WEBVTT - Listener Mail: The Reflex

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, welcome to Stuff to Blow your Mind listener mail.

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<v Speaker 2>My name is Robert Lamb.

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<v Speaker 3>And my name is Joe McCormick. And it's Monday, the

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<v Speaker 3>to a topic we've talked about, and we have some

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<v Speaker 3>messages of exactly that sort today. Let's see, Rob, Do

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<v Speaker 3>you mind if I kick things off with this message

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<v Speaker 3>from a meal?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? By all means that is a good one.

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<v Speaker 3>So this is in response to our series on diamond

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<v Speaker 3>specifically the episode about whether diamonds or diamond powder are

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<v Speaker 3>poisonous if ingested. Emial says, Hi, greetings from Emial from

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<v Speaker 3>in Norway, former victim of beaver Shout Now, Rob, does

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<v Speaker 3>this mean that this same listener got in touch before

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<v Speaker 3>to tell us about drinking a beaver based liquor.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that might be the case. I can do

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<v Speaker 2>a quick search and see, Yes, I can confirm we

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<v Speaker 2>have a We've We've heard from a few different meals

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<v Speaker 2>over the over the the years. Here, I'm sure, but yes,

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<v Speaker 2>this would be the same individual who wrote in about

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<v Speaker 2>beaver shout.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a liquor infused I believe with glands from

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<v Speaker 3>a beaver. Yes, okay, Emil says, regarding your episodes on diamonds,

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<v Speaker 3>I would like to add a thought on the subject

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<v Speaker 3>of their purported dangers to the human intestines. In my

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<v Speaker 3>work as a dentist, I use diamond coated burrs and

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<v Speaker 3>drills for most routine procedures. It's well known that these

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<v Speaker 3>instruments will dull greatly over time due to the abrasive

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<v Speaker 3>diamonds dislodging from the instrument's surface. Of course, we try

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<v Speaker 3>to minimize any swallowing of the contaminated to coolant water spray,

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<v Speaker 3>but it is inevitable that a few of these diamonds

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<v Speaker 3>are inadvertently ingested by the patient. Also worth mentioning is

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<v Speaker 3>that these micro diamonds are specifically designed with sharpness in mind.

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<v Speaker 3>This is probably of no consequence due to the minuscule amounts,

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<v Speaker 3>but I think that this is something that was probably

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<v Speaker 3>considered at some point in the manufacturing process, since medical

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<v Speaker 3>instruments go through some of the most rigorous safety trials

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<v Speaker 3>before entering the market. Fingers crossed, I have not caused

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<v Speaker 3>too many gastrointestinally derived deaths in my career. As always,

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<v Speaker 3>thank you for your fantastic work. Best regards a meal. Well,

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<v Speaker 3>thanks Emil for the message. This is a great point

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<v Speaker 3>about diamond powder and diamond coatings being used in dental equipment.

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<v Speaker 3>In fact, this is something I had read mentioned in

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<v Speaker 3>I think at least one of the sources we talked about,

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<v Speaker 3>but it never came up in the episode. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>it does seem diamonds are used for coating on drill

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<v Speaker 3>bits and stuff and also in polishing pastes that could

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<v Speaker 3>end up in people's mouths and be swallowed, and I

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<v Speaker 3>would assume that there's some kind of research to determine

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<v Speaker 3>that they could be used safely in the dentistry context,

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<v Speaker 3>where you know it is likely that patients will end

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<v Speaker 3>up swallowing them, so I did a quick search for

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<v Speaker 3>materials on this subject, and I found a handful of

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<v Speaker 3>industrial chemical safety data sheets put out by companies that

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<v Speaker 3>sell diamond powder products, especially in the dentistry context. There

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<v Speaker 3>is some variation, but most of the hazard indications say

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<v Speaker 3>that diamond powders are considered an abrasive, that they may

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<v Speaker 3>cause irritation to scan or eyes or if inhaled, but

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<v Speaker 3>that they are not considered acutely toxic. One of them

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<v Speaker 3>listed diamond powder as non hazardous to health, but still

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<v Speaker 3>recommended contact contacting a doctor or poison control center immediately

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<v Speaker 3>if swallowed, which seemed contradictory. So I don't know. Maybe

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<v Speaker 3>it's just like out of an abundance of caution. Some

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<v Speaker 3>of these sheets will say that about anything that you swallow.

