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*BONUS EPISODE* Two throwback episodes from sister podcast, This Could Be Gay. Wally is the guest on these ones and your host is Anja! I apologize for all the loud breathing; I'm a mouth breather with chronic allergies who hadn't learned how to talk into a microphone when we recorded these XD LOL Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmail This is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/ Stay curious out there! <3 Love, Wally  

Heidi Kraay's Website: https://www.heidikraay.com/Nick Jaina's Website: https://nickjaina.com/Link to Heidi's publisher in case you're not local and want to buy a copy: https://modernmythographerpress.com/FB Event page for upcoming reading: https://www.facebook.com/events/1088892490057034/?rdid=3ez4XOOEvWew1dfQ&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F1B7QjxeVUZ%2F# Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Wally is joined by returning guest, Dr. Brenton Buchanan, to discuss Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - vulnerability, friendship, communication, and video games as a surrogate for intimacy. Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmail This is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/ Stay curious out there! <3 Love, Wally  

Plugs for stuff from Keep Going: Check out our new single, I Don’t Know How to Explain to You That You Should Care About Other People, available wherever you stream your music! We also have a show coming up on 4/25 at the Barrel Room. One last thing: we have a new website, keepgoingband.com! Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Axel's Blog: axelmagn.com is under construction at the time of this episode release, but you can read his initial post here on Medium.Recommendations from Axel:Ludum Dare - original game jamitch.io - to explore indie gamesAxel's List (indie games that influenced him or that he keeps coming back to):- Celeste: an artful, heartful platformer with wicked difficulty that is justified by a story that made me cry when it ended.- Outer Wilds: a national-parks-themed time loop puzzle game about being an astronautical archaeologist and solving the mysteries of the universe- Chants of Senaar: a linguistic puzzle game about deciphering languages in the tower of babel.- Kerbal Space Program: A space simulator where you build and pilot realistic-ish rocket ships for little green aliens.- Stardew Valley: A cozy pixel-art farming game modeled after harvest moon, so successful now that it has arguably eclipsed it.- Spelunky: A classic roguelike platformer where you need to learn about the world to survive.- Satisfactory: an automation game about building massive factories on an alien planet.  Factorio is the OG, but I've gotten way more enjoyment out of satisfactory.- The Case of the Golden Idol: a detective game where you must solve a series of whodunnits in a frozen moment of time by rifling through the pockets of the suspects.- Opus Magnum: My favorite Zachtronics puzzling game, where you build a series of alchemical mechanisms in a steampunk world.- Balatro: Last year's indie darling, with good reason.  A gambling person's solitaire.- House of the Dying Sun: A modernized space combat game in the spirit of old classics like Tie Fighter or Wing Commander.  Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Check out Chuck's podcast projects: Borah Pridecast / Borah Voices Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

The episodes of Dealing With it are no longer hosted, but you can find their Instagram here Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Announcements: Content Warning with be LIVE! at Treefort 2025 and Wally will be lecturing February 13th in Boise, ID on  visual literacy and reading graphic novels---King’s socials:Instagram @bodhi_kingkongBluesky @bodhi-kingkongMentioned in the episode:Moody’s Film Lab@davidsuhphoto - pose coachingPlastic Perspective Zine / Anna Starr Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Copper & Heat Instagram (Go here for the Thanksgiving videos)Recommended episodes of Copper & Heat Radio based on this conversation:In Season 2: Overhead, there is a 2-episode arc about tipping that I HIGHLY recommend“Zero Stars: Why is a Tire Company Rating Food?”There is a live recording from the Cookbook fest we mentionedOf course, listen to Season 1: Brigade and “Abalone: The Cost of Consumption” - both winners of the James Beard AwardCookbooks we mentioned or that we recommend:Islas: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking―125 Recipes from the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Ocean Islands Hardcover by Von DiazThe Juhu Beach Club Cookbook: Indian Spice, Oakland Soul by Preeti Mistry & Sarah HenryArabiyya: Recipes from the Life of an Arab in Diaspora by Reem AssilIn Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean by Hawa Hassan & Julia TurshenThe Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Follow Ruth:  Instagram @airanddarkness   /  Website: ruthehale.comCheck out and downlaod Invite Cats or volumes of of Timshel: An Anthology of Grief and JoyData's song about life forms from Star Trek: GenerationsWe covered a lot of media, but  our stand our recommendations were for:The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy / The Alanna Quartet by Tamora PierceSherlock & Co. (podcast)Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Octavia ButlerI want to throw in a super strong recommend for Becky Chambers, especially Psalm for the Wild-Built----U.S. Suicide ResourcesCRISISNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-TALK (8255)Mental Health Crisis Lifeline: 988 (available July 16, 2022)Crisis Text Line: 741741Lifeline Chat web chat serviceSamaritans’ Helpline: (877) 870-4673 (available in 240+ languages)Trevor Project Helpline for LGBTQ Youthcall: 1-866-488-7386text: START to 678-678web chatTrans LifelineUS (877) 565-8860Canada (877) 330-6366GENERALAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention to find local chapters, events, etc. Black Indigenous People of Color specific resources for suicide & mental healthChatSafe tools and tips to communicate safely online about suicideMental Health America to find local affiliates, advocacy work, etc.National Alliance on Mental IllnessHelpline: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)Find local chapters, support groups, educational resources, and moreSAMHSA’s National Helpline for mental health and substance use disorders: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)SAMHSA’s Treatment Locator for mental health and substance use treatment International ResourcesEmergency numbers, crisis center contacts, and online chat services, by countryContacts for International Association for Suicide Prevention crisis centers worldwideGlobal suicide hotlinesWikipedia list for suicide crisis lines by countryTool to find helplines in your country, worldwide Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Find Katie's work and commission them for photos or pet portraits here: @mcboopsnootinboogie on Instagram and TikTokBooks Mentioned:Somewhere Beyond the Sea - TJ KluneThe Sapling Cage - Margaret KilljoyHow to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems - Mikeas SánchezPelts - Arc Welder StudiosBlood Water Paint - Joy McCulloughThe Underground Railroad - Colson WhiteheadThe Circle - Dave EggersFifty Shades of Gray - E.L. JamesThe Anxious Generation - Jonathan HaidtRedwall - Brian JacquesThe Fountainhead - Ayn RandCatcher in the Rye - J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl - Anne FrankWe Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice - Mariame KabaMrs. Dalloway - Virginia WoolfStill Life with Woodpecker - Tom RobbinsThe Cave - Jose SaramagoWriting on the Body - Jeanette WintersonBeloved - Toni MorrisonThe Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations - Toni MorrisonLord of the Rings - J.R.R. TolkeinLumberjanes - N.D. StevensonAuthors / Creators Mentioned:Danez SmithOcean VuongYou’re Wrong AboutIf Books Could KillMartha Cooper (street photographer)Becky ChambersN.K. JemisinNailini SinghBrian K. VaughanBryan FullerPatrick StewartIan McKellenAabria IyengarBrennan Lee MulliganShing Yin KhorF.D. SignifierThe Bechdel CastRebecca SolnitHarrison BerryOther Media Mentioned:BioshockCall of DutyJokerRings of PowerTakenJohn WickFringe Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Media Mentioned:— BOOKSMy Heart is a Chainsaw - Stephen Graham JonesThe Final Girl Support Group - Grady HendrixThe Last Girls Standing - Jennifer DuganThere’s No Way I’d Die First - Lisa SpringerThe Black Girl Survives in This One: Stories - Edited by Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. FennellI Was a Teenage Slasher  - Stephen Graham JonesThe White Guy Dies First:13 Scary Stories of Fear and Power - Edited by Terry J. Benton-WalkerThe Blonde Dies First - Joelle WellingtonYou’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight - Kalynn BayronMeddling Kids - Edgar CanteroCamp Damascus - Chuck TingleBury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle— FILMS / FRANCHISESScreamTexas Chainsaw MassacreFriday the 13thHalloweenCabin in the WoodsTucker and Dale vs Evil Get Out Candyman Giallo - Italian genre/precursor to the American slasher— TV ShowBuffy the Vampire SlayerSEXUAL ASSAULT RESOURCESNational Sexual Assault Hotline: Confidential 24/7 SupportSUICIDE RESOURCESNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-TALK (8255)Mental Health Crisis Lifeline: 988 (available July 16, 2022)Crisis Text Line: 741741Lifeline Chat web chat serviceSamaritans’ Helpline: (877) 870-4673 (available in 240+ languages)Trevor Project Helpline for LGBTQ Youthcall: 1-866-488-7386text: START to 678-678web chatTrans LifelineUS (877) 565-8860Canada (877) 330-6366GENERALAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention to find local chapters, events, etc. Black Indigenous People of Color specific resources for suicide & mental healthChatSafe tools and tips to communicate safely online about suicideMental Health America to find local affiliates, advocacy work, etc.National Alliance on Mental IllnessHelpline: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)Find local chapters, support groups, educational resources, and moreSAMHSA’s National Helpline for mental health and substance use disorders: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)SAMHSA’s Treatment Locator for mental health and substance use treatment  Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Media mentioned/recommended in the episode:The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction by Matthew B. CrawfordWeapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’NeilEverything by Cory Doctorow, but especially his essay on “Enshitification.” That and other essay can be found here.Podcasts: Trashfuture  and  Better Offline Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

You’re Wrong About : Phones Are Good, Actually with Taylor Lorenz If Books Could Kill: The Coddling Of The American Mind“The great rewiring: is social media really behind an epidemic of teenage mental illness? The evidence is equivocal on whether screen time is to blame for rising levels of teen depression and anxiety — and rising hysteria could distract us from tackling the real causes.” By Candice L. Odgers - NATURE, March 2024“THE PANIC OVER SMARTPHONES DOESN’T HELP TEENS: It may only make things worse.” By Candice L. Odgers - The Atlantic May 2024Other media mentioned: Presumed Innocent starring Jake Gyllenhaal, and yes, Jake, if you’re out there listening, I’m entirely willing to sell out if you sponsor this episode.U.S. Suicide ResourcesCRISISNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-TALK (8255)Mental Health Crisis Lifeline: 988 (available July 16, 2022)Crisis Text Line: 741741Lifeline Chat web chat serviceSamaritans’ Helpline: (877) 870-4673 (available in 240+ languages)Trevor Project Helpline for LGBTQ Youthcall: 1-866-488-7386text: START to 678-678web chatTrans LifelineUS (877) 565-8860Canada (877) 330-6366GENERALAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention to find local chapters, events, etc. Black Indigenous People of Color specific resources for suicide & mental healthChatSafe tools and tips to communicate safely online about suicideMental Health America to find local affiliates, advocacy work, etc.National Alliance on Mental IllnessHelpline: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)Find local chapters, support groups, educational resources, and moreSAMHSA’s National Helpline for mental health and substance use disorders: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)SAMHSA’s Treatment Locator for mental health and substance use treatment International ResourcesEmergency numbers, crisis center contacts, and online chat services, by countryContacts for International Association for Suicide Prevention crisis centers worldwideGlobal suicide hotlinesWikipedia list for suicide crisis lines by countryTool to find helplines in your country, worldwide Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

I know in the episode I would have a TON of links, but I whittled it down to the most straight forward and applicable to our conversation. Feel free to email me if you want to know more!Idaho Capital Sun is part of States Newsroom “The nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization, with reporting from every capital.”Block Club ChicagoU.S. News Deserts from UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Mass MediaLocal News Initiative from Northwestern UniversityJan. 2021: Christina Lords fired for tweetNews Literacy Project on “pink slime” - The Sift April 8, 2024 Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Summer Book Club SeriesJUNEIron Widow by Xiran Jay ZhaoBabel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History by R. F. KuangJULYThe Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan HaidtAUGUSTThe Final Girl Support Group by Grady HendrixMy Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham JonesLEAKED HUGO AWARD EMAILSOther media recommendations that came up:Orientalism by Edward W. SaidThe Intimacies of Four Continents by Lisa LoweThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon et al.The Unaccountability Machine: Why Big Systems Make Terrible Decisions - and How The World Lost its Mind by Dan Davies Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Summer Book Club SeriesJUNEIron Widow by Xiran Jay ZhaoBabel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History by