Superduperstitious

Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee

A podcast about the paranormal, the credibility of the creepy, and the science of the spooky: Superduperstitious is a comedy podcast that looks at the mysterious and scary world of the weird and says, "Wait. What?" Hosts Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee use their science backgrounds to tease apart possible explanations for unexplained, supernatural, and otherwise strange phenomena. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Episode 181 – Back on Bugs

    02/05/2024

    Episode 181 – Back on Bugs

    Maybe the real Havana syndrome was the friends we made along the way. EPISODE LINKS All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links Four Phantoms website: https://www.fourphantoms.net/ Four Phantoms store: https://four-phantoms-brewing-company.square.site/ Wyatt’s story Episode 5: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/5-hooked-on-sonics Episode 34: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/34-bah-hum-buzz Episode 53: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/53-potc-part-a-billion Episode 76: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/76-mos-scotia Episode 142: https://www.superduperstitious.com/episodes/142-still-sounds-bad 60 Minutes Russian conspiracy: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-russia-evidence-60-minutes/ NIH Study: https://bit.ly/4a1Dyxp Scientific American article: https://bit.ly/3WnCzEv Jake’s stories Phantoms and Monsters 5/19/2023: https://bit.ly/3Urrpw7 Phantoms and Monsters 1/3/2023: https://bit.ly/3ws22Cd Phantoms and Monsters 1/9/2023: https://bit.ly/3wszhoW UFO Clearinghouse 1/16/2023: https://bit.ly/3y4dAfx UFO Clearinghouse 1/17/2023: https://bit.ly/4dADKXJ UFO Clearinghouse 2/7/2023: https://bit.ly/3UrrkIP Phantoms and Monsters 11/10/2023: https://bit.ly/3UwafO2 Phantoms and Monsters 1/19/2024: https://bit.ly/4dnHag7 Bald eagle basics: https://avianreport.com/what-is-the-bald-eagle-size/ Bald eagle comeback story: https://bit.ly/4aXDpMF Chicagoland eagle population growth: https://bit.ly/4aYRIRd Winter bald eagle migration: https://bit.ly/4dmkpJu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 12m
  2. 13/03/2023

    Episode 176 – The Cordyceps-isode

    It’s a whole episode about the biology of The Last of Us in an attempt to tap into the zeitgeist! What’s the deal with Cordyceps? Could this happen in real life? Are we doing SEO right?? *Originally scheduled for release BEFORE the start of our whole March Madness series EPISODE LINKS All-purpose show links: https://superduperstitious.com/links Four Phantoms: https://www.fourphantoms.net/ FILL OUT YOUR MARCH MADNESS BRACKET HERE: https://superduperstitious.com/march-madness Sources Basic fungal biology: http://bit.ly/3ZRi4ie Cordyceps controlling a cicada: https://youtu.be/FAVAVHAptyQ Cordyceps controlling a beetle: https://youtu.be/EBQNpyAdmfc Entomophthora muscae example: https://www.flickr.com/photos/anxoresua/6867594070 Entomophthora muscae and its released spores: https://bit.ly/3EV6pXJ Entomophthora muscae range map: https://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20m?kind=Entomophthora+muscae Snail with nematode parasite (PRETTY GROSS): https://youtu.be/Go_LIz7kTok Parasitic barnacle: https://youtu.be/sCvTHrzI-Sk Body temperature vs. fungi: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19827944/ Climate change is selecting for heat-resistant fungi: https://journals.asm.org/doi/full/10.1128/mBio.00061-10 Climate change is increasing fungal infections: https://www.wired.com/story/fungi-climate-change-medicine-health/ Not a lot of medical solutions: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6549129/ We breathe a lot of spores and it’s okay: http://bit.ly/3JusTkR Most fungi aren’t infectious: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5453709/ No spores for the show: http://polygon.com/entertainment/23562421/last-of-us-cordyceps-spores-tv-show-hbo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    59 min

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A podcast about the paranormal, the credibility of the creepy, and the science of the spooky: Superduperstitious is a comedy podcast that looks at the mysterious and scary world of the weird and says, "Wait. What?" Hosts Wyatt Shell and Jake Withee use their science backgrounds to tease apart possible explanations for unexplained, supernatural, and otherwise strange phenomena. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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