Join co-hosts Zack and Katie as they learn about a different topic every week. Real-life couple Zack Radvansky and Kathryn Feeney are two curious individuals who love learning. Although Katie is in her third year of law school and Zack didn't go to college, they never run out of fascinating things to learn about together. In this podcast, every episode Katie challenges Zack to "become an expert" on a totally random topic - but the catch is, he only has 30 minutes to do it. Using the power of the internet, and a little humor and love, Zack and Katie want to prove that no matter who you are, or how much education you have, anyone can learn about anything in the world if they put their mind to it.
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Monday May 31, 2021
Monday May 31, 2021
In today's episode, Katie has 30 minutes to become an "expert" on... H.P. Lovecraft! Okay, "expert" is always a stretch, but it's a big one here. It's hard to learn about a person's whole life in 30 minutes, especially when that person wrote over 70 stories, over 100,000 letters, and inspired countless metal bands, games, and works of literature. Lovecraft even has a whole subgenre of horror named after him. "Lovecraftian" works are likely to be horrific, full of monsters and fear of the unknown, and to leave you feeling full of terror and despair - nice! Really this man was not a ray of sunshine by any means. Katie describes him as a "creepy racist vampire that wrote freaky-deaky stuff" at the end of the episode and that's pretty spot on. This dude was traumatized by a childhood full of death and nervous breakdowns, and then turned that trauma into some of the most world-class racism we'd ever heard of. This guy hated everybody! So when you consume Lovecraft, keep in mind that the man himself had some pretty horrifying beliefs, that could very well explain why he was so scared of the world and saw enemies and monsters everywhere.
Highlights Include:
- Lots of long winded quotes
- Lots of mispronunciations of "Cthulhu"
- Lots of poor explanations of separating the "artist from the art"
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Music by Jake Radvansky
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