Best Laura Lyster Mensh Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 15 - "Dead Ass? Dead Everything" with Kirsten Michelle Cills (Dying Up Here) & Laura Lyster-Mensh (Congressional Cemetery) 1:04:07

2M ago1:04:07

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And so... we've come to the end, dear friends. The final curtain call. The buying of the farm. But while the pod is kicking the bucket, in this series finale, terminally-ill comedian Kirsten Michelle Cills and death doula Laura Lyster-Mensh leave us with some wisdom that will live on in our hearts forever... or at least until we're all worm food, t…

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So Extra: Outlasting Everyone with Tea Krulos 15:29

2M ago15:29

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Sure, with The End being so Nigh, you could stock up on Twinkies. Especially considering how much hype they've gotten over the years for their ability to last through a nuclear holocaust! Or you could consisder sustaining yourself with something with an even longer shelf life: more from author Tea Krulos. Tea Krulos is a freelance journalist and au…

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Episode 14 - "Preparation H Bomb" with Tea Krulos (Apocalypse Any Day Now) 48:34

2M ago48:34

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No matter how prepared you are, you've still got to be pretty lucky to make it through most world-ending scenarios. Or unlucky, depending on how you look at it. Author Tea Krulos doesn't think he'd last long. But after writing a book about doomsday preppers, he thinks it might not be such a bad thing to get wiped out right away. Tea Krulos is a fre…

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Introducing...Conspiracy, She Wrote 35:22

3M ago35:22

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In the summer of 2020, why were certain lifestyle influencers pivoting to posts about pedos, cabals and evil vaccines? Grab your red string and follow along with host Cristen Conger into the female-dominated landscape of "conspirituality” where wellness and woo-woo get extra delulu. Researcher, journalist and QAnon Anonymous UK correspondent Annie …

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So Extra: Deeper Down the Rabbit Hole with Cristen Conger 23:24

3M ago23:24

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If you feel like maybe someone or something sinister is out to get you, tracking your every move and manipulating the circumstances of your life, let tell you that you... are... wrong! There's no secret conspiracy to keep you down, there are just a lot of things about humanity and our world that coincidentally suck. But as we learned from talking m…

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Episode 13 - "Paranoid Girl Power" with Cristen Conger (Conspiracy She Wrote) 59:35

3M ago59:35

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Sometimes you need to touch grass and remember that there are no lizard people secretly ruling our world. Other times, shadowy government agents really are out to get you. And still other times, you're like feminist historian Cristen Conger and you start to wonder why women are so often left out of the conspiracy conversation. Cristen Conger is the…

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So Extra: More Power to the People with Ben Sheehan 20:31

3M ago20:31

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Can you feel it? There's that charged energy in the air that you can almost taste right around when we're starting to get to everyone's favorite time of year. It's almost Election Day! ...Okay, maybe it's every couple of years. ...And maybe it's a massive overreach to say people like it, like, at all. But at least we got you a special gift of more …

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Episode 12 - "Democracy Down Bad" with Ben Sheehan (Funny Or Die, OMG WTF) 47:21

4M ago47:21

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They say 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.' But what do you do with something that's as fundamentally f*cked up and dysfunctional as, say, our current political system? Digital creator Ben Sheehan argues that we give it a facelift and remember why we fell in love with this country in the first place. Ben Sheehan is a political commentator and digit…

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So Extra: Deleted Scenes from Ashley Ray & Alex Keledjian 19:08

4M ago19:08

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Ever feel like you're getting too old for this shit? In this case, "this shit" means the endless scrolling through all the streaming services we pay for, looking for something we can turn our brains off and distract ourselves from our nightmare reality with. So how about instead, y'all grab a bowl of popcorn and curl up on the couch to listen to mo…

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Episode 11 - "Lights, Camera, Distraction!" with Ashley Ray (TV I Say) & Alex Keledjian (Project Greenlight) 47:01

4M ago47:01

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There's no business like show business... at least in terms of it kicking the people who make the stuff when they're down. But comedian Ashley Ray and seasoned creator Alex Keledjian still manage to get back up again, even as the corporate overlords reach for a pair of steel-toed boots. Ashley Ray is the most famous bisexual solo polyamorous black …

