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Fan service is the act of adding content to media in order to please already-existing fans/consumers. An example of this would be to sexualise a character by showing them in a bikini. Lean more about fan service as hosted by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN. Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_servi...

The title “Universe People” sounds like a lot of fun, but really it’s about a UFO religion. They believe that aliens are orbiting the earth and rewarding the good with access to another universe. Learn more as read by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe_People...

John Leonard tried to sue PepsiCo because he attempted to redeem 7,000,000 Pepsi Points for a fighter jet valued at $23million at the time in 1999. Find out who won the legal battle by listening to this episode hosted by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_v._Pepsico...

The guillotine is an apparatus designed to decapitate criminals. The head is placed in the center hole, with the arms placed in the holes beside the head. Shockingly, the last government-assisted guillotine execution was done as recently as September 10, 1977. Learn more about the guillotine as hosted by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Ra...

As some of you may have found out, Donald Trump has announced his presidential campaign for 2024. In spirit of this, hosts Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW read the page for Loser (Hand Gesture) because he lost the last presidential election. Produced by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia & news article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loser (h and gesture) WE...

Did you know that parakeets are literally just small parrots? No, seriously, it’s true. Listen to more about cute birds as hosted by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parakeet  WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON  PATREON!https://www.patreon.com/wikilistenpodcast  Find us...

The Bechdel Test is used as a measure of female representation in the media. Although additions have been added, the original test checks whether or not a movie has two women talking to each other about something other than men. The Bechdel Test was created by Alison Bechdel and Liz Wallace. Learn more about the Bechdel Test as read by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN.  Produced and h...

Tuck in for this double-feature about MONEY! Richard Lustig was a person who won the lottery not once, not twice, but several times. His strategy was to invest all of his winnings back into the lottery. A get-rich-quick scheme involves attempting to get rich, quickly, but it usually doesn’t work. Listen to more as hosted by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN.  Produced and hosted by Vic...

Post-truth politics is essentially the idea that politicians repeatedly share ideas/statements that are not true, despite being proven wrong. Learn more as hosted by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-truth_politics  WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON  PATREON!https:/...

Plushophilia is the sexual attraction to stuffed animals. The kink is loosely related to furries, but is somewhat distinct. Listen to more as hosted by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plushophilia  WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON  PATREON!https://www.patreon.com/wikilisten...

The brown note was popularized by South Park and other pop culture, and it is a very low frequency that supposedly makes humans uncontrollably defecate when they hear it. Unfortunately (or fortunately?), this has been tested and is false. Learn more about this funny music as hosted by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW. Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wi...

It’s post-election season, WikiListeners! In the spirit of such times, a smear campaign is a move to tarnish a person’s reputation with a combination of truths, half-truths, and lies. Learn more as hosted by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman  Full Wikipedia & news article here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smear_campaign  WE APPR...

Dad jokes, are, generally, jokes that are usually puns and/or meant to be so bad that people groan instead of laugh. Listen to some examples of dad jokes performed by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dad_joke  WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON  PATREON!https://www.patre...

Snopes is the website for fact-checking urban legends and related issues. Surprisingly, the original creators of the website had a lot of marital issues that contributed to Snopes money drama. Learn more about Snopes as read by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snope...

You may know Ashley Tisdale as a mid 2000’s Disney star and singer. She had major roles in shows such as The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody and in High School Musical . Learn more about the life of Ashley Tisdale by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Tisdale  WE...

You may know Mr. Monopoly as the old man in the Monopoly board game logo who does not, in fact, wear a monocle. Mr. Monopoly’s actual name is Rich Uncle Pennybags. Don’t you wish you had a rich uncle like Rich Uncle Pennybags? Learn more as hosted by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article here: https://en.w...

To dumb something down is to simplify content to make it more accessible for people with lower levels of intelligence and/or education. The term was originally coined in 1933 in the business of making movies. Learn more about dumbing down as read by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article:https://en.wikipedi...

Little Britain was a TV series from the 2000’s that proved to be pretty controversial due to racism and misogyny. Learn more as hosted by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Britain_(TV_series)  WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON  PATREON!https://www.patreon.com/wikilisten...

A move that’s been talked about for a while now, Elon Musk finally literally purchased Twitter this week. Learn more about the reactions to this action as read by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW. Produced by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia & news article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_Twitter_by_Elon_Musk#Reactio ns WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPO...

All your base are belong to us is a meme from the early 2000’s based on a poorly-translated line from the video game Zero Wing . Laugh along at the origins of the translation and the other available translations with Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman  Full Wikipedia article here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_...

Empowerment is a state of being where individuals and groups have a level of self-autonomy and ability to complete actions and goals with their own authority. An expert on empowerment, Laura Ballet joins as a special WikiListen guest reader with Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN. Empower yourself to WikiListen!  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! People summon the ghost of Bloody Mary to help tell the feature. Get spooky and learn more as read by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman  Full Wikipedia article here:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)  WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON  PATREON!https://www.patreon.com/wikilistenpodcast  Find u...

Mischief Night is typically the night before Halloween, when people go out in their neighborhoods and play tricks. On the tame side of things, people throw toilet paper at trees and smash pumpkins, but on the other side, people become violent and/or cause actual property damage. Mischief Night goes by a bunch of different names. Learn more as read by Rachel Teichman, LMSW and Victor Varnado, KSN. ...

Rule 34 is the concept that if something exists on the Internet, there is also a porn version of it. The term Rule 34 became popularized in the 2000’s and has persisted today. Learn more as narrated by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34  WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT O...

Chicken gun is, unfortunately, what it sounds like. Engineers use a special gun that shoots real chickens at airplanes to test component integrity. Yes, they still do this today. Hear more about how this works as read by Victor Varnado, KSN and Rachel Teichman, LMSW.  Produced and hosted by Victor Varnado & Rachel Teichman Full Wikipedia article:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_gun  WE AP...