Episodes

This week, newlywed Melanie lives in a city with lawless drive-thru daiquiri shacks, we unpack the etymology of a gross old-timey phrase, Melanie plays Pokemon Go while she delivers a baby and railroads another kid into choosing the team of her preference, PoGo players make a grisly discovery, a couple people play "gotta catch 'em all" with court cases, and a good-hearted trainer helps a fellow veteran. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Fairly vague reference to miscarriage/infertility, c-section, de...

This week, Brianne has to make her own daiquiri at great personal risk, Melanie plans a meeting in Japan, a welfare clerk, some gold miners, a surgery resident, and a high school student meet horrific fates, elevators operate at unnatural speeds with or without power, we offer otter and elephant and goat palate cleansers to get through the intense parts, and Melanie can't cope with the word shaft. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: mild hand cut, dangerous elevators, gore/decapitation 8:16-10:45, mini...

Melanie unbuttons it, we educate the public and ourselves about chicken testicles, Melanie gets the gift of goat murder for her wedding, a mining company is evil, a mine explodes, a train plunges, and Father's Day is born. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Unusual/weird/gross meats, bad labor conditions, death of horses, somewhat detailed description of grief following loss of spouses and children, death of parents, someone being present for the death of their sibling, explosion, mining disaster, dea...

This week, Brianne offers a charcuterie board of amusement park accidents, a wholesome dad saves the day, we clarify that water is wet, teenage lifeguards have too much work ethic, Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class gets out of control, redneck dads lose their hog wild budgets, Melanie loves sandblasters, and we try to buy a rollercoaster on eBay. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Heights/falling, vague mention of drowning, non-fatal electrocution in water, bees, life-threatening language barri...

This week, we have a delightful guest speaker, Melanie does math, Marked Safe is a hostile work environment, we make Melanie's aunts join our Patreon to find out who's the favorite aunt, Melanie invents morbid optimism, a plane crashes into a residential area, a dictator throws a tantrum about Disneyland, and we learn a lot about g forces. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Explosions, plane crash, school bomb drills, dead body, wartime threat of child loss, Cold War, death in a fire, loss of home Lin...

This week, a security guard deserves a raise, Busch Gardens leans into some horrifying PR, Brianne ventures into the underbelly of the internet for research, the phrase "funny hop" ruins our lives forever, a group of roller-coaster riders has the most terrifying few minutes imaginable, a New York school fails in every way possible, Brianne gets 7 year old street cred from the Brownie Girl Scouts, a fake Hasselhoff peaces out, The Mind Eraser makes good on its name, and a teenager says "Not today...

This week, Brianne has a haunted attic, audio was still finding its sea legs, gentrification ruins everything, a building collapses, and developers drop the ball. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Building collapse, loss of spouse, loss of adult child, human body decomposition, death, person speaking on phone to spouse at the moment of their death, mugging/"jumping," ICE/border patrol, whistleblower retribution. Links: Built to Kill Dramatic Eyewitness Footage Captures New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel Col...

This week, we start a podcast, Melanie fingers her soil, some mom groups implode, shortcuts are taken, a prayer circle saves some celebrities but no one else, 43 lawsuits get filed, LGBTQ survivor benefits get an historic win, a guy on a roof rides a five story collapsing stage to the ground, and we learn to stop shuffling papers next to a mic. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Weather disasters, LGBTQ civil rights, spousal loss, death, serious injury to child who survives, crushing injuries, separat...