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So Extra: More Lewks from Dana Thomas 24:57

4M ago24:57

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We know we can't see you right now, but oh my god, we love our outfit! We don't even need to know what you look like to know that you are serving cunt. Because anyone who listens to Indecent is a baddie. And what's more, you're obvi someone who just has to know even more about the literally toxic qualities of the fashion industry from author and jo…

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Episode 10 - "Fit Checks for the End Times" with Dana Thomas (Fashionopolis) 43:06

5M ago43:06

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Fashion moves fast. But like, damn... we didn't know it was blasting through the sound barrier lately. Not just in terms of changing taste, but also with the speed at which the industry cranks out cheap, crappy clothes. So we had to do a little cleaning out of the closets with fashion journalist Dana Thomas. DANA THOMAS is the author of Fashionopol…

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Introducing...Play On Podcasts 28:03

5M ago28:03

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Directed by Art Manke and designed by Lindsay Jones, Amy Freed’s translation of “The Taming of the Shrew” pits the two smartest people in the room against each other in a match of wits to tame the society that surrounds them. Set in Renaissance Italy with a cast of seasoned pros including Allen Gilmore, Susannah Rogers, Danny Scheie, Annie Abrams, …

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So Extra: Never Miss A Post with James Rehwald 16:53

5M ago16:53

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It's hard to keep your chin up with the world constantly drone-stiking you directly in the face with bad news. But anti-imperialist TikTok star James Rehwald's revolutionary optimism is so damn infectious, we needed an extra helping to get us through all the doom and gloom. James Rehwald is a self-described "anti-imperialist content creator" with o…

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Episode 9 - "The Revolution Will Be Liked & Subscribed" with James Rehwald (Anti-Imperialist TikTok) 42:55

5M ago42:55

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Long ago, OG protest-folk singer Woody Guthrie pasted the slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists" on his guitar to show the world he wasn't playing around. And nearly 80 years later, leftist content creator James Rehwald keeps that spirit alive by infusing sketch comedy with revolutionary optimism to remind everyone the future belongs to us, not the r…

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So Extra: No Kidding Around with Margaret Cho 10:36

6M ago10:36

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Start flexing those pelvic floor muscles! We're feeling a big contraction coming on, which means it's time to bring this bonus content with comedian Margaret Cho talking more about being childless-by-choice into the world. Margaret Cho is a comedian, actor, musician, advocate, entrepeneur and artist. Right as she was starting her stand-up career at…

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Episode 8 - "Child-Less Is More" with Margaret Cho (The Margaret Cho) 39:24

6M ago39:24

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It's the mother of all special Mother's Day episodes, with legendary comedian Margaret Cho showing up to remind that, sure you can have kids. Or you can just enjoy your free time, disposable income, sleep, emotional reserves, hairline and physique. Margaret Cho is a comedian, actor, musician, advocate, entrepeneur and artist. Right as she was start…

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So Extra: Getting Even Harder with Megan Carnegie 21:48

7M ago21:48

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You better suck it up, wake up four hours earlier every day, and find a get-rich-quick scheme that you're not too late to hop on the bandwagon of, you weak-willed, limp-wristed little soy-slurping, beta babies. Because journalist Megan Carnegie has even more brain breaking alpha bullshit to bring you. Megan Carnegie is a freelance journalist who ha…

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Episode 7 - "Work Hard, Stay Hard" with Megan Carnegie (BBC, Wired) 45:37

7M ago45:37

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If you're not into making money, banging chicks, possibly doing steroids or shaving your head bald to optimize the time you would be using to comb your hair in the morning, then this podcast is NOT for you!!!... Jk, journalist Megan Carnegie has a lot to say about grindset hustle culture that everyone should hear. Megan Carnegie is a freelance jour…

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So Extra: Spacing Out with Dr. Alexander Boxer 18:56

7M ago18:56

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Without us guiding you through the weird, scary, confusing and occasionally sticky corners of our universe, where would you be? So before your consciousness comes apart at the seams and you go spiraling off into the astral plane, here's a little more from physicist and author Alexander Boxer. Alexander Boxer has a doctorate in physics from MIT, a m…

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Episode 6 - "Back That Asstrology Up" with Dr. Alexander Boxer (A Scheme of Heaven) 47:42

