Month: December 2019

Wild Thing

👍🏻👍🏽👎🏾👎🏿 Production & Sound Quality ✔️, Storytelling ✔️, Entertaining & Engaging Host ✔️ Subject ✖️. The podcast follows host Laura Krantz as she explores the scientific research conducted over 30 years ago by her distant cousin, anthropologist Grover Krantz. The podcast covers a wide range of angles about Bigfoot including the influence in pop culture such as “Harry and the Henderson’s” and the exploitation of this character in the retail world. With sightings, locations and descriptions of what this elusive behemoth must look like, it’s fun to follow the myriad of stories out there. As a group we discussed our own opinions and debated the likelihood of the existence of Bigfoot. However, as the podcast highlights there is no definitive evidence that such a creature exists, so it was hard for us to get on the Sasquatch bandwagon. The guiding mission within the season is of DNA testing and the potential to find hard evidence that this mysterious bipedal-being is roaming wild in the Pacific Northwest. We found ourselves asking “why not ask this?” or “why not find out about that?” when it came to the proof. The season was well crafted, with a satisfying ending, but the topic just wasn’t captivating enough for all of us. @wildthingpod #bigfoot #sasquatch #science #cryptozoology #cryptid #legend #lore #myth #encounter #podcast #wildthingpod

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About the show | Believe in Bigfoot? Think it’s total BS? Host Laura Krantz spent a year in the woods and in the lab, trying to answer that question. What she found might surprise even the staunchest non-believer. This legendary creature represents a mystery that still captures our imaginations and Sasquatch is as popular now as it’s ever been. Part of this is tongue-in-cheek—Bigfoot as hipster accessory. But many people take Sasquatch seriously—perfectly rational people who swear to its existence. Why does this creature ignite our imagination? Where does that fascination come from? And why does it persist?

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Review written by @ohcando photo by @pirate_ali_vega

The Killing of Marilyn Monroe

👎🏻👎🏽👎🏾 👍🏿“This podcast is like a 15 page paper that could have really taken up 2 pages” – a direct quote from our @marcopolo discussion. Needless to say, this story of Marilyn Monroe’s life and death was tragically drawn out. Spread over twelve 25-minute episodes, with the same sound bites recycled throughout, this storytelling was deathly repetitive to say the least. Our lone thumbs up is from a place of appreciation that the podcast served as a reminder of the mysterious demise of this American icon, allowing a whole new generation of people to question if Marilyn indeed committed suicide. This podcast may better seduce its listeners by diving deeper into the intel people thought Marilyn knew, as it seems the consensus she knew far more than she should have. We labored through to the end and suggest if you want to give it a listen to save some time and listen to the first couple of episodes and the last few, and you’ll get the gist. @marilynmonroe @endeavoraudio #podcast

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About the show | How did Hollywood’s brightest star become its most tragic victim? From Norma Jeane, casting couch girl desperate for success, to Marilyn Monroe, global icon, it was Marilyn’s turbulent love life that ultimately sealed her final fate. Surrounded by a deadly cocktail of pills, her death was ruled “probable suicide,” but questions remain surrounding just how – and why – she died. This 12-part audio documentary analyzes the tangle of sex, power, corruption, and lies that led the most powerful men in America to silence Marilyn Monroe for good.

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Review written by @ohcando photo by @pirate_ali_vega