Encyclopedia Obscura
Comedy
Encyclopedia Obscura is a indie Podcast. Journey through the Encyclopedia with two childhood best friends one weird, mysterious, or obscure subject at a time. linktr.ee/EOThePodcast
Location:
United States
Genres:
Comedy
Description:
Encyclopedia Obscura is a indie Podcast. Journey through the Encyclopedia with two childhood best friends one weird, mysterious, or obscure subject at a time. linktr.ee/EOThePodcast
Twitter:
@EOthePodcast
Language:
English
Email:
eothepodcast@gmail.com
Episodes
Opportuna Obscura - The Final Bonus Episode - Aliens & Barbie! (mostly unrelated)
8/13/2023
It's goodbye to the bonus episodes but we are going out with a bang! Here is episode 7 of Opportuna Obscura our bonus show! These are our bonus episodes where instead of following a topic we talk about where the internet has taken us the last few weeks. Fun fact, Opportuna means 'timely' in Latin.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
https://apple.news/A_fcjxw3uQ2yJnHXPNEzB2Q
https://apple.news/ApdDq47fESwKYSEpw1kKnYA
https://www.britannica.com/topic/unidentified-flying-object
Casey's Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Barbie
https://www.history.com/news/barbie-through-the-ages
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Duration:00:31:41
Q is for Quakers & R is for Rapscallions (Pirates!)
7/23/2023
We are back for the final 5 episodes of the show! (Warning!!! Our audio was kind of crap for this episode. We are really sorry about that and have fixed the issues)
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
http://www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/an-essex-quakers-wife-the-indomitable-mary-farmer-her-daughters/
https://quaker.org/faith-and-practice/
https://www.renofriends.org/are-quakers-mennonites-or-amish/
https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/history-of-quakerism
https://www.swarthmoorhall.co.uk
https://www.quaker.org.uk/about-quakers/our-faith
https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/alice-paul
https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/lucretia-mott
https://www.pym.org/famous-quaker-benjamin-banneker-an-astronomer-and-mathematician/
https://www.history.com/topics/european-history/english-civil-wars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/margaret-fell/#LifeWork
https://www.quaker.org.uk/blog/8-badass-quaker-women
https://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/190/Nozizwe-Madlala-Routledge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nozizwe_Madlala-Routledge
https://www.quakersintheworld.org/quakers-in-action/8/The-Holy-Experiment-in-Pennsylvania
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stansted_15
Casey's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_de_Clisson
https://guides.loc.gov/feminism-french-women-history/famous/Jeanne-de-Clisson
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=seigneury
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feudalism
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Breton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Brittany
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Duration:00:46:46
O is for Oceans (The Megalodon) & P is for Popes
7/28/2022
This week we get a little too personal with our experiences with the ocean? There is also history and science too. :)
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Casey's Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/story/just-how-many-oceans-are-there
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/exploration.html
https://www.rd.com/list/ocean-mysteries/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTPcq2HczVY
https://bestlifeonline.com/crazy-ocean-facts/
https://www.britannica.com/science/ocean
https://www.britannica.com/animal/megalodon
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-legendary-black-demon-shark-of-mexico/
https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/110818/prehistoric-megalodon-shark-still-exists-claim-conspiracy-theorists.html
https://gizmodo.com/mystery-solved-heres-the-animal-that-ate-the-9-foot-gr-1587429691
Karen's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_primacy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis
https://jokojokes.com/pope-jokes.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope
https://www.britannica.com/topic/pope
https://abcnews.go.com/International/pope-benedict-dogged-nazi-past-achievements-jewish-relations/story?id=18469350
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Duration:00:33:21
M is for Medieval (The Green Children of Woolpit) & N is for Navigation (The Bermuda Triangle)
7/10/2022
This week Karen talks about little green people (or possibly aliens?). Meanwhile, Casey takes us to the Bermuda Triangle to talk about two famous disappearances.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-of-Newburgh#ref165242
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Ages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anarchy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Oxford_%281142%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Latin
https://www.britannica.com/event/Dark-Ages
https://journals.umcs.pl/rh/article/download/7611/8307
https://www.ladyscience.com/diseases-of-virgins-and-spinsters-the-gynephobic-history-of-chlorosis-and-hysteria/no46
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochromic_anemia
https://flemish.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/2015/12/04/flemish-migration-to-scotland-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-periods/
Casey's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navigation
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/navigation
https://www.ion.org/
https://www.britannica.com/technology/navigation-technology
https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/bermuda-triangle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plalHGHwSj8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBN6jvPmZGs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_Triangle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2hv9FROD14
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manganese
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_19
https://www.nasflmuseum.com/flight-19.html
https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/true-north-magnetic-north-whats-difference
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Duration:01:10:10
