S4 Ep365: The Benefits of Being Vulnerable & the Mysterious Death of Edgar Allen Poe

An Acquired Taste Podcast

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

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🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Did you know that being intentionally vulnerable (in the right situations!) can actually make people think more highly of you? It's called 'The Beautiful Mess Effect.' Time to get rid of the shame we all feel about our flaws. Kathleen is giving the social science deets about why perfection is no longer perfect. Then, Bethany’s keeping a stranglehold on Spooky Season by talking about the mysterious death of America’s Favorite Goth, Edgar Allen Poe. (And what does voter fraud have to do with it??) Plus, Bebe gives tips on how to stay warm (thus avoiding “performative coldness” and, as always, the ladies play your voicemails!

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KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:

Scientific American, “Other People Don’t Think You Are A Mess.”https://apple.news/Av4Vg9Oi-ST2gauGXf2PJVw

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/01/beautiful-mess-vulnerability/579892/

https://rubinmuseum.org/events/exhibitions/a-monument-for-the-anxious-and-hopeful

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/08/02/the-beautiful-mess-effect-other-people-view-our-vulnerability-more-positively-than-we-do/

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2018-34832-002

BETHANY’S SOURCES:

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

https://icytales.com/top-5-theories-behind-edgar-allan-poes-death/

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

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

“The Raven,” full text https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Raven/8mVIAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover

The Simpson’s “The Raven” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiXjaPqSyY

Buzzfeed Unsolved: the Macabre Death of Edgar Allen Poe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4DTW4B3Sjs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtRFL6-RAb8&list=PLxtlnNcem0-XCEJ2jedatqrT2tHzbJKlc&index=72

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey Bethany.
0:00.8	Hey Kathleen, how do you like to get yourself turned on?
0:04.0	Are you getting up?
0:05.8	You're not gonna answer that for me.
0:07.8	I'm here to provide you with an answer.
0:10.2	And the answer to getting turned on
0:12.8	is this new app that we've partnered with called Dipsy.
0:15.9	Dipsy is sexy audio stories
0:18.5	that will spark your imagination and get you in the mood.
0:22.5	And the reason that Kathleen and I love Dipsy so much
0:26.1	is because they have these sexy stories for you.
0:29.1	They also have a wellness tab
0:32.1	where you can learn about communication
0:34.2	with your partner, how to sexed,
0:36.1	what your love languages are.
0:38.0	Or you can have soundscapes for falling asleep,
0:41.0	like just hearing a rain storm or someone grating papers.
0:44.7	Like there's everything you need for wellness in this one app.
0:49.3	Plus it helps you get turned on.
0:50.9	Let me tell you about the getting turned on part
0:52.8	because I was listening to a whole bunch of stories last night.
0:56.4	And there are like some great anatomy adjacent stories
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