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Before getting into our conversation on Stephen King's "Doctor Sleep," we took a few minutes to discuss "escapist fiction" as a term, how and why it's used in our society, and what we think about that.
 

Charlyn and Fyx are back after a spring/early summer of gardening, isolation, and depression! We apologize for having such a long gap since our last podcast, and we hope you can bear with us as we try to get back on track. In this episode, we discuss the fun and cheeky Knives Out, its relationship to the mystery stories that have gone before, and the pointed conversations about class and racism the film definitely throws right at those tense, family-filled holiday dinner tables. Can you guess which Thrombey we think is the worst of the rotten bunch? You probably can! 
 
Music is by Mike Bassington. You can find more of his work here: https://www.facebook.com/Mikebassingtonmusic and on SoundCloud, here: https://rb.gy/gskbce 
 
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Show Notes:   
Paolo Freire - Pedagogy of the Oppressed 
Fast Company - We asked an expert if that stomach-turning condition in Knives Out actually exists 
TV Tropes - Madonna-Whore Complex 

This week we watched and discussed Alice Wu’s acclaimed film The Half of It. We think you should watch it, too! We discuss the elegant way Wu has woven together some very relatable and sometimes uncomfortable lessons about growing up. Enjoy our discussion on the critical dividends of discomfort and taking risks, the intersectionality of characters, and why we were, ironically, originally not sure we wanted to willingly subject ourselves to the discomfort of secondhand embarrassment guaranteed by a film loosely retelling Cyrano de Bergerac.  
 
Music is by Mike Bassington. You can find more of his work here: https://www.facebook.com/Mikebassingtonmusic and on SoundCloud, here: https://rb.gy/gskbce 
 
Check out our videos at the Unramblings YouTube channel. Find us on Facebook and Instagram at Unramblings, on Twitter at @UnramblingsPod, and on our website at FaefyxCollington.com/Unramblings. Email us with feedback, questions, and suggestions at unramblingspodcast@gmail.com. Get Unramblings merch at Redbubble. Continue the conversation on social media with #Unramblings!   
 
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Show Notes:   
The Origin Of Love [Hedwig and the Angry Inch] - YouTube
What Alice Wu Wants To Say In 'The Half of It' - NPR
In Quiverfull Movement, Birth Control is Shunned - NPR

We’re taking a break with this pre-recorded episode. In October 2020, we indulged in a re-watch and discussion of the comforting, but also emotionally complex Pixar film. Charlyn, in particular, loves this movie. We hope you enjoy our (mostly Charlyn’s) appreciative acknowledgement of the many references to real-life brain anatomy, neural processes, and childhood development, and reminiscences from our childhoods relevant to Inside Out.
Music is by Mike Bassington. You can find more of his work here: https://www.facebook.com/Mikebassingtonmusic and on SoundCloud, here: https://rb.gy/gskbce 
 
Check out our videos at the Unramblings YouTube channel. Find us on Facebook and Instagram at Unramblings, on Twitter at @UnramblingsPod, and on our website at FaefyxCollington.com/Unramblings. Email us with feedback, questions, and suggestions at unramblingspodcast@gmail.com. Get Unramblings merch at Redbubble. Continue the conversation on social media with #Unramblings!   
 
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Show Notes:   
Inside Out's Take on the Brain: A Neuroscientist's Perspective - Dr. Blake Porter An excellent breakdown of the accuracy and artistic license regarding the brain and neuroscience in Inside Out.
Universal Emotions - Paul Ekman Group 
Stages of Memory -  Simply Psychology
Popular Science - Your memories are less accurate than you think
An extreme case of healthy insomnia [Abstract] – Study of a woman who was perfectly fine on an average of 1 hour of sleep per night
The Enchanted World of Sleep - Peretz Lavie – Excellent and entertaining book on sleep
Why do we dream - Very Well Mind – Breakdown of the different theories on why we dream
Time to rethink teeth - Sapiens – Article on tooth enamel, tooth formation, and human diversity; references the rings in teeth that are made around birth. 
 

We just can't wait for Season 3! For this episode, we explore the bizarre yet realistic family dynamics of The Umbrella Academy, dig into the opportunities seized by setting season two in the 1960s, and speculate on what might be coming next.  
 
Music is by Mike Bassington. You can find more of his work here:  https://www.facebook.com/Mikebassingtonmusic and on SoundCloud, here: https://rb.gy/gskbce  
 
Check out our videos at the Unramblings YouTube channel. Find us on Facebook and Instagram at Unramblings, on Twitter at @UnramblingsPod, and on our website at FaefyxCollington.com/Unramblings. Email us with feedback, questions, and suggestions at unramblingspodcast@gmail.com. Get Unramblings merch at Redbubble. Continue the conversation on social media with #Unramblings!   
 
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Show Notes:   
An experimental test of the Westermarck effect: sex differences in inbreeding avoidance - Behavioral Ecology 
March by John Lewis 
All our different types of memories - Australian Academy of Science 
Purves D, Augustine GJ, Fitzpatrick D, et al., editors. Neuroscience. 2nd edition. Sunderland (MA): Sinauer Associates; 2001. Brain Systems Underlying Declarative and Procedural Memories. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10940/ (summary shown on linked page) 

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Before delving into our conversation on Warm Bodies, we took some time to discuss the movie Solo. We touch on how it was received by the fandom, how it fits into the over all Han Solo narrative, and issues with the droids in the Star Wars universe. [Originally released Oct. 18th 2020]
 
Guest appearance from Misty!
 
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Music is by Mike Bassington. You can find more of his work here: https://www.facebook.com/Mikebassingtonmusic and on SoundCloud, here: https://rb.gy/gskbce
 
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