R. F. KuangJULYThe Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan HaidtAUGUSTThe Final Girl Support Group by Grady HendrixMy Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham JonesLEAKED HUGO AWARD EMAILSOther media recommendations that came up:Orientalism by Edward W. SaidThe People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited by Louisa LimWuxia films:Reign of Assassins (2010)Dragon (2011) Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Responsible Reporting on Suicide for JournalistsDr. Holly Wilcox is a Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She holds joint appointments in the Department of Health Policy and Management, as well as the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Education. Holly's research centers on advancing public health approaches to suicide prevention, encompassing policies, early intervention, and chain of care approaches. Holly is the President of the International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR), a member of the National Board of Directors of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), and a suicide prevention consultant for the World Health Organization.Aneri Pattani is a senior correspondent at KFF Health News, a national nonprofit outlet covering U.S. health care and health policy. Pattani reports on a range of public health topics, with a focus on mental health, suicide, and substance use. She was a 2019 recipient of the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism. She recently completed her masters in public health as a Bloomberg fellow at Johns Hopkins University, where she has helped create a free, online course to teach journalists how to responsibly report on suicide.U.S. ResourcesCRISISNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-TALK (8255)Mental Health Crisis Lifeline: 988 (available July 16, 2022)Crisis Text Line: 741741Lifeline Chat web chat serviceSamaritans’ Helpline: (877) 870-4673 (available in 240+ languages)Trevor Project Helpline for LGBTQ Youthcall: 1-866-488-7386text: START to 678-678web chatTrans LifelineUS (877) 565-8860Canada (877) 330-6366GENERALAmerican Foundation for Suicide Prevention to find local chapters, events, etc. Black Indigenous People of Color specific resources for suicide & mental healthChatSafe tools and tips to communicate safely online about suicideMental Health America to find local affiliates, advocacy work, etc.National Alliance on Mental IllnessHelpline: 1-800-950-NAMI (6264)Find local chapters, support groups, educational resources, and moreSAMHSA’s National Helpline for mental health and substance use disorders: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)SAMHSA’s Treatment Locator for mental health and substance use treatment International ResourcesEmergency numbers, crisis center contacts, and online chat services, by countryContacts for International Association for Suicide Prevention crisis centers worldwideGlobal suicide hotlinesWikipedia list for suicide crisis lines by countryTool to find helplines in your country, worldwide Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Donate: Operation Olive BranchJ. Reuben Appelman’s WebsitePrivate InvestigationInstagram @j.reuben.appelmanMedia mentioned:4 Ethical Rules for Writing True CrimeSelling Out the Dead: The tricky business of promoting my true-crime bookIn Light of All Darkness by Kim CrossJ. Reuben Appelman’s true-crime crime memoir, The Kill Jar, was published by Gallery/Simon & Schuster (2018) and was among the first of the new true-crime memoir genre. Published in all formats, The Kill Jar inspired the popular Hulu docuseries, “Children of the Snow” (2020), with Appelman serving as on-camera investigator and Executive Producer. The TV Series based on Appelman’s book has streamed tens of millions of times in America and abroad, and The Kill Jar was noted as among the best true-crime books of the year by The New York Times Book Review, Elle, Oxygen, Bustle, Crime Reads, and the USA Today network of newspapers.​To write The Kill Jar, freshly chronicling Detroit’s most notorious, and officially unsolved, serial killer case, Appelman meticulously studied thousands of pages of local, state, and FBI case documents, including previously private witness statements, autopsy reports, catalogs of evidence, crime scene photos, interrogation transcription, polygraph results, and personal correspondences and interviews highlighted within piles of bankers boxers obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. He conducted hundreds of interviews and built relationships and correspondences with original task force members. Appelman also worked closely with surviving family members of the victims, one of whom wrote the foreword to The Kill Jar.