K is for Killers (H.H. Holmes) & L is for Legends (Marvin Gaye)
6/27/2022
It's a TRUE CRIME EPISODE!! This week we talk about murder. Casey talks about a serial killer who had his own house of horrors and Karen covers the murder of Marvin Gaye.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Casey's Sources:
https://serialkillershop.com/blogs/true-crime/famous-serial-killers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_fair
https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/serial-killers/hh-holmes/
Karen's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye
https://web.archive.org/web/20090429075451/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/24161972/page/6
https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/marvin-gaye/marvin-gaye-death-father-explained/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Gaye_discography
https://www.smoothradio.com/artists/marvin-gaye/facts-wife-children-parents-death/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml93wcrmo1A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYBpvfvHF2Q
https://www.audacy.com/wwl/scoot-real-story-behind-the-tragic-killing-of-marvin-gaye
https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2017/12/todays-blind-items-soul-of-death.html?m=1
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marvin-gaye-is-shot-and-killed-by-his-own-father
https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/marvin-gaye-murder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Marvin_Gaye
What Was Going On: The Life and Times of Marvin Gaye By LifeCaps
Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Duration:01:10:22
Opportuna Obscura - Episode 6: Lake Lanier & The Cape May Ghost Tracks
6/11/2022
It's Episode 6 of Opportuna Obscura our bonus show! These are our bonus episodes where instead of following a topic we talk about where the internet has taken us the last few weeks. This episode Karen is out but we have a guest star! Fun fact, Opportuna means 'timely' in Latin.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Casey's Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtY-90kcQNs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3iXS8sm7Q4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Lanier
https://www.southerngothicmedia.com/lake-lanier
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/lake-lanier-urban-legends-trnd/index.html
https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/badge-bar/questions-linger-drowning-death-man-lake-lanier-margaritaville/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifMKfBO_R6s
Rachel's Sources:
https://www.thrillist.com/news/new-york/cape-may-ghost-train-tracks-jersey-shore
https://www.nj.com/news/2018/03/last_chance_to_walk_njs_creepy_ghost_tracks_before_they_return_to_their_sandy_grave.html
https://www.nj.com/cape-may-county/2018/01/with_freezing_temps_in_cape_may_it_has_let_some_wa.html
https://www.app.com/story/news/weird/weird-nj/2017/04/09/weird-nj-ghostly-train-tracks-cape-may-beach/100148076/
https://georgiawildlife.com/sites/default/files/wrd/pdf/fact-sheets/2016_alligator.pdf
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Duration:00:31:13
J is for Journeys: The Holy Grail & Ada Blackjack
5/26/2022
This week we talk drastically different journeys as Karen talks about her favorite thing, the bible. Meanwhile, Casey takes us deep into the wilderness to tell a story about surviving against all odds.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/journey
https://todayscatholic.org/the-new-translation-of-the-holy-mass-12/
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026%3A17-30&version=NIV
BBC- Richard Hammond & the Holy Grail
Holy Grail UNEARTHED in Jerusalem | Buried: Knights Templar and the Holy Grail (S1, E1) | History, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJY4kmVKgY&t=2469s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine_of_Corbenic
https://kingarthursknights.com/knights-of-the-round-table/sir-galahad/
https://historyten.com/scythians/12-arthurian-knights-round-table-found-holy-grail/
https://danbrown.fandom.com/wiki/Mary_Magdalene
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-holy-chalice-of-valencia/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Chalice#Valencia_Chalice
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/holy-chalice-of-valencia
BBC - Richard Hammond and the Holy Grail
Casey's Sources:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ada-blackjack-arctic-survivor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Blackjack
https://www.history.com/news/ada-blackjack-inuit-wrangel-island
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Duration:00:55:16
I is for Inventors: The Ouija board & Mary Kenner
4/29/2022
This week the spooky continues as Casey covers contacting murder victims. Meanwhile, Karen goes into the evolution of period products.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Casey's Sources:
https://www.thoughtco.com/top-popular-inventors-1992000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
https://www.biographyonline.net/scientists/inventors.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouija
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-08/ouija-board-juror-misbehaviour-murder-trials/9734868
https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-strange-history-of-the-ouija-board/
Karen's Sources:
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/g19991273/period-products-through-the-years/
https://keeleydeangelo.com/from-rags-to-resilience-mary-kenner-us-patent-2881761a/
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/health-hygiene-and-beauty/feminine-hygiene-products https://www.npr.org/2021/12/02/1056830306/free-tampons-public-schools https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/a-period-comes-to-an-end-100-years-of-menstruation-products/2016/04/25/1afe3898-057e-11e6-bdcb-0133da18418d_story.html
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2021/07/12/lawmakers-tackle-period-poverty-with-tax-cuts-school-supplies
https://policylab.chop.edu/blog/period-poverty-public-health-crisis-we-dont-talk-about https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/20/well/sustainable-period-products.html https://historyofyesterday.com/mary-kenner-the-inventor-of-sanitary-belts-3fa94eb31d15 https://blackdoctor.org/mary-beatrice-davidson-kenner-the-forgotten-inventor-who-changed-womens-health-forever/
Additional sources on our Instagram!
