It's all fun and games until Steven Spielberg brings you his precious property to turn into a video game.  In the early 1980s, Atari was unstoppable... but the little brown extraterrestrial did his best.  A crazy short development time, a waning interest in video games, and the worst game ever made (according to some).

Leigh's song pick:: The Working Hour by Tears for Fears

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Our special guest drops by for a two-part series about the slow-burn disaster happening all around us.  What's a greenhouse gas?  Are we in an ice age?  Will the poles melt and send us spinning off into outer space?  You never know what could happen when Nuclear Norm is around...

Norm's song pick:: Backroads by Lonely The Brave

https://open.spotify.com/track/33dunxmWFO2n1a2sjD1wGD?si=FukIhYt9REmU_d_Xryfbww

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Leigh's song pick:: Journeys by Divination

Peter's song pick:: Ether by Mogwai

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

In 1958, Los Alamos National Laboratory was buzzing with new and exciting ways to eradicate humanity and leave the Earth a desolate, radioactive wasteland. Turns out we've been nuking ourselves willingly for over a century... unless you're Cecil Kelley, in which case the radiation was far less voluntary. Plutonium, critical mass, and excursion event, and an alarmingly quick end...

Peter's song pick(s):: Down in the Park by Tubeway Army

Down in the Park by Foo Fighters

Down in the Park by Marilyn Manson

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When you're known as the meanest tub-bassist around, you're bound to attract all kinds.  Sometimes it's a self-proclaimed Harmonica Jesus who stumbles into being the head of a cult.  Charles Manson made having a "family" a la mode, so maybe it was bound to happen?  Bank robbery, arguing hippies, blue grass music, and harmonica... so much harmonica...

Leigh's song pick:: Jug Band Music by Jim Kweskin

https://open.spotify.com/track/2CL8Rg2okXt0FFNNzwmzk3?si=jg7b2nCHQ1yJ7-9pgzIEYg

Peter's song pick:: Flowers on the Wall by The Statler Brothers

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Theme song by Blank Sun: https://blanksun.bandcamp.com

In 1969, the Woodstock festival became the stuff of legends.  In 1999, the Woodstock festival became infamous.  In 2019, the Woodstock festival became... nothing.  With fifty years of colossal brand recognition, how could Woodstock 50 NOT be a massive success?  A master class in not paying your bills, and not getting the permit...

Leigh's song pick:: The Ground Below by Run The Jewels

https://open.spotify.com/track/4MHwb2IwcCmVP2QuFXrcXs

Peter's song pick:: Smile Like You Mean It by The Killers

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What's the worst thing that has ever happened as a consequence of you flushing a toilet?  Peter brings you something to think about next time you think you're having a crappy day.

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There's gotta be a better way to go east than going east, or at least that's what Franklin thought when he set sail for the fabled Northwest Passage.  Maybe if you're going to risk life and limb on an expedition, don't take a ship called "The Terror" along for the ride.  Erebus, The Terror, Lord Franklin, silk slippers, hundreds of kilometers over ice and snow, and not a whole lot of hope... The Franklin Expedition.

The Mummified Remains of John Hartnell of the Erebus

Craig's song pick:: Don't Eat the Yellow Snow by Frank Zappa 

Leigh's song pick:: I Made My Sacrifice Accordingly by They Grieve

https://theygrieve.bandcamp.com/album/i-made-my-sacrifice-accordingly

Peter's song pick:: Father by Hunter, Gatherer

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We're not going to get into the specifics, but if you combine ammonium nitrate and some other nasty things on a repurposed warship, you've got a floating time bomb.  Nobody told the spectators in the Port of Texas City on April 16th, 1947 though... Munitions, flying anchors, the mob, the Texas City Disaster.

Peter's song pick:: Summer Wind by Frank Sinatra

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John Romero went from arcade wizard, to programming prodigy, to visionary responsible in large part for classic games like Doom, Doom 2, and Quake.  Unfortunately, there's only really one way to go when you're at the top...  id Software, an Ion Storm, a Deus Ex, a too-expensive-and-impractical office, and one big sword.  Daikatana.

Masters of Doom by David Kushner

Andy's song pick:: Self-Obsessed and Sexxee by Sonic Youth 

Leigh's song pick:: 747 by Blind Idiot God

Peter's song pick:: Adios by KMFDM

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Let's get it on: Marvin Gaye was a landmark soul and R&B artists, but his life didn't mirror the carefree coolness of his music.  The perils of drug use, living in destructive environments, and arming your aggressor... even if it's your father.  Sexual healing, bringing your mouth to a gunfight, and why exercise is better than cocaine.

Leigh's song pick:: Nightshift by The Commodores

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