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<v Speaker 3>But unfortunately, after reading a bunch of these, like industrial

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<v Speaker 3>product safety sheets, the impression I'm left with is the

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<v Speaker 3>same as the impression I had before reading them, which

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<v Speaker 3>is that modern sources, even those with skin in the game,

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<v Speaker 3>on the whole, suggests there's really not much to worry

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<v Speaker 3>about from ingesting diamond powder. But I still don't know

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<v Speaker 3>what the direct evidence is to support the belief that

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<v Speaker 3>they're safe, and you know, I couldn't find anything saying, like,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, here's the study that shows, you know, you

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<v Speaker 3>feed rats diamond powder and they're fine, right, But.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess the future proof things in case some sort

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<v Speaker 2>of a weird pseudoscientific fag comes along. Don't consume diamond

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<v Speaker 2>does just don't do it right like we've been saying,

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<v Speaker 2>there's just let's just let you can avoid this problem entirely.

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<v Speaker 3>It certainly wouldn't consume it on purpose. But at the

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<v Speaker 3>same time, based on everything I've read there, I can't

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<v Speaker 3>detect that there's likely anything to worry about from the

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<v Speaker 3>occasional piece of a dental drill, you know, coming off

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<v Speaker 3>microscopically and you end up swallowing it by accident.

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<v Speaker 2>Exactly all right. We also heard from Steve on this subject.

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<v Speaker 2>Steve writes in and says, Hello, Robert and Joe. In

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<v Speaker 2>your recent series about diamonds, you examined a very old question,

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<v Speaker 2>is diamond poisonous? Though there is no evidence the material

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<v Speaker 2>is chemically toxic, you wisely recommend against ingesting it. I

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<v Speaker 2>know many people who work with all kinds of fiberglass

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<v Speaker 2>filler like bondo, the dust from which can become airborne

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<v Speaker 2>and get stuck in the lungs. It's not good when

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<v Speaker 2>that happens. Even though pure diamond powder is not chemically toxic,

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<v Speaker 2>it is quite sharp and unlikely to disintegrate if one

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<v Speaker 2>were to inhale this product in the process of handling

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<v Speaker 2>it repeatedly, assuming it was not mixed into a paste

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<v Speaker 2>or other medium to prevent inhilation, which of course reminds

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<v Speaker 2>us of stuff we talked about with cracking diamonds using

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<v Speaker 2>some sort of a paste or even goat's blood potentially,

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<v Speaker 2>but he continues. The mechanical damage it would reap upon

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<v Speaker 2>lung tissue is not pleasant to ponder. In all probability,

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<v Speaker 2>inhaled diamond dust would lacerate lung tissue, causing internal bleeding,

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<v Speaker 2>basically diamond silicosis. There is no cure for silicosis, only

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<v Speaker 2>symptom slash pain mitigation measures. I found one study that

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<v Speaker 2>explored the use of diamond dust in conjunction with cobalt,

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<v Speaker 2>which is chemically toxic, and it seems to focus on

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<v Speaker 2>the chemical dangers posed by cobalt. It does not provide

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<v Speaker 2>decisive information on the danger or dangers of having diamond

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<v Speaker 2>dust in one's lungs by itself that said no one

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<v Speaker 2>sho should give should try to give themselves a case

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<v Speaker 2>of diamond lung No buyo. Thank you for your commitment

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<v Speaker 2>to placing contemporary science in a variety of historic, esoteric

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<v Speaker 2>macob context The podcast is wonderful, Steve.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, Steve. Yeah, I'd say the same thing. Even

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<v Speaker 3>if diamond powder is not known to be toxic in

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<v Speaker 3>a particular context. Probably you just you know, prima fasse

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<v Speaker 3>does not seem like it would be a good idea

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<v Speaker 3>to breathe a lot of dust airborne diamond particles, especially

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<v Speaker 3>since you just don't want to be breathing a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of you know, tiny pulverized rock particles of any kind

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<v Speaker 3>as far as I'm aware. Okay, On the subject of

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<v Speaker 3>rat kings, Chris got in touch to say good day.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to add one more rat king to the collection.