7M ago47:42

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Now that you're done staring directly into the solar eclipse, it's time for your to process the infinite cosmic wisdom you've absorbed along with your severely burned retinas. Luckily data scientist Dr. Alexander Boxer is here to talk about why people have a hard time accepting their horoscopes. Alexander Boxer has a doctorate in physics from MIT, …

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Double-Dipping: The Return of Samantha Cole (The Pornhub Empire: Understood) 21:25

8M ago21:25

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They say: "Never let 'em know your next move." So instead of your normal bonus content, this week we've got our old friend from season one, tech journalist Samantha Cole, springing back into action to talk about her brand new, four-part series from CBC Podcasts called "The Pornhub Empire: Understood," that pulls back the curtain on the scrappy, Mon…

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Episode 5 - "Free Range, Organic Foreskin Tissue" with Brigid Delany (Wellmania) 47:59

8M ago47:59

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The amount of people out there who secretly (or not so secretly) drink their own urine or wear cooch-juice cologne would probably shock you. But no matter what kind of weird stuff people do to their bodies, writer Brigid Delaney wants them to know they're gonna die anyways. So why worry? Brigid Delaney is a speechwriter, former author of popular we…

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So Extra : All the Feels with Therapy Jeff and Rebecca Fishbein 20:00

8M ago20:00

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It's hard to stay focused on the positive and not lose it as a 21st century human with at least a single working brain cell. So to help you battle the blues, here's a little more from writer Rebecca Fishbein and mental health influencer Therapy Jeff. Jeff Guenther, a.k.a. "Therapy Jeff," holds master's degree in marriage and family therapy from the…

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Episode 4 - "In Your Feelings" with Jeff Guenther, LPC (Therapy Jeff) & Rebecca Fishbein (Bustle) 44:33

8M ago44:33

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Are we all weak little babies who hide behind new age gibberish to avoid confrontation? Or is emotional intelligence our last line of defense in a soul-crushing, post-modern hellworld? Licensed therapist and mental health influencer Jeff Guenther & writer Rebecca Fishbein are here to answer those questions and maybe also talk us down off a ledge Je…

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Introducing...The Pornhub Empire: Understood 4:27

8M ago4:27

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Okay, okay okay. We know it's been a few weeks now since Indecent with your old pal Kiki Andersen, has had a new episode. But you know what they say: Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right? So while we get ready to come back swinging next week, how about we share something from someone else we love and respect: tech journalist Samantha Cole (wh…

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Introducing...BEEF with Bridget Todd 52:18

9M ago52:18

52:18

Waaaiiit a minute, what the heck? There's no new episode of Indecent with Kiki Andersen this week? We're not lazy, we're just crazy busy! So while we take another week to get our shit together, we thought you should have a little something to tide you over. And as it happens, our sister pod "Beef with Bridget Todd" just launched its second season a…

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So Extra: Forever Alone with Dan Savage 17:14

9M ago17:14

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If love is a battlefield, how about we call in some reinforcements? Advice columnist Dan Savage is back for one more tour of active duty to help you arm yourself for the fight, before another year passes and you find yourself ducking for cover once again in the face of the greeting card industry's annual onslaught Dan Savage is a sex-advice columni…

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Episode 3 - "There Be Dick Monsters Here" with Dan Savage (Savage Love) 59:59

9M ago59:59

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Lonely, horny, angry, desperate, jaded and hopelessly romantic. If you haven't felt one you've probably felt them all, and it turns out you're not alone. So to figure out why you're stuck having to get yourself off this Valentine's Day, why not listen to an expert like advice column icon Dan Savage? Dan Savage is a sex-advice columnist, a podcaster…

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So Extra: Re-upping with Dominic Milton Trott 18:13

10M ago18:13

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Y'all may think you know how to get turnt. But you're probably not "travel across the globe to end up puking your guts out after taking some research chemical you've only read about on weird internet forums" levels of party monsters. That's exclusively the vibe of dudes like seasoned psychonaut Dominic Milton Trott, who has so many stories of being…

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Episode 2 - "Catastrophic Nutmeg Overdose" with Dominic Milton Trott (The Drug Users Bible) 46:31

