Episodes

This week, Melanie visits the child casino, Brianne alienates everyone she loves over Skee-Ball, oysters definitely oyster, Melanie brings up Tendongate, Brianne recommends Kleenex and lotion if your bracket is going poorly, a building is(n’t) in very good shape, Barry is silly, we piss Disney off again, underwear are not priority in a crisis, Brianne has a bougie butt, and a firefighter is very shy. Content warnings: structural collapse with many fatalities, 15 year old in peril who survives, f...

This week, it's not Christmas, Melanie doesn't love a jump scare, Brianne bites her tongue about Virgos, demons want you to get bangs, and Brianne wants to be the judge of everything. Content warnings: spiders, epilepsy, feces, depression, brief mention of suicidal ideation, emaciation/malnutrition, eating spiders, urine, eating the head of a dead bird, mental illness/psychosis.

This week, Jess’s cousin fails the vibe check, everyone was actually 7, Heather’s family locks someone in a coffin, Courtney has a tragedy boner, Carla’s grandfather joins the Prankster Papaw Poker Party, Emily needs a different hobby, Jake makes the obvious choice, Adrianne is rude to an angel, Kit should freak out forever, Noah would not survive a horror movie, Katei is visited by the benevolent spirit of Bobby Nash, and Kathryn accepts her fate. Content warnings: death of a four year old 9:00...

This week, Melanie has the brain frog, Brianne's cult is almost ready to launch, Melanie can't wait for Brianne's funeral, Brianne could throw a nun, Melanie is a pioneer in the field of exorcism technology, Brianne wants a movie about jacked up nuns, and Melanie solves the mystery of a manageable possession. Content warnings: brief and non-graphic mention of vomit at 0:55, blood, religious homophobia, demonic possession and exorcism, brief and non-graphic mention of CSA at 27:25, discussion of ...

This week, we're your little puppets, Brianne is doing it all, Melanie's kids engage in Halloween mutiny, Kassidy does what any rational person would, Meagan's mom gets the message, Sarah, Becca and Rae have a family full of mediums, Karen is lazy and sleepy, Robyn's mom has a shower encounter in a prison, Chris has to start over with a new child, Lulu finds a good use for black crayons, Amy has a wholesome ghost story, Jordan and her daughter are both spooky, Sophia gets a message in the form o...

This week, the bracket winner is a shoo-in, another temporary morgue is featured, no one wants a Yikes Hard Lemonade, and Melanie makes a ballsy request for all your secrets. Content warnings: crowd/stadium violence, police brutality, dog bites, crushing by crowd, looting, brief and non-detailed mention of mass deaths of children Links Yo! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Nacional_disaster https://www.newspapers.com/image/819815555/?terms=peru%20stadium%20disaster&match=1 https://www.newspa...

This week, there's a lot of crying, Brianne has news about cooking, someone's panda love goes a step too far, an elephant flies, and disaster relief gets serious. Content warnings: public harassment/stranger danger situation, graphic description of wounds to legs, elephant abuse/culling/peril. Links: https://nextshark.com/melania-trump-meets-gu-gu-giant-panda-scales-great-wall-china/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5364058.stm https://www.smh.com.au/world/drunk-bites-off-more-than-he-can...

This week, Brianne thinks you're being obtuse, crawfish are too much from a spiritual standpoint, we progress through a bracket full of horrors, Brianne is fluffing as we speak, a new way of dealing with competitors emerges, and Taco Bell pinch hits for Denny's after a crime spree. Content warnings: deaths of multiple children with moderate description of injuries beginning at 16:48, arson, injury to dog. Links: http://www.weathertobounce.com/ https://jumptosafety.net/ https://www.junglejumps.co...

This week, Melanie can see into Cody's soul, Brianne hates ocean bugs, you're gonna get fucked up on a new level, and Melanie wants to go out on Fabio's face. Content warnings: decapitation, brief and non-detailed description of deaths of young child at 18:30, plane crash, death of teenager, injury to 6 year old who survives, gun violence, drowning death of 11 year old, detailed description of domestic violence involving an infant who is in danger but survives at 29:00, wasps, falling death, sta...

This month, Melanie is the puppeteer, Brianne does not receive sneaky garlic bread, one bracket ends and a new one begins, it can't hurt to be horny, Melanie highlights a good cause, and Brianne has to eat her words. Content warnings: monsoon, lightning strike, corpses, mafia, flooding, drowning, gambling addiction, homelessness, fingers being cut off, drug use, shooting death, very brief mention of CSA. Disaster begins at 7:30 Links: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/the-strip/1975-las-vegas-...

This week, a field trip has a plot twist, Brianne loves skinks but Melanie loves skanks, Brianne gladly alienates 1/12-1/4 of our listeners, Melanie has a hot take about Pisces, the final petty bracket all comes down to Brianne's mood, Melanie wants to send you crab legs in the mail, your kidneys are taken by force, and Melanie simply does not receive a theory. Disaster begins at 21:00. Content warnings: alcohol/drinking, plane crash, missing relatives, grief of a mother, very vaguely mentioned ...