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<v Speaker 3>The Incredible D and D show Dimension twenty has a

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<v Speaker 3>season taking place in New York City, and one of

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<v Speaker 3>the boss enemies was a hive minded rat king living

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<v Speaker 3>in the sewers. Dimension twenty Ratking should have its artwork

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<v Speaker 3>as the first result. Best wishes, Chris. I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>this show, but I did look it up, and I

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<v Speaker 3>like the artwork. It is rats all bunched together in

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<v Speaker 3>the shape of sort of a big dinosaur wearing a crown,

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<v Speaker 3>so it comes up. Search results also produced other strange

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<v Speaker 3>looking things, apparently from the same show, including pizza rat

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<v Speaker 3>and something called sexy Rat.

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<v Speaker 2>Hmm, okay, well, I'm not going to search for that

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<v Speaker 2>third one, but this does look cool. I'm not familiar

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<v Speaker 2>with the show either, but I'll have to ask some

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<v Speaker 2>of my fellow Dungeons and Dragons players and my Dungeons

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<v Speaker 2>and Dragons group, because I think a few of them

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<v Speaker 2>follow some of these shows and I hear great things

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<v Speaker 2>about them. All right, This next one comes to us

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<v Speaker 2>from Megan. This is a response to one of our

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<v Speaker 2>October episodes about shadows. Megan writes, Hey, guys, I'm a

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<v Speaker 2>few months behind in the podcast and recently listened to

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<v Speaker 2>your Where the Shadows Lie episodes. I wanted to drop

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<v Speaker 2>you a note about the children's fantasy book series Seventh

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<v Speaker 2>Tower by Garth Nix that prominently features some magical shadows.

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<v Speaker 2>The premise is that the only known population of humanity

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<v Speaker 2>lives in a vast castle under a permanently darkened Sky,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Chosen. Among them are magic users that are

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<v Speaker 2>ranked by the colors of the rainbow. When they're of age,

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<v Speaker 2>the Chosen travel to a parallel world of strange and

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<v Speaker 2>dangerous creatures, and each captures a creature that replaces their

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<v Speaker 2>natural shadow. Back in their home world, these spirit shadows

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<v Speaker 2>become magical servants made of a sort of solid, mutable

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<v Speaker 2>shadow substance that can protect or attack humans and other

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<v Speaker 2>spirit shadows. Later in the series, we meet another population

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<v Speaker 2>of humans who scorn and fear those who have changed shadows.

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<v Speaker 2>The story reminds me of your discussion of mythical wizards

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<v Speaker 2>who are said to lose their natural shadows to the

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<v Speaker 2>devil in exchange for great powers, and who could be

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<v Speaker 2>identified by the uncanniness of their shadows. Anyway, my son

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<v Speaker 2>and I are finding this series a great read, and

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<v Speaker 2>I won't go into more details that spoil the mystery

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<v Speaker 2>of the plot. Thanks for all you do, Megan. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think I am familiar with this particular author

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<v Speaker 2>and work, but I'm gonna have to look into this

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<v Speaker 2>one because my son consumes a lot of books of

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<v Speaker 2>this nature and this one looks like it could be

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<v Speaker 2>It could be really fun.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, I think we should do a couple of messages

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<v Speaker 3>about Weird House cinema. I'm gonna start with this message

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<v Speaker 3>from Lee, who has written in a bunch of times before.

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<v Speaker 3>Li says, Hello, Rob, Joe, and JJ, just listen to

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<v Speaker 3>the Apple Weird House episode. I waited until after watching.