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Duration:00:47:42
H is for Hauntings: The Faces of Belmez & The Ancient Ram Inn
4/15/2022
This week we go spooky again as we talk haunted kitchens and an Inn that maybe should never have been built at all.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/394744491/?terms=william%20h%20mumler&match=1
Reichenbach, Karl. Physico-Physiological Researches on the Dynamides or Imponderables (Magnetism, Electricity, Heat, Light, Crystallisation, and Chemical Attraction) in Their Relation to the Vital Force. Taylor, Walton, & Maberly, 1850
https://quotefancy.com/quote/1253701/Shirley-Jackson-Certainly-there-are-spots-which-inevitably-attach-to-themselves-an
https://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/findingaids/coll023.php
https://hyperallergic.com/96583/the-man-who-tried-to-photograph-thoughts/
https://cdm16629.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/Eisenbud
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lmez_Faces
https://medium.com/our-weird-wonderful-world/the-people-in-the-floor-ccc588d24826
https://youtu.be/-4pLHWC26fc The Faces of Belmez (Creepy and Unexplainable)
Mitchell, Edgar D., et al. Psychic Exploration: A Challenge for Science: Understanding the Nature and Power of Consciousness. Cosimo, 2011, Scribd, www.scribd.com/read/308700917/Psychic-Photography-and-Thoughtography#.
Casey's Sources:
https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/articles/ancient-ram-inns-haunted-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Ram_Inn
https://ancientraminn.co.uk/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJVvdQdkfE0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7M4jZDQDHE
https://www.livescience.com/41349-ley-lines.html
https://www.britannica.com/topic/incubus
https://www.haunted-britain.com/ancient-ram-inn.htm
Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100563
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Duration:00:44:55
G is for Gods: The Toilet Gods of the World & Kali
3/31/2022
This week we talk Toilet Gods (no we are not kidding), sacrifices, and the origin of the word thug.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Casey's Sources:
https://listverse.com/2017/02/09/10-weirdly-specific-gods-your-mythology-class-left-out/
https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/in-japan-the-reign-of-the-toilet-god/article61790623.ece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_god
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapu_(Polynesian_culture)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterquilinus
https://martinifisher.com/2020/07/31/the-ancient-magic-of-hygiene/
Karen's Sources:
Cartwright, Mark. “Kali.” World History Encyclopedia, World History Encyclopedia, 28 Mar. 2022, www.worldhistory.org/Kali/
Ganesan, V. B. “The Lore of Thuggee and How the British Ended Its Reign.” Return to Frontpage, The Hindu, 22 Sept. 2014, www.thehindu.com/books/books-reviews/the-lore-of-thuggee-and-how-the-british-ended-its-reign/article6435967.ece
Geller. “Kali - Hindu Goddess of Time, Power and Destruction.” Mythology.net, 30 Dec. 2016, mythology.net/hindu/hindu-gods/kali
“History's Most Blood Thirsty Cult.” SwordAndScale, www.swordandscale.com/historys-most-blood-thirsty-cult
“Kali.” Brooklyn Museum: Kali, www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/kali
“Kali.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/topic/Kali
McDougall, Dan. “Indian Cult Kills Children for Goddess.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 5 Mar. 2006, www.theguardian.com/world/2006/mar/05/india.theobserver
Perry, Alex. “Killing for 'Mother' Kali.” Time, Time Inc., 22 July 2002, content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,322673,00.html
“Thug.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., www.britannica.com/topic/thug
Viswanathan, Rashmi. “Crime, Thuggee.” Academia.edu, 4 Nov. 2017, www.academia.edu/35054425/Crime_Thuggee
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Duration:00:58:43
F is for Fortunes: The House of Alba & The Fenn Treasure
