Night Call

Today we take a night call about problematic Disneyland rides and suggest alternatives. Should we replace the torn down Splash Mountain with a Princess And The Frog Ride? (Yes) What is the most racist ride at Disneyland? Can theme parks be divided from themes of imperialism? Then it’s a listener query about Synanon, the self help drug rehab retreat on the Santa Monica strand that turned into a cult in the seventies. For our second half we are joined by Behind The Bastards host Robert Evans to discuss citizen journalism during the uprisings era! Robert discusses covering the Pacific Northwest, the Boogaloo creeps, showing up to face fascists. Then he takes our listeners’ questions about storing rations in small spaces, how to combat fascists flyering in your town, and where the best place to be during the revolution is (hint: among friends). Plus Molly exposes Robert as a full on pumpkin spice Fallhead!

Footnotes:

1. Splash Mountain Petition
2. LA Mag on Synanon
3. Paul Morantz on the Snake in his Mailbox
4. Behind the Police Podcast
5. Behind the Bastards Podcast
6. LOL Surprise Steals Rainbow Raver Look
7. LOL Surprise Bondage Doll

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Tess is off this week so Molly and Emily are joined by Night Call’s fabulous producer Joelle Monique! We start off with an email from a listener who was disappointed with our Lana Del Rey talk recently and take the opportunity to examine our own blind spots. We solicit more critiques from our listeners, and ask how we can be more helpful during this critical time in our country’s history. Then it’s a trip to the CHAZ! Emily learned about the history of autonomous zones and yes it does get weird. The connection to Burning Man and Santa Con is unveiled, and Emily provides the requisite Seattle context for the CHAZ and the French origins of the ZAD. Then we are joined by boy band expert Maria Sherman, author of the new book Larger Than Life, to dive into the recent radicalization of k-pop stans online. Sherman explains what exactly the “fan cams” are that stans have been overloading American police departments asking for footage of rioters with. Night Call is an autonomous zone of the MIND!

Footnotes:

1. The Demands of the Collective Black Voices Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
2. In defense of the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone: The noble history of a utopian idea (Matthew Rosza, Salon)
3. The Cacophany Society
4. The Temporary Autonomous Zone (Full Text) by Hakim Bey a.k.a. Peter Lamborn Wilson
5. Leaving Out the Ugly Part — On Hakim Bey (Robert P. Helms)
6. ZAD Battles Thousands of Police During Attempted Eviction of Autonomous Zone in France (Andrew Neef, Unicorn Riot)
7. The Paris Commune
8. Freetown Christiania
9. K-Pop Fans Defuse Racist Hashtags (Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker)
10. BTS’ Fan ARMY Matches Group’s $1 Million Black Lives Matter Donation Within 24 Hours
11. Why K-pop Fans Are No Longer Posting About K-pop (Kaitlyn Tiffany, Atlantic)
12. Netizens criticize BTS member SUGA's mixtape track for sampling speech of a controversial cult leader (AllKPop)
13. Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS by Maria Sherman

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The Night Crew are vindicated this week with the proof of several true conspiracy theories - also on predicting some show endings. Tess, Molly, and Emily talk werewolf songs, Pokemon mythos, and why we should let the billionaires move to space. CHECK OUT THE NIGHT CALL PATREON (https://www.patreon.com/NightCall) ! Support the show for as little as $1 a month! Call in to Night Call at 240-46-NIGHT Articles and media mentioned this episode: Film, Detective Pikachu (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5884052/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film, Zootopia (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948356/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Wikipedia Article, The Lost Continent of Mu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_(lost_continent)) Film, Doraemon: Nobita and the Castle of the Undersea Devil (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1147509/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Short Story, "Out of the Aeons" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Aeons) by HP Lovecraft and Hazel Heald Wikipedia Article, Pika (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pika) Film, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104389/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) Article, Shanghaiist, "Chinese live-streamer tries to eat octopus alive, nearly gets her face ripped off" (https://bit.ly/2JN5pcs) Film, Oldboy (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2) Craiglist Post, Zuckermann Harpsichord (https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/msg/d/los-angeles-zuckermann-harpsichord/6876390193.html) (still live as of 5/17) Blog, Crazy Days and Nights (https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/) Tabloid, TMZ, "Britney Spears Now Part of 'Free Britney' Movement" (https://www.tmz.com/2019/05/13/britney-spears-free-social-media-conservatorship-jamie/) Blog Post, ONTD, The Truth About Britney's Father (https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/114539830.html) Insagram, @britneyspears (https://www.instagram.com/britneyspears/?hl=en) Film, Perfect Blue (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156887/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Song, "Werewolves of London" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDpYBT0XyvA) by Warren Zevon Cryptid song playlist to come! "Night Call" by 4aStables (https://www.4astables.com/) . Music used is "Crap Transition" by Jesse Spillane (https://www.jessespillane.com/) .