10M ago46:31

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It might have been a gravity bong made from Gatorade bottle or a line of a neighbor's crushed up ADD meds. But anyone who's tried drugs and alcohol has experienced that frightening but exhilarating ritual of their first time getting faded. Author Dominic Milton Trott has made it his life's mission to make sure everybody from nervous newbies to seas…

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So Extra: Relapsing with More from Benjamin Y. Fong 17:09

10M ago17:09

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Everyone can tell you're high and you're in big, big trouble, mister... Just kidding! But before your hands start shaking and the comedown has you jonesing for more, here's another hit of wisdom from drug policy researcher Benjamin Y. Fong. Benjamin Y. Fong is an Honors Faculty Fellow and the Director of the Center for Work and Democracy at Arizona…

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Episode 1 - "Dream Blunt Rotation" with Benjamin Y. Fong (Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge) 49:09

10M ago49:09

49:09

If we haven't made it clear yet, Indecent's main guiding principle is pretty simple: no narcs allowed. Especially when we invite academic and author Benjamin Y. Fong over to hang out in our parents' basement to talk drugs, drug policy, and drug culture, and how Americans especially love to get smashed. Benjamin Y. Fong is an Honors Faculty Fellow a…

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Episode 14 - "Deconstructed DNA for Dinner" with Dr. Lauren Crossland-Marr (A CRISPER Bite) 54:38

12M ago54:38

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No matter how you slice it, taste is subjective. Afterall, some of you probably argue that kombucha doesn't have the same flavor profile as horse piss. But one undeniable truth that food anthropologist Dr. Lauren Crossland-Marr genereously serves up is that there some pretty wild things going on with what we eat. Dr. Lauren Crossland-Marr is a cult…

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So Extra: Keep On Scrolling with Natalie Beach 18:17

12M ago18:17

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The truth can be tricky. Especially with things like photoshop and deep fakes casting doubt on everything from geopolitical conflicts to whether or not your favorite Insta model had buccal fat removal. Most of us probably have a healthy skepticism of everything we scroll past. But writer Natalie Beach knows from her friendship with influencer/OG sc…

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Episode 13 - "Under the Influencers" with Natalie Beach (Adult Drama and Other Essays) 44:59

1y ago44:59

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You've probably seen them before, either online or IRL. It's the dead-eyed weirdos filming TikTok dances while blocking traffic or pranking innocent fast food employees that we all seemingly love to hate. And writer Natalie Beach draws on her personal experience to come to terms with the fact that they're not going anywhere. Natalie Beach is an ess…

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So Extra: More to Be Afraid of from J.W. Ocker 16:34

1y ago16:34

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Spooky Season may only come once a year. But you can always keep a special place in your heart for the spirit of clawed, drooling monstrosities that want to tear off your flesh or plant their eggs in your brain, year round. That's why we gave folklore historian J.W. Ocker even more space to unleash these nightmares on you, the unsuspecting listener…

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Episode 12 - "Going Ghost, Ghoul & Goblin Mode" with J.W. Ocker (Odd Things I've Seen) 43:28

1y ago43:28

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They lurk in your unlit basement or under your kid's bed, in crumbling old houses and the bushes outside cheerleader's slumber parties. Come to think of it, some creatures of the night aren't just physically dangerous. They kinda have a creepy, Cosby-like, "cop a feel while you're sleeping" type vibe. So we asked horror writer J.W. Ocker to help fi…

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So Extra: A Hell of A Lot More with Chelsey Weber-Smith 17:51

1y ago17:51

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It's always "Hail Satan," and never "How is Satan?" Seriously, he must be really burnt out from being the source of all of everyone's problems for thousands of years. American Hysteria host Chelsey Weber-Smith continues to point out that he's the OG scapegoat. But he's far from the only boogeyman we blame when things in our world go badly. Chelsey …

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Episode 11 - "Do You Have a Moment to Talk about Satan?" with Chelsey Weber-Smith (American Hysteria) 46:26

1y ago46:26

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If you found out all of your neighbors, co-workers and vague acquaintances were cannibalistic, demon-worshipping child molesters, would that make you feel better or worse about the nature of reality, overall? American Hysteria's host Chelsey Weber-Smith calls out the Devil as a convenient scapegoat for people who want to oversimplify the problems f…

