Why Would You Ask That?

Ed and Lorraine Warren of The Conjuring franchise and more get the WWYAT treatment: knock them down brick by brick. We address their rise to fame and subsequent drift into infamy, the Judith Penney allegations, and the media empire that buoyed their reputation. Please be mindful of the content warnings this episode.

CW: Child Sexual Abuse/Statutory Rape Allegations, Grooming, Coerced Abortion Allegations, Domestic Violence, Manipulation, Religious exploitation, Demonic and Paranormal topics, Death

Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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What is it like to experience the world at 400 frames per second? How quickly can cats see the world around them? How does it change the perception of time? This episode tackles the speed of reality. How fast can you see?

CW: Harm to Animals

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What if you could SMELL your movies? What if the protagonist walked on screen and you recognized their smell as much as their musical motif? This episode, Karen tells us about the history of Smell-O-Vision and how it briefly came to light in the movie theatre.

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What ARE the nephilim? Where did they come from and how did their existence prompt the Christian god to drown 99.999% of humanity? This episode dives in to explore the history and the conspiracy of nephilim.

CW: Murder, Death, Religious Trauma 

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Far to the north, the inukpasugjuit sleeps. Once there were giants of all sorts making their homes on the polar ice, but now we don't see even a silhouette in the distance. We meander into Inuit folklore this week, sharing what we could find on Inukpasugjuit.

CW: Animal Harm (super briefly), Colonialism 

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This week, Karen answers a listener's questions about the history and purpose of scales in music. Why do we use scales? Where did the come from? Let's find out!

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You ever heard of the Bunny Man Bridge? That's fine, Karen and Remy hadn't either, not until M went and blasted them with having heard it first hand. Be prepared for hatchets and a variety of bunny suits and an absolute shredding of the looks of the bridge.

CW: Murder, Discussion of Mental Illness

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Where are the mermaids? Why aren't they filing their taxes? I'll tell you why: GOVERNMENT CONSPIRACY. They talked all about it in this documentary the ANIMAL PLANET showed back in— what's that? It wasn't a real documentary? It's a pseudodocumentary that had a hand in eroding media literacy and fostering distrust in government-backed science?! Now hold on...

CW: Implied Harm to Animals, Death, Brief mention of Covid-19

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The typical American education ends in college. People pursue their passions, no matter how small, no matter how... atypical. This episode delves into some textbook "weird" college degrees and perhaps why they are not so weird as people believe, or why they truly are as weird as we think they are. And perhaps... we poke a bit at the USAmerican obsession with simply having a degree.

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Before clickbait headlines and conspiracy YouTubers, there was The Great Moon Hoax of 1835. Join us as we talk lunar lies, Victorian media chaos, and a fake discovery so elaborate it makes some modern conspiracy theories look tame. All that, and one astronomer who just wanted to mind his own telescope.

Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]

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