Ep. 126: Toxic miasma

This week we’re delving deep into our collective anxieties, discussing a fog that killed a GRIP of people in London, and the many things about living in our bodies on planet Earth that are actually casually terrifying. Highlights: [0:00] CoRri tells Mark about London’s Great Smog of 1952[28:00] Shooting of the shit occurs[42:03] It’s time to shout out our Ko-fi subscribers! You can get a shout out too by doing the right thing at http://www.ko-fi.com/jackofallgraves[61:00]What we watched! (Poker Face, The Whale, Claw, National Treasure, Cat’s Eye, Evil Dead 2, Time After Time, Baskin)[80:20] Mark brings up the many ways in which life is just casually terrifying Stuff we referenced: Fear of political embarrassment led to government cover up of link between air Great Smog of London The Great Smog of 1952 Met Office: The Great Smog of 1952 The Great Smog of London woke the world to the dangers of coal Reflecting On The 1952 Great Smog of London and Its Legacy Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City Solar ‘superstorm’ missed Earth in 2012 — but another could strike