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Jack of All Graves

By: Jack of All Graves
  • Summary

  • A storytelling pod in which an American girl and a Welsh guy bond over a shared love of the terrifying, tragic, bloody, morbid, anxiety-inducing, and horrific -- a joyful and therapeutic exploration of very dark things.
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Episodes
  • Ep. 181: toxic landscapes & extreme protest
    May 6 2024

    This week Corrigan tells Marko all about the toxic waste dotting the landscape of the U.S. and how climate change is making it worse, and we dive into some extreme forms of protest people have undertaken and why they did it.

    Highlights:

    [0:00] Corrigan tells Marko about toxic superfund sites
    [27:55] Mark saw Bruce Springsteen who is surprisingly popular in Wales
    [35:00] Corrigan's surreal Richard Dreyfuss experience and weekend from Hell
    [54:46] Thursday we'll have a new Ko-Fi exclusive episode of JoAG Fancave on The Strangers, and we've got a watch along coming Saturday, May 25th!
    [60:27] What we watched! (The Strangers, Basket Case, Godzilla Minus One, Inglourious Basterds, Dead of Night (aka Deathdream), Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, Love Lies Bleeding)
    [90:40] We discuss extreme protests

    Stuff we referenced:

    • Cesspools in Eden by the Dead Kennedys
    • Self-immolation and other ‘spectacular’ protests: How impactful are they?
    • Asylum seekers sew lips together | World news | The Guardian
    • Asylum seekers in Australia sew lips together in protest at indefinite detainment
    • Reports of lips sewn together as asylum seekers stage hunger strike | Australia news | The Guardian
    • A protest, standing in water, for 14 days
    • Graphic pictures: Woman hangs herself on fish hooks in Paris shark protest
    • Artist nails his scrotum to the ground in Red Square | Russia | The Guardian
    • The Five Most Toxic Sites in the U.S.
    • What is Superfund? | US EPA
    • A.L. TAYLOR (VALLEY OF DRUMS) | Superfund Site Profile | Superfund Site Information | US EPA
    • LOVE CANAL | Superfund Site Profile | Superfund Site Information | US EPA
    • Love Canal - Wikipedia
    • 'We've been forgotten': In Newark, N.J., a toxic Superfund site faces growing climate threats
    • As hundreds of toxic sites await cleanup, questions over Superfund program’s future | PBS News Weeken
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    2 hrs and 5 mins
  • Ep. 180: The Toynbee Tiles & Media Gambles
    Apr 28 2024

    They can't all be winners but sometimes you gotta take a gamble on a new movie or TV show. After Marko tells Corrigan about the mysterious Toynbee Tiles, we dive deep into some big cinematic and TV swings we've experienced the past couple weeks.

    Highlights:

    [0:00] Mark tells Corrigan about the Toynbee Tiles
    [23:00] We talk about JoAG & Lovely meetup planning and how well traveled the average American might be
    [33:20] We're super into VR but there might be too many children?
    [47:54] What we watched! (Hundreds of Beavers, The Autopsy of Jane Doe, Love Lies Bleeding, Beyond Re-Animator, Death Spa, RRR, Evil Dead, Baby Reindeer, Manfish, Immaculate, Uncle Peckerhead, Beetlejuice)

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    1 hr and 58 mins
  • Extra: The Doomsday Clock
    Apr 23 2024

    The JoAG journey is a therapeutic one, and as such we recognize that taking care of our wellbeing always come first. Thus, while dear Marko tries to get his sleep situation back on track, this week it's a solo quick take, in which Corrigan explains what exactly the Doomsday Clock is and how it came into existence. You're not gonna like what time it is.

    Stuff I referenced:

    • What is the Doomsday Clock? | University of Chicago News
    • Doomsday Clock Timeline
    • How to read the Doomsday Clock
    • Current Time - 2024 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
    • Doomsday Clock - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
    • The moments that could have accidentally ended humanity
    • Agents of Doom: Who is creating the apocalypse and why
    • The atomic scientists' Doomsday Clock is now 75—and threats to civilization still abound
    • What Was the Manhattan Project? | Scientific American
    • The Manhattan Project - Nuclear Museum
    • Oppenheimer: The Real WW2 History Behind the Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan | Den of Geek

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    12 mins

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