The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird

Devon details the questionable doings of the father of Spokane, James Glover, and the paranormal reputation of the Glover Mansion. 

CW: Infertility, involuntary psych hospitalization, murder, child death. 

Secondary topic: A contextual consensual type situation; a dead president debacle; GhostbusterGals.com; the cellar; Devon tricks Liz into singing; things that made hormonal Liz cry. 

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Liz and Devon discuss incidents when humans and sasquatch crossed paths to less than salubrious effect. The Ape Canyon attack at Mt. St. Helens' is discussed, as well as other close encounters. 

Secondary topics: Puritan Bailey; five little Yosemite Sams in a box; the Legolas-Gimli film; calculating years; lies; Bigfoot taxes; the Broads imagine their life among the sasquatches. 

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Devon surprises Liz with a little-known story of a Pacific Northwestern sideshow performer with a strange talent. 

CW: Brief mention of suicide. 

Secondary topics: Inside a turtle's mouth; the Spokane connection; the Looff carousel; shopping for carousel horses; Charles Looff's mustache; the Berenstain bears; EGG; close call of a close call.

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Topics covered include the caviar of mushrooms, Louis Daven-dort's salad, geoducks, fries with tartar, Seattle teriyaki, makgeolli, signature food brands of Washington, the Mystery Soda Machine, huckleberries,  

Secondary topics: Nausea; the Hole-In-The-Wall; hipster donut shops that ruin a good thing; a baby Broad cameo. 

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Devon teaches Liz the important life lessons imparted by the Bandage Man of Cannon Beach, Oregon. 

Secondary topics: Any John Travolta character; Slenderman; black-eyed children; The Game; the Broads attempt to puzzle out the difference between ghosts, cryptids, and urban legends; Madame LaLaurie and Colin Dickey's Ghostland; the Contraception Fairy that we didn't know we needed; Liz's non-encounter with an escaped murderer.  

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Nobody starves in this episode! Liz and Devon explore the unique (and strange) foodways of Washington State. Topics covered include indigenous cuisine and where to find it, Starbucks, Cougar Gold cheese, Washington wine, the Walla Walla sweet onion, Rainier cherries, the Seattle roll; the Crab Louie salad.

Secondary topics: Liz and Devon design their bikini barista looks; the elusive Cosmic Crisp; national security cheese threats; Japanese retirement mushrooms; winery wedding; Liz has a hatchet now. 

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We were trying to do an episode about Northwestern food and then this other episode busted in on us like a grizzly bear. And we were trying to get away from starving but ended up talking about starving again! The stories of Christopher McCandless, Carl McCunn, and Timothy Treadwell are discussed/dragged.

CW: Death by Alaska, starvation. 

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Devon takes a little trip south to Locke, California - a Chinese settlement in the American West. 

Secondary topics: Some cannabalism with your Bloomsday Run; explain Leavenworth to the peoples; us full-time Moravians; a little accidental Jeff Goldblum impression; dissing Deadwood; a call to action for listeners.  

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It's just a bop and I like having access to it on my phone. A public domain bop! It's the Ambassadors Orchestra, Me and the Man in the Moon. 

Liz narrates the second half of the Starvation Heights tale, including the resistance of the Williamson sisters, Hazzard's trial, her exile, her return, and the psychic residue at her property. 

CW: Starving skinny people, enemas, medical abuse, death! And discussion of weird beliefs around food and eating disorders. 

Secondary topics: Orthorexia; breatharianism; multi-level marketing. 

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