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87: The Night Call Book Club Special: Valley of the Dolls Dec 02, 2019

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This week, Night Call is unlocking their Valley of the Dolls book club episode, previously only available for Patreon supporters. Escape from your family this Thanksgiving with Jacqueline Susann's 1966 proto-beach-read, or impress your grandparents with your new knowledge about the author's famous poodle Josephine. The ladies of Night Call delve into petty icon Jackie Susann's subtle (and not-so-subtle) airing of celebrity dirty laundry, the book's origins in '50s showbiz, the real-life midcentury pill epidemic, and of course, our personal Dollstrology.

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86: Baby Yoda Needs To Fly Nov 25, 2019

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After a brief recap of our live show with Aimee Mann, Baby Yoda fever sweeps Night Call nation when we plead with Disney to release The Ewok Adventure so we can pod about it. Werner Herzog falls for the wrinkly baby puppet and the superhero movie wars come to an end. The Cybertruck is a garbage truck, except garbage trucks actually work. And Warren Beatty’s REDS divides Tess, Molly and Emily into factions, but can they find common ground in Maureen Stapleton’s portrayal of Emma Goldman? Find out on Night Call!

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Baby Yoda
Star Wars Holiday Special
Star Wars bar
Tesla Cybertruck unveiling
Max Read's tweet
Cait Raft on the cybertruck
Krotona
The Creation of Beachwood Canyon's Theosophist "Dreamland"
Inside the meditation building converted to a studio apt
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85: NIGHT CHAOS With Tom O’Neill Nov 18, 2019

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The ladies of Night Call are joined by Tom O’Neill, author of CHAOS: Charles Manson, The CIA, And The Secret History Of The Sixties to discuss his book, getting addicted to an obsession, MK Ultra, the Manson family and much more! And break out the gabagool for the first in our new series of ongoing segments about The Sopranos! Plus movie chat, a mouse deer, and Emily’s review of The Irishman!

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Suzan Pitt on Criterion
Human/waterbear DNA splicing
Critter of the week 1 and Critter of the week 2
Tony Soprano Dirty Work
Paulie's car horn
Tom O'Neill
Chaos
UK vs US libel laws
2019 Polanski rape allegation
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84: The November 2019 Blade Runner Spectacular Nov 11, 2019

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Molly, Tess and Emily are joined by poet Elizabeth Cantwell to discuss her book All The Emegency Type Structures, leftist prepper culture, what kind of dwellings are the most haunted, and how to deal with weather that wants to kill you. Plus underground tunnels and secret societies! And...it’s Los Angeles November 2019, do you know where your blade runners are? We return to Ridley Scott’s 80s sci fi opus just as we pass its start date, to talk about LA architecture, the dystopian gentrification of downtown, and whether Blade Runner is now a utopian movie (spoiler: we say yes?)

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83: Dickinson Theories Nov 04, 2019

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Apple TV Plus show Dickinson’s creator Alena Smith joins us to talk about Emily Dickinson, the weird American 1850s and transcendentalist author rivalries and fun facts (Edgar Allan Poe was VERY catty and also married his own underage cousin). Then we get into current American history, taking on the modern conspiracy we’ve all been thinking and talking about constantly this year! Plus we answer some Night Calls, and talk about everyone’s favorite viral meme: long Russian novels about class war!

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82: England Is The East Coast Of The World Oct 28, 2019

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Tess, Emily, and Molly dig into The Lighthouse, Parasite, and Vampire In Brooklyn as spooky szn comes to a climax. Where is Jonesy's Jukebox, the freeform radio show on KLOS that mysteriously left the air weeks ago? Plus the weird Nazi ranch in Malibu, Emily's journey to the center of the mind in Topanga Canyon, and whether ominous weather leads to more ominous happenings or just ominous thoughts. And an extended discussion about what theme park rides we'd like to exist. Oh yeah and SEX COMEDIES!