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The Night Gang continue the erotic odyssey with the based-on-a-true story-but-the-true-story-was-worse, 9 1/2 Weeks. Talking topics also include mysterious Celebrity Churches, 90s music, Coachella Jesus, and that you can't tame the animals. Call in to Night Call at 240-46-NIGHT This episode is sponsored by: [Rothy's](https://rothys.com/) (code: NIGHTCALL) [Cheers Health](https://cheershealth.com/) (code: NIGHTCALL) Articles and media mentioned this episode: News item, [Kanye West's Church](https://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a26962861/kanye-west-sunday-services-location-videos-attendees/) Band, [Polyphonic Spree](http://www.thepolyphonicspree.com/) Review, Pitchfork, [When the Pawn . . . by Fiona Apple](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/fiona-apple-when-the-pawn/) Film, [Mary Magdalane](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5360996/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Article, Hollywood Reporter, ["The Tiger and the Tragic Trick: Siegfried & Roy's Animal Handler Breaks Silence on Mauling, Alleges Cover-Up"](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/siegfried-roys-animal-handler-breaks-silence-tiger-mauling-alleges-cover-up-1197216) Documentary, [Cat Dancers](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1333635/) Documentary, [Grizzly Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427312/) Film and Book, [9 1/2 Weeks](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091635/?ref_=nv_sr_7?ref_=nv_sr_7) by [Elizabeth McNeill](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062309945) Film, [Diner](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083833/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film, [Fatal Attraction](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093010/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film and Book, [American Psycho](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144084/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) by [Bret Easton Ellis](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780679735779) Film and Book, [Less than Zero](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093407/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) by [Bret Easton Ellis](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780679781493) Article, New Yorker, ["Who Was the Real Woman Behind “Nine and a Half Weeks”?"](https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/who-was-the-real-woman-behind-nine-and-a-half-weeks) Book, [Porn for Women](https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780811855518) Film, [Pretty Woman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100405/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film, [Velvet Buzzsaw](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7043012/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Film, [Unfaithful](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250797/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) Song, ["You Can Leave Your Hat On"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOotsq4soug) by Joe Cocker Film, [Jagged Edge](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089360/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) "Night Call" by [4aStables](https://www.4astables.com/). Sound effects by [klankbeeld](https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/169039/) and [liquidhot](https://freesound.org/people/liquidhot/sounds/23516/). Music used is "Crap Transition" by [Jesse Spillane](https://www.jessespillane.com/) and "The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch" by [Chris Zabriskie](http://chriszabriskie.com/). Additional sfx from [freesound.org](https://freesound.org/).

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We take a night call about Evangelion and neurotic artificial intelligence from a listener that gives Emily a great excuse to explain Eva to Molly and Tess. Then it’s the saga of Jordan and Mikalya Peterson, the Canadian father daughter grifter team. All meat diets, gothic intrigue, Russian doctors inducing comas for benzo withdrawal, the Numa Numa song and maybe even...murder? For the second half of the show we are joined by writer and comedian Joan Ford to talk about her new Twitch show Fall Talk, cosplaying as girlboss Michael Myers, and why Halloween starts in August this year (hint: it’s a lot like the fireworks surplus). Get cozy with a pumpkin spice latte and your favorite Halloween candy for an all new Night Call!

FOOTNOTES

Evangelion wiki on the Magi supercomputers https://wiki.evageeks.org/Magi

Out of This World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_This_World_(TV_series)

Peterson and pronouns https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37875695

Peterson family meat diet https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/08/the-peterson-family-meat-cleanse/567613/

Jordan Peterson explainer thread https://twitter.com/RationalDis/status/1293292933807058948

Cider of doom https://www.reddit.com/r/enoughpetersonspam/comments/8x1tgw/jordan_peterson_drinks_apple_cider_causing_him_to/

Herman Cain "boo!" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/13/herman-cain-twitter-democrats-joe-biden

Joan Haley Ford https://twitter.com/joanhaleyford/

Joan on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/joanhaleyford

Early Halloween candy https://www.thrillist.com/news/nation/halloween-candy-hitting-stores-early-2020

Fall Talk premiere link https://twitter.com/joanhaleyford/status/1294025388104904704

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