3/17/2022
This week we talk all things $$$. F is for Fortunes covers treasure hunts, sketch inheritances, and what exactly a Fortune 500 company is.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-titled-person
https://honey.nine.com.au/royals/duchess-of-alba-fascinating-royal/f9efa173-017f-4434-88c9-9d3a5bd10913
https://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/25140/duchess-of-alba-passes-away
https://www.lasduenas.es/history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garc%C3%ADa_%C3%81lvarez_de_Toledo_y_Osorio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fadrique_%C3%81lvarez_de_Toledo,_4th_Duke_of_Alba
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palacio_de_las_Due%C3%B1as
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/royals/spains-duchess-of-alba-leaves-5-billion-fortune-to-her-children-and-nothing-to-husband-alfonso-diez/news-story/3d8a768ed03a2fbf6ed313de85e6760b
http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2088129,00.html
https://www.esmadrid.com/en/tourist-information/liria-palace
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-auction-alba/spains-wealthy-house-of-alba-to-sell-furniture-idINBRE9200FZ20130301
Additional sources on our Instagram!
Casey's Sources:
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/exploration-survival/forrest-fenn-treasure-jack-stuef/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenn_treasure
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3344366/fenn-and-the-gallery/
http://fennclues.com/the-poem.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecos_National_Historical_Park
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Duration:00:53:23
Opportuna Obscura - Episode 5: Frogs, Mriya, and the invasion of Ukraine
3/7/2022
Episode 5 of Opportuna Obscura our bonus show! These are our bonus episodes where instead of following a topic we talk about where the internet has taken us the last few weeks. Fun fact, Opportuna means 'timely' in Latin.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
https://www.sciencealert.com/these-water-beetles-can-houdini-their-way-out-of-a-frog-butt-after-being-swallowed
Casey's Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/01/ukraine-president-volodymyr-zelensky-russia/
https://www.aviationnepal.com/antonov-225-mriya-the-successful-soviet-cargo-plane-with-five-facts/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-largest-aircraft-antonov-an-225-destroyed-in-ukraine-180979654/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sggQqdvqHs
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Duration:00:20:39
E is for Epiphanies & E is for Enemies (The Dassler Brothers)
3/3/2022
LSD, designer shoes, and one of the pettiest feuds we have ever heard of. Join us this week as we talk epiphanies and enemies.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
Beach Combing, “Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog,” Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog (April 2016)
“Biography.com,” “Constantine I,” Biography.com (A&E Networks Television, May 2021)
“Clueless,” Clueless.
“Dictionary.com,” “Epiphany definition & meaning,” Dictionary.com (Dictionary.com).
Editors of Encylcopedia Britannica, “Encyclopædia Britannica,” Encyclopædia Britannica (Encyclopædia Britannica, inc.).
Elise Ballard, “Psychology Today,” Psychology Today (April 2011).
Georgia Petridou, “Divine epiphany in greek literature and culture,” in Divine epiphany in greek literature and culture (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015).
Herodotus and A.D. Godley, “Perseus,” Perseus (Tufts University).
History Today | Published in History Today Volume 69 Issue 3 March 2019, “History Today,” History Today.
“IMDb,” “When Harry Met Sally...,” IMDb (IMDb.com).
Kit Kittelstad, “Your Dictionary,” Your Dictionary.
“Mindbloom wordmark in dark blue,” “Mindbloom: Psychedelic Medicine is here,” Mindbloom wordmark in dark blue.
Moises Velasquez-Manoff, “Nautilus,” Nautilus (March 2019).
Myles Hudson, “Encyclopædia Britannica,” Encyclopædia Britannica (Encyclopædia Britannica, inc.).
