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Things That Keep Me Up at Night
by Brooke Morris, Olivia Leland
The podcast that asks the question: What keeps you up at night? Hosts Brooke and Olivia discuss a variety of topics from cults to genocides to conspiracies to plagues. Are you interested in learning more about corporate greed, human exploitation, and the many, many things that can kill you? Do you want to leave feeling broken with a complete lack of faith in humanity but, like, in a funny way? Then welcome home, son.
Episodes
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Naptime Nightmares #067 - DON'T GO IN THE FOREST (featuring Lex Mooney)
After you hear friend-of-the-show Lex Mooney share these stories of mysterious disappearance, law enforcement incompetence, and the occasional preventable death, you'll have learned three lessons: Children are slippery beasts. Your ABCs (Always Be Clinging to a friend so you don't accidentally…
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Naptime Nightmares #066 - The Gay Deceivers (1969)
Happy Pride Month! We're kicking it off with a review of an LGBTQ cult classic. The Gay Deceivers (1969) was one of the first American films to portray include depictions of homosexuality after the elimination of the Hays Code that plagued Hollywood for decades. While we initially selected the…
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Naptime Nightmares #065 - Watermelon Man (1970)
Huge thanks to Behind the Slate Podcast for turning us on to this underexposed gem - give 'em a listen and follow them on Tiktok (which is where we saw the video that inspired this episode). These two white girls from Southern California were woefully unaware of the powerhouse that is Melvin Van...
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Naptime Nightmares #064 - Do What You Can
Folks, we could all use a little good news. But instead of a Gong Noise episode, we decided to find a new direction: Historical acts of kindness. Though the five different stories of individual kindness were different in scale, time period, and motive, we were surprised to find a uniting factor...
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Naptime Nightmares #063 - Gwyneth Paltrow's in the News, Let's Make Fun of GOOP
While Olivia and Brooke work up the data to present something decent on the RESTRICT Act, we decided to take Gwyneth Paltrow's moment in the media cycle to revisit all the things we hate about GOOP (and rich people lol). Gwyneth, if you're reading this, take this as a sign. Go to therapy. Talk to...
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Naptime Nightmares #062 - The Red Pill (2016)
Ok so we watched this movie in 2016 and had this incredible plan to revisit it, listen to our old review, and compare it with our current opinions. But I guess we Mandela Effect-ed ourselves into thinking we had done an episode on it? We literally confused our real life for Content. Unbelievable....
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Episode #063 - Who's to Blame for Child Beauty Pageants?
The deep dive into child beauty pageants is finally complete. The big question: Why do parents still engage with these pageants when they're a.) so demonstrably harmful to kids and b.) so universally disliked by our culture? The answer is simpler than you may think. Featuring: That pesky old...
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Naptime Nightmares #061 - From Justin to Kelly (2003)
We've had a WEEK (read: we are very tired), so instead of an emotionally-draining heavy hitter we've opted for another terrible movie to lift our spirits. And let me tell you, From Justin to Kelly DELIVERED. There is nothing right about this movie. The writing, acting, dancing, singing,...
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Naptime Nightmares #060 - The Delicate Balance of Family Toxicity in Comedy
To give you a break from real-life family toxicity in the pageant world, we're diving deep into... fictional family toxicity! Hooray! For the first time, we compared two different movies for our minisode: Monster in Law (2005) and My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). The latter is one of our favorite...
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Episode #062 - Child Beauty Pageants Are Worse Than We Thought
Disclaimer: We had some audio issues on Brooke's recording this week - it's a little annoying, but still listenable, and we really hope it doesn't affect your listening experience too much. Please stick with it! It's our longest episode, and we're really proud of how it turned out. Hope you…
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Naptime Nightmares #049 - The Postman (1997)
THIS MOVIE BAD. Idk what we expected from a movie that won like 5 Razzies, but we are at a loss, folks. This rivals My Boss's Daughter in badness - and this movie was supposed to be a blockbuster. Based on the book duo that inspired the best Fallout game (Fallout: New Vegas, obviously), this film...
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Episode #061 - Toddlers & Tiaras... & Trauma?
