Why Would You Ask That?

Sometimes there are people out there we love to hate. Elon Musk is one of them. So-called developer of exploding rockets, speeding death traps, and online banking, Musk has really screwed the pooch with media relations. Which is astounding, considering he owns a huge chunk of social media now. So, what the hell is this guy's problem?

CW: Children Stuck In Caves, Apartheid 

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The day has come. Since 2022 we have declined all personal questions... until now. Now you, listener, get to find out the reason we don't typically take personal questions. Which is: we get really into it. How do koalas and the morality of dolphins relate? What is a real life cryptid that EXISTS? What do brain wrinkles have to do with living your damn life??? All this and more... in our first personal question episode.

CW: Death (animal), The Ocean, The Concept of Ableism, STDs

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Have you ever looked at the wonders of the ancient world and thought "I wonder how this was made?" Well, we can answer that question for at least one of them, and that is the Colosseum. Ancient Rome was a wild, huge place, and we took a lot of things from it into the modern day. After you listen to this episode, you'll know one way or the other how you feel about what the Romans thought about and did with bodily fluids.

CW: Bodily Fluids

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Vaccines are an incredible medical breakthrough. Because of vaccines, certain illnesses have been nearly eradicated. Life threatening illnesses are reduced to survivable maladies. So... credit where credit is due— who kicked off vaccinations for the masses? How did it spread? And how did we do it before syringes?

CW: Disease, Physical Symptoms of Disease (scarring, sores, blood, etc), Racism, Explosives

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The heart, the symbol of love. It's everywhere from hats you can buy in New York City to the Valentine cards you're giving out this week. We use it as a verb to mean love, and everyone recognizes it's two rounded lobes and pointed bottom. But how did it come to look like that, and why do we use it the way we do? Is the shape based on anything, and is any one person credited with the design? We're going to talk about its history in this episode!

CW: Dissection (briefly)

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Valentine's day has a far longer history than one thinks, stretching back beyond the February 14th celebrations of chocolate and gift giving that our modern day is familiar with. It extends into the grim and right into the weird. How did we end up with all these naked babies everywhere, and how is it related to all the beheadings of the past?

CW: Death, Religion

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Sometimes weird questions strike you in real life, and this one certainly came out of nowhere. In a certain hotel in Charleston lives (haunts? dies?) the Lost Cadet, a ghost from the Civil War era who haunts travelers to this very day. We jump into this episode to discuss possible causes and experiences at this haunted hotel!

CW: Death, The Tiniest Bit of Gore, Mold

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Birds are quite clever, catching up to humans in various circles. We have corvids, who use tools. Parrots, who can speak. And kites, well, kites have the power of fire on their side.

CW: Fire/Wildfire

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The history of hoops in dresses goes back hundreds of years, the hoops declining in popularity until this very day. However, we can observe the time honored tradition of bafflement at new styles remaining persistent through the centuries! This episode we analyze the history and the forms the hoop skirt has taken— alongside the honestly hilarious takes of the day. Some days one realizes— society then is much like society now.

CW: Miscarriage, Abortion, Death (Burning)

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In this icy exposé, we unravel the frosty rebellions of snowmen, from scandalous 1511 protests to frostbitten battlefields. But fear not, we'll also warm your heart with global snowman traditions. Get ready for a snowstorm of surprises!

CW: A tiny mention of antisemitism, War, A mention of sexual imagery involving an animal

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