​Appelman has also written for a variety of successful film projects, including the Netflix-streamed documentaries, Jens Pulver | Driven and Playground: The Child Sex Trade in America, produced by George Clooney, Steven Soderberg, and Abigail Disney and now used as a tool for law enforcement studying the commercialized sex industry. Appelman’s scholarly research and practical experience in the field have earned him a multi-year guest lectureship on the issue of Human Trafficking for the Honor’s College at Boise State University, where he received his MFA. He has published across all genres, is a two-time State of Idaho Literature Fellow, and has been labeled a “full-grown oracle of language” by National Public Radio literary critic, Andrei Codrescu. ​Appelman's latest book, While Idaho Slept, tells the horrific story of the University of Idaho murders that gripped the world's attention from Moscow, Idaho in November of 2022.​Appelman spent five years working as a rigidly vetted fraud investigator, packaging felony-level referrals for prosecution in the states of Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada. A native Detroiter, he currently works as a private investigator from his base in Boise, Idaho, where he has lived for almost 25 years. Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Want to ask a question for the next episode? Join the PatreonSpecial thanks to Anthony Perry of Behind Gray Walls Podcast and Ricardo Osuna with Copper & Heat CreativeSummer Book Club Titles:JUNE: Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao AND Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. KuangJULY: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan HaidtAUGUST: TBDQuestion 1 - 1 minute, 41  seconds: “when you’re recording stuff that is not live, how many takes do you usually have to do LOL because I have to do like 40000000”Question 2 - 5 minutes, 6 seconds: “What genre of media do you think holds the most impact for social change in our current tumultuous climate? Are books still as impactful as TikTok/short video media? Or are there multiple forms of media fulfilling different aspects of cultural change?”John and Hank Green - Vlogbrothers / Nerdfighteria / CrashCourseThe Jungle by Upton SinclairThe Velvet Revolution / Velvet UndergroundQuestion 3 - 17 minutes, 56 seconds: “What do you think will be a consequence (unintended or not) of second-screen media creation and consumption? Personally, I’ve noticed shows opting for simpler plots so as to not confuse watchers who might be on their phone, (some recent examples are three body problem and the Fallout show on Amazon) but then the movie or television show often misses some of the nuance that makes a particular piece of media so memorable. Do you think a show like Battlestar Galactica or Game of Thrones (the early years) would do as well today as they did when they originally came out? (And probably a lot of the success of a show has to do with the generation consuming it…)”Hollywood Reporter - Justine Bateman interview ‘not second screen enough’Movies: Everything Everywhere All At Once, The MatrixBooks: L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy, Ball Lightning by Cixin Liu, Nimona by N. Stevenson, Bridgerton Series by Julia QuinnTV Shows: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Soprano, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Arrested Development, Kaleidoscope (show can be watched in any order), Suits, Criminal Minds, Alias, The Expanse, Foundation, Ted Lasso, Wheel of Time“We’re really visually sophisticated, and totally visually illiterate.” -Tony Zhou , film critic (2014)Question 4 - 44 minutes, 39 seconds: “In the most recent Fast & Furious movie, the villain (Jason Momoa) is portrayed as an effeminate man who paints his nails and wears sparkly shirts. He seems very queer-coded-light, despite his sexuality never being mentioned, but it felt dated for a movie that came out in 2022/23. In other recent media, there have also been villains who happen to be gay, but it isn’t used as a reflection of their character. Where do you see the current zeitgeist around queer representation, negative queer tropes, and the “culture wars” trying to silence/eliminate queer existence (especially in media)?”Movies: Silence of the Lambs, I Care a Lot, WindowsBooks: In the Dream House: A Memoir by Carmen Maria MachadoQueer-coded Disney villains… just google it, it’s everywhereQuestion 5 - 1 hour, 2 minutes, 23 seconds: “D&D is another place where content warnings can be necessary, but the context is drastically different because consent can be directly gathered and narratives can be more individually tailored.   There is also a rich parallel discourse around how to navigate challenging topics at the table.  What do you think the communities of interactive vs literary fiction can learn from each other? Conversely, are there things that you think don't translate well from the literary space to the tabletop space, and are perhaps being misapplied?  