Brooke's only familiarity with child pageants was with Toddlers & Tiaras when she was in high school--but how accurate was that to the real life effects pageants have on kids? In part I of her Kids episode series, Brooke covers the history, structure, and inner workings of the different types of...
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Naptime Nightmares #058 - Cam (2018)
Brooke stalling for time is the perfect excuse to get into the spooky spirit with a good-ole-fashioned horror movie review! And this one's a treat - it has NUANCE. It has JUICE. It has stuff to ARGUE ABOUT. You're gonna love it. Featuring: a super irresponsible sex worker, a broken laptop, and...
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Naptime Nightmares #057 - Killer Bean Forever (2009)
Huge thanks to our Patron, Danica, for recommending this to us in our Discord server! It sure is a movie... sort of! A meme that Olivia and Brooke somehow missed, Killer Bean is a strange force to be reckoned with. Listen in for thought-provoking questions like: Do coffee beans have blood? How do...
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Episode #060 - That's Just Child Trafficking!
I don't know what else to say! If the last two parts of this massive series were bad, this one is truly a nightmare. Olivia wraps up her deep dive into the foster and adoption systems on a spectacular low: the international adoption industry. Fair warning: it's a bleak picture of selfishness,...
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Naptime Nightmares #056 - So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993)
Woman! Woe-man! Whoaaaaaa man! It's a weird 90s romantic comedy as a palette cleanser before Olivia's last episode on the adoption and foster industry! This uniquely off-beat film starring Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, and Amanda Plummer (with some truly delightful cameos) was a staple of Olivia's...
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Episode #059 - Can You Foster Children Ethically?
Spoiler Alert: Of course you can, it's just way more complicated than we originally thought. Olivia delves into the foster system in part 2 of 3 for her "Kids" series episode. What does fostering actually mean? Where did it come from? How do our current attitudes about poor people inform the way…
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Episode #058 - The Child Industry
We're back in the saddle, friends, and this time we're starting ROUGH with a new series aaaall about kids. It's always the kids. In our first-ever 3-part episode series, and in light of the repeal of Roe v. Wade, Olivia tackles the adoption industry as we know it in America today. Did you know…
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Naptime Nightmares #055 - Mini Heavy Hitters: Getting Old and Hating Women
It's the last episode of the season! For our season finale, we're giving you two mini heavy hitters each - two subjects that keep us up at night but can't fill a whole episode. We'll give you teasers into what we know about men's strange hatred of women, the way we societally treat bad people,...
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Episode #057 - Cyclical Trauma and Why We Justify Nukes
TRIGGER WARNING: this episode presents topics such as war, gore/violence, body horror, child death and suffering, firsthand accounts of nuclear detonation, and discusses disturbing images and stories related to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Listener discretion is strongly advised....
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Honored to be Her Mother - featuring Ignorance was Bliss and Debbie Heater
If you thought one of your loved ones was the victim of murder, foul play, a cover-up, or simple lack of attention... how far would you go to get answers? https://www.change.org/p/justice-for-courtney-heater April Fool's!! This episode from Ignorance Was Bliss comes to you as part of Operation...
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Naptime Nightmares #054 - Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
This movie did something that we haven't experienced since The Cat in the Hat: Olivia and I disagreed!! Is Jared and Jerusha Hess's 2009 quirk-fest an underappreciated masterpiece or a steaming pile of irredeemable garbage? We'll let you be the judge. Except we also will judge. In this podcast...
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Episode #056 - How Do You Start a Nuclear War?
Most folks are aware of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan - but how much do we know about how it got to that point? Part I of Brooke's Nuclear-series heavy hitter covers World War I, World War II, the discovery of nuclear fission, the Manhattan Project, and, at the end…
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Naptime Nightmares #053 - My Boss's Daughter (2003)
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains descriptions of graphic scenes depicting racism, sexism, sexual assault and abuse, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, suicide, blood/gore, bodily fluids, attempted murder, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, domestic violence, and pretty much any other triggering…
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Naptime Nightmares #052 - That's Not Very Labor Shortage of You
Recent media coverage of the Antiwork movement and the ongoing Great Resignation would have you believe that the working class is simply lazy and unappreciative - but how much of that theory holds water? Turns out, not very much! Learn more about the Antiwork movement and how it helps the working...
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Naptime Nightmares #051 - Campfire Horror Stories 3!!!
