The Anxiety Encyclopedia

Lorien tells Katharine about when the Queen of Crime became the center of a real-life mystery. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_fugue https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/22836-dissociative-fugue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie https://psychcentral.com/disorders/dissociative-fugue-symptoms#treatment https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article1...

The golden retrievers of the open sea! Sources: -        https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/orca -        https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/facts-about-orcas/    -        https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/07/science/orcas-salmon-hat-puget-sound/index.html -        https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/us/mother-orca-tahlequah-calf-dead.html -        https://www.nationalgeographic....

Lorien takes Katharine on a deep dive into the deep sea. The temperatures are low; the pressure is high; the creatures are weird! Source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyssal_zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagic_zone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_snow https://brainly.com/question/43407759# https://www.hofmannlawfirm.com/faqs/how-long-does-it-take-to-get-hypothermia-in-cold-water htt...

Katharine gives Lorien a conversation starter, sure to be the hit of any tailgate parties for the big game this weekend. Sources: -        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_traumatic_encephalopathy -        https://medicine.iu.edu/expertise/traumatic-brain-injury/what-is-chronic-traumatic-encephalopathy#:~:text=Chronic%20Traumatic%20Encephalopathy%2C%20or%20CTE,concussions%20and%20repetitive%2...

Lorien takes Katharine on a colorful journey that starts in 12th century England. Sources: https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Green-Children-of-Woolpit/# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_children_of_Woolpit https://apple.news/A2Km6WVxITYiK1T1n-CQvlg https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/maxs-love-has-won-cult-documentary-and-death-by-colloidal-silver.php https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyr...

Katharine tells Lorien not to panic. No, really! Sources: -        https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html -        https://apple.news/ALclU32DPQdi3sPHqzJwLew -        https://apple.news/AGOdB_coeQLO4N1Rh1t9RrA -        https://apple.news/A_Vmb2mUnS7Gd2jPKSG4KyA -        https://apple.news/AWjCbgbaYSFeyJUXVRSPvrA -        https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2025/01/03/hhs-awards-306-m...

Lorien tells Katharine why we should do our best to keep polio outbreaks in the past. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/13/health/kennedy-lawyer-fda-polio-vaccine/index.html https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/health/aaron-siri-rfk-jr-vaccines.html https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/communicable/polio/ https://www.wptv.com/politics/youre-not-going-to-lose-the-polio-vaccine-trump-says-of-rfks-con...

Don't lick the walls! Sources: -        https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/lead-poisoning/symptoms-causes/syc-20354717 -        https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/how-a-doctor-discovered-us-walls-were-poisonous -        https://nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/thisleadiskillingus/index.html -        https://www.epa.gov/archive/epa/aboutepa/lead-poisoning-historical-perspective.html -        htt...

Happy New Year! Before you decide to better yourself, listen to Lorien tell Katharine all the reasons it might kills you. Sources: https://www.driveresearch.com/market-research-company-blog/new-years-resolutions-statistics/ https://www.statista.com/chart/29019/most-common-new-years-resolutions-us/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/these-puking-bleeding-clowns-are-a-forgotten-part-of-crossfits-past/...

Katharine tells Lorien about yet another way humanity is making questionable choices when it comes to technology. All hallucinations and bad information comes straight from our own brains. Sources: -        https://apple.news/AWDIsEbzMTGqPtHZTMsLOiQ -        https://apnews.com/article/chatbot-ai-lawsuit-suicide-teen-artificial-intelligence-9d48adc572100822fdbc3c90d1456bd0 -        thejpost.com/bus...

Lorien thinks the best way to enjoy a ski destination is from inside the lodge with a book, and she's pretty sure we should only talk about pizza and french fries in the context of eating them. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20150329044654/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/25/content_4098439.htm https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0315/p01s01-woap.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiing...

Katharine tells Lorien about he who should not be named (but they have to name him quite a lot in the process, sorry). Sources: -        https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/09/jessica-knoll-on-bright-young-women?srsltid=AfmBOoo4H49ETdUaw62dP_489UNYvqKcIna04L9l6F2WlBMY3NXkuElP -        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy -        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Cowart

It's our 100th episode! Lorien takes Katharine on an unexpected and spooky exploration,  Katharine shares listener anxieties, and Lorien speed reads a very long list of things that bring her joy. If you’re still listening, we love you--not in a weird way.  Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jal,_New_Mexico https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/us/new-mexico-human-skulls.html# https://www.ktsm.com/...

