WonderBinge

We're sorry to announce that Maria has officially lost the game and has caught the plague. She's still kicking and wondering, "what's with shadow people, ya know? Why do I keep randomly seeing shadows moving in the corners of my eyes?" The answer lies somewhere between ghosts, aliens, and science (probably aliens). 

As requested in the previous episode, Maria satisfies Gen’s wondering by binging on the famous/infamous psychology test, Hermann Rorschach’s inkblots. As if we should even be surprised anymore - it turns out that the original test Rorschach developed was taken out of context and twisted to fit whatever particular mould later psychologists wanted. It should be noted that this is NOT A PERSONALITY TEST! Do not trust online inklot tests - they are misleading. Listen to find out why!

Check out our good friend Connor's new podcast, SquareFront, where they never circle back - https://open.spotify.com/show/5EHdix5nJ5ixKfVbLEaCgN?si=9ccfa56c3793401f 

Not another episode about personality shit, Gen. We get it, you love talking about yourself. First your star sign, zodiac animal, and now your Myers-Briggs type? What even is the MBTI? What do those silly letters mean? We think you’re projecting.

Finally, a wholesome epsiode full of introspective discussion and limited chaos (although there will always undoubtedly be chaos). Held for eternity in what the populace has named 'a lover’s embrace,' we’re talking about some of the most famous sets of human remains made popular by their interlocking limbs. While it's easy to initially assume that these couples were in love, what are the odds that this eternal embrace was simply a desperate grab for humanity in their final moments? 

To check out Maria somehow having fun without Genna, click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0vKT_xU8Vk 

As requested by Maria in episode 45, Genna will be talking about many of the dangerous inventions from the Edwardian Era. Shockingly, the Edwardians did not quite understand how to control the new discovery of electricity and took a deadly amount of time figuring out the effects of asbestos and radium on the human body. In Maria's least favorite fashion, Genna made sure to save the worst for last. 

The holidays are very crazy - so crazy, in fact, that we didn't have time to do research. But never fear! We have a special little minisode for you. You're being taken back in time to 2019, before we ever released WonderBinge, to a time when Gen was trying to figure out how to edit podcasts. Hope you enjoy! 

Per Maria's shout-out, here is the link to her debut with 'Queer Nobodies Play' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JawjaWMJjg 

Welcome to this extremely well prepared, well thought out, practically scripted, improv episode where Maria found enough time to breathe to tell us all about a few animals that people (primarily Europeans discovering the rest of the world) originally didn’t believe truly existed. This is why we have cryptozoology – to discuss and research the potential that certain animals are not myth, but are in fact quite real.

Catch the ending to hear a friendly ‘hello’ from a very special quest.

LISTENER SUGGESTION - Primary lesson of this epsiode: you can only learn some things the hard way... at least the first time around. During the Victorian and Edwardian Eras, there were several inventions created with the intent to make life easier, but ended up cutting lives short. Thank the stars that our ancestors have learned from their mistakes.