Everything Is Awful Forever
Philippa and Jess
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The Bell-Strewn Path
Everything Is Awful Forever
12/20/21 • 51 min
Knock knock
Who's there?
Jess
Jess who?
Jester jokes are difficult to ad lib when you're Jess and Philippa. Join us as we prance along the bell-strewn history of jesters and joculators, and find out that the life of a joker wasn't all shits and giggles.
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Sweet Sassy Molassy!
Everything Is Awful Forever
04/19/22 • 42 min
We wanted to do an Easter-themed episode but have already covered Mary Toft, the woman who gave birth to rabbits. May we interest you in some Easter...floods? Grab your water wings and hope they'll keep you afload as Jess and Philippa dive into the very non-watery substances that have plagued humankind.
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Aleister Crowley and the Cursed Child(hood)
Everything Is Awful Forever
08/09/21 • 55 min
This week we look at the greatest mountaineer, poet, chessmaster, spy, and wizard of all time: Aleister Crowley. Join Jess and Philippa as they look into his humble beginnings from a cupboard under the stairs (sort of kind of not really), his initiation into the Golden Dawn, and his role in the most epic wizard battle to ever shake the streets of London.
Sources:
Churton, T. (2011) Aleister Crowley: The Biography. London: Watkins.
Crowley, A. (2021) The Confessions of Aleister Crowley: An Autohagiography Part I-III. Houston Texas: The Winged Globe Libary.
Originally published by Mandrake Press as The Spirit of Solitude in 1929.
Lachman, G. (2014) Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Wickedest Man in the World. New York: Tarcher
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Black Beards, Red Hearts
Everything Is Awful Forever
06/08/20 • 55 min
Join Jess and Philippa as they look at one of the greatest boat-based love stories of all time: that of Blackbeard and Black Sam Bellamy. Plunder, booty, and most important of all...REVENGE! Get your best pirate voice going and dive with us into this tale of broken hearties.
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Baby Farms
Everything Is Awful Forever
11/08/21 • 49 min
CW: Violence against children, child death
Good childcare is notoriously difficult to find - and expensive when you do come across it. And if children are really the future, the Victorians were having none of it. Join Jess and Philippa as they look into the grim options available to many a late-Victorian mother and the money-hungry killers that preyed on their children.
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The Sacred Disease
Everything Is Awful Forever
02/09/22 • 50 min
Known to history since for over 4000 years, and it's only recently that we've begun to understand it. In the meantime, people had to endure some "cures" that may have been worse than the disorder - especially since most of them did very little help in the first place. Join Jess and Philippa as they look into the confusion surrounding epileptic seizures, and how it was dealt with in the ancient world and medieval period.
Sources:
Sugg, R. (2011) Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires: The History of Corpse Medicine from the Renaissance to the Victorians. London and New York: Routledge.
Temkin, O. (1945) The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology. Baltimore and London: John Hopkins University Press.
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Mediums at Large
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10/31/22 • 44 min
It's been a bit of a hiatus, but nothing is going to stop Jess and Philippa from crawling out of their graves on Halloween. Join us around the table as we listen to the rappings of spirits, and look at the tricks of the trade in the (not so) otherworldly lives of Victorian spirit mediums.
Sources:
TBA
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Working It Out
Everything Is Awful Forever
11/23/21 • 45 min
As we approach Black Friday, join Jess and Philippa as we dive into one of the many ways in which labour has been exploited in the name of profit. It's time at last to work out what they really did in the Victorian workhouse.
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Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen
Everything Is Awful Forever
03/29/22 • 46 min
Join Jess and Philippa as they set sail off the west coast of Ireland with Grace O'Malley, or Granuaile, a woman whose piratical journey would take her from the Irish seas to the throne of Queen Elizabeth Tudor.
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Funky Spelunky and the Bad Time Hole
Everything Is Awful Forever
11/30/22 • 55 min
As autumn draws to a close and the chill creeps in, follow Jess and Philippa into the cold and dark as they look at the misadventures of Floyd Collins.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Everything Is Awful Forever have?
Everything Is Awful Forever currently has 110 episodes available.
What topics does Everything Is Awful Forever cover?
The podcast is about Weird, History, Macabre, Discussion, Feminist, Funny, Indie, Comedy and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Everything Is Awful Forever?
The episode title 'The Bell-Strewn Path' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Everything Is Awful Forever?
The average episode length on Everything Is Awful Forever is 47 minutes.
How often are episodes of Everything Is Awful Forever released?
Episodes of Everything Is Awful Forever are typically released every 7 days, 2 hours.
When was the first episode of Everything Is Awful Forever?
The first episode of Everything Is Awful Forever was released on Feb 18, 2019.
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