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141: History of Universal Monsters
141: History of Universal Monsters
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Each episode, hosts Kaveh Taherian and Hannah Hillam choose one of their countless open browser tabs and finally take the time to read and discuss its contents until they gain enough strength to close that tab once and for all.
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- 141: History of Universal Monsters · 1 h 16 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 141On this very special Halloween episode, we learn how nepo baby Carl Laemmle Jr. gave birth to the Universal Monster Universe and how themes of sexuality and political persecution…
- 140: Black Angels of Staten Island · 1 h 10 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 140This week we are joined by no guest at all, just the normal, regular co-host named Kaveh who adds his medical expertise to Hannah’s tab about the Black Angels, the 300 black…
- 139: Oops! All Listener Emails · 1 h 3 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 139This week we learn dedicate the entire episode to all the emails that listeners have sent in including a live reading of a pig butchering text exchange, bile cow liver…
- 138: Green-Wood Cemetery · 56 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 138This week we learn how a corpse fluids seeping into NYC drinking water led to the creation of one of America’s first rural cemeteries. A listener email explains how the…
- 137: The Toronto Circus Riot · 1 h 7 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 137This week we learn how a brawl between a Canadian firefighting fraternal organization connected to the Orange Order and visiting American circus clowns led to the complete…
- 136: China's Pirate Queen Zheng Yi Sao · 1 h 0 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 136This week we learn how Shi Yang formed the Red Flag Fleet by uniting thousands of pirates and wreaked havoc over the South China Sea. A listener voice memo describes the most…
- 135: Underwater Lakes · 56 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 135This week we learn about ancient salt deposits at the bottom of the ocean lead to the insane phenomenon of what scientists refer to as "Hot Tubs of Despair." A listener email…
- 134: Rat Kings · 55 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 134This week we learn about the horrific once mythical cryptid of dozens of rats with their tales tied together that turned out to actually be real. A listener email explains how…
- 133: Optical Media Preservation (feat Tawny Platis) · 1 h 5 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 133This week we're joined by special guest Tawny Platis as she tells us the story of how not being able to find Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon resulted in her becoming a DVD…
- 132: Joan Quigley: Astrologer to the Reagan Administration · 1 h 10 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 132This week we learn how an astrologist from San Francisco embedded herself into the Reagan administration and became an unofficial advisor that dictated the times of the…
- 131: Dr. Norman Lewiston (feat Dr. Kaveh Hoda) · 1 h 2 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 131This week we're joined by special guest Dr. Kaveh Hoda of the House of Pod as he regales us with the story of how a professor of pediatrics at the Stanford University School of…
- 130: The Luddites and AI · 58 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 130This week we dive into the Luddite uprising of the early 19th century and their subsequent mischaracterization as being anti-tech instead of anti-exploitation. A listener email…
- 129: AMA 2026 · 1 h 19 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 129This week we answer all your burning questions like what rabbit holes we try to avoid, what unused tabs we still have open, and what the hell actually constitutes as anime. Email…
- 128: Coney Island Amusement Park Wars · 1 h 1 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 128This week we conclude the Coney Island summer series with the story of how 3 rival entrepreneurs pushed each other to the limit in a battle for the public's attention and how, in…
- 127: Elephantine Colossus of Coney Island · 55 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 127This week we continue the Coney Island summer series as we learn about the gigantic Elephant shaped building that quickly devolved from hotel to brothel and then promptly caught…
- 126: Coney Island Infantoriums · 56 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 126This week we learn how a non-doctor doctor named Martin Couney leveraged the crowds at Coney Island's fascination with freak shows into giving birth to the modern NICU. A…
- 125: KUMIT۵B (500 Open Stabs Round 5) · 1 h 19 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 125The ancient tournament of Kumitab returns as we pit some of our craziest subjects against one another including Colonel Sanders, Kaveh the Blacksmith, and the Magic Eye turtle…
- 124: The Battle of Santiago · 49 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 124This week we slide tackle into learning about the infamously bloody 1962 World Cup match between Chile and Italy that was preceded by new goal rules, a warring international…
- 123: Beanie Babies (feat Alyssa Cooper) · 1 h 4 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 123This week we are joined by special guest co-host Alyssa Cooper as she walks us through the insane Beanie Baby craze of the late 90s. A listener email explains the Mr. Trashwheel…
- 122: Narodniks (feat Josie Azzam) · 46 min · Sezonul 3 Episodul 122This week we are joined by special guest co-host Josie Azzam as she tells us about when Russian rich kids called the Narodniks tried and failed horribly to convince the newly…