Y'all, we are so excited to get back in front of the fire with our sleeping bags and cans of beans to tell scary stories to our favorite listeners. And this time, the stories are written by YOU! Thanks again to those who submitted stories, and remember you can submit your scary personal or…
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Episode #055 - Psychological Fallout of Surviving Chernobyl (Part II)
We'll be honest, this was an extremely hard episode to record. We've seen a lot of suffering in our lifetime, but nothing we've experienced comes close to the kind of physical and psychological agony the people who survived Chernobyl faced. There isn't much we can say to prepare you, but for...
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Episode #054 - The Comic-Book Evil That Destroyed Chernobyl (Part I)
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode doesn't get into the worst of it, but we're still talking about a nuclear meltdown that destroyed an entire ecosystem and ravaged everything in it, so TW mild gore/violence, disease (specifically cancer), mutilation, emotional and physical distress, etc. Most folks…
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Naptime Nightmares #050 - Old (2021)
Remember how we said The Happening was the worst feature film we'd ever seen? We can't say that anymore! Everything about Old (2021) is bad, and all the interesting ideas are just screwed up versions of the good stuff in the source material, Sandcastle (READ IT IF YOU HAVEN'T). Featuring: bone...
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Naptime Nightmares #049 - Gong Noise 6: I've Run Out of Sequel Jokes
We'd nearly forgotten about this show's one source of mood rehabilitation! We're bringing the good news train back into the station by sharing the positive stuff happening in the world - and in our own lives. Enjoy the mental R&R... until next time, when we start our Nuclear series! Featuring:...
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Naptime Nightmares #048 - Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses the life and death of Pocahontas, which includes potentially-triggering topics such as rape and sexual abuse, pedophilia/child rape, murder, kidnapping, abusive power dynamics, and other disturbing sociopolitical atrocities. Please listen with care.…
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Episode #053 - REWIND: Gettin' Back to Those Sweet Butter Churns
I'm so excited bro I can't even express how excited I am because guess what! My (Brooke's) first ever episode was on the Salem Witch Trials, and it was just okay. But now, three years later, I've done a WAY better job! Enjoy Salem Witch Trials 2.0, now with historical context, modern-day...
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Minisode #047 - Opposite Day Footloose
What do a chemical explosion and a dancing plague have in common? Nothing! Except that they're both subjects in this latest installment of our Freak Accidents minisodes! What drives people to dance until they die? What caused the explosion that was the Oppau disaster? We've got answers-- and a…
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Episode #052 - Steve Drain Walk Into Lava Challenge (Part II)
We're wrapping up Olivia's two-part episode on the Westboro Baptist Church - this time with a healthy dose of... empathy? Is that empathy I feel? Wuh oh. Featuring: irony, a sad old man, and loving the sinner.
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Episode #051 - REWIND: Revisiting the Most Hated Family in America (Part I)
Wouldn't it be nice if everyone fit in neat little boxes? It certainly would be easier to say the Westboro Baptist Church and its members were born evil and will stay evil - but life just isn't that simple. Today, Olivia is revisiting one of her oldest episodes on the most hated family in…
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Naptime Nightmares #046 - Kamillions (1990)
Literally someone's penis turns into a monster. It's time for a terrible-movie-minisode, courtesy of Noodle on YouTube, where we review the most senseless movie we've ever seen. Is it a tongue-in-cheek comedy goof-fest? A horror a la John Carpenter? Who knows? The filmmakers certainly didn't....
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Episode #050 - Intersecting Capitalism and Christianity
NOTE: Stay until after the end music to hear a shoutout to our patrons! We love ya! This topic was admittedly a beast, and there are a million other details that could have gone into it, but here she is. Part 2 of Brooke's Heavy Hitter episode on Capitalism and Christianity. This time, we dive…
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Naptime Nightmares #045 - Leprechaun (1993)
Look, I get that it's supposed to be a campy, bad horror movie, but that won't stop us from complaining loudly about it. Because Leprechaun, starring a constantly sour-faced Jennifer Aniston and a constantly-gleeful Warwick Davis, is, like, the best trashcan of a film I've ever seen. The script,...
