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Salt ShakersIn-Flight EntertainmentThis week, the tea is Katie's in-flight entertainment (aka travel woes). Did you guys know the air traffic controllers could just LEAVE? Text us your tea!Support the show2025-04-2549 minSalt ShakersNiagara FallsThis week we’re talking spooky stories that span the US and Canadian border at Niagara Falls. Plus, Alyssa tells her almost-tragic story of getting chased through a subway tunnel before Harryween. We ❤️ NY!Text us your tea!Support the show2025-03-3056 minSalt ShakersThe BackroomsWe're back! This week we're chatting Katie's trip to the backrooms in Helen, Georgia, liminal spaces (are we all caught up on Severance?), war plans in the group chat, and the government's role in creating stuffed crust pizza.Text us your tea!Support the show2025-03-2846 minSalt ShakersFrivolous SpendingThis week we're chatting resolutions for the REAL New Year (hello Spring!) and ranking our Top 5 best and worst looks of the Oscars red carpet.Text us your tea!Support the show2025-03-0555 minSalt ShakersThe Crescent HotelThis week we're going back to our hotel ghost roots and exploring the Crescent Hotel & Spa, built in 1886 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Would you stay in "America's Most Haunted Hotel"?Sources used in today's episode include:Crescent Hotel Wikipedia Historic Hotels America's Most Haunted Hotel RedditReddit clock videoOnly in ArkansasText us your tea!Support the show2025-03-0258 minSalt ShakersSpy KidsThis Would You Rather Wednesday we're workshopping jingles (hi Joe Jonas) and chatting survival skills, stakeouts, & visiting the International Spy Museum with Girl Scout cookie money. Spy Kids forever.Text us your tea!Support the show2025-02-2744 minSalt ShakersThe Serial Cheater (Part 4): The Stakeout TapesIt's Tea Time and we're talking Kelsea Ballerini, Keith Urban & Nicole Kidman's aura, aviation disasters, suing Hello Fresh, and rolling the tapes from the first stake out of The Serial Cheater's alleged secret meetup location.Text us your tea!Support the show2025-02-2540 min
The Modern Therapist's Survival Guide with Curt Widhalm and Katie VernoyThe Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health: An interview with Dr. Alyssa DietzThe Advances in Artificial Intelligence for Mental Health: An interview with Dr. Alyssa DietzCurt and Katie chat with Dr. Alyssa Dietz, a clinical psychologist and digital mental health expert, about the evolving role of AI in therapy. Dr. Dietz discusses how AI can enhance therapy by delivering evidence-based care, particularly in structured approaches like CBT, while acknowledging its limitations with complex, multi-diagnosis cases. She emphasizes the need for collaboration between therapists and AI developers to ensure ethical, patient-centered innovation in digital mental health.Transcripts for this episode will be available at mtsgpodcast.com!2025-02-2443 minSalt ShakersThe Unabomber & Project MK-UltraThis week, we're diving into the very spooky stories of Ted Kaczynski, better known as The Unabomber, and the top-secret CIA experiments of Project MK-Ultra.Sources used in today's episode include:History.comCIANPRMediumWashington PostThe Unabomber Manifesto* – Ted Kaczynski The Unabomber: A Desire to Be Left Alone* by Elizabeth G. Moser Harvard, Kaczynski, and the Origins of the Unabomber* by Alston Chase The Unabomber's Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future* – Theodore KaczynskiText us your tea!Support the show2025-02-1540 minSalt ShakersF*ck Off, Tom BradyHappy WYR Wednesday! This week we're talking Super Bowl Sunday, the incomparable hater Kendrick Lamar, and exploring some important end of the world Would You Rather questions.Text us your tea!Support the show2025-02-1329 minSalt ShakersBackpack RevealThis week, we're revealing the contents of Alyssa's new doomsday apocalypse prepper backpack.FEBRUARY BOOK CLUB PICK: The Women by Kristin HannahMERCH: saltshakerspod.com/storeText us your tea!Support the show2025-02-121h 15Salt ShakersBlink TwiceThis week we're talking the GRAMMY Awards with a side of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and the usual conspiracy theories.Text us your tea!Support the show2025-02-0541 minSalt ShakersThe Witch's Pond and Hoia Baciu ForestThis week's stop on our listener hometown spooky tour is ROMANIA! We're talking The Witch's Pond, the Hotel Cismigiu, and the world's most haunted forest, Hoia Baciu.Sources used in today's episode include:Reddit storyAmy's CryptBritannicaThe IndependentJ.H. MoncrieffAtlas ObscuraText us your tea!Support the show2025-02-0156 minSalt ShakersRobot CarsOn this Would You Rather Wednesday, we're chatting Sedona, Arizona and January birthdays before asking each other some pressing technology questions. Text us your tea!Support the show2025-01-2938 minSalt ShakersSeeds In My BackpackWelcome