Rather than abolishing the death penalty, the U.S. is apparently still pioneering new ways to do it. We discuss some of the ways people have tried to make the death penalty less brutal, and why it never works.
Highlights:[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about Operation Paperclip
[24:40] We discuss WWE and why Mark finds himself watching more of it at the worst possible time
[41:00] What we watched! (El Conde, Anatomy of a Fall, Night Swim, The Ring, Nazi Town USA, Chowchilla)
[74:39] We talk about the idea of humane execution
Ep. 125: Raptor pharaoh and other conspiracy fun
Ep. 124: Existential space dread
Ep. 123: TikTok sleuths
Ep. 122: Hotel horrors
Ep. 121: I am the law (w/ 2000AD's Michael Molcher)
Ep. 120: Murder balloons & British spookies
Ep. 119: Poison!
Ep. 118: Tossed salads and human hot pots
Ep. 117: The year that happened
Ep. 116: Solved mysteries
Ep. 115: State of the dystopia
Ep. 114: Cousins' kids and kidnappings
Ep. 113: Ball so hard (you die)
Ep. 112: Lead heads
Ep. 111: Too hot for Comic-Con
Ep. 110: A bag o' bodies
Ep. 109: Ghost science
Ep. 108: When teens fly
Ep. 107: Games that go bump in the night
Ep. 106: Forensic psychiatry
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