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Episode #049 - Christianity Isn't What You Think It Is
Welcome to our first two-parter ever! In addressing Capitalism in Christianity, Brooke lays the groundwork by covering the basis of Christianity in a historical context - and how it was perverted by the zealotry of Paul of Tarsus. Featuring: dogma, self-inserted baggage, and a really cool Jewish...
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Naptime Nightmares #044 - Murder Among the Mormons (2021)
Jared Hess and Tyler Measom's new hit documentary Murder Among the Mormons has unearthed the "black eye" on the Mormon Church, and boy howdy - it's a doozy. Dive into one of the strangest stories we've ever heard, and find out just how dark the underbelly of the rare book and document scene can...
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Episode #048 - Feminism + Capitalism = Girlboss
Hey there, #Girlboss! Did you know that linking feminism and ethics to consumerism actively perpetuates Capitalism and exploitation? This week, Olivia starts off our Capitalism series by unpacking how Capitalism has weaponized women's roles as primary household shoppers to condition us to believe...
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Naptime Nightmares #043 - Utøya Island (2012)
WE HAVE RETURNED. Boy, I'm sure glad nothing stressful happened during the three months we were gone! We welcome you back into the nightmare fold with the worst movie we have ever seen. Ever. Like, for real. Ever. Utoya Island, directed by Vitaliy Versace, is a masterpiece of trash. The gold...
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Naptime Nightmares #042 - The Social Dilemma (2020)
In the closing of our Internet series, we watched the documentary The Social Dilemma, which gave us... mixed feelings. Ultimately a vessel for a few good nuggets of insight, we discuss whether the doc went far enough the draw conclusions in light of information most people already knew.…
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Episode #047 - QAnon, More Like Q-Begone
Congratulations! You are now about to hear the episode that completely broke Brooke! Suffer with us as we try to untangle the web of paranoid delusion that is QAnon. We start at the humble beginnings on 4chan and 8chan, slowly working our way to the very real and very concerning movement that...
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Naptime Nightmares #041 - Gong Noise 5: The Gong Legacy
I know we were due for a heavy hitter, but (in case you haven't noticed) the world is falling apart and we wanted to focus on some positivity for an hour. Join us as we redirect our mental energy to the good in the world (except for in the last ten minutes or so), and try to feel better. It's the...
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Naptime Nightmares #040 - Not Cool (2014)
This is the worst movie we have ever seen. Period. In an hour and a half, Shane Dawson's Not Cool managed to fit in wall-to-wall (TW) sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, classism, fatphobia, pedophilia, and, for good measure, actual sexual assault and rape - all of which is played…
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Episode #046 - Shane Dawson Should Be Yeeted Into the Sun
It's the start of a new series, and this time we're taking on the World Wide Web. Olivia kicks us off with yet another stunning example of overt racism, sexism, ableism, etc. etc. etc. of Shane Dawson, who is still somehow hero-worshipped on YouTube. We take a broad look at his behavior over the...
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Episode #045 - When They See Us (2019)
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode touches on explicit descriptions of sexual assault and abuse, attempted murder, prison abuse, mental health issues, racism and police brutality, and other sensitive subjects. Please listen with discretion and with your own emotional health in mind. As we close out…
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Naptime Nightmares #039 - Hot Girls Wanted (2015)
We're back with a lighter minisode, this time unpacking the mixed bag that is the Netflix documentary, Hot Girls Wanted. Produced by Rashida Jones, it seeks to unveil the sordid world of amateur pornography and the women who perform in it. But does it do its job well? Or does it commodify and...
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Episode #044 - Jean-Claude Romand, Definitely a Real Doctor
Jean-Claude Romand is just like you and me - except that he faked finishing medical school and becoming a highly regarded research scientist at the WHO, scammed everyone he knew to get money, and then murdered his whole family when his lies started falling apart. You know, the usual stuff....
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The podcast that asks the question: What keeps you up at night? Hosts Brooke and Olivia discuss a variety of topics from cults to genocides to conspiracies to plagues. Are you interested in learning more about corporate greed, human exploitation, and the many, many things that can kill you? Do you want to leave feeling broken with a complete lack of faith in humanity but, like, in a funny way? Then welcome home, son.
HOSTED BY
Brooke Morris, Olivia Leland
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