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

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

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/

Katharine questions the validity of Reefer Madness.

Sources:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)

- https://www.healthline.com/health/is-marijuana-a-gateway-drug#takeaway

- https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/01/24/gateway-drug-no-more-study-shows-legalizing-recreational-cannabis-does-not-increase

- https://www.teenvogue.com/story/dare-program-reshape-image-police-officers

- https://www.vera.org/news/fifty-years-ago-today-president-nixon-declared-the-war-on-drugs

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs

- https://www.history.com/news/marijuana-criminalization-reefer-madness-history-flashback

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reefer_Madness

- https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/etc/cron.html

- https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/marijuana-use-disorder

- https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2016/02/401586/years-marijuana-use-linked-some-memory-problems-decades-later#:~:text=For%20every%20five%20marijuana%2Dyears,of%2015%20words%2C%20they%20found.

- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/15/723656629/highly-potent-weed-has-swept-the-market-raising-concerns-about-health-risks

- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-marijuana-bad-for-health-heres-what-we-know-so-far/

Lorien takes Katharine on a historical survey of examples of when beauty was literally pain.

Sources:

• Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present (2015). Alison Matthews David
• Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History (2019) Alison Matthews David and Serah-Marie McMahon
• https://london-overlooked.com/tyrrell/
• https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hair-dye-reactions/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistory/comments/10l4qoi/is_there_any_way_to_verify_the_claim_that/
• https://www.stevenveerapen.com/elizabeth-i-the-myth-of-the-makeup
• https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/688690-most-toxic-makeup
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheele's_Green
• https://www.macleans.ca/culture/arts/deadly-victorian-fashions/
• https://thepragmaticcostumer.wordpress.com/2014/06/11/drop-dead-gorgeous-a-tldr-tale-of-arsenic-in-victorian-life/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan
• https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/deadly-beauty-the-poisons-used-in-makeup-through-the-ages#
• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dancer-isadora-duncan-is-killed-in-car-accident
• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/dress-hat-fashion-clothing-mercury-arsenic-poison-history
• https://www.healthline.com/health/mad-hatter-disease#seeking-medical-help
• https://globalhealth.duke.edu/news/when-scarf-meets-bike
• https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/06/22/416487968/painfully-skinny-jeans-land-a-woman-in-the-hospital#:~:text=At the hospital, the woman's,hips and knees were normal.

Katharine dives into a classic eight-legged fear.

Sources:

https://apple.news/ASt8Xq4NUSyKuTs5vKp6SjA

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/millions-of-joro-spiders-are-moving-up-the-east-coast-heres-what-to-expect/ https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/giant-invasive-joro-spiders-with-6-foot-webs-could-be-poised-to-take-over-us-cities-scientists-warn

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/10-myths-about-spiders.htm#pt4

https://www.britannica.com/list/9-of-the-worlds-deadliest-spiders

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

https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/fear-spiders-may-have-its-evolutionary-roots-aversion-scorpions

https://www.newsweek.com/brown-recluse-spider-bite-victims-1912786

​​https://news.fullerton.edu/2020/11/black-widow-spider-research/

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

Lorien keeps buying cars that are supposedly easy to steals. She tells Katharine how bad her odds actually are.

Sources:

• • https://wjla.com/features/i-team/dc-maryland-virginia-car-theft-carjacking-crime-fraud-white-collar-auto-industry-thieves-stealing-vehicles-ftc-investigation-federal-trade-commission-bethesda-euro-motorcars
  • https://finance.yahoo.com/news/car-theft-statistics-2024-004053127.html
  • https://mayor.baltimorecity.gov/news/press-releases/2023-05-11-city-baltimore-files-lawsuit-against-hyundai-kia-over-car-thefts?mf_ct_campaign=yahoo-synd-feed&utm_content=syndication
  • https://www.marketwatch.com/guides/insurance-services/car-theft-statistics/
  • https://www.tiktok.com/@fordsanders/video/7127086610285382955?_r=1&_t=8jUr3LdIKYV&social_sharing=1
  • https://www.nicb.org/news/news-releases/vehicle-thefts-surge-nationwide-2023
  • https://insurify.com/car-insurance/insights/most-stolen-cars/
  • https://techhq.com/2024/01/tiktok-kia-challenge-kia-boys-cars-stolen-by-teens/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTeVgfPM0Xw&t=187s
  • https://www.theverge.com/23742425/kia-boys-car-theft-steal-tiktok-hyundai-usb
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia_Challenge
  • https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/worst-us-cities-for-auto-theft/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=6Bng8Y5NrvDhLV77K82_EIL9hikyROrmj1mJWIsOs08-1719000660-0.0.1.1-5396
  • https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/6/1/23742757/kia-hyundai-challenge-tiktok-instagram-youtube
  • https://greekreporter.com/2024/06/14/north-korea-largest-car-theft-history/#:~:text=SA 2.0/Wikipedia-,North Korea is the culprit of the largest car theft,strongest cars in the world.
  • https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2022/08/23/1118457271/someone-stole-my-truck-i-got-a-crash-course-on-the-wild-black-market-for-stolen-

Katharine tells Lorien some chilling stories of familicide.

Sources:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familicide

- https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/drumoorhouse/family-annihilators-murdaugh-haight-watts

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todt_family_murders

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List_(murderer)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_the_Haight_family

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_family_murders

- https://allthatsinteresting.com/christian-longo

- https://www.tpr.org/news/2023-08-05/texas-has-highest-rate-of-family-annihilation-cases-in-u-s-new-study-shows