Episode 02: Something Physical
High Strange
Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Stories are one thing. Evidence is another. This episode explores encounters that stop being abstract and start leaving injuries, marks, and physical traces behind.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.6 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.0 | Do you know that feeling when you're at Happy Hour with your friends and you listen to them monologue about their current fixation or their work drama? |
| 0:10.7 | And you just think to yourself, God, I love my friends. |
| 0:14.2 | I could listen to this forever. |
| 0:16.7 | Well, I do. |
| 0:17.3 | And that is why 10 years ago I started a podcast with my best friend, Julia Chafini, |
| 0:21.6 | who loves to yap about Greek myths, creepy pasta, and death. That is, in fact, what you can find |
| 0:27.8 | every week on our podcast spirits, where we pour a drink every single week and learn about a |
| 0:32.7 | new story from around the world. That includes urban legends, ancient myths, modern folklore, all through a |
| 0:38.7 | queer feminist lens of two people who are figuring out life and love each other along the way. |
| 0:44.4 | So if you want spooky stories from our listeners' hometowns, haunted old spaghetti factory, anyone, |
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| 0:55.3 | religion to the myths of AI supremacy, you will get it on spirits. Subscribe now or go to |
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| 1:25.1 | The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the podcast author or individuals participating in the podcast, and do not represent those of IHeart Radio, Tinderfoot TV, or their employees. |
| 1:40.0 | This episode contains references to sexual assault and sexual violence. |
| 1:45.4 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 1:53.4 | This was physical. |
| 1:56.2 | I really struggled with it. |
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