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This week we are featuring our first ever Patron picked episode! Thank you Katy Bjorkman, you lovely Dream Maker, for this week's topic! We start by telling the story of serial killer Jake Bird, and then shift into an explanation on inadequate legal representation. We cover three facets that contribute to the issue; lack of funding, lack of ethical standards, and racial biases & discrimination...

You'll quickly realize that Ash lost her voice, but we didn't want to leave ya'll hanging this week, so please enjoy this off the cuff episode about time travel and ghosts.

Welcome to our first bonus episode! We have a fantastic interview with Lauren Bowser, Mortuary Practitioner and all around bad ass. We talk about the ethics behind Marilyn's funeral and resting place, the auction of the crypt next to her, and we get some questions regarding Marilyn's autopsy answered. 

This week we bring you the final installment of our Norma Jeane series. This episode is lengthy and filled with a lot of information that can be very upsetting, so we ask that you take breaks while listening if necessary. Extra trigger warning for topics such as suicide, drug use, death, mental abuse, sexual abuse, and medical abuse. Sources Books: My Story by Marilyn Monroe The Secret Life of Mar...

Buckle up folks! You're in for a long one this week. We continue with Norma Jeane's life story. We cover the end of her relationship with Joe DiMaggio, her friendships with Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, her time at the Actors Studio, the start of her film company, and her tumultuous relationship with Playwright Arthur Miller. We also dive into her miscarriages, eating disorders, and endometri...

We continue on with Norma Jeane's life story in this week's episode. We discuss her films, which ones helped her career and which didn't, her relationship with film execs, her introduction to and relationship with Joe DiMaggio, the reappearance of her mother, and so much more. Sources Books: My Story by Marilyn Monroe  The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe J. Randy Taraborrelli Marilyn Monroe: The Pri...

Katy brings us the beginning of Marilyn Monroe's, née Norma Jeane's, tumultuous and enchanting life. We hear about family back story that gives us a look into the events that shaped Norma Jeane's life and personality. We want to do our best at telling her story in the most respectful manner, considering the way society has not always had respect for her, in her life and her death.  Sources Books:...

The Navy has been leaking jet fuel into the landscape of the Hawaiian Island of O'ahu for decades. We learn how long these leaks have been occurring and we learn about the leaks that have occurred since the beginning of 2021, that have caused a massive public outcry against the Navy. There were copious amounts of human errors that led to devastating consequences for the surrounding communities, th...

Merry Yule friends! This week Ash is taking us on a trip to the late 90's to hear about the time the NSA banned a popular home item from entering their premises. Enjoy this lighthearted episode for the holidays, we'll see you in the New Year! Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furby#cite_note-1 https://www.grunge.com/215007/the-real-reason-...

This week we bring you the final episode in the JFK series for the year! We discuss all the crazy coincidences and dive into the different conspiracies behind the assassination. Katy asks Ash what she believes happened now that she's learned all about JFK and the events on that fateful day. https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president https://ww...

We have finally reached the last day of John F Kennedy's life, and ready to begin the first part of this infamous day in November. Sources: James Patterson- House of Kennedy Docuseries- American Dynasty (found on discovery+) JFK: The Lost Tapes JFK and The Unspeakable- James W Douglass https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/november-22-1963-death-of-the-president https://www.jfk...

This week, Katy lays out the ground work for who exactly may have wanted John F. Kennedy dead after his time in the White House. From the Bay of Pigs disaster, through the Cuban Missile Crisis and his many affairs, JFK made quite a bit of enemies. Join us while we prepare to cover his assassination next week. Sources James Patterson’s House of Kennedy American Dynasty Docuseries https://spyscape.c...

This week Katy gives us the low down on the way JFK was prepped for his political career by his *cough cough horrible cough* father. We also discuss the beginning of his relationship with Jackie O. and his many illnesses. Covering the context of how his early years directly relate to his future assassination. SOURCES:  American Dynasty Docuseries  James Pattersons House Of Kennedy  JFK Revisited B...

