impractical info: Recent Episodes
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Ever wanted to impress or bore people at a party or work event? I can help. A podcast that is full of all the impractical information that enters my brain on a regular basis.
Learn all the icky truths about the incel online community. Incel means "involuntary celibate," but of course, it's not their fault! ...riiighhhttttt.
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Sources:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incel
https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/incels-involuntary-celibates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel
https://incels.wiki/w/Main_Page
Dante's 9 circles of hell, in a nutshell! Have a listen and decide which one you're likely going to end up in because, from the sounds of it, we're all headed down south.
Share your thoughts in the comments or email me some ideas you have for future episodes at impracticalinfopod@gmail.com
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferno_(Dante)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/articles/a-visitors-guide-to-dantes-nine-circles-of-hell/
https://polygyan.medium.com/dantes-9-circles-of-hell-inferno-c1ecd922539a
https://www.thoughtco.com/dantes-9-circles-of-hell-741539
An educational, therapeutic, and creative system devised by Rudolf Steiner - it's really more about a way of life. Learn about the cross-section of physical and mental well-being, combined with the spiritual...and then get uninvited from your next dinner party!
Share your thoughts in the comments or email me some ideas you have for future episodes at impracticalinfopod@gmail.com
Sources:
https://languages.oup.com/google-dictionary-en/
https://www.waldorf-resources.org/single-view/how-i-teach-anthroposophy
https://www.sunbridge.edu/about/rudolf-steiner-anthroposophy/
https://waldorfanswers.org/Anthroposophy.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3865373/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthroposophic_medicine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_memory
The Remnant Fellowship...cult or religion? You'll decide after you've learned a bit about its founder and her Weigh Down Workshop.
Share your thoughts in the comments or email me some ideas you have for future episodes at impracticalinfopod@gmail.com
Sources:
- HBO Docu-series: The Way Down
- https://www.remnantfellowship.org/
I'm probably pronouncing it wrong...but that barely matters when you find out about this incredible (potential) cure for addiction. Small talk can be hard, so here's another topic that will give you something besides the weather to talk about.
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Sources:
https://time.com/5951772/ibogaine-drug-treatment-addiction/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28402682/
https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-440/iboga
This episode we do a little dive into who John Wayne Gacy was rather than focusing on his actual crimes. Some of what you'll hear comes from the best profilers in the business, as well as psychological assessments that were performed on Gacy.
Sources:
- Netflix Doc: Conversations with a Killer John Wayne Gacy Confession Tapes
- Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal, Christopher Berry-Dee
- Serial Killers and Psychopaths: True life cases that shocked the world, Charlotte Greig and John Marlowe
- How to Make a Serial Killer, Chistopher Berry-Dee and Steven Morris
- Mindhunter: Inside the FBI elite serial crime unit, John Douglas and Mark Olshaker
Flowers are so passé...or were, I suppose. This episode is everything I could find about celery vases, the ultimate wedding gift for any young couple in Victorian times.
Sources:
https://mitziscollectibles.typepad.com/mitzismiscellany/2011/11/spooners-celery-vases-101-1.html#:~:text=Celery%20vases%20were%20a%20fixture,were%20a%20sign%20of%20hospitality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celery_vase
Was Hitler a drug addict? Yes! Find out what he was taking and why - and the interesting relationship he had with his personal doctor.
Sources:
Documentary: Hitler the Junkie (Disney plus - National Geographic)
https://medium.com/weird-history/was-adolf-hitler-a-drug-addict-26ed213553b9
On the bus and a stranger clearly, wants to talk to you? But small talk just isn't your thing, so what topic could you possibly bring up?!
The Ship of Theseus is what! This is philosophy - and a thought experiment that might make your brain explode.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
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Trouble talking to strangers? Me too! Maybe Hybristophilia is a topic you can bring up at your next awkward encounter at the water cooler or at a work event - or maybe not...
Hybristophilia is a sexual interest in and/or attraction to people who commit crimes.
Sources:
https://dictionary.apa.org/hybristophilia
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a27397635/ted-bundy-hybristophilia-definition/
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Richard_Ramirez