Timesuck with Dan Cummins

You've undoubtably heard of Dr. Seuss. The author of The Cat in the Hat, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Green Eggs and Ham, Horton Hears a Who! The Lorax, and so many other classic works of children's literature. But... how much do you know about Ted Geisel? Ted is the man behind the pseudonym, and he lived a very interesting life. And he wasn't able to make a living as the author of children's book until he was in his fifties. Merch and more: www.badmagicproductions.com  [http://www.badmagicproductions.com/] Timesuck Discord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v [https://discord.gg/tqzH89v] Want to join the Cult of the Curious PrivateFacebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :) For all merch-related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste) Please rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/timesuckpodcast/] on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast [http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast] Wanna become a Space Lizard? Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast [https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast]. Sign up through Patreon, and for $5 a month, you get access to the entire Secret Suck catalog (295 episodes) PLUS the entire catalog of Timesuck, AD FREE. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch.

Would you choose to have an identical twin? Someone who looked so much like you, that even your own mother couldn’t always tell the two of you apart?  Someone whom friends and even lovers couldn’t distinguish you from? Someone who experienced the world in a way so similar to your own, that no one else could ever possibly be able to relate to you quite like they could. Could be fun! But as you'll see... it could be also dangerous. For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com [https://www.badmagicproductions.com/]

Today we talk about moral panics. Specifically, the "Video Nasty" moral panic that happened in the UK in the early 1980s, and then again in the 1990s, when there was widespread fear that by kids watching horror movies with titles like Cannibal Holocaust, Flesh for Frankenstein, I Spit on Your Grave, and The Last House on the Left, they would literally be turned into rapists and killers. Was there any justification for this panic? Can hyper-violent or hyper-sexualized media in general erode the morality of children?  Merch and more: www.badmagicproductions.com  [http://www.badmagicproductions.com/] Timesuck Discord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v [https://discord.gg/tqzH89v] Want to join the Cult of the Curious PrivateFacebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :) For all merch-related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste) Please rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/timesuckpodcast/] on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast [http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast] Wanna become a Space Lizard? Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast [https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast]. Sign up through Patreon, and for $5 a month, you get access to the entire Secret Suck catalog (295 episodes) PLUS the entire catalog of Timesuck, AD FREE. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch.

Pee Wee Gaskin's diminutive size of 5'2" tall and 130 pounds soaking wet didn't stop him from brutally killing at least eleven people, and possibly up to 105. The South Carolina serial killer murdered for a lot of reasons: revenge and personal vendettas, fits of rage, but mostly to satisfy a deep-rooted urge to rape, torture, and kill young women.  An urge Pee Wee called, his "bothersomeness.”  Merch and more: www.badmagicproductions.com  [http://www.badmagicproductions.com/] Timesuck Discord! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v [https://discord.gg/tqzH89v] Want to join the Cult of the Curious PrivateFacebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" to locate whatever happens to be our most current page :) For all merch-related questions/problems: store@badmagicproductions.com (copy and paste) Please rate and subscribe on Apple Podcasts and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast [https://www.instagram.com/timesuckpodcast/] on IG and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast [http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast] Wanna become a Space Lizard? Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast [https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast]. Sign up through Patreon, and for $5 a month, you get access to the entire Secret Suck catalog (295 episodes) PLUS the entire catalog of Timesuck, AD FREE. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch.

Today we're we’re gonna tackle a bunch of questions you never knew you needed answering, questions like: Why does the middle finger mean “fuck you”? Why do we blow out candles at birthday parties? Why do we cover our mouths when we yawn? And where does the whole making "bunny ears" with your fingers behind someone's head when they're getting their photo taken come from? The answers to these questions are often so strange, and so ancient.  For Merch and everything else Bad Magic related, head to: https://www.badmagicproductions.com [https://www.badmagicproductions.com/]