This week Austin starts off by talking about Canada! they are right there to the north of us, we love them, they have amazing healthcare, and One of the deadliest accidents ever happened in Halifax when a ship exploded in 1917. it was really bad. so naturally this is the first thing Austin learned about Canada that wasn't strictly bigfoot related.

Then Mattie talks about why the poster of the cat hanging from a clothes line captioned "Hang in there" is actually evil. and not in a haunted painting way, but in a the psychology of positivity culture is really bad for you way. we also say bad things about Oprah, so if this is our last episode that means she got to us and only you know the truth!

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after a little holiday break Mattie and Austin are back. back again. Tell a friend.

Mattie starts off by talking about jury duty. and mostly about all the problems we have with every step of the process.

Austin talks about black cats. why are they bad luck? how many witches are involved? what exactly is the kiss of shame?

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We were unable to record an episode this week, but we will be back!

This week Mattie got her Covid booster and it knocked her out for about 8 hours, but Austin propped her up in front of a microphone, gave her a can of redbull and we got an episode hot of her!

Mattie tells us about famed American Traitor Benedict Arnold. We never learn exactly what he did or anything else about the man. or that he had some very relatable reasons for doing the things he did.

Austin tells us about banned and challenged books. mostly because for the last month he has seen a pretty intense uptake in Karens getting mad about things. so he talks about some books that were banned in the past, the ones he is seeing challenged right now, and how some public libraries handle complaints about their collection.

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After going out and partying too hard last week Mattie and Austin recover just in time to bring you a new episode!

James Garfield's assassination gets overshadowed by Lincoln and JFKs deaths. but it really shouldn't be. and Austin tells you why this week by covering the insane life of presidential assassin, thief, street preacher, poet, and sex cult reject Charles Guiteau. this topic just goes in 1,000,000 different directions and was just a wild ride to research.

Then, Mattie delivers her in depth research on the legality, morality, ethics, and practical concerns of the hobby of collecting human skulls. you can hear Austin's jaw hit the floor a few times. (This is an expression. his jaw is fine and he did not purchase a human jaw to drop during Mattie's segment. He has some taste.) 

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Happy Halloween Listeners!

Well, I guess this is coming out a few days after Halloween. we have never been good at scheduling things ahead of time. We did record on Halloween so it counts.

Mattie talks about an less well known teenaged civil rights pioneer, and why we don't learn as about her as we do Rosa Parks. and we also talk about the variety of injustices she has suffered and is still experiencing as a result of her civil disobedience in the 1950s.

Then, in celebration of spooky season Austin tells the tale of an Algonquin evil spirit that drives people to extreme gluttony and cannibalism. The Wendigo. He also uncovers a previously unnoticed anachronism in a beloved Halloween movie and gives the pedantic explanation that literally nobody asked for.

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Mattie and Austin are back from a whirlwind to the greatest city in the world, New York City! And because we can't do anything normal we spent a large chunk of it at disaster sites, a graveyard, an abandoned small pox hospital, and an old lunatic asylum. you know, the usual tourist stuff. We also saw the Olsen twins.

Austin starts us off by talking about an 11 year old meme you might remember as the Ancient Aliens guy. So why and when did we start to think space aliens built the pyramids? Austin found out and also learned an important lesson about messing up your YouTube algorithm. seriously, all the Critical Role content he loved is gone and replaced by flat earth conspiracy videos.

Mattie loves travel and also loves to travel alone, well at least when there isn't a global pandemic ruining things for her, and she gives some travel advice that she has learned from experience and some that she learned from the web. Like, that despite what some true crime Facebook fan groups say very few people are hunting you like a wounded gazelle, and the hotel clerk who talks about his mother way too much probably isn't going to stab you in the shower.

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This week Mattie and Austin gave it 110% and watched all the entire Halloween franchise. Shout out to Kansas' greatest export Paul Rudd, Star of Halloween 6. We are absolutely going to see Halloween Kills soon and we will report back to you.

Mattie starts us out by telling us all about The Great White Way (don't worry, its not related to racism OR sharks.) and how Theater changed and traditions developed over the centuries we have had just a ton of theaters there. She also explains what Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway are. We also tried to create an Off Off Off Broadway, but we went too many layers deep and tore a hole in reality.

Then Austin covers a listener suggestion. well, kind of. He talks about the Sargasso Sea. a unique Ecosystem that we don't hear a lot about and how Christopher Columbus didn't discover it (shocking,) how it relates to the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, and how little we know about where baby eels come from. He also goes on a brief environmentalism rant and accuses Christopher Columbus of a lot of things.

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after a week spent fighting back pain because we old Mattie and Austin are back to blow your mind with some facts and stuff

Austin starts off by telling us about the Palmer raids. the time when Federal law enforcement overstepped their bounds so much the American people actually took action. he also talks about what an asshole J Edgar Hoover was. (Seriously. Austin thinks he might've done more harm than Ronald Reagan.)

Then Mattie goes into a debate that has been dividing households for years. What is better print books, eBooks, or audio books? We all have our opinions, but what are the facts? prepare to be amazed as Mattie dives in and gives us the actual facts on how the medium we use affects how we learn.

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We are back! after 2 weeks off we are back better than ever! and by better than ever I mean we watched reality tv and horror movies for 2 weeks. Austin says that counts as research.

Mattie tells us why the arts are important and, specifically, how theater has given her most of her important life skills.

Austin bores Mattie with some sports facts, but he thought it was cool. especially since it involves a 17 year old girl striking out the New York Yankees and why women were banned from Major League Baseball for decades.

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