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Stupid Human Suits
by Carol Hartsell & Sean Crespo
You are a completely insignificant, totally random evolutionary accident who could die any moment for no discernible reason. Fun, right? Nearly everyone, at one time or another, has looked down at their body and thought, “What is this thing? How the hell did I get in here? What is an ‘I’ anyway and how much pizza can I put in it?” But almost no one asks those questions out loud for fear of making others uncomfortable. Well, good news. Stupid Human Suits is all about that uncomfortable...ness. Each week, life/comedy partners Carol and Sean chat with a different guest about their obsessions with death, aging, the limitations of being in these bodies, our relative insignificance in the universe and other light topics. Sometimes it’s gross. Sometimes it’s sad. Sometimes it’s hopeful. And curiously, a lot of times it’s funny.Music: Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com Illustration: William Cheselden, Skeleton Praying, Osteographia, 1733
Episodes
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Tattoos Are Forever, We Are Not (with Bob Hodge)
Does the idea of permanently altering your stupid human suit excite or terrify you? Does body alteration make you feel like you have more control or does it simply remind you that you are temporary and easily damaged? Tattoo artist Bob joins us this week to talk about his work, the lost art of...
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Finding Family (with Phillip Betts)
Part of the deal with these stupid human suits is they come from somewhere. Sometimes, that somewhere has its own stupid human suit issues. This week, Phillip Betts joins us to talk about what happens when your parents aren't quite up to parenting.
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Crime Scene Cleanup (with Lupe Rodriguez)
Chances are, if this week's guest was called to your house for a cleanup, you and your stupid human suit had a very bad day. On this episode of SHS, Lupe Rodriguez regales Sean and Carol with tales from a job neither of them would be capable of doing.
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The Freedom Of Loss (with Kimberly Steele)
What happens when you experience a loss so great you know nothing can ever hurt you to that degree again? This week's guest, writer and editor Kimberly Steele, experienced a kind of freedom in personal tragedy, though that freedom also came with a decades-long flirtation with self-destruction.…
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Age Is Just A Word (with James Urbaniak)
This week, Carol and Sean sit their stupid human suits down with one of their favorite humans and actors, James Urbaniak. They talk character, what "making it" looks like, and that moment when you start to realize that yes, you are getting older.
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When The 'Cure' Is Sick (with Maris Ehlers)
Sometimes when the world cannot accept the way we're born into our stupid human suits, it conspires to change us... with disastrous results. This is what happened to Maris Ehlers' older brother, Kirk. Maris was only a baby when Kirk was "cured" of his homosexuality, so she didn't understand the...
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Never Throw Up On The Body (with Dave Bledsoe)
Our friend and fellow podcaster Dave Bledsoe stops by to tell us what it was like to be a military cop at the tender age of 19. SPOILER: Sometimes bad things happen.
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Playwriting for Prisoners (with Jeffrey Joseph)
You only have one stupid human suit, so what do you do when it is suddenly confined? This week Carol and Sean are joined by comedian, actor and teacher Jeffrey Joseph, who teaches creative writing to juvenile offenders at Rikers Island. He also works with an organization called Witness To...
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OMG, How About Those 7 Planets! (with Moiya McTier)
This week on Stupid Human Suits we have our first return guest, astrophysicist and Columbia PhD candidate, Moiya McTier. Moiya stops by to explain to us that, no, we aren't about to make first contact with the aliens from Trappist-1, but the discovery is still really cool anyway.
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Saying Goodbye (with Sharon Spell)
There is no good way to say goodbye to the stupid human suits who tailored you into this world. Or is there? This week comedian and storyteller Sharon Spell stops by for a totally casual, not at all omg-inducing retelling of how she was "really lucky to be there" when both her parents died within...
