Scotty's got family in town this week, so Amelia brought in actor/screenwriter and longtime friend Elizabeth Dwyer to guest host. They talk about the movies "Striptease" (1996) and "Hustlers" (2019), and how the cinematic depiction of sex work has evolved over time. And is it true that all you youngs have decided you don't want sex scenes at all anymore, period? Amelia and Elizabeth have thoughts.

CONTENT WARNING: Lots of sex talk this week. If you've got kids in the car with you...earmuffs!

To order Shannon C.F. Rogers' acclaimed new YA novel "I'd Rather Burn Than Bloom," click the link: https://bookshop.org/p/books/i-d-rather-burn-than-bloom-shannon-c-f-rogers/18675104?ean=9781250845665

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We're back with another yin-yang episode this week. Scotty goes grim with the story of South Africa's Boesmansgat sinkhole and the tragic death of cave diver Dave Shaw, and Amelia lightens(??) things up with an examination of changing beauty standards of the industrial era and how Coco Chanel and Josephine Baker turned tanning into a thing.

CONTENT WARNING: Scotty's story deals with drowning and all sorts of underwater unpleasantness.

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Happy (continued) Pride Month! This week Amelia talks about the importance of "Bob Damron's Address Book" to pre-Stonewall gay culture, and Scotty continues his exploration of the life and work of author, filmmaker, queer icon, and shameless Hollywood gossip-monger Kenneth Anger.

To read Anger and filmmaker Stan Brakhage's cuckoo-bananas correspondence, go to: https://www.desistfilm.com.

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Happy Pride, everyone! This week Scotty presents Part 1 of his exploration of the life and career of author, filmmaker, and queer icon Kenneth Anger. Meanwhile, Amelia invites us all to experience the disaster bisexual dumpster fire that was Hans Christian Andersen.

To watch Kenneth Anger's "Fireworks" (1947) in its entirety, go to: https://vimeo.com/425202939

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In one of the stranger episodes we've done, Amelia talks about erotic performance artist, sex columnist, and celebrated burlesque dancer Honeysuckle Divine, while Scotty goes full tinfoil hat with the Nibiru Cataclysm Hypothesis and the very real possibility that there's a ninth planet lurking somewhere at the far reaches of the solar system.

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Welcome to the very first (and maybe only) Weirdest Thing ask-me-(us)-anything! After soliciting questions from our listeners, Scotty and Amelia talk about the genesis of their friendship, how the podcast got started, why softball is (maybe) a sexist sport, and the most embarrassing thing Scotty ever saw Amelia do. Nothing was off limits!

Link to watch "SEND" (2010), the first short film Scotty and Amelia worked on together: https://vimeo.com/16763539

Link to the "Horror from the High Desert," Scotty's new horror podcast: https://linktr.ee/horrorfromthehighdesert

Link to tickets for Duke City Repertory Theatre's "Bard Crawl: A Midsummer Night's Dream": https://www.dukecityrep.com/shows

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Amelia is out of town this week, so horror writer and editor Rebecca Rowland is back for another impromptu edition of A Weirdest Thing! This week she and Scotty talk about some of their earliest influences–from the movie "Time Bandits" (1981), to the darkest episode of The Smurfs and the grislier work of Clive Barker–and how it all informed their development as horror writers.

To buy Rebecca's novella "Shagging the Boss," go to https://www.filthyloot.com/product/shagging-the-boss-rebecca-rowland/

To pick up her new anthology "American Cannibal," go to https://rowlandbooks.com/american-cannibal

To pre-order the upcoming "Table for 3" anthology anthology and help support the Houston Food Bank, go to https://www.amazon.com/Table-Anthology-Holly-Rae-Garcia-ebook/dp/B0C2QKDZ68/

Scotty's here to bum everyone out this week with the story of the Hartford Circus Fire of 1944 and the enduring mystery of "Little Miss 1565." Luckily Amelia is on hand to cheer us all up with a deep dive into the history of Barbie, one of the most revolutionary and iconic toys of all time. Plus, the inevitable spoiler-free discussion of the second season of Showtime's "Yellowjackets."

CONTENT WARNING: Scotty's story covers a LOT of death, including that of children.

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RIOT!! This week we delve into two of the dumbest music-inspired free-for-alls in recent history. Amelia details the infamous "Disco Demolition Night" at Chicago's Comiskey Park in 1979, and Scotty goes into the story of the Metallica/Guns 'N' Roses Stadium Tour of 1992 and its resulting "Battle of Montreal."

CONTENT WARNING: This week we talk about racism, sexism, and homophobia, and there are a few brief mentions of child abuse.

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Plans changed at the very last minute and we decided to do another impromptu movie episode, inspired by our viewing of "Cocaine Bear." This week we compare that film to last year's "The Menu" and talk about horror comedies in general. Also: a classic Amelia Ampuero Weirdest Thing rant!

WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILERS!! If you have not seen either "Cocaine Bear" or "The Menu," you should wait until you get a chance to catch up with them before listening to this episode.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes some discussion of suicide.

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