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Things That Keep Me Up at Night

Jun 26, 2023

After you hear friend-of-the-show Lex Mooney share these stories of mysterious disappearance, law enforcement incompetence, and the occasional preventable death, you'll have learned three lessons: 

  1. Children are slippery beasts.
  2. Your ABCs (Always Be Clinging to a friend so you don't accidentally die on a hike).
  3. THE...


Jun 4, 2023

Happy Pride Month! We're kicking it off with a review of an LGBTQ cult classic. The Gay Deceivers (1969) was one of the first American films to portray include depictions of homosexuality after the elimination of the Hays Code that plagued Hollywood for decades. While we initially selected the film because of...


May 14, 2023

Huge thanks to Behind the Slate Podcast for turning us on to this underexposed gem - give 'em a listen and follow them on Tiktok (which is where we saw the video that inspired this episode).

These two white girls from Southern California were woefully unaware of the powerhouse that is Melvin Van Peebles - a man...


Apr 30, 2023

Folks, we could all use a little good news. But instead of a Gong Noise episode, we decided to find a new direction: Historical acts of kindness. Though the five different stories of individual kindness were different in scale, time period, and motive, we were surprised to find a uniting factor that resonated directly...


Apr 2, 2023

While Olivia and Brooke work up the data to present something decent on the RESTRICT Act, we decided to take Gwyneth Paltrow's moment in the media cycle to revisit all the things we hate about GOOP (and rich people lol). Gwyneth, if you're reading this, take this as a sign. Go to therapy. Talk to non-millionaires....