The Anxiety Encyclopedia

By: Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally
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  • Co-hosts Lorien and Katharine talk about what's making them anxious, from bears to Botox and everything in between.
    Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally
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  • 89. A is for Authoritarianism

    89. A is for Authoritarianism
    Sep 17 2024

    Katharine tells Lorien about how a democracy might backslide into authoritarianism. They consider an alternate life path for Lorien, heading up an authoritarian regime.


    Sources:

    - https://commonslibrary.org/authoritarianism-how-you-know-it-when-you-see-it/

    - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2018/jan/21/this-is-how-democracies-die

    - https://newrepublic.com/article/183866/americans-want-authoritarian-president-trump

    - https://www.vox.com/politics/361136/far-right-authoritarianism-germany-reactionary-spirit

    - https://jeffreyianross.medium.com/how-do-democracies-slip-into-authoritarianism-5756f54c17a5

    - https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/28/who-likes-authoritarianism-and-how-do-they-want-to-change-their-government/

    - https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/how-did-adolf-hitler-happen

    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism#:~:text=Broadly%20defined%2C%20authoritarian%20states%20include,least%20once%20following%20free%20elections.

    - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977njnvq2do
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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • 88. S is for Stuck in Space

    88. S is for Stuck in Space
    Sep 10 2024
    Lorien tells Katharine about a completely relevant, very applicable anxiety. Sources: https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/nasa-decides-to-keep-2-astronauts-in-space-until-19720734.phphttps://apple.news/AhVvRxYYZTlSkb591d26BIQhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/08/29/astronauts-stuck-space-station/74981756007/https://nypost.com/2024/08/30/us-news/boeing-execs-fought-nasa-to-bring-home-stranded-astronauts-in-starliner-sources/https://theconversation.com/stranded-boeing-starliner-astronauts-to-stay-six-more-months-in-space-what-this-means-for-the-future-of-commercial-spaceflight-237739https://www.newscientist.com/article/2445420-stranded-iss-astronauts-reveal-the-us-space-programme-is-not-in-crisis/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335032-200-inside-nasas-ambitious-plan-to-bring-the-iss-crashing-back-to-earth/https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-international-space-station-us-deorbit-vehicle/https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230502-a-fiery-end-how-the-iss-will-end-its-life-in-orbithttps://apnews.com/article/boeing-space-astronauts-starliner-nasa-df30b94b0463a20eec72ce494d9bccc4https://www.cnet.com/science/astronauts-stranded-in-space-how-theyll-be-rescued-when-theyll-be-home/https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/i-miss-her-she-is-my-best-friend-sunita-williams-mother-talks-about-nasa-astronaut-being-stuck-in-space-443271-2024-08-28https://www.npr.org/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5087892/nasa-starliner-astronaut-return-iss-spacexhttps://time.com/7014400/nasa-decision-stranded-astronauts-february-home-date/https://www.livemint.com/science/news/why-is-sunita-williams-in-space-from-starliner-launch-defects-risks-to-return-plan-nasa-boeing-faq-all-you-need-to-know-11724346145707.htmlhttps://www.ndtv.com/world-news/how-sunita-williams-butch-wilmore-will-spend-another-7-months-in-space-6435012https://www.nasa.gov/reference/international-space-station/https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/space-station-visitors-by-country/https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/space-station-facts-and-figures/https://www.livemint.com/science/news/sunita-williams-return-what-health-risks-astronauts-may-face-in-space-vision-problem-bone-loss-brain-damage-11723223478278.html
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    55 mins
  • 87. B is for Book Bans

    87. B is for Book Bans
    Sep 3 2024

    Katharine gives Lorien a historical speed run on book banning and what it looks like today.


    Sources:

    - https://newrepublic.com/post/184672/utah-republicans-enact-extreme-school-book-ban

    - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/22/books/book-ban-florida.html

    - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/16/books/book-bans-public-schools.html

    - https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/ed-magazine/23/11/book-bans-and-librarians-who-wont-be-hushed

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

    - https://smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-banned-books-in-america-180983011/

    - https://pen.org/spineless-shelves/

    - https://www.ala.org/bbooks/book-ban-data

    - https://www.npr.org/2024/04/16/1245037718/book-bans-2023-pen-america

    - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/history-of-book-bans-in-the-united-states

    - https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/book-burning

    - https://www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/ed-magazine/23/11/book-bans-and-librarians-who-wont-be-hushed
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    52 mins
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