Podcast Episodes

Haunted Dolls [rewind]

Season 5 Episode 84

Please enjoy this rewind of last year's Halloween special called Haunted Dolls. Coming up next week we'll start our Halloween series called 'The 12 f…

2 years, 9 months ago

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Lemuria: The Strangest Place to Never Exist with Author Justin McHenry

Season 5 Episode 83

Justin McHenry, author of the forthcoming book Lemuria: A True Story of a Fake Place, tells me an expansive tale of an alleged long lost continent fi…

2 years, 10 months ago

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The Killer Crossdresser with Horror Analysts BJ and Harmony Colangelo

Season 5 Episode 82

To unpack the movie trope of the Murderous Man in a Dress, prolific horror film analysts and writers BJ and Harmony Colangelo discuss with me all the…

2 years, 10 months ago

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EARLY DRAG QUEENS (part two)

Season 5 Episode 81

For part two of our series, we are starting in the anti-gay moral panic of the 50s and 60s to see how the drag scene continued to transform undergrou…

2 years, 10 months ago

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EARLY DRAG QUEENS (part one)

Season 5 Episode 80

This series will cover the moral panics and cultural crazes that have long followed the controversial art form once called "female impersonation." Fo…

2 years, 10 months ago

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Context Clues: Long Live the Queens

Episode 79

Our upcoming series, Early Drag Queens, will cover the surprising relationship between "female impersonation" and American masculinity in the time be…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Love in the Time of Leprosy with Advocate José Ramirez, Jr.

Season 5 Episode 78

As the social media and the news got word of the new cases of leprosy found in Florida, a slew of misinformation and stigmatization followed. José P.…

2 years, 11 months ago

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Blame It on Barbie with Entertainment Journalist BJ Colangelo

Season 5 Episode 77

BJ Colangelo is an editor at Slash Film and the writer of “The Only Guide To Barbie Lore You Will Ever Need,” a comprehensive look at the cultural mo…

3 years ago

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Furby's Revenge with "Unspookable" Podcast

Season 5 Episode 76

This is a collaborative look at the panics around Furby with the podcast Unspookable, a show much like ours that takes a more kid-friendly approach t…

3 years ago

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Hot Dog Urban Legends with Comedian Jamie Loftus

Season 5 Episode 75

Jamie Loftus is the author of the recent New York Times bestselling book 'Raw Dog: The Naked Truth about Hot Dogs.' Together we discuss some very wei…

3 years ago

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