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Why “cupcakes?” Why cupcakes? Why show up if there might be cupcakes? Why are you calling your podcast “There Might Be Cupcakes”, flaky chick? So many reasons, starting with all the reasons in my friend @greggaestyle and his splendid comedy routine about the joy of cake. But so many more
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Relevant episode, post, and navigation: * Episode 28: The Talk Board * Dollopween October 1: Finding the Spooky Side (Dollopween 2015) * tag: Spiritualism * category: Religion: Spiritualism And away I bluster rant warn you review: I was quite excited to spend my monthly Audible credit on this book; what a fascinating idea–reframing
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Gareth: He’s sharing a tree with a snake! Dave: It’s Australia. Now, who was Rodney Ansell, the inspiration for the Crocodile Dundee movie series? As a young man, he made a living hunting feral water buffalo… “Feral“? As opposed to all those tame buffalo that sleep by firesides
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Dave: It started with ulcers on the genitals. Gareth: That is right off the bat a terrible start–and did you just wink at me? Before I dig (eww) deep on this one, let’s start with the science and stuff. From the Center for Disease Control, here you go–
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Hello, the name’s Red. Red Herring. –Gareth Before I get to going on this spooky-ass before and after event of my childhood, only seconded by the airing of the soul-scorching TV movie The Day After (weirdest school bus ride that next day EVAR), and the airing of the childhood-stealing
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Hello, how are you? Do you mind if I go inside your head? –Gareth Here’s your trigger warning: teeth necklace. Painless Parker: A Dental Renegade’s Fight to Make Advertising Ethical by Arden Christen The Adventures of Painless Parker, an online comic by Zoe Piel seaweed and dental care
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first, Episode 35: Tisquantum (not “Squanto”), rat-catcher’s yellow, and racism. Yay! Happy Thanksgiving! then: the first American Thanksgiving was in 1610 in Virginia, yes indeedy. Quoting myself, if I may: The first American Thanksgiving was actually in Jamestown, Virginia in 1610. 490 settlers starved over an incredibly difficult winter,
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I am voting today, yes, for the first female president of the United States of America. I vote for Hillary Rodham Clinto, but I vote for–in honor of–Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to ever run for president. So, naturally, the Dollop episode I recommend today for your listening
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Horrible news! Help is on the way! –Gareth http://traffic.libsyn.com/thedollop/firefighters.mp3?dest-id=139740 Episode 138: In which our stuff catches aflame, and we fight each other instead of the fire. Because ‘Murica. Let’s do this. First, we cannot speak of firefighting and fire engines without
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Podcast and Podcaster: This American Life, Ira Levin, Episode 199: The House on Loon Lake 199: House on Loon Lake NOV 16, 2001 Our entire show this week is one long story, sort of a real-life Hardy Boys mystery. More than most of our shows, this one lends itself to
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Podcast and Podcaster: Jim Harold’s Campfire—True Ghost Stories, Campfire 283, Freaky EVP http://media.blubrry.com/jhcampfire/p/traffic.libsyn.com/campfire/Freaky_EVP_-_Campfire_283.mp3 The most chilling recorded EVP we’ve ever featured on the show, a demon, ghost stories, and one specifically that
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Podcast and Podcaster: In Sight Podcast, Ali and Charlie: The Jamison Family (click through for photos and to stream episode) In Sight explores mysteries, true crime, and forgotten history. In this episode, Ali and Charlie explore the baffling mystery of the Jamison family. Why did they go up to the