The Anxiety Encyclopedia

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...

Katharine gives Lorien a historical speed run on book banning and what it looks like today. Sources: -        https://newrepublic.com/post/184672/utah-republicans-enact-extreme-school-book-ban -        https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/books/book-ban-florida.html -        https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/books/book-bans-public-schools.html -        https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/ed-magazine/...

Lorien tells Katharine about a public health threat that's 4x more deadly than shark bites. Sources: https://slate.com/technology/2024/08/selfie-death-cliff-waterfall-hike.html https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/death-by-selfie-11-disturbing-stories-of-social-media-pics-gone-wrong-15091/dont-selfie-and-fly-28999/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-14/selfie-related-deaths-are-...

We promise this episode is no atmospheric drag! Sources: Sources: -  https://payloadspace.com/astroscale-sees-its-debris/ -    https://apple.news/AMWLXbXv-S3SSTbFO1R9xrg -   https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-space-junk-and-why-is-it-a-problem.html#:~:text=While%20there%20are%20about%202%2C000,if%20they%20hit%20something%20else . -   https://spacenews.com/u-s-satellite-destroyed-in-space-colli...

We hope you don't acquire an allergy to our podcast after listening to Lorien tell Katharine about the lone star tick. Sources: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0727-emerging-tick-bites.html https://www.cdc.gov/alpha-gal-syndrome/about/ https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/lyme-disease-isnt-the-only-tickborne-disease-to-watch https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/ticks-and-th...

Katharine gets swept up in this natural disaster; Lorien rises from her sick bed to make an extremely brave assertion: Glen Powell looks good in hats. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustnado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_devil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_whirl https://www.wesh.com/article/tornado-watch-vs-tornado-warning/45521346# https://e...

Lorien tells the story of a disaster of gigantic proportions. Sources: https://builtin.com/articles/airships#:~:text=There are three main types,gondola and a propulsion system. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hindenburg https://www.dictionary.com/e/zeppelin-vs-blimp-dirigible-airship/# https://www.historytoday.com/hindenburg-disaster-and-end-airship-era https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/interio...

Katharine questions the validity of Reefer Madness. Sources: -       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug) -        https://www.healthline.com/health/is-marijuana-a-gateway-drug#takeaway -        https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/01/24/gateway-drug-no-more-study-shows-legalizing-recreational-cannabis-does-not-increase -        https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dare-program-reshape-image-po...