Why Are You Like This?

Today on the pod, we’re visiting one of those all too familiar emotions— loneliness. We’re talking what it’s like to feel lonely in a crowded room, how being left to our own devices can feel liberating but also aimless, and a bunch of other feelings in between. Because, while psychologists’ data doesn’t always seem to support it, we’re pretty sure everyone feels this way from time to time.

Most of us have heard or are aware of a Biblical story or two involving a snake, but far fewer of us have been exposed to churches in which snakes are actively handled as part of worship. This week on the podcast, we’re headed inside the churches where exciting and agitating venomous snakes is all part of the norm. But what isn’t considered part of the norm? Going to the hospital when one strikes.

This week on the podcast, we’re talking all about how birth order amidst siblings affects our personalities... and how a lot of psychologists aren’t so sure that it does. So, do you believe oldest children really are more responsible? Are middle children destined to be peacemakers? And are the youngest children coddled into somehow becoming adventurers? What about only children...?

This week on the podcast, we will be diving into that dark place that no one seems to know anything about. We’re talking about genitals. Yep, you heard us right.

We’re back to consulting the stars, as we let you know exactly what November has in store. Who is set to have the best month ever, and who is gearing up for the worst!

In our final installment of this year's SPOOKTOBER, we're talking all about the Salem Witch Trials. Join us for truly horrifying tales of injustice, a history lesson, and a connection between Austin's ancestors and Sarah Jessica Parker (because why not?).

This week on the podcast, we’re talking all about those candy warnings that come about this time of year. Should we all be checking our candy for razor blades and poison or is that some kind of myth? Also, shoutout to the dentists— could you stop handing out toothpaste?

This week as SPOOKTOBER continues, we’re bringing you an episode so haunted we had to record it three times. Yes, actually. We’re breaking down Satanism— talking the Church of Satan, the Satanic Temple, and who might just be trying to scare their mom. We’re also here to tell you how much Zeena LaVey, first daughter of of the Church of Satan, looks like Taylor Swift.

As SPOOKTOBER continues, this week on the pod we dive headfirst into Haunted Houses... And no, we don’t mean the haunted spots you stayed at on family vacation and recounted around a campfire at summer camp. We mean the attractions of the season that you willingly subject yourselves to because you A. Love being scared or B. Have given in to peer pressure. So which is it? And how far are you willing to go for a thrill?

Happy October 1st! This week on the pod, our second annual SPOOKTOBER begins as we wax and wan about Magik. And no, we don’t mean slide of hand. We’re talking chaos and blood, as we begin to delve into our *spookier* selves for the month.