Olivia B. Waxman, “Time,” Time (Time, December 2020).
Robin Carhart-Harris, “The Guardian,” The Guardian (June 2020).
“Wikipedia,” “Eureka effect,” Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation, December 2021).
William Braxton Irvine, Aha!: The moments of insight that shape our World (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015).
“Woodhead Publishing,” “What is an epiphany in literature?,” Woodhead Publishing (2019).
Casey's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassler_brothers_feud
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesse_Owens
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Duration:00:53:26
D is for Dissaperances (The Highway of Tears) & D is for Demons (The Dover Demon)
2/21/2022
In this weeks episode we talk serial killers, systematic racism, and yet another demon.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Casey's Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/list/9-mysterious-disappearances-of-people-other-than-amelia-earhart
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Irvine_(mountaineer)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Tears
https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/legebokoff-cody.htm
https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/local-news/murderer-of-two-women-denied-parole-3736801
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Jack_Fowler
Karen's Sources:
THE DOVER DEMON (2015) | Book Review - Horror Sci-Fi Novel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9UC8jVF_3c
Lost Tapes Dover Demon reaction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKZ2N8_1H-Q
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26798788-the-dover-demon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Lost_Tapes_episodes
https://cryptozoologymuseum.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loren_Coleman
Brown, Charles. “Bizarre 4 Ft. Creature with Orange Skin and Glowing Eyes Stalking a Town.” San Antonio Express, 19 June 1977, p. 150.
Coleman, Loren. “Chapter 5 A Case Study: The Dover Demon.” Mysterious America, Paraview, New York, NY, 2001, pp. 49–71.
Gause, Carlyn. “Former Resident Writes About 'Unexplained'.” Heral and Review, 28 June 1977, p. 3.
“Is Popular in Portland.” The Portsmouth Herald, 5 Feb. 1925, p. 3.
“Parcels Beat Demons in Summer Loop Tilt.” The Sacramento Bee, 13 July 1951, p. 16.
Indigenous women podcasts:
Stolen: The Search for Jermain
Season 3 of Up and Vanished
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Duration:01:03:03
C is for Cannibals & C is for Clubs (Skull and Bones secret society)
2/3/2022
This week we go dark as Karen gets into the history of cannibalism. Following the theme of skulls, Casey tries to find out just what exactly is going on behind the doors of the Skull and Bones secret society.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
RAWSON, CLAUDE. “Unspeakable Rites: Cultural Reticence and the Cannibal Question.” Social Research, vol. 66, no. 1, The New School, 1999, pp. 167–93, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40971308.
Killeen, J. F. “Ireland in the Greek and Roman Writers.” Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, vol. 76, Royal Irish Academy, 1976, pp. 207–15, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25506324.
https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2002/2002.06.31/
Casey's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_(organization)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_society
https://www.britannica.com/topic/secret-society
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Skull-and-Bones-Yale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGhq6E-AjSY
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Duration:00:44:45
B is for Bars: The Owl Bar, Edgar Allen Poe, and Trees?
1/20/2022
This week we return to our roots (pun intended) as we both decided to cover the same topic, bars. Enjoy this spooky, historical, and international episode!
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
Go Climb a Tree! | Shane Untame
BAOBAB- THE TREE OF LIFE
Boab Trees - Where did they come from?
Baobab Trees in Madagascar - Healing Seekers
BAOBAB FRUIT : The Sad Truth Behind Madagascar's Iconic Tree - Weird Fruit Explorer 388
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/03/23/fact-check-pub-inside-south-african-baobab-tree-now-closed/4802156001/
https://www.facebook.com/SunlandBaobab/?ref=page_internal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunland_Baobab
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/baobab/baobab-tree-flowers.htm
Casey's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_(establishment)
https://hangovercure.org/guides/fun-facts-about-alcohol/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speakeasy
https://www.bucketlistbars.com/travelogues/147-the-oldest-bar-in-baltimore
https://hiddenbaltimore.wordpress.com/2013/10/04/owl-bar-still-charms-with-history-atmosphere/
https://savingplaces.org/stories/historic-bars-owl-bar-baltimore-maryland#.YdCWSCxOmMk
Additional sources on our Instagram!
