The Anxiety Encyclopedia

By: Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally
  • Summary

  • Co-hosts Lorien and Katharine talk about what's making them anxious, from bears to Botox and everything in between.
    Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally
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Episodes
  • 84. L is for Lone Star Ticks
    Aug 13 2024

    We hope you don't acquire an allergy to our podcast after listening to Lorien tell Katharine about the lone star tick.


    Sources:

    • https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2023/p0727-emerging-tick-bites.html
    • https://www.cdc.gov/alpha-gal-syndrome/about/
    • https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2023/lyme-disease-isnt-the-only-tickborne-disease-to-watch
    • https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/ticks-and-the-diseases-they-spread
    • https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/about/where-ticks-live.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/geographic_distribution.html
    • https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/after-a-tick-bite/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/removing_a_tick.html
    • https://web.uri.edu/tickencounter/species/lone-star--tick/
    • https://www.neregionalvectorcenter.com/lone-star-tick.php
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-gal_syndrome
    • https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/alpha-gal-syndrome-ags
    • https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2012/06/red-meat-allergy-likely-caused-by-tick-bites/
    • https://www.cdc.gov/ticks/prevention/index.html
    • https://www.cdc.gov/alpha-gal-syndrome/about/
    • https://healthmatters.nyp.org/the-lone-star-tick-what-to-know-about-the-tick-that-causes-a-red-meat-allergy/
    • https://tickcontrol.com/blog/which-state-has-the-worst-tick-problem/#:~:text=Alpha-gal carrying ticks are,Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Virginia.
    • https://www.wafb.com/2024/05/29/consumer-reports-lone-star-tick-is-spreading/
    • https://apnews.com/article/meat-allergy-lone-star-tick-pig-alphagal-edf82b6c1928450da1373ea61e6a3a44
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 83. T is for Tornadoes
    Aug 6 2024

    Katharine gets swept up in this natural disaster; Lorien rises from her sick bed to make an extremely brave assertion: Glen Powell looks good in hats.


    Sources:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustnado

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_devil

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_whirl

    https://www.wesh.com/article/tornado-watch-vs-tornado-warning/45521346#

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State_tornado_outbreak

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/tornadoes

    https://www.weather.gov/lmk/tornadoesfaq#:~:text=The%20vast%20majority%20of%20tornadoes,flying%20debris%20in%20the%20wind.

    https://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/faq/

    https://www.britannica.com/video/191998/tornadoes

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • 82. H is for Hindenburg
    Jul 30 2024

    Lorien tells the story of a disaster of gigantic proportions.

    Sources:

    • https://builtin.com/articles/airships#:~:text=There are three main types,gondola and a propulsion system.
    • https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hindenburg
    • https://www.dictionary.com/e/zeppelin-vs-blimp-dirigible-airship/#
    • https://www.historytoday.com/hindenburg-disaster-and-end-airship-era
    • https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/interiors/
    • https://www.airships.net/blog/hindenburg-piano/
    • https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/interiors/control-car-flight-instruments/
    • https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/interiors/crew-areas-keel/
    • https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/aftermath-hindenburg
    • https://www.airships.net/lz127-graf-zeppelin/
    • https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/lz129-hindenburg-detailed-history/
    • https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/fire-ice-hindenburg-and-titanic-exhibition/the-hindenburg-disaster
    • https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/flight-schedule/maiden-voyage/passenger-account/
    • https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/
    • https://www.airships.net/hindenburg/disaster/myths/
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    53 mins

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