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Libbie's friend died and she has some feelings about it, so she wrote an essay. R.I.P. Nate; you were a good dude.
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Libbie takes you on a deep dive into the cultural history of Dune... which is a lot more mysterious and fascinating than you might expect. Featuring: a publisher of auto repair manuals, a riot at a Mexican film festival, and Richard f***ing Nixon. Put on your stillsuit and ready your Maker hooks, because this is one nerdy ride into sci-fi esoterica.
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A deep dive into the life and works of Henry Darger, one of the most tragic and fascinating outsider artists of all time.
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Libbie can't handle literally anything right now, so she's watching this short film starring Fabio and you're coming along for the ride.
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Libbie reminisces on that time she blew the minds of a whole Baptist youth group and then solves Terence McKenna's infamous Timewave Zero mystery (okay, maybe not solves, but definitely gets into it.)
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The third and final part of the first-ever Spooky Season Spectacular! The mystery of the Dodleston Messages concludes... kind of. The SPR freaks out, 2109 and One fist-fight across the time-light continuum, and Ken discovers the nature of reality. Maybe.
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It's Part 2 of a three-part Spooky Season Spectacular! We continue exploring the mystery of the Dodleston Messages. Lukas lands in hot water, Ken and Deb are being trolled from the future, and the mysterious entity known as "2109" gives the SPR investigators proof that this isn't a hoax.
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In Part 1 of this three-part Spooky Season Spectacular, Libbie delves into the mystery of the Dodleston Messages, one of the weirdest haunted tales you'll ever encounter. Spoiler alert: it involves a crappy word processor from the 80s and a dude who loves cheese.
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Libbie talks about writerly evolution and her origins in a dank internet cellar. Plus: a short story, "A Light in the Merced River."
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Metamorphic cityscapes. Grunge and rebellion. Mixed-media storytelling for futuristic humans. Libbie talks to writer and podcaster Reid Faylor about his spooky gothic origin story, making people pee their pants, and the power of not waiting for permission. Plus: the weirdest milks.
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Conference shenanigans. Spreading memes. Doors that don't look like doors. Libbie talks to editor Jodi Warshaw about just how ridiculous publishing is, and tea is spilled about the industry of the 90s. Plus: a new slogan for you to adopt as your own.
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Quick announcement from Libbie! I'll be back on June 21.
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Alchemy. Proto-science. Practical magic. Libbie talks to author Paulette Kennedy about the Ozarks, scientific studies on weird things, and Shirley Jackson. Plus: the Big Bang is fake. Maybe.
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Libbie shares all her best stories from her previous career, when she was a zookeeper. Snatching flamingoes. Emu dicks. A harrowing goose rescue. A romance with a condor. Plus: what happens when a bird poops in your eye.
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Libbie talks to Tim Batson, editor-in-chief of Mid-Level Management Literary Magazine, about work as identity, 90s AOL hijinx, and becoming transhuman to get a new butthole. Plus: Libbie figures out where the divide really lies between GenX and the Millennials. Happy Rex Manning Day!
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Welcome to Season 2! Libbie gets low, has a quasi-religious experience, and fortuitously encounters a saint in a cemetery, then talks about how she got the idea for her next novel. Plus: a groovy sound collage, "Becoming a Robot." Hope you totally jam to it, my friends.
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Pandemic projects. Affluent teens of the 90s. Hillary will not bake cookies. Libbie talks to author Spencer Fleury about writer’s block, military dick pranks, and why the 80s sucked so much. Plus: our AI overlords are already here. See you in the spring for Season 2!
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Personas. Shadows. The world’s craziest research trip. Libbie talks to artist and zine enthusiast Theo Grace Quest about outsider art, why we miss Vine so much, and why the internet was awesome in the 2000s but mostly sucks today. Plus: what happened when Libbie crashed a furry con.
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Horse peril. Tornadoes. 90s cults. Libbie talks to author Amalia Dillin about Jesus merch, being pets to gods, and the myths that keep coming back around again. Plus: a Mormon funeral.
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90s lit. Being in love. Surviving your 20s. Libbie talks to Harvard PhD candidate Alexis Turner about LSD, Eros, and what magic is (or isn’t). Plus: the thing Libbie regrets most in her life.
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