Katharine tells Lorien about social experiments that set about to look at the lengths to which humanity will stoop by stooping to some pretty inhumane lengths. Sources: -        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment -        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment -        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Third_Wave_(experiment) -        https://www.paloaltoonline.com/...

Lorien and Katharine ask the question: How far would you go to avoid a difficult conversation with your spouse or disgruntled customer? Sources: https://apple.news/ATYUaGTqbQ2-QC-0-fLXQnQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faked_death https://nypost.com/2023/01/04/author-allegedly-faked-suicide-to-promote-romance-novel-beyond-psychotic/ https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/10/us/susan-meachen-romance-author-ali...

Katharine gives Lorien (and you) a diversion from current events with an exploration of a decades-old cold case mystery. Sources:  https://allthatsinteresting.com/isdal-woman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdal_Woman https://www.nzz.ch/english/new-leads-in-unsolved-1970-death-lead-to-nazi-allied-swiss-banker-ld.1741613 https://www.wvnstv.com/digital-desk/how-many-missing-persons-are-found-in-the-u...

Lorien reminds Katharine that we're all just driving giant killing machines like it's no big deal. Sources:  https://newsroom.aaa.com/2021/03/heading-the-wrong-way-with-wrong-way-driving/ https://www.satterleylaw.com/blog/why-do-people-drive-the-wrong-way/#:~:text=Alcohol impairment is the most,share of wrong-way drivers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrong-way_driving https://highways.dot.gov/pub...

Come! We Fly! Sources: -      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum -      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW4XFiHUQAs -     ​​ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Malleus-maleficarum -     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x5KesH3dzM -    https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/the-robbins-collection/exhibitions/witch-trials-in-early-modern-europe-and-new-england/ -    https://www.history.c...

Lorien tells Katharine about the scariest thing that turn-of-the-20th century San Jose residents could conjure up: an eccentric, educated widow with too much money. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winchester https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#San_Jose_house_renovation https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/disneys-haunted-mansion-and-more-winchester-mystery-houses-infl...

Katharine dips into the world of cryptids to tell Lorien about a man-sized bird...creature...something? Sources: -        https://www.mothmanfestival.com/ -        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman -        https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia -        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bridge -        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXHrSFzCH8I   -        ht...

Lorien tells Katharine about a real-life doctor who neglected to take the Hippocratic Oath. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Lecter https://www.latintimes.com/thomas-harris-silence-lambs-author-reveals-hannibal-lecter-was-inspired-real-life-129778 https://pastebin.com/fuJ70Z0W https://www.biography.com/crime/real-life-hannibal-lecter-alfredo-balli-trevino# https://www.thetimes.com/a...

Happy October! Katharine kicks off a month of spooky topics with a haunted (?) wine cabinet. "October", Robert Frost: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53084/october-56d23212a5b72 Sources: -    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk -   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk_box -  https://genius.com/Kevin-mannis-description-of-the-dibbuk-dybbuk-box-for-ebay-annotated -        https://www.travelc...

Lorien just wants surgeons to be perfect. Is that so much to ask? Sources: https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article290163534.html https://www.kcci.com/article/andrea-irwin-iowa-woman-zoll-heart-monitor-lawsuit/61617551 https://hub.jhu.edu/2016/05/03/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death/ https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nch...

Katharine tells Lorien about how a democracy might backslide into authoritarianism. They consider an alternate life path for Lorien, heading up an authoritarian regime. Sources: -        https://commonslibrary.org/authoritarianism-how-you-know-it-when-you-see-it/ -        https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2018/jan/21/this-is-how-democracies-die -        https://newrepublic.com/arti...

Lorien tells Katharine about a completely relevant, very applicable anxiety. Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/ https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/nasa-decides-to-keep-2-astronauts-in-space-until-19720734.php https://apple.news/AhVvRxYYZTlSkb591d26BIQ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/29/astronauts-stuck-space-station/74981756007/ https://nyp...