back to Tea Time! This week we're talking the 12 hour TikTok ban, preparing to live off the land, JD Vance's eyeliner, Billy Ray Cyrus, and the ongoing Blake Lively/Justin Baldoni legal battle. Plus, we're sharing The Serial Cheater's belated Christmas letter to the community.Text us your tea!Support the show2025-01-2940 minSalt ShakersSnow Day!Join us as we are snowed in for a Would You Rather Wednesday - Snow Day Edition! We are talking our new strange TV binges, Luigi, and choosing our own snow day destiny.Text us your tea!Support the show2025-01-1624 minSalt ShakersSouthern Princess AttitudeTea time! We're snowed in this week and chatting Southern snow day activities, saying goodbye to the Eras Tour, house fires, Jimmy Carter's funeral, and a handful of snow day stories from our favorite subreddit: AITA?Text us your tea!Support the show2025-01-1447 minSalt ShakersIrish Crown Jewel Heist & The Vanishing TriangleIreland, you're up. Today we're talking the unsolved 1907 heist of the Irish Crown Jewels and a few of the women who have gone missing in the infamous Vanishing Triangle.Sources used in today's episode include:10 interesting and fun facts about Ireland7 Interesting Facts About Ireland18 facts about Ireland that'll blow your mindThe Theft of the Irish "Crown Jewels"Royal raid: The curious case of the Irish Crown JewelsThe Greatest Unsolved Heist in Irish HistoryIrish Crown JewelsMarie KilmartinI investigated 'Vanishing Triangle' where 6 women disappeared in 5 years-- could a secret cave finally crack the case?Search dogs sniff...2025-01-121h 11Salt ShakersThe Spirit of ElphabaWelcome back to Would You Rather Wednesday! What's on your 2025 bingo card? Text us your tea!Support the show2025-01-0926 minSalt ShakersDouble HomeworkSurprise, Season 2 is here and we're now coming to your ears THREE times a week! This week's Tuesday Tea Time topics include Blake Lively's Blake Brown Beauty, Big Time Rush On Ice, the Real Housewives, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan, Christmas gift hauls, and that NYE surprise video.Book Club roll call! Let us know if you're joining us in reading our January book club pick, The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley.Text us your tea!Support the show2025-01-0757 minSalt ShakersSpooky Saturday: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and The Mary CelesteSecure your oxygen masks and your life jackets, because this week we're asking: what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 370 and the crew of ghost ship The Mary Celeste?Sources used in this episode include:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/https://www.history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-mary-celestehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celestehttps://www.cnn.com/2017/01/17/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-flight-370-timeline/index.htmlhttps://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/netflix-unanswered-phone-call-missing-mh370-156543-20230314https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_370_disappearance_theoriesText us your tea!Support the show2024-12-0856 minSalt Shakers023: If You're Listening, We Survived The Alien InvasionIf you're here, we must have survived. This week's Tea Time features some highlights from the AITA subreddit holiday feed AND a first look at our official Christmas gift guide, including SALT SHAKERS MERCH - COMING SOON!Christmas Gift Guide HEREMore info about the Appalachian Helene Response Fund HEREText us your tea!Support the show2024-12-0453 minSalt ShakersSpooky Saturday Tales From Australia feat. The Somerton Man and the Larundel AsylumNext up on our listener hometown spooky story tour of the world is everyone's favorite island full of criminals, Australia. We're talking The Somerton Man (including a major DNA update from 2022!) and the land down under's most haunted abandoned insane asylum, Larundel.Music box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBEHGb95tJgSources used in this episode include:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/have-scholars-finally-identified-the-mysterious-somerton-man-180980540/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somerton_Manhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/27/somerton-man-mystery-identity-solved-identified-australiahttps://amyscrypt.com/larundel-mental-asylum-ghost-music-box/https://www.webmd.com/bipolar-disorder/bipolar-disorder-lithiumhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/la-rundle-asylumText us...2024-11-3045 minSalt Shakers022: International SnacksHappy Thanksgiving, Americans! We're celebrating by surprising each other with some international snacks to taste test. Our selections come from China, Portugal, Korea, Japan, Germany, and Australia and garnered official ratings between -5 and 9. Misophonia girlies, this might not be your