Curse...or Karma? This week we begin our deepest dive ever, all leading up to John F. Kennedy's assassination. We begin with Joe Kennedy Sr. and his rags to riches story, including: the death of a few of his children, his quest for political power, his fall out of society, the work he went through to start JFK's political career, and the fate of his daughter, Rose Marie Kennedy, whose horrible tre...

With news about the possibility of finding Cleopatra's Tomb dropping this week, it seemed only right to cover her incredible life, mysterious death, and everything that has happened since. Join us while we refresh ourselves on the details surrounding one of the baddest, most intelligent, powerful, wise, and kindest b*tches in of all time.  SOURCES Documentary "Cleopatra: Sex, Lies and Secrets" fro...

This week, we discuss the Violence Against Women Act. We cover the history of it, what it currently entails, and the ways in which it can be improved. We talk about the loopholes that leave some victims of sexual violence on the hook for medical bills from their rape kit and post-assault care, and mull over the ways that these loopholes can be fixed. Sources https://www.womenslaw.org/about-abuse/a...

This week we're having some Halloween fun as Katy reads us some truly terrifying tales. Is it real, is it creepy pasta? Let's find out together! Happy Halloween! Sources: https://www.pbs.org/video/dont-let-them-in-the-urban-legends-of-black-eyed-children-oht8de/ https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-black-eyed-children-55705 https://kixs.com/texas-scariest-urban-legend-are-the-black-eyed-kids/ htt...

After last week, we still had a lot of questions about executions, doctors involvement, the ethics behind that, botched executions and the firing squad.  Since we still felt like there we things to cover we took a closer look at last weeks topics, and the American Medical Asscociation's Code of Ethics to see what they had to say about it all. Sources- https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/ethic...

This week we are discussing the origins of the death penalty and the reasons it still exists in the United States.   Sources: https://documents.deathpenaltyinfo.org/pdf/FactSheet.pdf https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/4/21/death-row-usa-a-history-of-the-death-penalty-in-america https://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/HistoryoftheDeathPenaltyinAmerica.pdf https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/a...

This week we take a look at traumatic brain injuries in football and how the NFL made concussions into a conspiracy in order to protect their pockets.   SOURCES: https://www.science.org/content/article/ninety-nine-percent-ailing-nfl-player-brains-show-hallmarks-neurodegenerative-disease https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SedClkAnclk https://www.nfl.com/news/dolphins-qb-tua-tagovailoa-exits-thursday-s...

This week, Ash informs us of the process of a rape kit and our justice system's backlog of untested kits. We learn about what is causing the backlog and about the short amount of time that many assault survivors have before their kits are destroyed. This leads us to talk about Amanda Nguyen, an activist whose own issues with her rape kit have emboldened her to write new legislation, the Sexual Ass...

This week we are covering the current protests in Iran over the suspicious death of Zhina Mahsa Amini by Iran's morality police.     Sources: Tiktok user Wakance posted a video on actionable items for Iran, Please seek out their account, if you do not use tiktok we posted it our instagram and facebook.  Opening tiktok from user tytysplanett  https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/why-a-womans-dea...

This week we are staying on theme with our recent discussions about trafficking and sex work. We will be dicussing the cases of abuse survivors being criminalized after defending themselves against their abusers and attackers. We learn about Battered Woman Syndrome and coercive control, and how the courts would rather make these women seem mentally unstable as a defense than acknowledge the actual...

After our trafficking episode, we wanted to discuss some issues related to sex work. We dive into the history of sex work, deprogramming the stigma against legal & consensual sex work, and the ways that sex workers have had their lives unjustly impacted by law enforcement. We focus on a specific law that was made with good intentions, but in reality, made it immediately more difficult to track...

September is here, and we're getting spooky! Katy takes us on an adventure as we discuss the weird happenings of the Bermuda Traingle.   Sources: (lol) BuzzFeed: unsolved episodes can be found on hulu  The UneXplained episode on "strange disappearances" found on hulu