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First time guest Mary B joins me to dive deeper into the legend of the crossroads and Robert Johnson, tying in Greek mythology, hoodoo, and more. We also discuss the 27 club, our Freshman year at Ole Miss, and the power of candles and tornadoes.

Izzy and I open our 2021 diaries and share our journeys through the tumultuous year, from January 6th to seeing Azealia Banks live. We also discuss furries in the classroom, the crackdown on recent campus protests at our alma maters, and, as always, reflect on our home states. This go round, Izzy contemplates the suicide rate in Calaveras county, and I recount my experience visiting the historical juke joints of Bolivar County.

Brand new guest Beatrice joins me to read my chart and discuss various Instagram sensations, including Idaho Inmate Penpal, Christian Walker's radfem arc, and a Nashville pole dance family divided by one sister's choice to become a femininity trainer. We also discuss the idiosyncrasies of St. Louis, US highways, and much more!

Your favorite U.S. historians roll the die again, this time answering 12 questions about Ronald Reagan, covering astrological formations, the AIDS epidemic, and the first Hollywood blacklist. We also continue our journey through California and Mississippi, sharing our impressions of Butte and Benton county.

Izzy and I discuss the upsetting revelations from Quiet on the Set, the new docuseries about child actors' experiences at Nickelodeon, and review Poor Things. I also recount my Deep South travel experiences, and share what I've learned this week about Jewish Power.

Izzy and I share reviews of Atala (1801), The Luck of Roaring Camp (1868), and the first two episodes of Girls (2012). We survey three counties: Amador County in California, and Amite County and Attala County in Mississippi. Along the way we dive deep into the history of romanticism, the childhood and career of Oprah Winfrey, and the tragic plane crash that killed half of Lynyrd Skynyrd in 1977.