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
  • 97. I is for Isdal Woman
    Nov 12 2024

    Katharine gives Lorien (and you) a diversion from current events with an exploration of a decades-old cold case mystery.


    Sources:

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/isdal-woman

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isdal_Woman

    https://www.nzz.ch/english/new-leads-in-unsolved-1970-death-lead-to-nazi-allied-swiss-banker-ld.1741613

    https://www.wvnstv.com/digital-desk/how-many-missing-persons-are-found-in-the-u-s-yearly/#:~:text=An%20NPR%20interview%20with%20Todd,of%20the%20year%20as%20unresolved.%E2%80%9D&text=This%20is%20much%20the%20same,persons%20cases%20are%20happening%20today.&text=2021%20saw%20the%20least%20ever,and%20less%20to%20worry%20about.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • 96. W is for Wrong Way Drivers
    Nov 5 2024

    Lorien reminds Katharine that we're all just driving giant killing machines like it's no big deal.


    Sources:

    • https://newsroom.aaa.com/2021/03/heading-the-wrong-way-with-wrong-way-driving/
    • https://www.satterleylaw.com/blog/why-do-people-drive-the-wrong-way/#:~:text=Alcohol impairment is the most,share of wrong-way drivers.
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrong-way_driving
    • https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/septemberoctober-2002/stop-youre-going-wrong-way
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrong-way_driving_warning
    • https://govcomm.us/wrong-way-vehicle-detection-systems/
    • https://www.insideedition.com/23522-what-to-do-if-a-wrong-way-driver-is-coming-your-way-to-avoid-a
    • https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/2-dead-after-wrong-way-crash-on-i-90e-near-three-forks-sheriffs-office-says
    • https://dailymontanan.com/2024/04/16/ratings-montana-worst-for-drunk-driving-fatalities/
    • https://azdot.gov/about/transportation-safety/wrong-way-drivers
    • https://www.mcmathlaw.com/blog/how-common-are-wrong-way-accidents/
    • https://people.com/celebrity/impact-after-the-crash-shares-lessons-from-worst-drunk-driving-crash-in-history/
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrollton_bus_collision
    • https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/12/survivors-recall-deadliest-drunken-driving-crash/2154291/
    • https://www.nnlawkc.com/blog/2017/10/what-should-you-do-when-someone-is-driving-the-wrong-way/
    • https://www.ncsl.org/transportation/driving-in-the-right-direction-state-efforts-to-combat-wrong-way-driving
    • https://www.ncsl.org/transportation/driving-in-the-right-direction-state-efforts-to-combat-wrong-way-driving
    • https://kutv.com/news/local/us-40-at-a-standstill-after-crash-closes-eastbound-highway-in-summit-county
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • 95. W is for Witches
    Oct 29 2024

    Come! We Fly!

    Sources:

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

    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW4XFiHUQAs

    - ​​https://www.britannica.com/topic/Malleus-maleficarum

    - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x5KesH3dzM

    - https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/the-robbins-collection/exhibitions/witch-trials-in-early-modern-europe-and-new-england/

    - https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches

    - https://www.thecollector.com/european-witch-hunting/

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

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    1 hr and 3 mins

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