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<v Speaker 3>All I can say is wow, definitely weird anyway, wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to know your thoughts regarding the BIM acronym.

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<v Speaker 4>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>We talked about this a lot in the episode. How

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<v Speaker 3>the movie just starts assaulting you with the term BIM.

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<v Speaker 3>The very first song is all about the subject of BIM.

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<v Speaker 3>How BIM is on the way and maybe it's the

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<v Speaker 3>only way, but there's no previous explanation for what BIM is.

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<v Speaker 3>Lee is giving the answer here. Lee says it is

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<v Speaker 3>an acronym for Boogalow International Music. The head of this

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<v Speaker 3>company is named mister Boogalow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, this one was. This was hard for me

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<v Speaker 2>to reflect on because having seen the movie before, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't remember how my what kind of confusion I had initially,

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<v Speaker 2>But at some point I picked up on this and

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<v Speaker 2>went into rewatching it knowing this already. But to your point,

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<v Speaker 2>like they don't really do anything to establish.

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<v Speaker 3>This, no, and certainly not in I think they do

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<v Speaker 3>maybe say it later in the movie, but like, I

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<v Speaker 3>didn't realize what BIM meant until I went to the

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<v Speaker 3>Wikipedia page for the movie and it specified that BIM

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<v Speaker 3>was the acronym. Lee's message goes on, while it's pretty

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<v Speaker 3>easy to get from viewing the film from and center

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<v Speaker 3>on the building exterior prior to the atrium scenes, if

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<v Speaker 3>you happened to not view the film, maybe not Google

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<v Speaker 3>O music was referenced late in the episode, but otherwise

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<v Speaker 3>no mention of it. Just curious if this was an

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<v Speaker 3>oversight or intentional omission. Hmly, I don't quite know how

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<v Speaker 3>to answer that, but I think, as we discussed a

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<v Speaker 3>bit in the episode, I did want to help the

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<v Speaker 3>listener occupy that state of confusion that I felt while

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<v Speaker 3>watching the movie and not knowing what BIM meant, which

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<v Speaker 3>I was a pleasing state of confusion to be in,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, like it kind of took the magic away

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<v Speaker 3>when I saw what it stood for.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, that's one of the great things about

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<v Speaker 2>so many of these films, is like when there is

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<v Speaker 2>accidental mystery in the film, it creates room for the

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<v Speaker 2>imagination to fill in the blanks, and I often enjoy that.

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<v Speaker 1>Now.

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<v Speaker 3>Another thing that happens in The Apple is that later

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<v Speaker 3>in the film we get a couple of totally out

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<v Speaker 3>of nowhere characters, both played by the actor Joss Ackland.

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<v Speaker 3>In one sense, he plays a sort of wizard like

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<v Speaker 3>hippie cult leader. I don't know about cold. He he's

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<v Speaker 3>the hippie, the leader of the hippie group, the Hippies

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<v Speaker 3>who live in the cave underneath the bridge. And then

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<v Speaker 3>he also plays God who shows up at the end

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<v Speaker 3>to to rescue everyone aka mister Big Mister Tops. Mister Tops, right,

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<v Speaker 3>not mister big Mister, not bird Eye Gordons.

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<v Speaker 2>So we just recorded our episode, our our latest weird

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<v Speaker 2>House episode. So I've got I've got bird Eye Gordon

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<v Speaker 2>on the brain.

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<v Speaker 3>Sorry, okay, anyway, with this in mind, Lee's message goes

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<v Speaker 3>on also throwing back many episodes. Would Joss Ackland be

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<v Speaker 3>a candidate for Tom Bombadill.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely he would have. He would have made a good

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<v Speaker 2>Tom Bombadill, now that you.

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<v Speaker 4>Mention it, a wonderful suggestion. Yeah, great singing voice, so yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>I can just hear it in his voice now Hey,

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<v Speaker 4>don't Mary doll. Let's see you know he's blue as

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<v Speaker 4>jacket is and his boots are yellow. He's a he's

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<v Speaker 4>a merry fellow, some kind of verse about Fatty Lumpkin

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<v Speaker 4>the pony. Yeah, this is a great suggestion. Lee Lee says,

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<v Speaker 4>Ackland was cast as perone in a vita, So he's

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<v Speaker 4>a baritone.

