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Feral Children Aug 13, 2012

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Toren, Joe and Kevin discuss Leopard Boy, "Baby Hospital", Peter The Wild Boy, the Wild Child of Champagne, Tarzan and more children raised by animals -- or raised as animals by people we're declaring worse than animals. Music: "Ain't A Fit Night Out For Man Nor Beast" by Noble Sissle and His Orchestra Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntwSGBWCRIw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcozzl9wAOI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ogQ0uge06o

Countess Elizabeth Bathory Aug 06, 2012

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Our first entry in the "Evil Dames in History" series has the hosts separating mact from fyth on the supposed "blood countess" Elizabeth Bathory. Includes star kicking and other tortures she inflicted on her servants, plus her trial, death and legacy!

Sibling Rivalry Jul 30, 2012

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Mister Doctor Greg Bole - B.Sc. (Biology) and Ph.D. (Evolution and Ecology) - joins us to talk about sibling rivalry in the animal kingdom, which of course includes that most savage and destructive animal - homo sapiens. Includes siblicide, porbeagle ovophagy, adelphophagi, polyembryoni in parasitoid wasps, and the Dassler brothers, Karla Homolka & the Han sisters. All this plus news & pop culture including the Game of Thrones analysis you didn't ask for. Music: "Anything You Can Do" by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters Images Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrqgPjZ07Ts

Zombies, Part Two Jul 23, 2012

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Robin Thompson is back for part two of our look at zomb...b... braaains... braaaaaaainsssss....

Zombies, Part 1 Jul 16, 2012

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How do zombies and science connect? Very tenuously. "Zombie Jesus" creator and zombie connoisseur Robin Thompson is our fourth man this week. We discuss zombie-creating recipes, alleged Haitian zombie cases, zombiewalks, Cotard's syndrome, nanobot zombies, rage virus, brain-modifying parasites and more. Plus, would a zombie plague succeed in becoming an apocalypse, and what would be your favourite weapon? PART ONE OF TWO!

Followups 8 Jul 09, 2012

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Chris "Stewie" Stewart joins us for brain tapeworms, murder by testicle crushing, cannibal cook cultists and more in our latest grab-bag "Followup" episode! Plus: Which is the lesser of two evils - having your testicles crushed over a parking space, or brain tapeworms?

Cold War (Part 2) Jul 02, 2012

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The Cold War part two of two, with guest Allan Newell, includes: the nuclear arms race; Project: Ice Worm, LSD & the CIA; bungled Fidel Castro assassination attempts. Plus news and pop culture including Dr Strangelove, Manchurian Candidate, Thirteen Days, Our Man in Havana, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! and Red Dawn.

Cold War (Part 1) Jun 25, 2012

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Allan Newell joins us to talk about as many caustic facets of the cold war that we could fit into a 2 hour mini-series. In part one we talk about the origin and players, then get into Igor Gouzenko and the space race, including top-secret projects to nuke the moon!

Censorship Jun 18, 2012

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Live from the Roundhouse Community Centre and the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival, Toren, Joe, and Kevin are joined by Cinema Sewer's Robin Bougie to talk about censorship. Book burnings, the Seven Dirty Words, the Danish Mohammed cartoons, Elvis' pelvis, and more! Music: "Shaving Cream" by Benny Bell Images Links Cinema Sewer Tubgirl (NSFW, NSFL) Hays Code Charities of the Week: Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (USA) Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund (Canada) Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLSgqH2BOeg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXMzEdXpvPw Notes MPAA Film Board members are supposed to have children between the ages of 5 and 17. We had a segment about an Oxford Library burning, but on further research we believe that to have been an error so it was edited out. We'll try to find more information if we can.

Music Jun 11, 2012

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For our "music" episode, Canadian comedy legend Sean Cullen joins us to talk about music-inspired riots, castrati, music as torture, Norwegian black metal and backmasking. Plus movies, TV, and Lesser of Two Evils: would you rather be a castrato or have soot wart? Music: "Cacheevo" by Sean Cullen Images Links The Station Nightclub Fire Gitmo Boombox Music seancullen.com Hamish X and the Cheese Pirates Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9RNw7sFUGc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpQfCcsqQ0E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUDG3Ze8w_0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-S3uoeTXg

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