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Death Parade does a fantastic job outlining the complexities of the human experience, and the nuances that make judgement of a life very difficult and subjective. This is a concept that philosophers and religions have been working through for most of human existence. There are endless approaches to the concepts of good and evil that can be argued until you’re blue in the face. Ultimately the way in which we experience the world often influences how we view the world, and then further influences our actions within the world. The reality being that many of these concepts are up for debate, and are purely subjective.

The appeal of Squid Game is unsurprising to me, as someone who has witnessed the depressing impacts of a failing capitalistic society. Being from a generation that has widely witnessed and fallen victim to the impact of mass debt, and low pay (despite being highly educated), which has left us unable to afford housing, student loans, and basic living needs, the message of squid games was very deliberate and pointed. - Kat

Kat discusses the "true" story that inspired the Penny Dreadful, The String of Pearls. Was there really a barber turning people into pies? She also discusses the reputation of Penny Dreadfuls, why they were popular and how they evolved from stories about villains to stories about the folx putting them behind bars.

In case you didn’t know, the public school system as it is today was developed both as a means to provide childcare to working parents as well as a way to train humans to exist inside a place for 8 hours a day.

Kat discusses the truth behind mermaids and why lore represents them as frightening and man-eating. What famous and truly awful men from history wanted to f*ck fish? Tune in to find out!

Kat explains the many factors that play into organ transplantation including distance from the hospital, insurance provider, and age. She also explains how many of these limitations result in BIPOC communities receiving fewer transplants. Sources in this episode: https://unos.org/transplant/how-we-match-organs/ https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/learn/about-transplantation/how-organ-allocation-works/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3127035/https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/disparity-persists-racial-and-ethnic-minority-patients-still-less-likely-than-white-patients-to-get-live-donor-kidney-transplants Ways to Help: Read and give feedback on developing policy: https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/governance/key-initiatives/ Attend regional meetings: https://unos.org/community/regions/regional-meetings/ Volunteer of join a committee https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/members/get-involved/ Sign up to be an organ donor: https://registerme.org https://www.donatelife.net/register/ Website that claims to help find affordable medicine and clinic access: https://mat.org

Kat explains some of the horrors that occurred in the forced residential schools in Canada. They discuss the flawed reasoning behind the decision and how the forced assimilation and calculated erasure of Indian culture affected native people for generations to come. We are still discovering what awful things happened in those schools today with bodies of children being found in unmarked graves as recent as this year. Sources in our Episode: https://filmschoolrejects.com/rhymes-for-young-ghouls/ http://muskratmagazine.com/interview-with-filmmaker-jeff-barnaby-on-rhymes-for-young-ghouls/ https://www.ubcpress.ca/unsettling-the-settler-within https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/red-skin-white-masks https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/world/canada/Indigenous-residential-schools-photos.html Ways to help: https://www.gofundme.com/f/landback?ltclid=4bebb6a3-27b1-46d7-a5f0-f43c6866ce6b https://native-land.ca/?ltclid=e0cf2421-16bd-435c-b003-bc43480cd5c8 https://www.ienearth.org/ https://indigenousworks.ca/en/resources/indigenous-organizations https://www.itk.ca/national-voice-for-communities-in-the-canadian-arctic/ http://www.afn.ca/Home/ https://www.nwac.ca https://legacyofhope.ca