Competitive Gaslighting

Thalia Hobson and Eva Grimm

Co-hosts Thalia and Eva invite you to enjoy a game of unbelievable truths and convincing lies. Can you discern outlandish fact from plausible fiction?

Episodes

  1. Jul 18

    Futurama: Bite Its Shiny, Daffodil Predictions!

    gascast@grimmtidings.us https://pmmusic.pro/ https://www.openmusicarchive.org/ Logo image courtesy of Gage Skidmore on Wikimedia Commons Origins of Futuramahttps://www.scifidimensions.com/what-inspired-the-making-of-futurama/#The_Foundation_Matt_Groenings_Visionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Groening#FuturamaFuturama's confusing season list and history getting cancelled:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Futurama_episodeshttps://www.looper.com/362072/how-many-times-did-futurama-actually-get-canceled/Smart Contact LensesEyeTapSurgical robotsMore about Death with Dignity, the Switzerland suicide podhttps://deathwithdignity.org/states/https://ewtn.co.uk/the-suicide-pod-claims-its-first-victim-delighting-its-inventor/For additional info on things Futurama predicted:https://www.slashfilm.com/896147/every-time-futurama-predicted-the-future/https://www.cbr.com/every-time-futurama-predicted-the-future/The Futurama TheorumChart of Futurama guest starsWake Forest interview about regrowing limbsJohnny 2 Cellos video about Futurama finales

    Futurama: Bite Its Shiny, Daffodil Predictions!

  2. Apr 10

    Disney: America's Most Whimsical Polluter

    Thalia and Eva interrogate the one aspect of Disney World that no one else could be bothered to look into: Their air permit. gascast@grimmtidings.us https://pmmusic.pro/ https://www.openmusicarchive.org/ Additional notes: Hello, Thalia here. There was one tiny little lie I forgot to correct myself on. In addition to the emergency generators, most coasters with magnetic breaks will also have batteries to ensure the ride comes to a safe stop in the event of power loss.Florida’s air permits can be searched here. I recommend searching by site name.More info on the Mickey Mouse Solar Farm.More info on Kilimanjaro Safaris.Okay, technically Disney isn’t the second biggest purchaser of artillery in America… it’s the second largest purchaser of explosives on the planet. Semantics.See you next time, in the year 3026! Kinda! -Eva

    Disney: America's Most Whimsical Polluter

  3. Feb 20

    Fowl Play: Bird Witches, Poisonous Parrots, and 30 Miles of Crap

    Thalia educates Eva about how three bird species met their untimely extinction and how one man single-handedly saved a fourth by helping it get laid... by him?? gascast@grimmtidings.us https://pmmusic.pro/ https://www.openmusicarchive.org/ Additional notes: On Passenger PigeonsA piece on what the flocks were like, the Lacey Act, and de-extinction advocatesOn their extinctionOn the Great AukMuch of this research comes from The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertAn online article on their extinctionA few corrections and clarifications: I cannot find any information on what, if anything, the first conservation law in 1500s England actually did. “Natural philosopher” was the correct term for a natural scientist in Cuvier’s time. The term “scientist” was coined a few years before the Great Auk’s extinctionOn BisonFun fact: the scientific name of the plains bison is “Bison bison bison.” This pairs with the grammatically correct sentence “Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.”Most of this section comes from hereCarolina ParakeetUnfortunately, there isn’t as much known about the Carolina parakeet. Here’s a good place to startOn the fate of the last parakeet’s body, and the species as a wholeGeorge Archibald and Whooping CranesHis book “My Life With Cranes” is worth checking out. Fun(?) fact: Tex was killed by raccoons shortly after her chick hatched. Listen, this was a podcast on extinction. It felt grim enough without bringing this up.More on George and TexAn article on the ICF headquarters in Wisconsin, which is well worth a visit if you’re in Madison or the DellsSeriously, though, George Archibald is a living legend, and the people and birds of Earth would surely be worse off without him.See you next time, where I will be making magic extremely mundane. -Thalia

    Fowl Play: Bird Witches, Poisonous Parrots, and 30 Miles of Crap
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Co-hosts Thalia and Eva invite you to enjoy a game of unbelievable truths and convincing lies. Can you discern outlandish fact from plausible fiction?

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  • Creator
    Thalia Hobson and Eva Grimm
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Thalia Hobson and Eva Grimm 2026
  • Show Website
    Competitive Gaslighting