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Duration:00:49:13
A is for Aviation (The Lady be Good) & A is for Abraham
1/6/2022
Season 2! This week on Encyclopedia Obscura Casey and Karen dive back into their books. This episode covers the history of aviation and a curse (of course) as well as Abraham.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Casey's Sources:
https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-vengeful-ghost-of-lady-be-good/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Be_Good_(aircraft)
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196178/lady-be-good/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot-air_balloon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_129_Hindenburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AeroVironment_Helios_Prototype
https://www.baatraining.com/top-10-interesting-facts-about-aviation/
https://bestlifeonline.com/airplane-facts/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_direction_finder
Karen's Sources:
https://www.biblica.com/bible/
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/religion-by-country
https://www.bl.uk/sacred-texts/articles/the-abrahamic-religions
https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/11.htm
https://weareisrael.org/2014/07/22/abram-destroys-terahs-idols/
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=covenant+between+god+and+abraham+torah
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldtestament/section1/
https://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/8176/jewish/Chapter-12.htm
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1324268/jewish/What-Were-Abrahams-10-Tests.htm
Additional sources on our Instagram!
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Duration:01:01:30
Opportuna Obscura - Episode 4: Winter Solstice
12/21/2021
Happy Holidays! Please enjoy this bonus episode where we explore some of the worlds winter holiday traditions. See you in 2022!
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/axis/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter_solstice
https://www.nytimes.com/1982/11/07/travel/the-spirit-of-the-zuni-pueblo.html
https://theconversation.com/what-winter-solstice-rituals-tell-us-about-indigenous-people-108327
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiva#Great_kiva
https://indiancountrytoday.com/archive/zunis-perform-ceremonial-dance-for-the-winter-solstice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shalako#cite_note-every-2
https://coast.noaa.gov/data/Documents/OceanLawSearch/Summary%20of%20Law%20-%20American%20Indian%20Religious%20Freedom%20Act.pdf
https://northcarolina.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.5149/9780807894217_wenger/upso-9780807832622-chapter-5gmgm
Casey's Sources:
https://www.ranker.com/list/dark-christmas-tradition-facts/matthew-lavelle
https://www.ranker.com/list/story-of-icelandic-yule-brothers/erin-wisti?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=weirdhistory&utm_campaign=wh_active&utm_content=20211127
https://www.icelandairhotels.com/magazine/blog/icelands-13-yule-lads-mag
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/icelands-yule-lads-are-like-13-demented-santas-and-they-are-amazing
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Duration:00:27:20
Opportuna Obscura - Episode 3: Happy Halloween!
10/26/2021
Episode 3 of Opportuna Obscura our bonus show! These are our bonus episodes where instead of following a topic we talk about where the internet has taken us the last few weeks. Fun fact, Opportuna means 'timely' in Latin. Happy Halloween!
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/inside-irelands-gate-to-hell-that-birthed-halloween
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/11/travel/thin-places-where-we-are-jolted-out-of-old-ways-of-seeing-the-world.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkUCEZKe9FA&t=92s
Casey's Sources:
https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/holidays-celebrations/a36915963/halloween-facts/
https://www.factinate.com/things/42-strange-facts-halloween/
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/10/15/egyptian-official-claims-tomb-of-alexander-the-great-in-siwa/
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Duration:00:39:47
Z is for Zoology: Dolphins & Gustave the crocodile
10/14/2021
Season one finale! Thank you for coming along with us. More news on our social medias for when S2 will come out.
Artwork: Jovana Stekovic
Logo: nydaaa
Music: Home Base Groove by Kevin MacLeod
Karen's Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/science/zoology#ref48755
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/06/health/evidence-puts-dolphins-in-new-light-as-killers.html
https://www.the-sun.com/news/157479/aggressive-dolphin-attacks-are-on-the-rise-as-10-year-old-is-mauled-on-family-holiday/
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/dolphins
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/rare-indus-dolphins-rebounding-pakistan
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/140328-navy-dolphin-sea-lion-combat-ocean-animal-science
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/dolphin-chef-follows-cuttlefish-recipe
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/dolphins-catfish-feeding-behavior-animals
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/dolphins-use-tools-peers-similar-great-apes
https://awionline.org/content/swim-attractions-dolphin-assisted-therapy
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/inside-the-murky-world-of-dolphin-therapy
Casey's Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_(crocodile)
https://www.britannica.com/animal/crocodile-order
https://factanimal.com/crocodiles/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0e9U21PJWk&t=412s
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Duration:00:40:33