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
  • 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
  • 94. W is for Winchester Mystery House
    Oct 22 2024

    Lorien tells Katharine about the scariest thing that turn-of-the-20th century San Jose residents could conjure up: an eccentric, educated widow with too much money.


    Sources:

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winchester
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#San_Jose_house_renovation
    • https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/disneys-haunted-mansion-and-more-winchester-mystery-houses-influence-on-pop-culture/
    • https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/history/
    • https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/timeline/
    • https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/here-s-to-you-mrs-winchester-2608169.php
    • https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-mrs-winchesters-gun-club-by-douglas-bruton-1407380
    • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-of-the-ooze/201801/the-winchester-mystery-house-and-other-haunted-places
    • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-of-the-ooze/201511/what-makes-a-house-feel-haunted
    • https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654998/when-harry-houdini-visited-winchester-mystery-house
    • Buzzfeed Unsolved, Season 1 episode 3
    • https://skepticalinquirer.org/2024/08/the-truth-about-sallie-winchester-and-the-mystery-house-that-never-was/
    • https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4824
    • https://www.legendsofamerica.com/winchester-mystery-house/
    • https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/the-myth-of-the-winchester-mystery-house-16571653.php
    • https://allthatsinteresting.com/sarah-winchester
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    59 mins

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