Why Would You Ask That?

You ever wonder how plausible it would be to become a real life catgirl/catboy/catbeing? How close we are to having centaurs? Or perhaps you wonder if you could gain some cool animal powers if science just progressed far enough? Well guess what! Remy has the deets on human/animal chimera research! We also discuss the ethics of cannibalism. Again.CW: Animal Cruelty, Racism (briefly)Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

In Russia lies a lake that could hold a sea dragon of either humble or magnificent proportions, which is either big enough to swallow men or small enough to hide, and maybe it glows, or maybe it breathes fire. I don't FUCKING know. This is more of a lesson in research than a lesson on Brosnya, but hey! Somewhere in here there is a dragon, just like Lake Brosno!CW: Big Fish with Big Teeth, Deep Water Talk, Brief Talk of Murder and SA (maybe 30 seconds)Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

We're back! We got a question from JJ about something very important: what do bugs think humans are? This episode we delve into bug perception, bug feelings, and bugs... as cows?CW: Bugs (Bees, Spiders, Mites, Flies mostly)Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

Hey, folks. This week, we have an announcement. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

A silly question has emerged from the crypts this time around! This episode ponders a deeply held curiosity... about Superman's digestive system. When he drops the kids off at the pool, does the porcelain throne explode? When his stomach disposes of the evidence, how much disappears? Are Kryptonian gut germs adapted to Earth?CW: Poop, About 5 minutes of Sex TalkMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

This week, we unzip the metaphorical pants of the internet and crawl deep into the sweaty, scent-marked den of the Omegaverse. What is it? Where did it come from? Why is everyone growling? We’re talking heat cycles, scent ruts, social hierarchies, and the very horny tropes that define the genre, plus how fan creators are challenging and reshaping it. Also, somehow the court system got involved? CW: Non-consensual dynamics, Kink talk, The Whole Episode is About SexMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

With cannibalism past covered last episode, we present cannibalism present. We have five cases of legal (arguably) cannibalism within the last 25 years, from canned human meatballs to a bit of food critique. Join us to learn about the ethics of consuming human flesh in the present day!CW: Death, Cannibalism, Bodily Harm, Eating A Fetus, Moter Vehicle Accident, Harm to Animals (brief mention)Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

Cannibalism: The act of consuming another member of your own species. This episode we explore human cannibalism in a historical context— why did we do it? How common was it? How did things change since then?CW: Death, Cannibalism, Bodily Harm, Body Waste, Body Fluids, Medical HarmMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

How did we decide that grinding wheat makes bread? Where did food even come from? Today we explore the origins of food!Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

What does it mean to be... wet? Hey. Mind out of the gutter. This episode is about the idea of wetness— are all liquids necessarily wet? What's the driest liquid? What qualifies something to be wet?Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

Sometimes we wonder about life beyond our Earth. Sometimes we consider what kind of organisms may exist outside of our understanding. Sometimes, or rarely, we entertain an idea where perhaps aliens have been here all along... This episode we talk about aliens from space and where they may be hiding. And WHY did they NOT return MY CALLS?Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

We once again have a question that will guide everyone on the true path of being haters! Oh, Teddy Roosevelt, the guy who teddy bears are named for, the one who instituted state parks... also was a completely horrible person! Woah! Roll up your sleeves because we get into it this week with some eugenics and genocide. Sounds like someone else we know, eh?CW: Genocide, Racism, War, Desecration of CorpsesMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

Medicine and linguistics come together to create an unlikely event: medical cannibalism! Once upon a time, Europeans were eating mummies by the ton. Real mummies. Fake mummies. All sorts! And all for the health benefits of... dead bodies?CW: Death, Dead Bodies, Desecration of Corpses, WarMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

As we all know, color matters. And color can inspire a lot of controversy. Like, for example, certain pinks? They have baggage. Baggage that could be very expensive, very fast. M manages to keep it to a single parter this time (woah!) and we get to discuss a sampling of colors that sparked a bit of problems.CW: Death, Desecration of CorpsesMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

This time we are venturing into Russia, where Rasputin left a mark on the governance and the still-lingering legacy of being a so-called love machine. He was shot! He was poisoned! He was absolutely harangued! Or... was he?CW: Poverty, Child Death, War, Xenophobia, Murder (Poison, Stabbing, Gun Violence, Physical Beatings)Music provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

What, Charlie Chaplin, too? Yeah, Charlie Chaplin, too. The Tramp has gone too far, and Karen tells us just how far he went in this extra long episode. Despite his glistening career as an actor/director/more, when the camera was off, he wasn't always the paragon people held him up to be.CW: miscarriage, pedophlia, grooming, domestic abuse, brief mention of NazisMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

This week, we’re putting Gandhi on trial — and we’re not pulling punches. Turns out, the man behind the loincloth was less “peace and love” and more “racism and ego trips.” In this episode, we dig into the messy, manipulative, and straight-up deplorable parts of Gandhi’s life that somehow didn’t make it into the inspirational quote calendar.CW: domestic abuse, emotional manipulation, sexual assault, pedophilia, racism, deathMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

In our third and final part about Picasso, we talk about Francoise and her relationship with him in its entirety. She was amazing, and their relationahip was wild and toxic. Francoise wrote an amazing autobiography that M will be relating stories from to paint a detailed picture of the guy Picasso was in his later years. We also, finally, talk about Picasso's death and the aftermath.  If you or someone you know needs help, in the U.S text 88788 for help. For international help, visit this website, also available on our resource page: https://safeandtogetherinstitute.com/international-domestic-violence-resources/CW: domestic abuse, alcoholism, suicide, emotional manipulation, assaultMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

In this part two in our talk about Picasso, we talk about the man's art and how he related to some of the artists around him, his psychology (with a little armchair diagnosing), and we start in on talking about Francoise, a really amazing woman who got all wrapped up in Picasso's mess. She wrote an amazing autobiography that M will be relating stories from to paint a detailed picture of the guy Picasso was in his later years.  If you or someone you know needs help, in the U.S text 88788 for help. For international help, visit this website, also available on our resource page: https://safeandtogetherinstitute.com/international-domestic-violence-resources/CW: domestic abuse, alcoholism, suicide, emotional manipulation, assaultMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.

In the series of challenges by listener JJ, we were tasked to talk about the terror that was Picasso. M is the presenter, bringing in their already burning dislike of the man and sharpening it to a fine point by speaking about the women in his life to show the long shadows that Picasso cast while alive. We speak about his past, we interpret his art, and in the end, what we come out with is that Picasso is a PicAsso. If you or someone you know needs help, in the U.S text 88788 for help. For international help, visit this website, also available on our resource page: https://safeandtogetherinstitute.com/international-domestic-violence-resources/CW: domestic abuse, alcoholism, suicide, emotional manipulation, assaultMusic provided by Dark Fantasy Studios. [License]Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/why-would-you-ask-that--5784165/support.