The Anxiety Encyclopedia

By: Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally
  • Summary

  • 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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Episodes
  • 113. D is for Doomsday Cat Cult
    Mar 4 2025

    And now for something completely different.

    Sources

    • ​-https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/apocalypse-meow-how-a-cult-that-believes-cats-are-divine-beings-ended-up-in-tennessee/article_78fc2367-5596-5a7a-ad8e-edae8c83a594.html
    • ​- https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article101133487.html
    • ​“The Curious Case of… The Doomsday Cat Cult” Season 1, Episode 5. Aired February 17, 2025.
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    47 mins
  • 112. D is for Dissociative Fugue
    Feb 25 2025

    Lorien tells Katharine about when the Queen of Crime became the center of a real-life mystery.


    Sources:

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_fugue
    • https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/22836-dissociative-fugue
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie
    • https://psychcentral.com/disorders/dissociative-fugue-symptoms#treatment
    • https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/crime/article167733012.html
    • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/dissociative-fugue-psychogenic-fugue
    • https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/mental-health-disorders/dissociative-disorders/dissociative-identity-disorder
    • https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/dissociative-fugue
    • https://www.medicoverhospitals.in/diseases/fugue-state/
    • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201203/dissociative-fugue-the-mystery-of-agatha-christie
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pale_Horse#
    • https://www.rosecalendars.co.uk/news/the-strange-disappearance-of-agatha-christie/
    • https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/books/agatha-christie-vanished-11-days-1926.html
    • https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Curious-Disappearance-of-Agatha-Christie/
    • https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/stories/police-report-disappearance-agatha-christie/
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    51 mins
  • 111. O is for Orcas
    Feb 18 2025

    The golden retrievers of the open sea!


    Sources:

    - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/orca

    - https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/facts-about-orcas/

    - https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/07/science/orcas-salmon-hat-puget-sound/index.html

    - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/us/mother-orca-tahlequah-calf-dead.html

    - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/orcas-puget-sound-salmon-hats-killer-whales

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

    - https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/killer-whale-spain-play-1.7220869

    - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230626-why-are-orcas-suddenly-ramming-boats

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

    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca_attacks#Captive_orca_attacks

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

    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilikum_(orca)

    - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keiko_(orca)

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

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

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    1 hr and 7 mins

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