This week, Melanie is a boss babe, Brianne cannot believe the audacity, movie execs are gross, and Sandwich Daddy saves the day. Content warnings: structural collapse with injuries, car/motorcycle crash with severe injuries, severe facial injury/degloving, coma, life support, death of spouse, limb amputation. Disaster begins at 8:50. Links: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/death-injuries-amputations-is-resident-evil-hollywoods-dangerous-franchise-1244726/ https://www.newsp...

This week, we are accidentally twinning on a collaboration episode, all the skeleton horses are in a warehouse, Melanie's podcast endgame finally comes to fruition, Brianne loves receipts, Melanie is a black-hearted skunk, Brianne has murder in her heart and does not light up rooms, Ireland stays in her lane. Content warnings: poor treatment of horses while making movies, snakes, drowning, body recovery, verbal abuse by parent, brief mention of eating disorder, falling asleep at the wheel, guns,...

This time, we're your little puppets, Melanie finds her bug-out name, Sarah knows how to distract in a crisis, an anonymous writer has an Israel Keyes connection, a second anonymous writer is a nervous bean, a third anonymous writer comes through with some quick and dirty family tea, Kris protects his nuts and berries, a quick course is too quick, and Christy throws a punch in a hurricane. Content warnings: tornadoes, serial killer/search for remains, broken leg, bear encounters, hurricane, dog ...

This week, Melanie googles a boob, Brianne loses confidence in areolae, we would like answers from FCC snitches, Brianne wants a turbulent ride, no one knows about ghost kitchens, and human complexities strike again. Disaster begins at 20:49. Content warnings: transport disaster with fatalities, Nazism, death of dog, children in peril, dismemberment, graphic description of fatal and non-fatal burn injuries throughout. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg https://en.wikipedia.or...

This week, Melanie doesn't know what she's wishing for, Dakota Johnson isn't having it, Ohio meets somebody's standards, baboons get fired, and carefree beaver thoughts end abruptly. Content warnings: mono, crushing death, loss of teenage daughter, animal attacks, death of penguin at 41:00, death of owl, death of beaver, death of wife/mother, inadequate medical care, boogers/kids getting things stuck up their noses. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_Sings#Death_of_Deborah_Gail_Stone h...

This week, we explore human complexities, a Cody-centric blooper gets left in, yet another governor victim-blames, and Melanie fantasizes about toad vengeance. Content warnings: flood, landslide, volcanic eruption, implied death of horses, death of family including children 22:10, extended wait for search and rescue, difficult body identification, various non-graphic references to dead wildlife and pets. Links: Surviving the Mount St. Helens Disaster. (2020). broadcast. Thompson, D. (2000). Volc...

This week, Australians are pesky, Brianne hates it all, Melanie points her victim blaming in an unusual direction, Brianne wants an upper limit, Buzzfeed chooses violence, Stanley doesn't believe in earthquakes, a governor gets excited, we get a classic chaotic man, and a massive bulge grows at a rapid rate. Content warnings: earthquakes, fatal plane crash, non-graphic mention of vomit and diarrhea around 32:40, non-fatal ferris wheel accident involving child, head injury. Links: Surviving the M...

This week, a nightclub reviewer throws subtle shade, we remember our dead, something is bad, and we explore new organ donation possibilities. Content warnings: AIDS epidemic, homophobia, graphic description of mass scale gun violence, ISIS, terrorism, vague mention of murder-suicide in disaster relief. Links: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/no-evidence-so-far-to-suggest-orlando-shooter-targeted-club-because-it-was-gay/2016/07/14/a7528674-4907-11e6-acbc-4d4870a079da_story.h...

This week, toddlers fuck up, Melanie is remorseless, Brianne wants to encounter a dumb motherf***er, People.com does Brianne dirty, Ohio is on its bullshit, Brianne is promised a haunted trunk, Melanie poops on her girlfriend's couch, and we pass the Bechdel test. Content warnings: accident that leads to amputation, food poisoning discussed throughout but no graphic descriptions of vomiting and mildly graphic descriptions of diarrhea, rectal examination. Links: https://www.nrn.com/food-safety/ti...

This week, Melanie has to use the safeword, Shania Twain lives her best life, two men share similar experiences, a mom goes too far, and we finally broach one of America's worst disasters. Content warnings: body shaming, war injuries, PTSD, assassination attempt, gun violence, brief discussion of civil rights/racism, involuntary outing, homophobia, alcoholism, delayed discovery of dead body, xenophobia, 9/11. The Enthusiasm Project Deep dives exploring the world of what it means to be an indepen...

This week, Melanie isn't marked safe, we find the limits of Brianne's love, the Disney songs bracket comes to a close and the Petty Pop Culture Moments bracket begins, a LEGOLAND pirate is not the job to have, and Melanie discovers the seedy underbelly of Pokemon. Content warnings: death by rollercoaster collision, murder of women/teenager/pregnant woman, gymnastics/stuntman injury, head trauma, paralysis, detailed description of physical trauma resulting from fall, ableism, depression Links: ht...

This week, the Disney bracket comes to a close, Brianne is THE villain, Melanie is wrong about Scar, Brianne wants to be a cult leader, cats should not make out, we rethink our futures as brakemen, and Melanie is attacked by a kangaroo. Content warnings: cults, riots, police violence, derailed rollercoaster, death of children 44:30-49:43, graphic description of accident scene/blood, animal testing, animal mauling, serious injury to neck, dead bodies of animals. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...