Fascinating Nouns

Dec 02 2024 365 ep. 50 mins 73
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Ep. 266: Field Notes on Sasquatch Encounters

Dec 02 2024 65 mins  
Almost every culture on the planet has stories of some sort of “Wild Man” creature, whether it is Sasquatch, Yeti, Skunk Apes, Yowie, Wendigo, Yeren, etc. Here in The States we call this creature “Bigfoot”, and proof of their existence is elusive at best. Almost as elusive as John O’Connor, who’s book “The Secret History […]

Ep. 265: Early Education for Puppies

Nov 19 2024 72 mins  
The way we live with dogs has change significantly over the past few decades. Our pets are a part of the family, and as such, we want to give them every advantage possible, including a great education. Dr. Brian Hare has been studying dog cognition for years, and his recent project involves monitoring the cognitive […]

Ep. 264: Vampires VS Zombies – The Battle for the White House

Nov 04 2024 69 mins  
The election has come and gone here is the states, and while we don’t get political on this show, we do love movies, so I decided to have Tea Krulos back on the show to discuss his research tying popular cinematic monsters to the political party who wins the White House. Democrats are tied to […]

*Bonus* – The Legend of Baba Yaga

Oct 21 2024 18 mins  
As promised, Noah and I discuss the “Three Goddesses” story, one of them being the Baba Yaga, who is the prototype for our modern conception of the witch. She has a big nose, long chin, a house on chicken lags, and for some reason there is a focus on her saggy breasts. On, and she […]

Ep. 263: The First Vampire

Oct 21 2024 61 mins  
It is Halloween again, and what is more iconic at this time of year than vampires, werewolves, and witches? I thought it was about time we dedicate a whole episode to them, so Noah Charney is back on the show to discuss their origins. It turns out that these creatures first appear in Slavic myths […]

*Bonus* – Finding The Waffle King

Oct 07 2024 13 mins  
With a few more minutes I talk to Jeff about Gigolos, Showgirls, and the man behind The Waffle King.

Ep. 262: Reading “Weird Al”‘s Mail

Oct 07 2024 68 mins  
Los Angeles should be known as “Celebrity City”, since this is where so many live. If you are an everyday person, and you happen to also live in Los Angeles, there is a small chance that you could run into one of these larger-than-life personalities and get sucked into their orbit. You see, once you […]

Ep. 261: Aliens, Crypto, & DMT

Sep 23 2024 73 mins  
Project Blue Book was supposed to be the U.S. Government’s official investigation into UFO’s. The science advisor was a man named J. Allen Hynek. He was the one responsible for the infamous “Swamp Gas” Explanation. Well Blue Book was really a disinformation campaign, and Hynek went from professional debunker to believer. He scientifically analyzed all […]

*Bonus* – The Gong Show in Cinema

Sep 09 2024 16 mins  
Let’s be serious: The Gong Show was a national phenomenon! Unfortunately like a lot of things in the 70’s, once a movie was made, the fad was over. This is true of The Gong Show Movie which was really a therapy session for creator and host Chuck Barris. So was his book “Confessions of a […]

Ep. 260: The Importance of Being Gonged

Sep 09 2024 68 mins  
If you didn’t grow up in the 70’s, you have no concept of just how popular “The Gong Show” was. This was a daytime show that destroyed the ratings, and was unlike anything on television. It was basically a reverse talent show where the draw was a parade of terrible acts. They had some […]