episode.Text us your tea!Support the show2024-11-2747 minSalt ShakersSpooky Saturday: More Russian Mysteries feat. the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Part 2) and VorkutaKnock knock Russia, it's us again. We're back to discuss what really happened to those hikers in Part 2 of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, and the chilly abandoned mining town of Vorkuta. Bundle up.Sources used in this episode include:https://dyatlovpass.com/theorieshttps://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/17/has-an-old-soviet-mystery-at-last-been-solvedhttps://theworld.org/stories/2020/03/11/putin-wants-develop-arctic-these-russians-are-desperate-leavehttps://www.cnn.com/travel/article/vorkuta-russia-frozen-ghost-towns/index.htmlText us your tea!Support the show2024-11-2352 minSalt Shakers021: The Serial Cheater (Part 3)Buckle up! This week we're joined by someone *very* close to The Serial Cheater for some brutally honest intel, direct from the source. Text us your tea!Support the show2024-11-2035 minSalt ShakersSpooky Saturday Tales From Lithuania feat. Countess Sofia and The Black GhostIn the first of our Spooky Saturday listener hometown series, we're talking spooky stories from Lithuania, featuring Countess Sofija Horvataitė-Tiškevičienė and The Black Ghost. Who knew Lithuanians were so spooky?Sources used in today's episode include:https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Horwatt-16https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofija_Horvatait%C4%97-Ti%C5%A1kevi%C4%8Dien%C4%97https://www.krastogidas.lt/en/objects/the-kretinga-manor-park-stone-of-countess-sofijahttps://kurortomuziejus.lt/vila-anapilis/grafiene-sofija-tiskeviciene/https://www.visit-palanga.lt/en/sightseeing-places/the-otherworld-vila-anapilis/https://vocal.media/horror/ghostly-spirits-in-lithuaniahttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-black-ghosthttps://klaipedatravel.lt/en/place/jv/https://www.atlasobscura.com...2024-11-1638 min
Taking Back MondayNavigating Change: Storytelling as a Tool for Team Buy-In feat. Katie LeimkuehlerIn this episode of Taking Back Monday, Alyssa Nolte dives into the art of leadership and personal branding with executive coach Katie Leimkuehler. Together, they unpack the nuances of going beyond traditional management to become a true mentor and coach. Katie explains how storytelling can be a game-changer for leaders trying to initiate and sustain meaningful change within their teams. Plus, she shares actionable strategies for small business owners facing succession planning challenges, illustrating why early preparation is essential for a smooth transition. If you're a leader aiming to strengthen your influence, build trust, and leave a lasting legacy...2024-11-1422 minSalt Shakers020: How Lucky Is Bri?Welcome back to #WouldYouRatherWednesday! We're talking polarizing holiday foods, the Walmart oven incident, and Lyin' Zach Bryan.Text us your tea!Support the show2024-11-1455 minSalt Shakers019: Taylor TimeThis week, we're sticking to what we know: the Taylor Swift cinematic universe, featuring Katie's Indy N1 Eras Tour experience. Do we think KillaTrav will go all in on the Erik von Detten haircut? Here's hoping ✨Austin Swift TikTok cred: @ozbourn73Text us your tea!Support the show2024-11-0746 minSalt ShakersSpooky Saturday: Russian Mysteries feat. UVB-76 and the Dyatlov Pass IncidentThis week, we're talking some of our favorite Russian mysteries-- the UVB-76 ghost radio station, and the Dyatlov Pass incident (Part 1). These mysteries have it all-- ghosts, nuclear disasters, alien encounters, and government conspiracies.Sources used in this episode include:https://yucelkulturvakfi.org/hayalet-radyo-istasyonu-uvb76https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170801-the-ghostly-radio-station-that-no-one-claims-to-runhttps://www.abandonedspaces.com/public/ghost-radio-station.htmlhttps://dyatlovpass.com/https://www.history.com/news/dyatlov-pass-incident-soviet-hiker-death-mysteryhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/dyatlov-pass-incident-solvedText us your tea!Support the show2024-11-0253 minSalt ShakersThe Trick-or-Treat MurdersBOO! We're back with our first-ever Halloween special. This year, we're talking murders on both sides of the trick-or-treat equation-- the Halloween 1957 murder of Peter Fabiano, and the 1974 murder of Timothy O'Bryan by The Man Who Killed Halloween. All tricks, no treats. Sources used in this episode include:https://www.talesfromtheunderworld.com/p/threes-a-crowd-the-cold-blooded-halloweenhttps://derangedlacrimes.com/?p=13846https://aftermidnite.iheart.com/content/2022-10-31-trick-or-treat-your-enemy-sent-someone-to-kill-you/https://people.com/candy-man-killer-timothy-obryan-murder-8732896https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/the-man-who-killed-halloweenhttps://www.fwweekly.com/2024/10/23/the-man-who-killed-halloween/Text