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Happy Easter, babes! We love ya! But will Rachel and Lauren ever make up? Will they ever make more episodes after this devastating fight? Only time will tell...
This one goes out to all our psych nerds with a deep appreciation for Dr. Elizabeth Loftus and memory research! In today’s episode, Lauren and Rachel host a discussion about TGA (Transient Global Amnesia), a state of amnesia that lasts up to 24 hours.
Sources:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1941874420953323
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/magazine/transient-global-amnesia.html
https://connect.uclahealth.org/2021/02/24/transient-global-amnesia-is-scary-usually-not-dangerous/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/memory/disorders-memory
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33675214/
https://www.brainandlife.org/articles/studying-amnesia-helps-researchers-understand-memory/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210310150347.htm
https://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/memory-manipulated
In episode 7, we take a look at the people who danced themselves to death in the 16th century. There are so many weird details and horrible government decisions in this story, and Rachel (for some reason) claims that this is one of her favorite historical events. It shows.
Sources:
Strasbourg History - French Momentsfrenchmoments.eu › ... › Grand Est › Alsace
https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518
https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161028-the-town-the-nearly-danced-itself-to-death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/05/bizarre-dance-epidemic-of-summer-1518-strasbourg
History of Strasbourg - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_Strasbourg
Timeline of Strasbourg - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org › wiki › Timeline_of_Strasbourg
https://medium.com/@jessicasecmezsoyurquhart/unbelievable-history-the-1518-dance-plague-3aaef198eddb
Join Lauren and Rachel as they discuss the facts, theories, and opinions regarding Marilyn Monroe’s suspicious death. Her involvement with the Kennedy’s and connection to many other notable people make the circumstances surrounding her suspicious death even more specific, although it was ruled a suicide… so what really happened?
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaP5MN9DthM
https://www.rd.com/article/marilyn-monroe/
https://www.newsweek.com/why-conspiracies-theories-about-marilyn-monroe-are-resurfacing-1452610
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marilyn-monroe-is-found-dead
https://www.biography.com/news/marilyn-monroe-final-days
https://www.sbs.com.au/guide/article/2017/07/24/4-conspiracy-theories-about-death-marilyn-monroe
https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/docid-32423593.pdf
Let's talk about death, baby! This week, Rachel takes Lauren on a journey through the funeral traditions of the Torajan people, including extravagant funerals and living with corpses. Spooky! But maybe also beautiful...? Listen and let us know what you think!
TW: Death, Animal Slaughter
Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/toraja-death-ritual
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torajan_people
https://random-times.com/2019/03/27/the-manene-festival-in-indonesia-the-mummies-of-the-dead-return-to-visit-their-loved-ones/
Lucky or unlucky? Violet Jessop lived an incredible life, surviving the Olympic, Titanic, and Britannic shipwrecks! We are so excited to tell you her beautiful and inspirational story of bravery, danger, and a bit of luck.
Sources:
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/titanic/stories/violet-constance-jessop.htm
https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/violet-constance-jessop.html
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-57409-035-2
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/61663/unsinkable-violet-jessop
If you like psychology, personality tests, science, or Criminal Minds, then this episode is for you!! This week, Rachel explains the new psychological idea of a Dark Empath. It's deep, it's cutting-edge, it's a little bit dark, and a big bit interesting.
Dr. Brenner's Article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/experimentations/202008/introducing-the-dark-empath-0
The Dark Empath Study: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886920303615?via%3Dihub
Tune in this week as Lauren leads a discussion of viking marriage traditions, including their rights for women, beautiful vows, and grave robbing! We are excited to take you back to the 12th century with us.
Sources:
https://www.vikingsbrand.co/blogs/norse-news/viking-wedding-history
https://historycollection.com/eight-facts-love-marriage-viking-style/6/
https://www.history.com/news/what-was-life-like-for-women-in-the-viking-age
https://www.alehorn.com/blogs/blog/5-beautiful-viking-wedding-ceremony-scripts
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/viking-wedding-0010657
https://www.ranker.com/list/viking-wedding-traditions-and-rituals/lyra-radford
In our first episode, Rachel tells Lauren all about the story of Wojtek, the bear who served in World War II alongside Polish soldiers (she also roasts Lauren quite a bit, but that's not the point). We LOVE Wojtek and are sure that you will too.
Sources:
https://time.com/4731787/wojtek-the-bear-history/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-15736812
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/wojtek-bear-named-second-world-war-film-polish-soldiers-monte-cassino-snowman-private-army-carried-shells-a8553001.html
Aileen Orr's Book, Wojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero:
https://www.amazon.com/Wojtek-Bear-Polish-War-Hero/dp/1843410656
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