S3 Ep286: The Kentucky Meat Shower & “Law & Order: Girl’s Life Magazine"

An Acquired Taste Podcast

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True Crime, Relationships, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

5 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2020

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

So? How ya doing? On this week’s episode, Bethany and Kathleen are only talking about things that will distract you, make you laugh, or provide a solid way to change the subject when you’re around your family this holiday season. Plus, a passionate discussion about tiny spoons and old timey sayings that need to come back.

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BETHANY’S SOURCES:

Caitlin Doughty, “She ‘Woke Up’ at the Funeral Home” (and “The Kentucky Meat Shower”) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5Xb8R0A9hI

The Dollop, Episode #36, “Smollop: Kentucky Meat Shower” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRqXOBrOB9k

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/kzkmgw/the-mystery-of-the-kentucky-meat-shower

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

https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4653

KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:

Girls Life Magazine 0 https://www.girlslife.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Okay. Everything's going down. Everything's coming up.
0:02.6	Is Mercury in Retrograde.com?
0:05.3	I'm having a fucking day and if Mercury isn't in Retrograde,
0:09.2	there's a demon dressing my life.
0:11.2	No, it is. It's in Retrograde until November 3rd.
0:15.3	You're not supposed to sign any contracts when Mercury isn't Retrograde,
0:18.1	so I'm glad that it ends on November 3rd, which is Election Day.
0:20.9	We just signed a contract.
0:22.2	Oh, fuck.
0:23.1	Stop laughing, this is erotic.
0:25.1	I'm on a new medication and you think it's making me confuse me?
0:30.0	I would have been a Ted Bundy victim.
0:31.5	Yeah. I had no idea that so many people out there felt the same way.
0:35.5	I did.
0:36.4	I love love love.
0:37.4	Now I want a peanut colada.
0:38.7	An acquired taste.
0:42.4	This is an acquired taste podcast.
0:44.3	I'm Bethany Watson, your contacts wearing nail polish hoarding.
0:48.6	Oh crap, people are shopping for Christmas, friend.
0:52.2	And I'm Kathleen Haney, your the Queen's Gambit watching,
0:55.9	hot cider sipping.
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