It's a huge topic, and in general I would really just love to hear you compare and contrast the use of content warnings in this related space.”Tabletop Role-Playing Games: Star Wars, Pathfinder (Paizo), Wagadu Chronicles, Wanderhome (Possum Creek Games)Dungeons & Dragons (3e) Oriental Adventures vs Paizo Tian Xia World GuideGame content creators: Critical Role, Dimension 20/Dropout TV, Twin DrumsQuestion 6 - 1 hour, 27 minutes, 12 seconds: “Where do you see the line between book banning and deplatforming? Are they sometimes the same? Or is banning objectively worse?”4 Canadian school boards sue Snapchat, TikTok and Meta for disrupting students’ education“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.” - Jeff Golblum, Jurassic ParkQuestion 7 - 1 hour, 38 minutes, 55 seconds: “What’s your take on what’s happening in Idaho’s libraries right now?”Kelly Jensen @ Book RiotEveryLibraryPenAmericaBrooklyn Public Library - Books Unbanned - for individuals aged 13-21 Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Indy's Playlist (see it on Spotify)1. Thursday - Application For Release From The Dream - Integral to the creation of post-hardcore, Thursday gives us new music after twelve years. It was worth the wait. After 20+ years of battling record labels, they are finally free to do what they like without the sword of Damocles hanging over them. Their DIY ethics shine through their beautifully refined sound.2. Class War - The Menstrual Cramps - Bristol accents and full voices; This is the song that you rock out to in your shitty car on your way to your shitty job while you decide if today is the day you're finally quitting. "Everybody go and join a union."3. Koyo - What's Left To Say (feat. Vinnie Caruana) - They make me feel like I felt in the summer of 2006, without all the teenage bullshit. Koyo puts on some of the most energetic, fun shows I have been to in a long time.4. Roman Candle - Can We Watch Something Happy? - Final Girl feels.5 & 6. VIAL - Chronic Illness Flairups & Ur Dad - I love everything VIAL is doing so much that I couldn't pick between these two songs.7. Death Lens - Disturb the Peace - FTP8. Laura Jane Grace - Hole in My Head The infinitely enjoyable Laura Jane Grace does it again. 9. Scowl - Fuck Around - Scowl kicked down the door on the scene and convinced every girl who saw them to dye their hair flourescent green. All you have to do to understand why is listen.10. I Am The Avalanche - Honey Bee - Vinnie Caruana (featured earlier on the list with Koyo) returns with beloved scene staple I Am The Avalanche who are back with something new, raw, and with the tendency to stick with you. Just like honey.  11. L.S. Dunes - ...How Dare You - This band got a lot of attention due to the individual members' previous work, but the music they are making together is worth listening to with fresh, unbiased ears.12. GEL - Mirage- Go to a GEL show. To see them is to love them.13. Fresh - Merch Girl - I don't know if anyone who has ever experienced gender-based exclusion in music can listen to this song and not identify with their whole soul.14. Problem Patterns - TERFS Out -"Feminism is for everybody, every single body, and not just the bodies that you are comfortable with."Indy Allen Bio: "Indy has been a life-long participant in the creation of performance art and live music. Now a stage and production manager, they have been active on and behind the stage since early childhood.Raised in a family of artists and musicians, Indy sang jazz and blues with her stepfather as her accompanist on piano throughout their childhood. The family performed together at parties and competitions, but most often for themselves.They studied opera and classical voice for eight years. Their vocal work was recorded for holiday albums and with experimental musical projects. They have been honored to perform live with professional recording and touring musicians from all walks of life and genres.Indy is a devotee of punk and its various subcultures.Having been an activist and non-profit leader, working in the American South for racial and economic justice, they bring those values to their passion for music and live performance." Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

