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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? Music: ”Let That Be A Lesson To You” by Louis AmstrongImagesLinksFull Octopus-Seagull story and more photos

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. Music: ”The Sacred War” by the Russian Red Army ChoirImagesVideos

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! Music: ”I’m No Communist” by Carson RobisonImagesVideosLinksCFB Bagotville’s “X-Hut”

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 BellImagesLinksCinema Sewer Tubgirl (NSFW, NSFL) Hays CodeCharities of the Week:Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (USA) Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund (Canada)VideosNotesMPAA 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.

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 CullenImagesLinksThe Station Nightclub Fire Gitmo Boombox Music seancullen.com Hamish X and the Cheese PiratesVideos

Dr. Rosie Redfield joins Joe, Kevin, and Toren to talk about NASA and the Shadow Biosphere, blinded scientists all over the place, extreme solutions to illegal parking, and one of our favorite sciencey shows goes terribly awry. Music: ”The Future Soon” by Jonathan CoultonImagesLinksRRResearch - Rosie Redfield’s science blog Unit 731 Ig Nobel Prize Winners 2011 How Much Money You Need To Realistically Recreate The Scrooge McDuck ‘Gold Coin Swim’VideosNot mentioned in the show but Ben Goldacre’s TED talk here is great and on-topic:

In another installment of our “Evil Dudes in History” we explore the history and legend of the Wallachian voivod Vlad Tepes, the inspiration for the most famous vampire of all time. Plus: Which is the lesser of two evils: being impaled Vlad style, or being left to die of exposure on the top of a mountain as an Incan sacrifice? Music: ”The Wheel of Hurt” by Margaret WhitingImagesVideosCharity o’ the Week: Relief Fund for Romania

Horsetrack Hooligans podcaster and Vietnam War movie afficionado Jordan Pratt joins us to talk about the Gulf of Tonkin incident, The Battle of Hue, Operation: Rolling Thunder, cluster bombs, napalm, fragging, the My Lai massacre, tunnel rats, torture, agent orange, unexploded ordnance and more. Plus movies, comics and Lesser of Two Evils: would you rather be an American soldier or a Viet Cong? Music: ”Ride of the Valkyrie” by WagnerImages   

In this episode: Przewalksi’s horse, quartering, Caligula’s horse Incitatus, diving horses, Clever Hans, horse racing, and that’s just the first half! Music: ”Ghost Riders in the Sky” by Vaughn MonroeImagesLinksNaked Woman Crawls Inside of HorseCharityWild Horse WelfareVideos

Sexsomnia sells! Dr Rob joins us to talk about a whole host of sleep disorders including chronic insomnia, sleep paralysis, night terrors, Kleine-Levin syndrome, narcolepsy, exploding head syndrome, homicidal somnambulism, sleep apnea, periodic limb movement disorder, myoclonic jerks, encephalitis lethargica and the horrible fatal familia insomnia. All this plus weird sleeping habits in the animal kingdom. Music: “Wake Up And Live” by Chick WebbImagesLinkshttp://www.wikihow.com/Lucid-DreamVideos

Sticks and stones will break your bones, and so will a heck of a lot of other things! Lisa Gemino joins Toren, Joe, and Kevin for a look at all kinds of blunt weapons from sticks to maces to truncheons! Music: ”It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” by Duke EllingtonImagesVideos

We are joined by solar physicist Dr. Ian O’Neill of Discovery News and astroengine.com as we discuss solar flares, coronal mass ejections, the Carrington event, red giants and white dwarfs, and tornadoes on the sun! All this plus pop culture. Music: “You Are My Sunshine” Gene AutryImagesLinkshttp://www.astroengine.com/Videos

Not one, not two, but three guests join Toren, Joe, and Kevin for a live podcast event in Vancouver, BC on Sunday, March 25, 2012! We welcome Dr. Rob, Dr. Jenna, and Chris “Stewie” Stewart back on for a plethora of gruesome topics including the Demon Core, badgers, and the man with the giagantic scrotum.ImagesLinksSincerely, Natalie Reed

Dr. Jenna Capyk joins us to discuss the lighter and darker side of ebola. Spoiler alert: it’s mostly dark. Plus news and pop culture, plus Lesser of Two Evils: ebola versus serving on a slave ship. Music: “Fever” by Little Willie JohnImages

Kevin, Joe and Toren bring you organized sporting riots in France, a multi-billionaire ancient sports hero, hockey skates to the throat and all sorts of painful sporting insanity! Music: ”Bear In A Ladies Boudoir” by Cliff EdwardsImagesVideos