Why Would You Ask That?

What does it mean to be... wet? Hey. Mind out of the gutter. This episode is about the idea of wetness— are all liquids necessarily wet? What's the driest liquid? What qualifies something to be wet? Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support .

Sometimes we wonder about life beyond our Earth. Sometimes we consider what kind of organisms may exist outside of our understanding. Sometimes, or rarely, we entertain an idea where perhaps aliens have been here all along... This episode we talk about aliens from space and where they may be hiding. And WHY did they NOT return MY CALLS? Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a su...

We once again have a question that will guide everyone on the true path of being haters! Oh, Teddy Roosevelt, the guy who teddy bears are named for, the one who instituted state parks... also was a completely horrible person! Woah! Roll up your sleeves because we get into it this week with some eugenics and genocide. Sounds like someone else we know, eh? CW: Genocide, Racism, War, Desecration of C...

Medicine and linguistics come together to create an unlikely event: medical cannibalism! Once upon a time, Europeans were eating mummies by the ton. Real mummies. Fake mummies. All sorts! And all for the health benefits of... dead bodies? CW: Death, Dead Bodies, Desecration of Corpses, War Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.co...

As we all know, color matters. And color can inspire a lot of controversy. Like, for example, certain pinks? They have baggage. Baggage that could be very expensive, very fast. M manages to keep it to a single parter this time (woah!) and we get to discuss a sampling of colors that sparked a bit of problems. CW: Death, Desecration of Corpses Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become...

This time we are venturing into Russia, where Rasputin left a mark on the governance and the still-lingering legacy of being a so-called love machine. He was shot! He was poisoned! He was absolutely harangued! Or... was he? CW: Poverty, Child Death, War, Xenophobia, Murder (Poison, Stabbing, Gun Violence, Physical Beatings) Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of th...

What, Charlie Chaplin, too? Yeah, Charlie Chaplin, too. The Tramp has gone too far, and Karen tells us just how far he went in this extra long episode. Despite his glistening career as an actor/director/more, when the camera was off, he wasn't always the paragon people held him up to be. CW: miscarriage, pedophlia, grooming, domestic abuse, brief mention of Nazis Music provided by Dark Fantasy Stu...

This week, we’re putting Gandhi on trial — and we’re not pulling punches. Turns out, the man behind the loincloth was less “peace and love” and more “racism and ego trips.” In this episode, we dig into the messy, manipulative, and straight-up deplorable parts of Gandhi’s life that somehow didn’t make it into the inspirational quote calendar. CW: domestic abuse, emotional manipulation, sexual assau...

In our third and final part about Picasso, we talk about Francoise and her relationship with him in its entirety. She was amazing, and their relationahip was wild and toxic. Francoise wrote an amazing autobiography that M will be relating stories from to paint a detailed picture of the guy Picasso was in his later years. We also, finally, talk about Picasso's death and the aftermath.   If you or s...

In this part two in our talk about Picasso, we talk about the man's art and how he related to some of the artists around him, his psychology (with a little armchair diagnosing), and we start in on talking about Francoise, a really amazing woman who got all wrapped up in Picasso's mess. She wrote an amazing autobiography that M will be relating stories from to paint a detailed picture of the guy Pi...

In the series of challenges by listener JJ, we were tasked to talk about the terror that was Picasso. M is the presenter, bringing in their already burning dislike of the man and sharpening it to a fine point by speaking about the women in his life to show the long shadows that Picasso cast while alive. We speak about his past, we interpret his art, and in the end, what we come out with is that Pi...

A listener challenged us to get him to hate Hemingway more and we took him on. Lucky for us, it's so easy to hate Hemingway— the man was cruel to his friends, his family, and to his enemies. He just does ridiculous and terrible things, which we will be thrilled to share with you. If a man could fuck up so bad he shoots himself in both kneecaps, he can fuck up anything. CW: animal abuse (bullfighti...

A challenge has been thrown into the ring! Can we make you hate Casanova? With Remy on the case, we'll drag you down to hater status. The man fucked his way around Europe and wrote thousands of pages of memoirs. He was a sugar baby and a lover of clitties. However... CW: Incest, Suicidal Ideation Mention Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://...

We return triumphantly to 2025 with a listener question: how many chickens would it take to fight an elephant? First we need to decide on the chicken. Consider size. Spirit. Anger. And then we need to determine how much a group of chickens can take out. Can we fight a chicken? Can a horse? A moose? Join us for the chicken debate! CW: Animal Death, Violence Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [...

Hey, folks! We have announcement this week and no episode. Please bear with us during this current issue.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support .

With the close of the year and the advent of holiday vacations, we present a chattersode answering Moth's question! Fae asked what conspiracy theories we do— or could— believe in. We end up on a ride discussing Abe Lincoln, spying tech, and the death of the internet. Maybe in this episode we'll convince YOU to believe in conspiracies... CW: Death, Loss of Privacy Music provided by Dark Fantasy Stu...

Yes, this episode, we get into hygiene of the derriere, alongside the evolution of the wipers of the "tenderest places" of the human body, excusing the eye. Join us if you can! CW: POOP, Butt Stuff, People Doing Things With Their Butts Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support. 

With the holidays in the way of our normal schedule, Remy and M sit back and discuss horror for a bit. They tickle topics like movies, tropes, books, and pet peeves— share with us your horror opinions! CW: Blood, Gore, Death Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support. 

With Remy out sick, it's up to M and Karen to fill in! This episode, we discuss what a cozy game is and make some recommendations. Feel free to recommend your own! Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support. 

Once upon a time, when oil was beginning to become a commodity, people crawled upon the earth to sniff-snort the essence of petrol up. It wasn't until Abram James came along and revolutionized the practice by introducing a new method: being PSYCHIC. CW: Societal Racism (nothing too bad) Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/p...

The Freedom of Information Act has blessed us with the ability to peruse some of the heinous crimes the United States has committed. This episode jumps in and talks about one of our country's most well-known conspiracy theories proven right. Big big big trigger warnings on this one y'all! CW: Nazis, Torture, Death, Sexual Assault   Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a support...

Join us as we dive into the trippy tale of the CIA’s wild plan to control minds—one magic mushroom at a time. We’ll dig into the psychedelic expeditions, the tests that followed, and how ‘shrooms went from Mexican hillsides to U.S. labs (and citizens). CW: Drug Use Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-a...

This week we rush back across the pond to look at how the United States took the vampire menace. The answer? Well... not great. Vampires menaced New England in particular, causing disease and death wherever they were found. CW: Death, Disease, Dead Bodies, Decomposition Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-...

Time for a good ol' spooky episode! We have a listener question that delves into the vampire burial rites— how did the people in vampire times deal with the horrible and terribly common problem of the dead rising, hungry for the lifeblood of the common man? CW: Death, Desecration of Bodies, Description of Corpses Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License] Become a supporter of this podcast:...

Down in beautiful Appalachia, we got creatures, we got features, we got aliens, we got giant glowing guys who love cars. This episode covers the FLATWOODS MONSTER, a fabled creature of much renown! Unless you're normal, I guess, and don't go down into the cryptid mines very much. A listener question from Dinah gets answered by Karen tonight and get ready— we got a dramatic reading! CW: Fear Music...