Liminality Pt. 1: That Looks Like A Place I Used To Live

Liminality Pt. 1: That Looks Like A Place I Used To Live

Harrison and Cindy begin a two-episode trek into the Backrooms [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms], and the concepts, history, and artistic movements that dwell within their endless corridors. In this episode: Backrooms (film, 2026) [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26657236/] (IMdB) Kane Pixels (YouTube) [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8X4WT5_lUXqMjeN8bGFk9w] r/LiminalSpace (subreddit) [https://www.reddit.com/r/LiminalSpace/]

Girls, You Know Nothin'

Cindy and Harrison observe Memorial Day. Harrison introduces some new whale science. Vowels merge. Formants emerge from phonic lips. Pinchy abides. In this episode: Beguš, et al. (2026). The phonology of sperm whale coda vowels. Proc Biol Sci, 293(2069). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2994 [https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.2994] Dominica Sperm Whale Project [https://www.thespermwhaleproject.org/#home] Fleet of Flowers [https://www.fleetofflowers.com/] Sperm whale sounds (from Voices in the Sea) [https://voicesinthesea.ucsd.edu/species/spermWhales/sperm.html]

Everybody Has Stuff in Their Inbox

Content Warning: This episode discusses sexual assault, violence, death, and war. This week, Cindy and Harrison discuss the rather harrowing books they've recently finished. Yes, you read that correctly: Harrison actually finished a book! In this episode: "Big Old Boats [https://www.youtube.com/@BigOldBoats]" (YouTube channel) "Brick Immortar [https://www.youtube.com/@BrickImmortar]" (YouTube channel) "The Gales of November" (book, 2025) by John U. Bacon "The Quiet Librarian" (book, 2025) by Allen Eskens

"May is Building Her House"

Harrison reads Richard Le Gallienne [https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/richard-le-gallienne]'s poem "May is Building Her House," from the "The Lonely Dancer and Other Poems [https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10457/pg10457.html]" (1913).

Caffeine Makes Me Tired

Cindy and Harrison are joined by youth correspondent Anara to discuss the local weather and her favorite books! In this episode: "Key Lime Pie Murder" (book) by Joanne Fluke "Lemon Meringue Pie Murder" by Joanne Fluke "The School For Whatnots" (book) by Margaret Peterson Haddix