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Today, Moth and Butterfly look for a teddy bear. The post 3. In the Park appeared first on PodCavern .

Order up! Look, we know fast food is not "good for us" but life's too short not to occasionally indulge in the guilty pleasures of the world. That said, there are is definitely a difference between what constitutes "good" versus "bad" fast food and we are here to rank only the worthy food establishments that satisfy our high bar of questionable food. So join Tuong and Deep Fried Foodies Tom Zalatn...

This week, hosts Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) and Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) talk all about dolma, sarma, and other delicious stuffed & wrapped middle eastern appetizers! We also play a little Gastronomical Geography and talk about the effects of industrialization, globalization & international trade on cuisines, which dolma ingredients are indigenous to the middle east and the mediter...

In this sidetrip, I read The Raven, by Edgar Allan Poe. The post Bonus Sidetrip 1. The Raven appeared first on PodCavern .

Angus and Sal are back! After a career making arrest the guys are punished with dirty, difficult and down right upsetting jobs instead of being praised for their heroic work. What’s the deal? It’s almost like someone is out to get them. The post EP68 – No Good Deed… appeared first on PodCavern .

The Disney Dummies are holding out for a Hiro - and may have got more than they bargained for with Big Hero 6. With a high-stakes plot and an unforgettable cast of characters (were lookin’ at you, Aunt Cass), this movie’s emotional gut punches are matched only by its final Hail Mary rocket-fist thruster punch…but we promise that it’ll leave you satisfied with your care. The post DD54 – Big H...

Today, Moth and Butterfly meet a bunch of monks. The post 2. Before the Altar appeared first on PodCavern .

It has the juice! This week, host Teffer Adjemian (@tefferbear) sits down with longtime friend of the show Julian McKenzie (@jkamckenzie) to talk about everyone's favorite big lump with knobs, corn! We get into the viral Recess Therapy corn video, the history of corn, and its beautiful versatility as an ingredient! We also talk grits, polenta, nixtamalization, and all the lovely things we can do w...

Say no to drugs (unless you are ranking them). After a well deserved break in the PodCavern, we are back to full power to do what we do best on this show - ranking! Drugs can be a hard thing to talk about as the word often has some mixed connotations to it. That's why we won't pretend we are experts on the real thing and will rank drugs based on things we DO know - FICTION! So this week join Tuong...

Kadi and Teffer talk 2009, love triangles, and Twilight references in the Amazon Prime show & the book it’s based on! There’s a reason Netflix passed on this one.. Support... The post 172. The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han appeared first on PodCavern .

Happy Labor Day! This week, host Tom Zalatnai (@tomzalatnai) calls up longtime friend of the show Matt Cole (@mc_dj_mc) to talk burger history, fast food, and the beauty of a Cowboy Burger! We also get into complicated feelings around nostalgia for capitalist chain restaurants, the value of reading history through a modern lens, and the importance of recognizing the biases that come with that. PLU...

Today we visit a house and meet Moth and Butterfly for the first time. The post 1. In the Kitchen appeared first on PodCavern .

The Moth Collection is 14-episode series of science-fiction short stories, tinged with horror and, I’m not going to lie, sentimentality. Moth travels everywhere and everywhen in search of (often deadly) Discrepancies, and tries to make sense of the Briefs she gets from Collection. She also pines a bit for her colleague Cicada. Episodes are standalone but linked, and details add up. The post The Mo...

After a thrilling climatic chase and rooftop battle Angus and Sal have finally caught the villain known as The System (Leslie Cserepy). But now comes the most exciting part of all the interrogation and paperwork! The post EP67 – Getting Down With The System appeared first on PodCavern .

You better believe that the Dummies are NOT going to let it go this week, as they shiver their way through the unforgettable modern classic Frozen - the movie that proved sisterly love can be just as powerful as romantic love…and that some people are worth melting for. The post DD53 – Frozen (2013) appeared first on PodCavern .

So bad it's good. Movies are a lot of things to people but the main thing it's for is to entertain the audience. It turns out "entertainment" can come in different forms. Some movies are objectively bad but others find ways to cross that threshold of being bad and becoming something that we can't help but love it. We know it's not great but we can't look away. It's like that fast food burger you k...

Angus and Sal head over to Bubo’s (Matt Barrow) Mansion to figure out a plan to lure out and catch the villain known as The System, but they are immediately side tracked by the vaguely sinister sounding community of people living in Bubo’s many basements. The post EP66 – Vaguely Sinister appeared first on PodCavern .

What if some villains were born to be heroes, some glitches were destined to be racing champions, and some handymen were fated to fall in love with first-person shooter guides? The Dummies are about to learn that in the world of video games and Wreck-It Ralph, all this - along with candy cars, penthouse parties, and chocolate lakes - is possible…as long as you don’t go turbo. The post DD52 –...

Too much sugar in the blood can lead to all sorts of health problems, including diabetes, and we rely on insulin to properly process it in our bodies. But that’s... The post E20: Making Insulin Using Stem Cells with Emily McGaugh appeared first on PodCavern .

One of the best things about anime...the openings! In a vast sea of anime out there, it's difficult to figure out what show to watch next. Lucky enough, one of the best ways is through it's opening where it often has the best animation, a great look at what the show will be about, and above all else, a catchy earworm tune that will keep you coming back for more! So join Tuong and Anime Waifus Aman...

Sea Lamprey are an invasive species in the Great Lakes. Our guest Victoria Heath works in marine labs doing research into chasing them out of sensitive areas using sounds that don’t harm the environment. Vinny and Katie share the latest research about babies and moon dirt. The post E19: Scaring Lamprey Using Sound with Victoria Heath appeared first on PodCavern .

Even though Angus and Sal are stuck in the wilds of the untamed forest district that won’t stop them from getting an episode out on time! The guys show off the camp they’ve survived in for the past week and their plans for rescue. Guaranteed to have more bees and amphetamines than you were expecting. The post EP65 – Survival Meth-ods appeared first on PodCavern .

In a world where just about everything feels unpredictable, it’s comforting to return to a familiar face - or more accurately, a familiar bottom half whose top is stuck, as always, in a honey pot. 2011’s Winnie the Pooh has a lot in common with its predecessors, and while it’s not quite high adventure, a missing tail and a mysterious Backson will provide enough hijinks to keep you smiling along wi...

Talking to computers is tricky because people use a lot of context clues to figure out exactly what people mean. Computers like to take things literally so it’s a challenge for them to untangle any ambiguity or multiple meanings. Frederick Gietz is a computational linguist working on research to help computers understand how these messy humans use verbs. Katie and Vinny talk about mosquitofish and...

Pesticides can be found in so many of our waterways thanks to industrial farming. Monitoring the levels of pesticides in our water is important to ensure the health of our water supplies and everything that lives in them. MSc student Moira Ijzerman studies new ways to detect and measure their presence using a new type of material, biofilms. Vinny and Katie share facts about Mars and millipedes. Th...