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The Insafemode Journals
by Adam Stone
A shy, probably annoying, kid from Cape Cod grows into a confident, sex-positive writer who gets laid all the time, all without being conventionally attractive. Unfortunately, many of the people he meets seem to be on an opposite trajectory. These are his adventures in love, sex, and the service industry.
Episodes
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Laughing In The Abattoir 7: Regular Motionsick
Dmitri goes dancing while Adam films an Alice In Wonderland short. Will anything happen before Dmitri has to return to Chicago? Will Adam follow him back to Chicago? Or will he go back to work and be sad about everything, including his weird friendship with Clarissa, his aversion to boysenberry...
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Laughing In The Abattoir 6: Claiming Dmitri's Baggage
Adam's throat regrets its involvement in his second ever visit from someone flying into town, exclusively to spend time with him. Listen to how they navigate Logan airport, the MBTA, an Indian restaurant, a human-sized gerbil cage that might double as a Murder House, the New England Aquarium, and…
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Laughing In The Abattoir 5: Cycles & Recycle
More work-related hellishness! This time, there's no costumes, it's just coffee coffee coffee! We begin with the worst tasting candy I've ever put in my mouth. We follow it up with a foam party. What is a foam party, you ask? Well, I asked the same question, and this was the answer I received.…
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Laughing In The Abattoir 4: Flyer Monkey
Zuzu drags Adam into a job wherein he must dress as a young orphan and hand out flyers to the rich tourists of Boston, MA. He then goes to Cranberry Lake for the holidays only to get snowed in. When he arrives back at his new apartment he is greeted by three half-naked Chinese boys. And, yet,...
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Laughing In The Abattoir 3: FOOD In The RENT
Having been politely asked to leave his apartment, Adam goes and interviews at a series of apartments that use the term "gay-friendly" in the apartment description, and ends up picking a place where the landlord offers FOOD in the RENT. Surely, this won't end badly. Also, Adam crush crushes and...
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Laughing In The Abattoir 2: The Irregulars
Ah, the joys of waiting tables. In this series of vignettes we encounter Cheese Fry Face, some people who have a very liberal understanding of the term "worst case scenario", The Jesus Card People, Giggles The Chowderhead, and the frat boys who prompted certain lines from the poem Drunken...
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Laughing In The Abattoir 1: 1510
Great googledy-moogley, Adam scours Boston for black thread, and rants about people who say stupid things, only to discover that HE is a person who says stupid things. Also, the behind the scenes actually true version of the night that inspired his popular Drunken Conversations At Hampshire…
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The Loop 7: Emptyful
The final portion of "Al My Exes Live In Sex Flicks" finds Adam taking on the role of Pumpkin Claus, in order to help out some beleaguered Christians. Then, Adam goes on a date booty call, and continues to get all meta. Also, so as not to end on a short podcast, Adam then presents you with a...
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The Loop 6: The Vibe
One night of potential fun turns into a night of self-doubt and a schism between the real Adam and The Insafemode version of Adam. Madonna posters, terrariums, freckles, and some serious self-image issues come in to play as a week of minor disappointments threatens to become a major problem. For...
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The Loop 5: Etcetera Etceterae Etceteram
Cute straight boys, nerdy punk rock animé haired boys, drunk bisexuals with tongue rings, Progaine Shampoo, key theft, butt grabbers, Livejournal, fetishism, Celeste, and Mortimer Velociraptor; the first part of this story was written for an Archie McPhee contest for embarrassing dating stories.…
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The Loop 4: Melissaphobia & The Midnight Men
It's not Phyllis's fault that she's the worst behaved dog in the world, her owner has some serious social issues that include writing passive-aggressive notes, stealing mail, and forging signatures on checks! It's, somehow, not even Adam's worst ever roommate, though she was nominated! All this,...
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The Loop 3: Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of
Adam goes to Nantucket and live trolls a David Bowie fanatic who constantly talks about how he used to be fat. Also, glass breaks, there's a PJ Harvey concert, and oh yea, this all happens the weekend after September 11th, 2001. For show notes, check out...
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The Loop 2: Short Circuit
Adam moves to Burlington Vermont for reasons he's never been comfortable with. While up there, he sells fudge, goes to parties, talks to cats, coins the term "fucovehicuphobia", and ends up searching for a guy he didn't want to have sex with to begin with. For show notes check out:...
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The Loop 1: Faire Is Faire
This one goes back to Medieval Times, wherein our protagonist sells fudge at a Renaissance Faire, and also packs fudge in Provincetown. Go ahead, think you'e the first person to make that joke. I won't judge you. Also, a former camper gets filthy, and Adam gets out of the way of a British Au Pair...