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Unbearable Grief, Unimaginable Resilience (with Katie O'Leary Logan)
Normally our intros casually reference the SHS name as a way to let you know which aspect of consciousness, perspective or mortality we'll be discussing. This week though, we can't tip you off ahead of time. Instead, we're issuing the following warning. DO NOT START THIS EPISODE UNLESS YOU'RE…
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All Dogs Go To Upstate (with Christina Romero)
The best friends our stupid human suits have is our stupid furry buddies. But because everything is stupid, their lifespans are way shorter than ours. Wait, what? Shut up, no they're not, they're going to outlive us! Oh, god. This week, veterinarian Christina Romero stops by to walk Sean and…
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Under The Skin (with John DeVore)
You can't judge a stupid human suit by its cover. This week, writer and editor John DeVore joins Sean and Carol to talk about biraciality, family and the AIDS epidemic as a formative moment in American culture. Also, possums for some reason.
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Controlling the Uncontrollable (with Sam Grittner)
If we are trapped inside these stupid human suits, we should at least be able to control them, right? Not so much. This week, comedian and writer Sam Grittner joins us to talk about depression, drugs, suicide and all the ways we try to exact control over these lives and bodies. Never be afraid to...
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Don't Scatter Your Ashes (with Robert Ruggiero)
Our stupid human suits will one day fail and die. We don't know when this will happen, so it's best to prepare now. Or, maybe tomorrow. Or next month. Later, just later. This week, Robert Ruggiero, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Funeral Director's Association, tells Sean and Carol about…
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Cancer Is Just an Enemy You Haven't Met (with Erik Bergstrom)
Comedian Erik Bergstrom walks Carol and Sean through the insanely complicated process of getting a cancer diagnosis, while Sean reveals exactly how much he knows about Transformers: The Movie.
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I Shall Fear No Evil... Ok I Shall (with Margee Kerr)
At Stupid Human Suits, we know that death isn't the ONLY thing to be afraid of, not when there are spiders, heights, sharks, some place called the "suicide forest"... This week, Carol and Sean are joined by Margee Kerr, a sociologist who studies -- and embraces -- FEAR. Listen to the episode and...
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From the Woods to the Stars (with Moiya McTier)
Astronomer, author and Columbia grad-school student Moiya McTier has packed a lot of living and knowledge into her stupid human suit, and it's only half the age of Carol's and Sean's. Not fair. She joins us this week to talk about the possibility of life on other planets, institutional racism and...
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Of A Certain Age (with Monica Wyche)
All of our Stupid Human Suits are getting older. Some of us feel trapped by that inevitability. Others, like this week's guest, feel emboldened, happy and ready to the dust the suit off for the next adventure. Monica Wyche joins Carol and Sean to talk about being an actress of a certain age and...
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How To Be Here (with Mike Brown)
Some of us feel trapped in our Stupid Human Suits. Some of us don't. And some of us are ripped from them long before our time. This week, comedian Mike Brown opens up about depression, suicidal feelings and coping with the senseless murder of his best friend.
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A Celebration of Insignificance (with David J. Helfand)
Carol and Sean learn to celebrate their insignificance with U.S. Astronomer and Columbia University professor, David J. Helfand.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
You are a completely insignificant, totally random evolutionary accident who could die any moment for no discernible reason. Fun, right? Nearly everyone, at one time or another, has looked down at their body and thought, “What is this thing? How the hell did I get in here? What is an ‘I’ anyway and how much pizza can I put in it?” But almost no one asks those questions out loud for fear of making others uncomfortable. Well, good news. Stupid Human Suits is all about that uncomfortable...ness. Each week, life/comedy partners Carol and Sean chat with a different guest about their obsessions with death, aging, the limitations of being in these bodies, our relative insignificance in the universe and other light topics. Sometimes it’s gross. Sometimes it’s sad. Sometimes it’s hopeful. And curiously, a lot of times it’s funny.Music: Kevin MacLeod, incompetech.com Illustration: William Cheselden, Skeleton Praying, Osteographia, 1733
HOSTED BY
Carol Hartsell & Sean Crespo
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You are a completely insignificant, totally random evolutionary accident who could die any moment for no discernible reason. Fun, right? Nearly everyone, at one time or another, has looked down at their body and thought, “What is this thing? How the hell did I get in here? What is an ‘I’ anyway and...
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Stupid Human Suits is created and hosted by Carol Hartsell & Sean Crespo.
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