us your tea!Support the show2024-10-3139 minSalt Shakers018: The Serial Cheater (Part 2)This week, we're back with our usual nonsense, and are joined by special guest relationship enthusiast Leslie for a long overdue update on The Serial Cheater!Text us your tea!Support the show2024-10-1855 minSalt ShakersSpooky Saturday: Cults! Feat. The Order of the Solar Temple and Angel's LandingWe’re talking horrifying cults! First, we visit The Order of the Solar Temple with Knights Templar fanatics Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret, culminating in the ritualistic deaths of 74 of the Order’s members around the world in the 1990s. Next, we look a little closer to home at Angel’s Landing leader Daniel Perez (aka Lou Castro) and his 2015 convictions for first-degree murder, child exploitation, sex crimes, and fraud.Sources used in today's episode include:https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/did-grace-kelly-have-links-with-a-secret-cult-1727691https://wrldrels.org/2016/10/08/order-of-the-solar-temple/https://www.britannica.com/topic/Order-of-the-Solar-Templehttps://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/fo...2024-10-131h 17Salt Shakers017: What's In That Rug?This week, Alyssa & Katie chat wardrobes— Taylor Swift’s plaid era, Katie’s Eras Tour outfit search, Alyssa’s Kris Jenner workwear hand-me-downs, and feelings on renting clothes— before digging (get it?) into our favorite Internet mystery of the moment: what’s in that rug?BONUS: We share a listener theory on who killed JonBenet! + STAY TUNED for a fun way to help our friends in Appalachia 🍎🖤Text us your tea!Support the show2024-10-101h 08Salt ShakersSpooky Saturday: The Death of JonBenet Ramsey (Part 2)We're back with Part 2 of our discussion of the 1996 death of JonBenet Ramsey. Last week, we talked about the attention on the Ramsey family. This week, we're focusing in on the intruder theory and a few notable suspects that came up in authorities' investigation into this theory.Text us your tea!Support the show2024-10-0648 minSalt Shakers016: Pumpkin Spice, Pop Stars, and P. DiddyThis week, Alyssa & Katie chat pumpkin spice preferences, the pop star girlies, and some conspiracies surrounding the Sean Combs aka P. Diddy aka Puff Daddy scandal. Are you a member of the Illuminati? Do you have tea? Hit us at saltshakerspod@gmail.comText us your tea!Support the show2024-10-031h 04Salt ShakersSpooky Saturday: The Death of JonBenet Ramsey (Part 1)In this week’s edition of Spooky Saturday, we’re going where many podcasters have gone before— the death of JonBenet Ramsey. In Part 1, we’re talking what happened inside the Ramsey home on Christmas of 1996, and why many suspect JonBenet’s own family was involved in her death. Next week, we’ll take a closer look at some suspects outside of the Ramsey household.Sources used in today's episode include:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2338600/bio/#2024-09-2953 minSalt Shakers015: Oreos and Aliens and McKamey Manor, oh my!IT’S SPOOKY SEASON! This week, Alyssa & Katie chat Monopoly Go! trials and tribulations, taste testing the Oreo x Coca Cola collab, dressing for success from the Kardashian Kloset, the horrors of Tennessee’s own McKamey Manor (sorry, Indiana) and some slightly spooky #WouldYouRather questions.Text us your tea!Support the show2024-09-2642 minSalt ShakersSpooky Saturday: The Disappearances of Brandon Swanson and Timmothy PitzenThis week, Katie & Alyssa discuss the still-unresolved disappearances of Minnesota college student Brandon Swanson and six-year-old Timmothy Pitzen. If you have any information about Brandon or Timmothy, please contact the FBI at 800-225-5324 or the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children at 800-843-5678.Sources used in today's episode include:https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons/brandon-victor-swansonhttp://immelman.net/brandon-swansonhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/chilling-final-two-words-teen-32829323https://www.missingkids.org/blog/2024/search-for-timmothy-pitzen-new-imagehttps://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/timmothy-pitzen/28823/https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1171960/1https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/woman-found-dead-in-motel-6-year-old-son-missing/...2024-09-1556 minSalt Shakers014: Getting Barfed On By Chris MartinThis week, Alyssa and Katie recap major drama in the world of The Bachelorette, talk the discovery of Celebrity #6 and other unsolved mysteries we need answers to, clown for a Taylor Swift announcement at the VMAs, and ask important questions like “why is Kate Middleton frolicking in the forest?” and “would you rather vomit on your celebrity crush or have your celebrity crush vomit on you?”Text us your tea!Support the show2024-09-1245 min