Jack of All Graves

Marko continues his quest to find out if pain can be quantified objectively by diving into the McGill Pain Questionnaire, and Corrigan has questions about food, memory, and final meals. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the McGill Pain Questionnaire [25:49] Thanksgiving is coming, Marko's got a Santa thing happening in his house, and we wonder if Mark has had a fantastic idea or a real...

What do the creators of all those AI chatbots and therapists and essay writing apps really wants from us? We're talking that out today, after Corrigan tells Marko about the Great Boston Mooninite Panic of 2007, and we share lots of cultural exchange. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the Great Boston Mooninite Panic [34:26] Marko has an iffy idea for corporate gatherings, CoRri finds o...

With life getting in the way of recording this week, we're throwing it back to some classic cold opens: The many horrors of Lake Lanier in Georgia and the exploding Lake Nyos in Cameroon. If you're anything like Marko, you've forgotten the details from these four year old episodes, so it's time for a revisit! [0:00] Lake Lanier [25:00] Lake Nyos (featuring Hollywood Steve of Hellrankers!)

This week Corrigan prompted Marko to tell a story about isolation, so he brings us the tale of Man of the Hole -- the last member of his Amazonian tribe. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the lonely life of the Man of the Hole [31:27] A YouTube video CoRri watched causes us to discuss Marko's inscrutable list of potential JoAG topics; make sure you listen to CoRri on The Crumbling ! [4...

Halloween week is here! As such, Corrigan brings us a suitably gory story of historical axe murder, Marko goes on a ghost tour, and we talk about allll the October spooky movies. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about axe murders [49:50] Mark is struggling with Halloween, but his fam is going horror mazing and went on a ghost tour [01:06:41] A conversation about viking weaponry leads to Cor...

While Corrigan is off in California, Marko takes the opportunity to read us a story!

This week Corrigan asked Marko to tell her about some "culty Brits," and he came through with lovable crank George King and his band of interplanetary misfits, the Aetherius Society! Highlights: [0:00] Mark tells CoRri about the Aetherius Society [44:55] We allow ourselves to celebrate ONE death in violation of Deadpool rules, CoRri's getting fit, both hosts have maybe stolen things, and Marko has...

It's a low key, mid-week episode where we just chat about things like the books we're reading, if it's possible to know scientifically the thresholds of joy and pain, and why Charlie Hunnam decided to do Winnie the Pooh voice in the Ed Gein series. It's a chill hang! Video version on the Ko-Fi! http://www.ko-fi.com/jackofallgraves

This week Marko wanted to hear a story of cursed love, so Corrigan recounts the tragic mystery of the Mayerling Incident, which inadvertently led to WWI. Cursed indeed! Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells the story of the Mayerling Incident [47:15] Marko wonders if any of our listeners are dead, Corrigan indulges her special interests, and Hades II is out [01:02:40] What we watched: Lost Boys, Demon...

  Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the horrors of space [32:08] Apparently the Rapture is here! Who will saaaaave your soul? [39:56] It's not a podcast, it's a record of the AI-pocalypse [49:34] Some JoAG related stories listeners have sent us, including Capgras syndrome and parthenogenesis [01:08:24] Mark shares some head canon [01:22:05] What we watched: Sketch, Beyond the Poseidon...

Listen: We know you've googled it this week. So, today we're gonna try to get to the bottom of what the hell a groyper is and whether we should care. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the absurd and terrifying right wing posse known as Groypers [56:20] Marko tells Corrigan about the joys of CEX, lizard parthogenesis, and the CoLD scale, all of which leads us to a chat about what we'd r...

This week we talk about how religions define martyrdom, whether it reeeeeally counts according to their own texts, and how any group is convinced to go to war. Plus, CoRri closes out her thirties, we talk science illiteracy, and we bicker over some movies! Highlights: [0:00] Marko discusses warriors from Samson of the Bible to modern suicide bombers, and what it means to be a martyr [39:35] Marko...

