Every night, Catherine Russell puts on a wig, picks up a gun, and ignores her critics. Further Reading Perfect Crime Sampler Singer/songwriter Matt Farley can be found on his website or on Spotify. Our theme song is by the Mysterious Breakmaster Cylinder. Our ad music is by Build Buildings. Sponsors Mailchimp Seeso Audible Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amy and Ryan Green’s one-year-old son is diagnosed with cancer and begins an agonizing period of treatment. And then, one night in the hospital, Ryan has a strange epiphany: this whole terrible ordeal should be a video game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Everybody has that one Facebook friend who just won't stop posting their political opinions. This week, we talk to one of those Facebook friends, someone whose opinions got her into an enormous mess. (ALSO, be sure to check out the Radio Ambulante story this-a-way: http://radioambulante.org/audio/renunciaya) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Yik Yak is an app that allows users to communicate anonymously with anyone within a 10-mile radius. In the first part of this week's show, we revisit a story we did in January, about how the app brought out a particularly vicious strain of racism at Colgate University. And in the second half of the show - The past month has seen a flood of similar stories at colleges like University of Missouri, Yale, and Georgetown. So we go beyond Colgate and talk to Jamil Smith of the Intersection podcast to try to understand Colgate in the context of these recent events. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
A website for people who are way too high. Plus, could LSD unlock our better selves? Does PJ even have a better self? We investigate. You can find Tripsit here: http://tripsit.me. The floating orb lives here: http://madebyevan.com/webgl-water/. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices