History of Belvedere

Blackmarket vodka

How vodka is made

History of vodka and word

Why is Vodka 40%

Russia vodka history

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This week Joshua and Briana discuss lipstick and mascara.

Time Stamps:
Lipstick- 5:36
Mascara- 33:26

Sources:

Lipstick

Research paper on history of lipstick

messy nessy chic

Lipstick in China

Kabuki

Kiss of death

Marie Claire

Wiki

Mascara

lash history

mascara origins

more mascara origins

pliny on makeup

mascara blindness

maybelline origins

victorian era eyelashes

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg.

This week Briana and Joshua discuss Astronaut Food and the Mars Rover.

Time Stamps:
Astronaut Food- 5:48
Mars Rover- 38:07

Sources:

Astronaut Food:

pizza hut stunt

general history

russian astronaut food

Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America, by Gustavo Arellano (tortilla information)

3D Printed food

salt/pepper info

skylab dinners

shrimp cocktail

general info

fun facts

The youtube video Briana mentions: space burrito making 5:42-9:10

Mars Rover

Perseverance fact sheet

 Press kit

Moon to mars

Who has walked on moon

Why humans haven’t gone back to moon

Mars 1

Opportunity dies

The spacecraft that carries a rover

Curiosity vs perseverance 

Mars 2 and 3 

Space mars rovers

A brief history of mars missions

Mars rover general

Theme song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg.

This week Joshua and Briana discuss the Ballot and QAnon.

Time Stamps:
Ballot- 10:30
QAnon- 35:49

Sources

Ballot

History

Blackballing

Origin of word

Hanging chad

Bush v gore

William tweed

Time mag

History.com

The New Yorker

2000 presidential election

QAnon

qanon explained- the guardian

what is qanon- ny times

 8chan breakdown

political supporters

the spread of Qanon

wayfair trafficking rumors

jfk jr. theory

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg.

This week Briana and Joshua discuss Jack O' Lanterns and the Ouija Board for a Halloween Special.

Time Stamps:
Jack O' Lanterns- 8:48
Ouija Board- 26:13

Jack O' Lanterns:

stingy jack story

turnip photo

pumpkin stats

jack o lantern facts

history of halloween

Celtic traditions

Samhain

Ouija  Board:

Ouija stories

Ouija

Ideomotor study

Ideomotor information

Elijah Bond

Ouija information

How does a Ouija board work

History of the Ouija Board

The guardian history

Vox history

Baltimore mag history

Museum of talking boards history

Parker brothers

How ouija became creepy

The exorcist

Hasbro

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg

Reddit stories
@throwawayweegee
@prodigialqueer

Episode Music
youtube

This week Joshua and Briana discuss Cyanide and Arsenic.

Time Stamps:
Cyanide- 7:33
Arsenic- 26:51

Sources:

Cyanide:

skyfall

Marvel Uses 

 Holocaust

 chemical compound

 how cyanide works

Chicago Tylenol

Rasputin 

Jonestown

cyanide poisoning by fire smoke

cyanide pills

suicide pills

hydrogen cyanide

BBC

history of cyanide poisoning

history of cyanide discovery 

suicide pill

zyklon B

Arsenic:

arsenic info

 food facts

environmental impacts

 Deborah Blum lecture

 symptoms of arsenic poisoning

poisoning cases

 treatments

 arsenic and old lace

 pie murders

 LeFarge murder

The Borgias

judy buenoano

Theme Song: by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg.

This week Briana and Joshua discuss the Hurdy Gurdy and the Theremin.

Time Stamps:

Hurdy Gurdy- 8:08
Theremin- 34:38

Sources:

Hurdy Gurdy

definition

Other names

Fredrik Knudsen video

 Michalina Malisz video

 Patty Gurdy video

 medieval hurdy gurdy music

 electric hurdy gurdy music

 hurdy gurdy featured in music

Theremin

explanation by hank green

Theremin General Info

H2G2 history

Theremin: either music and espionage

The magic of music and math

CBS

Leon Theremin

Lev Memoir

Lev and Olivia Mattis interview

Theremin World

Britannica 

Capacitor

NPR with Armen Ra

Olivia Mattis interview

List of movies with theremin

List of alien films

Theme song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg.

Music used in episode:

All music used for commentations, reference and examples. We do not own any of the music used in this episode. 

Song: Aequilibrium
Artist: Andrey Vinogradov

Song: Wizard
Artist: Guilhem Desq

Clara Rockmore: 6 Morceaux, Op. 51, No. 6. Valse sentimentale: 6 Morceaux, Op. 51: No. 6, Valse sentimentale (Arr. For theremin and piano)
Artist
Nadia Reisenberg
Album
Rachmaninov, S.: Vocalise / Saint-Saens, C.: Le Cygne / Falla, M.: El Amor Brujo / Achron, J.: Hebrew Melody (The Art of the Theremin)
Licensed by
NaxosofAmerica (on behalf of Delos), and 2 Music Rights Societies


Carolina Eyck: Soliloquy: voice and Theremin. Original music by her and played by her. 

Demos from It came from outer space

This week Joshua and Briana discuss whisks and Waffle Irons.

Time Stamps:
Whisk- 7:25
Waffle Iron- 21:31

Whisk Suggestion by @gayrott and @gmgrimes

Sources:

Whisk:

Whisk

Where the whisk came from

Julia Child and the whisk

Julia's Whisk

Types of whisks

Bound sticks

Stand and hand mixers

Invention

Chicago Tribune

history of mixers

Waffle Iron:

 waffle patent

William George quote

waffle iron breakfast set

 chaucer quote

 general timeline

Theme Song by Olivia Griffin, Briana Fogleman, and Joshua Steckelberg