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Jonesy's Jukebox Twitter
Most common zodiac signs
Rustic Canyon Nazi retreat
She shed
KOA camping
The case for letting Malibu burn
LA faultline map
Tornado video
Secret Disney tunnels
Exit to Eden poster
Echo Mountain
Tess's weather newsletter
The Awl weather reviews
Dick's Last Resort
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81: The Last Splash with Karina Longworth Oct 21, 2019

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Molly, Tess and Emily embrace the many-sexed indeterminately specied newly discovered blob creature of our dreams. Then we talk about how scientists implanted birds with false memories (chill!) and devices spying on podcasts you listen to and serving you Swedish fish ads. Then we are joined by special guest Karina Longworth, who tells us about the new season of her podcast You Must Remember This, focused on Disney’s Song Of The South. Why did Disneyland build a whole ride about a racist cartoon they scrubbed from existence? Why did Bob Iger call it the one thing you’ll never find on Disney Plus? Did humans truly land on the moon? And will we ever live on an exoplanet? Find out on a Night Call to remember.

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The Blob
twitter thread about the 720 sexes
Ribbon worms
Scientists implant memories into bird brains
We won't live on an exoplanet
Does Ring share information with police?
Jitterbug phone
Pokemon Go tracking you
You Must Remember This
YMRT Patreon
Disneyland death
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80: FALL IS TWIZTED with Cait Raft Oct 14, 2019

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***SPOILER ALERT FOR THE JOKER FILM***

Cait Raft, co-host of the daily Twitch stream and podcast Jack AM and This Podcast Is Self Care with Drew Spears joins Tess, Emily and Molly to talk about all things autumnal. Molly and Cait argue for an extended fall while Emily and Tess, who have lived through midwest and New England winters, say no thanks. Is fall mania just a fugue state reaction to fire season? And of course we discuss October's two biggest movies: Joker and Oliver Stone's JFK. Emily braved Todd Phillips' clown prince origin story (SPOILER ALERT!!), while Tess and Molly delved into the 3 hour long epic about the 20th century's #1 hottest conspiracy. But are there really more people who believe in conspiracy theories than ever? Or might that also be...a conspiracy. Find out on Night Call!

***SPOILER ALERT FOR THE JOKER FILM***

FOOTNOTES:

1. 25th anniversary retrospective of JFK

2. Joaquin Phoenix's current roles are origin stories for future roles

3. Which Internet Girl Are You Quiz

4. And another

5. Cait Raft's Patreon

6. Jack AM

7. Cait's instagram

8. This Podcast is Self Care

9. Night Call Patreon

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79: Vanilla Skies Wide Shut Oct 07, 2019

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It’s the long awaited Eyes Wide Shut special! Tess, Molly and Emily take on Stanley Kubrick’s enigmatic questionably erotic psychological drama from 1999 and take a detour that leads directly to reconsidering Vanilla Sky! But first, early takes on Joker, a movie none of us have seen yet! Molly tries to convince Tess and Emily to read Demi Moore’s excellent memoir Inside Out by telling them about how Bruce Willis romanced Demi with flair bartending! Why can ghosts walk through walls? Can you intervene in your own night terrors? And a return to beautiful Winnipeg for haunted houses and “If Day”! TECH SUPPORT!!!

1. Aimee’s Joker tweets

2. Demi Moore: Inside Out

3. Cameron Diaz’s memoir about health

4. Natasha Lyonne on why ghosts can walk through walls- Winnipeg Hamilton House

5. If Day

6. Fire An Employee simulator7. Gabe Delahaye’s Purge tweet

8. Jeffrey Epstein’s piano room

9. Larry Celona connection to EWS and Epstein

10. subliminal images in Midsommar

11. Night Call Patreon

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78: Where Have All The Cow Parts Gone? With Filmmaker Chris Cantwell Sep 30, 2019

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This week, the hosts welcome Chris Cantwell (Halt and Catch Fire) to chat about his new film, The Parts You Lose, as well as blenders and JFK conspiracy theories. Plus: the Ukrainian news you might have missed about an adoption with a twist, and a strange mystery involving mutilated cows in Oregon.

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1. The couple who adopted a Ukrainian child who was actually an adult

2. Ukrainian President Zelensky's past as a comedian

3. Ken Burns' Country Music

4. Gene Autry's Flying A estate

5. Oregon Cow mystery

6. Trailer for The Parts You Lose

7. The Mask comic book series

8. Hale Boggs

9. Linda O'Leary's boat incident:

10. Badge Man

11. George de Mohrenschildt