Holy smokes! We've been doing this thing for five years! To celebrate, Corrigan tells a horrific historical banger, we discuss some of our favorite stories and films from the last five years, and we make a big announcement! Thanks for sticking with us, friends! Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko the story of the Great Hinckley Fire, which has haunted her since she first read about it [01:04:4...

Corrigan explains to Marko how Pizzagate and Q-Anon unmoored the United States, and we have a chat about the racism white men tend to perpetuate in their movies about racism. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about conspiracy theories that have shaped the last decade of American politics [01:02:20] We have a watch-along coming (Slime City Massacre) on August 23rd, we discuss our weird mortal...

Recently it's become popular for economists to say we're in a "vibecession," and we're all imagining that everyone's broke and struggling. This week Marko lays out the hard numbers about societal collapse. Highlights: [0:00] Marko gives Corrigan some statistics about societal collapse [48:20] We discuss other podcasts we may or may not listen to, anticipate the new Alien TV show, and talk about Sh...

In 1965, AstroTurf was created. This has made a lot of people dead or maimed and been widely regarded as a bad move. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the happy little forever chemicals in the fake grass that covers our parks and sports facilities [56:45] We unpack the implications of the cold open, Corrigan explains the Presidential Fitness Test [01:13:30] What we watched: War of the...

Humans have been obsessed with the end of the world for millennia which means, hey, you have options! Let's talk about end times alternatives to our climate nightmare. Highlight: [0:00] Marko and Corrigan discuss different views of the end times from various religions and cultures around the world [47:45] Boatcore! Marko sees a 16th century ship of death, and Corrigan reads a shipwreck book [01:05...

Corrigan finds out some shocking decades old information about the horrific end of gorilla lady Dian Fossey, we discuss how absurd the mechanisms of the human body are, and we consider an alternate timeline in which we aren't causing our own demise. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the murder of Dian Fossey [40:56] We weigh whether the outcome of the gorilla conservation efforts we ju...

We just felt like hanging out, tbh, so Marko talks about some interesting weird news our pal Hannah has put in our in-tray, we discuss why rich people want to live forever and a girl with very sweaty hands, and we test Mark's knowledge of horror movie trivia. Get comfy and prepare yourself to yell at your listening device! Highlights: [0:00] Marko recounts some weird news and we ramble about all k...

In dishonor of the grand opening of the U.S. government’s latest concentration camp, Corrigan tells Marko about her country’s long history of displacement and internment. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about Japanese internment and other instances of American concentration camps [01:10:23] We rave about Pete, Marko asks a question about the end of the world, Marko has swapped vaping for a...

This week Marko talks to his brilliant 14-year-old son Peter about what it's like being a teenager at the end of the world: AI, deepfakes, true crime, influencer culture, and, of course, horror movies. It's a FANTASTIC and insightful conversation we hope you'll love!

Closing out our impromptu series on horrendous public tragedies, Marko talks about the Bradford City stadium fire. Then, we deep dive into the highlights of our movie viewing the past two weeks before a little reflection on what we've learned about Stockton Rush. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about the Bradford City stadium fire [31:15] There's a war on, Mark's got brain fog, Corrigan bu...

Due to Father's Day celebrations, recording of this week's fresh JoAG is delayed till Tuesday. But in the meantime, please enjoy this month's episode of JoAG Fancave on us! If you like it, hey, you get more of this every single month by subscribing to our Ko-Fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/jackofallgraves Marko joins us this month to discuss the 2011 film  The Cabin in the Woods . The movie follows five...

For the second week in a row, we talk about some devastating deaths in public settings, but not before Mark tells a heartwarming story about a quirky Frenchman, we talk about ICE and the National Guard, and Corrigan questions what the best radioactive mutation would be. Highlights: [0:00] Marko tells Corrigan about France's Palais Ideal de Facteur Cheval, an impressive edifice built by a quirky wi...

People love watching the cars go fast, but this week Corrigan tells Marko about some horrific racing tragedies that make even being a spectator seem scary AF! Plus, we chat about what it means to leave a legacy and the different ways people have left their mark beyond the grave. Highlights: [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about the dangers of auto racing [48:47] We revisit our death video watching, Co...