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The Golden Age Of Sodomy 6: Driving Elvis Out Of My Life
All good things must come to an end. Same with bad things, like Adam's relationship with Elvis. For show notes, check out http://www.crookedtreehouse.com/crooked-treehouse-podcasts/the-golden-age-of-sodomy-6-driving-elvis-out-of-my-life
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The Golden Age Of Sodomy 5: The Grandfather Clause
The King Of Suck & Woe continues to antagonize the protagonist. He's not alone, though, the police get involved when Adam does something horribly illegal. Plus, high school friends come and visit, and are, unsurprisingly, unimpressed with Elvis. Also, Adam admits to being in The Rocky Horror…
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The Golden Age Of Sodomy 4: Wicked Lies
Some things are too good to be true, some are neither good nor true. Adam continues to live with his boy....friend in Cranberry Lake but every day, Elvis's stories become less and less believable. For show notes, check out...
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The Golden Age Of Sodomy 3: Breath Of Fire, Ass Of Smoke
Kidney stones and Demoral get together and bring a South Carolinian gay guy into Adam's life. Featuring a brief cameo from...Adam's mom? For show notes, check out http://www.crookedtreehouse.com/crooked-treehouse-podcasts/the-golden-age-of-sodomy-3-breath-of-fire-ass-of-smoke
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The Golden Age of Sodomy 2: Drowning Pedophilia
Is there really more to say than that this podcast contains two versions of My Chemical Romance's "Teenagers"? Don't get too worried, nothing illegal happens. And nothing any less moral than is usual on this blog. For show notes, check out...
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The Golden Age Of Sodomy 1: A Couple Of Nights I Wish I Could Forget
How does one bounce back from the suicide of their first boyfriend? Lots of anonymous sex! Featuring selective amnesia, the queergoise, writers on Vidodin, and a ridiculous name. All brought to you by The America Online chatrooms of 1998. For show notes, check out...
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Slow Flashes 11: Kelland's Prophecy
In which the author gets all meta about his first post-college relationship while making reference to a VH1 Behind The Music. For show notes, check out http://www.crookedtreehouse.com/crooked-treehouse-podcasts/slow-flashes-11-kellands-prophecy
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Slow Flashes 10: Getting Religion
Back to Cape Cod for adventures in a gay bar in Provincetown, a hook-up over American Online (hi there, 1998, I see you waving at me), and an awkward conversation with a long-time acquaintance. For show notes check out...
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Slow Flashes 9: Survival Techniques
Poetry on fire, the world's most boring bisexual, fake airline tickets, and the children of rich douchebags growing up to be douchier richbags take centerstage in this second episode of The Insafemode Journals to take place in Wisconsin. For show notes, check out...
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Slow Flashes 8: The Safe House
The Insafemode Journals take a special trip to Madison, Wisconsin for a lesson in making terrible, impulsive decisions. There will be spies, noodles, formal dress, formal undress, and perhaps a bit too much alcohol. For show notes, check out...
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Slow Flashes 7: A Terrible Lifeguard
Marriage? Pregnancy? Black Friday? The return of Kevin Harris? All this plus naked frat guys and a rabid beagle in this episode. For show notes, check out http://www.crookedtreehouse.com/11/post/2014/05/slow-flashes-7-a-terrible-lifeguard.html
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Slow Flashes 6: Bitch Breakfast, Lesbian Lunch
Our protagonist goes to college and has his first ever tryst with a Deaf Person. This entry is written in English and Pidgin Sign Language, and takes place almost entirely in Florida. Its graphic content is translated into PSL. For more show notes, check out...
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Slow Flashes 5: Rancid
Away at boarding school, our protagonist is hit by love from a couple of different angles. Will he hit back? For show notes, check out http://www.crookedtreehouse.com/11/post/2014/05/slow-flashes-5-rancid.html
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Slow Flashes 4: Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
In which our protagonist goes away to boarding school and beings dating women and framing kleptomaniacs for theft (which is easier than you'd think). Also, someone is defecating in the showers, and since this is not a David Sedaris story, you can be pretty sure who it isn't. For show notes, check...
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Slow Flashes 3: Hanging Out In Public
Bucking the stereotype, our protagonist decides to become an actor and is exposed to people accidentally exposing themselves; some physically, others as bigots. For show notes go to http://www.crookedtreehouse.com/11/post/2014/05/slow-flashes-3-hanging-out-in-public.html
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Slow Flashes 2: Where's Waldo
A boy discovers his sexuality via pornography, video games, and The Wall Street Journal. For show notes,go to http://www.crookedtreehouse.com/11/post/2014/05/slow-flashes-2-wheres-waldo.html
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Slow Flashes 1: The F Word
Exhibitionism, professional wrestling fans, and Trapper Keepers lead to a questioning of sexuality. For show notes, go to http://www.crookedtreehouse.com/11/post/2014/04/slow-flashes-part-1-the-f-word.html
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A shy, probably annoying, kid from Cape Cod grows into a confident, sex-positive writer who gets laid all the time, all without being conventionally attractive. Unfortunately, many of the people he meets seem to be on an opposite trajectory. These are his adventures in love, sex, and the service industry.
HOSTED BY
Adam Stone
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A shy, probably annoying, kid from Cape Cod grows into a confident, sex-positive writer who gets laid all the time, all without being conventionally attractive. Unfortunately, many of the people he meets seem to be on an opposite trajectory. These are his adventures in love, sex, and the service...
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