Episode 1: IQ and the Average Girl

from My Year in Mensa · host iHeartPodcasts and Jamie Loftus

Welcome to My Year in Mensa, episode one!NOTE: ALL NAMES IN THIS PIECE HAVE BEEN CHANGED. This is a first-person account based on my own writing and experience within the group, and the rest is sourced below. If you have further questions, feel free to reach out at [email protected] song by Sadie Dupuis (@sad13)Featuring the voices of Miles Gray, Caitlin Durante, Jacquis Neal, Anna Hossnieh, Danl Goodman, Ify Nwadiwe, Dani Fernandez, Maggie Mae Fish, Shereen Lani-Younes, Isaac Taylor, and Jack O'Brien.Music used in this episode:"Through the Crystal" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library"Absolutely Nothing" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library"Lost and Found" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio LibraryEric Andre goes to Mensa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-pAWbqdyuY"Welcome to HorrorLand Kevin MacLeod" (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/All sources for this series can be found at: http://jamieloftusisinnocent.com/myyearinmensasources--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jamie-loftus/message Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Welcome to My Year in Mensa, episode one!NOTE: ALL NAMES IN THIS PIECE HAVE BEEN CHANGED. This is a first-person account based on my own writing and experience within the group, and the rest is sourced below. If you have further questions, feel free to reach out at [email protected] song by Sadie Dupuis (@sad13)Featuring the voices of Miles Gray, Caitlin Durante, Jacquis Neal, Anna Hossnieh, Danl Goodman, Ify Nwadiwe, Dani Fernandez, Maggie Mae Fish, Shereen Lani-Younes, Isaac Taylor, and Jack O'Brien.Music used in this episode:"Through the Crystal" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library"Absolutely Nothing" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library"Lost and Found" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio LibraryEric Andre goes to Mensa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-pAWbqdyuY"Welcome to HorrorLand Kevin MacLeod" (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/All sources for this series can be found at: http://jamieloftusisinnocent.com/myyearinmensasources--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jamie-loftus/message

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