The Playlist - let me know if I missed anythingBoise to PalestineFriends of IdahoKaty Osuna’s Podcast: Copper & HeatTreefort Music FestivalThe Record Exchange Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Sun Blood Stories WebsiteInstagram @sunbloodstoriesBandcamp Music, Merch, etc.Other artist mentioned:Come to My Window by Melissa EthridgeOn & On by Erykah BaduCriminal by Fiona AppleHowl by Allen Ginsberg Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Erin’s Past and Present Bands:UrquidesWild SpellsKeep GoingEvanescence’s first album was titled Fallen and it released in 2003 The Virtute SagaSong 1: Plea from a Cat Named Virtute by The WeakerthansSong 2: Virtute the Cat Explains Her Departure by The WeakerthansSong 3: Virtute at Rest by John K. SamsonVillanelle - Poem /poetic form“The villanelle is a highly structured poem made up of five tercets followed by a quatrain, with two repeating rhymes and two refrains.”Example: “Mad Girl’s Love Song” by Sylvia Plath Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Find out more about Laura and her work here.Check out the feature we talk about : The Island of Myth and LongingLaura's book is called Don't Be Afraid of the Bullets: An Accidental War Correspondent in Yemen and it can be found wherever you get your books.She also mentioned the anthropologist Natalie Puetz. Her book is called Islands of Heritage: Conservation and Transformation in Yemen Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Go to Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Website for info on her books etc. Find her on Twitter @emteehall Check out Maggie’s podcast, Failure to Adapt!Scholastic’s statement about the Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice Collection that they have since walked backAuthors Against Book Bans - and specifically here is a link for authors if you want to joinMaggie mentioned the lawsuit in Florida - get info on that here. She also recommended following Tasslyn Magnusson from PEN AMERICA.If you want to check out Omoiyari: A Song Film by Kishi Bashi - get info on that here. I also highly recommend all his music.Check out the great work of Friends of Minidoka here.Books mentioned:Luv Ya Bunches by Lauren MyracleOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder (this book also has a graphic novel adaptation that I recommend)Creators mentioned:Sarah MacleanDavid LevithanFaith Schaffer (Illustrator)Kishi Bashi Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

Check out Adriana Herrera’s Website to learn more about her and her work, sign up for her newsletter, etc.Follow her on Instagram HERECheck out the podcast Fated Mates if you want to learn more about romanceAdriana mentioned the name “Judith Herman” in passing. If you want to know more about this woman and her pioneering research into trauma, you can start HERE or check out her book– Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political TerrorAside from Adriana’s, these are the books we mentioned:Indigo by Beverly JenkinsThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

AJ Vrana’s Website“What if Trigger Warnings Don't Work?” By Jeannie Suk Gersen - The New Yorker, Sep 28, 2021Book mentioned: Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

“Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors” by Dr. Rudine Sims BishopThe Trevor ProjectStonewall Book Award and Rainbow List from ALA (American Library Association)BOOKS MENTIONED:1942 - Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly- first YA literature1967 - The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton - onset of modern era of YA Literature1969 - I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip by John Donovan - First Ya queer characterAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenRuby by Rosa GuyAm I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence - short stories, edited by Marion Dane BauerLuna by Julie Anne Peters - 2004 first trans main characterBoy Meets Boy - David LevithanGeography Club by Brent HartingerEvery Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuireThe Vast Fields of Ordinary by Nick BurdHeather Has Two Mommies by Lesléa NewmanRed, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky AlbertalliOnly This Beautiful Moment by Abdi NazemianCross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes, Translated by Matt BagguleyEmmett by Lev A.C. RosenTeach the Torches to Burn: A Romeo & Juliet Remix by Caleb RoehrigDoor by Door: How Sarah McBride Became America's First Openly Transgender Senator by Meeg Pincus, Meridth McKean GimbelTo See Clearly: A Portrait of David Hockney by Evan TurkBeautiful Music for Ugly Children by Kirstin Cronn-MillsI Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonDrama by Raina TelgemeierThe Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangWe Are the Ants by Shaun David HutchinsonThe Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph WhiteCamp Damascus by Chuck Tingle Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;

This episode contains clips from our first two episodes featuring A.J. Vrana and Gregory Taylor.  Follow wherever you get your podcasts or reach out on Bluesky, on Instagram or email: contentwarning.thepodcast @ gmailThis is a one-person passion project, so I appreciate every bit of support for the show. Find me on Patreon, buy me a coffee in the virtual tip jar, grab some merch, or just tell a friend! Music by Keep Going @keepgoingtheband / https://www.keepgoingband.com/Stay curious out there! &lt;3 Love, Wally&nbsp;