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So Extra: All the Rest from Katie Martell 20:12

1y ago20:12

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In February it's Black Power fists. In June it's rainbow flags. Corporations are so quick to co-opt any cultural symbol they can, it's hard to believe there are any that won't end up stenciled onto the side of a Starbucks cup as soon as it's seasonally appropriate. But marketing maven Katie Martell knows so much more about how to cut through their …

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Episode 10 - "Cringe 4 Sale" with Katie Martell (Woke-Washed) 43:50

1y ago43:50

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Ever wonder why an international burger chain feels the need to weigh in on whether or not you're banging people of a different gender every June? Well, let marketing consultant Katie Martell, author of "Woke-Washed," break down why so many corporations try to cash in on the "minority of the month," and so often end up with their foot in their mout…

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So Extra: Upping the Body Count with Dr. Amanda Vicary 10:42

1y ago10:42

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We have nothing to fear but our romantic partners, business associates, neighbors and random lunatics, all of whom seem to be capable of knifing us in the back at a moment's notice, apparently. At least that's what psychologist Dr. Amanda Vicary says our true crime obsession is training us to believe, and she has more to say on what that means for …

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Episode 9 - "Blood, Sweat & Fears" with Dr. Amanda Vicary (Illinois Wesleyan U.) 45:00

1y ago45:00

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Staircase spills, ODing on pills, or getting terminally ill. There are a thousand ways to die out there. But the public doesn't pay much attention to the way most of us meet our end unless it gets turned into a Netflix docuseries about how a beloved neighbor was caught burying the body. So we asked true crime expert Dr. Amanda Vicary to break out t…

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So Extra: Keepin' the Hate Flowing with Jesse Dollemore & Brittany Page 15:58

1y ago15:58

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You've probably heard of adrenaline junkies. But what about anger addicts? Well as the hosts of the I Doubt It podcast Jesse Dollemore and Brittany Page point out, tons of people in this country are hooked on hating people that don't believe in straight white Jesus. And it makes them a lot easier to control! Jesse Dollemore is a former Republican v…

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Episode 8 - "Right-Wing Brain Rot" with Jesse Dollemore (Dollemore Daily) & Brittany Page (Page Perspective) 46:30

1y ago46:30

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It kinda feels like the lunatics have taken over the asylum when it comes to the American political system these days. And when the going gets tough (and also crazy, Christian extremist) it's always a good idea to call on someone who's escaped the world of gun-toting, climate-denying death cultists to try to figure what planet these people think th…

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So Extra: Doing the Most with Bridget Todd 14:58

1y ago14:58

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We wouldn't dare leave you there doom-scrolling all week while you wait for another episode, especially when disinformation expert Bridget Todd has boundless wisdom to share on how to navigate the murky waters of the interweb. So strap-in for a little more adviceways to fight for a newsfeed that doesn't drive you insane. Bridget Todd got her start …

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Episode 7 - "Freaks in the Tweets" with Bridget Todd (There Are No Girls on the Internet) 43:18

1+ y ago43:18

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With Twitter crumbling into an edge lord's wet dream, Facebook fading into obscurity as basically an old folks home, and Instagram just existing as it always has, where is the discourse really supposed to happen? Digital activist Bridget Todd says wherever it ends up, it has to be a place where everything from thirst traps to terror attack updates …

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So Extra: The Search for Conservative "Comedy" Continues 14:46

1+ y ago14:46

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We spent countless hours scouring the internet for whatever constitutes conservative comedy last week. And we couldn't let all that irreparable brain damage we incurred in the process be in vain! So for your listening pleasure, enjoy the rest of the best of the worst the right has to offer! "Indecent with Kiki Andersen" is a production of Next Chap…

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Episode 6 - "Parodying the Apocalypse" with Natalie McGill (WGA) & Bill Conway (The Hard Times) 45:12

1+ y ago45:12

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Whether it's during your morning commute or while you're sitting on the crapper, you've probably come across fifty of the most horrifying news stories imaginable in the first part of your day alone. All thanks to whatever little device you're listening to this show on! So we asked comedian Natalie McGill and Bill Conway, co-founder of The Hard Time…

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