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<v Speaker 3>Just a thought. Love the podcast in the weekly Weird

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<v Speaker 3>House dos sincerely, Lee, Thank you Lee, excellent piece of

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<v Speaker 3>listener mail.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, This next one comes to us from another Rob.

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<v Speaker 2>Rob says, Hi, Robert and Joe. While listening to this

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<v Speaker 2>Weird House Cinema episode, I could not stop thinking about

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<v Speaker 2>Devo and the energy dome. Hats is bim a stand

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<v Speaker 2>in for whip it? Perhaps the apple is a cautionary

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<v Speaker 2>tale to Mark Mothersbaugh and the rest of Devo about

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<v Speaker 2>the risk of making a deal with Satan. For me,

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<v Speaker 2>this added another layer of craziness to what was already

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<v Speaker 2>a pretty wild movie. Have a great day, guys, Rob.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, I like the frequency Rob is on here, but

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not quite quite sure. I understand you know more

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<v Speaker 3>about Devo than I do. I think, Rob, can you

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<v Speaker 3>decode for me?

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<v Speaker 2>Well? I mean I'm not a you know, a super

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<v Speaker 2>Devo fan. I appreciate Devo. I did own an Energy

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<v Speaker 2>Don't hat for a spell, but an official one, mind you.

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<v Speaker 2>But I mean yeah, I mean Devo's energy is weird

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<v Speaker 2>and wonderful, and you know it's not unrelated to the Apple.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, those energy don't hats would have fit well

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<v Speaker 2>in the costuming that we see in the Apple.

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<v Speaker 3>I agree. You can just imagine people in mister Bougalow's apartment,

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<v Speaker 3>like the hanging out with the lawyers and stuff, wearing

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<v Speaker 3>those hats.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, I will say real quick, I don't think we've

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<v Speaker 2>watched a film that was scored by Mark mothersbaw on

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<v Speaker 2>Weird House Cinema. But he is frequently someone whose work

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<v Speaker 2>I admire in more recent contemporary films because he works

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<v Speaker 2>a lot, and he can contributes compositions to all sorts

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<v Speaker 2>of TV and film product projects and on more than

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<v Speaker 2>one o K and I've been like, oh, this is

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<v Speaker 2>this sounds pretty good? Who did this? And then I'll

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<v Speaker 2>pull out my phone go to IMDb and of course

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<v Speaker 2>it's Mark mark Motherspot, so not surprising at all he did.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm just looking at his filmography on his wiki apparently

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<v Speaker 3>he did the theme to the nineteen ninety one Super

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<v Speaker 3>Mario World TV show.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I mean they're not all winners in this filmography.

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<v Speaker 2>He works a lot. But like one that comes up

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<v Speaker 2>is Thor Ragnarok, and I remember that was one specifically.

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<v Speaker 2>I was watching thora Ragnall Rock, which I greatly enjoyed

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<v Speaker 2>about halfway through rewatching it with my son right now,

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<v Speaker 2>he had not seen it before. Great all around, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>there are moments in that where initially I was like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>this music's pretty great, and I've got to look up

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<v Speaker 2>who's behind it, and yeah, it's Mark.

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<v Speaker 3>Ooh though I just saw he apparently did music for

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<v Speaker 3>I forgot this existed. The like year roughly year two

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<v Speaker 3>thousand live action Rocky and Bullwinkle movies starring Renee Russo

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<v Speaker 3>as Natasha and Jason Alexander is Boris. Looks like it

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<v Speaker 3>also had Robert de Niro and Randy Quaid.

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<v Speaker 2>All Right, I had kind of forgotten that this existed.

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<v Speaker 2>I might have dismissed it as a dream, But now I.

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<v Speaker 3>Know Ebert gave it three out of four stars.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, all right, maybe there's something there. All right. Well,

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