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It Could Be WorseEpisode 1: Adolphe SaxWherein Anna and Cat suck you into the wormhole of intense bad luck via Adolphe Sax. Were his parents trying to kill him for insurance money? Was it herpes or cancer? Anna does not know that Brussels is a city and Cat realizes that stairs were around in the 1800s! People drink milk out of bowls! Sax show us it could be worse...
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Sources:
The Saxophone by Stephen Cottrell
https://heavy.com/news/2015/11/adolphe-sax-google-doodle-201st-birthday-photos-saxophone-inventor-bio-history-almost-died-near-death-wine-facts-age-death-family-sons/
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2020-11-2100 minIt Could Be WorseImportant Update!In this update Cat and Anna discuss a worst case scenario, rawr XD, being more like Lisa, refrigerator noises, and how current events will effect the podcast. Toodles bitches.
2020-03-2101 minIt Could Be WorseEpisode 11: Charles II of SpainIn this episode , Anna and Cat discuss inbreeding, jawlines, appendicitis, science in the 1600s, erotic donuts, and the man who ended the reign of the Hapsburg dynasty by no fault of his own.
2020-02-2622 minIt Could Be WorseEpisode 9: The PlagueToday Anna and Cat discuss pus and blood part 2, Axe body spray, kink shaming, fleas, rats, and a disease indifferent to who it wiped out.
2019-11-2623 minIt Could Be WorseEpisode 8: TarrareToday Anna and Cat (and Layla) discuss powerful laxatives, belts o' skin, wooden chests, the pus of life, and a man's journey to become the hungriest, stinkiest, stretchiest human of all time.
Sources:
London Medical Physical Journal. "Polyphagism." Eclectic Repertory and Analytical Review, Medical and Philosophical (1810-1820) 10.1 (1820): 136. Web.
Good, John Mason. The Study of Medicine. 4th American Ed., Reprinted from the Last London Ed., Greatly Improved and Enl.. ed. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1826. Web.
All That's Interesting: https://allthatsinteresting.com/tarrare
2019-11-1238 minIt Could Be WorseEpisode 7: Salem Witch TrialsToday Anna and Cat discuss Kool Aid, doing simple math, boredom in the 17th century, and an unlucky set of circumstances that led to the SECOND biggest witch hunt in North American history.
2019-11-0133 minIt Could Be WorseEpisode 6: Violet JessopToday Anna and Cat discuss the dangers of dress up, Sandals Beach Resorts, finger infections, what it takes to get your sea legs, and one woman's career as an ocean liner stewardess that was a failure of Titanic proportions.
Sources: Titanic Survivor by John Maxtone-Graham
2019-10-2237 minIt Could Be WorseEpisode 5: The Donner PartyToday Anna and Cat discuss carseats, human flesh, what it takes to get to the West Coast, banishment, and collarbone stabbings.
2019-10-0829 minIt Could Be WorseEpisode 4: John White and The Lost ColonyAnna and Cat are back! 'Cause everyone wanted to know...Today they discuss the original sausage party, unknown birthdates, stuff getting touched, and one man's failed quest to start a colony in America.
2019-10-0829 minIt Could Be WorseEpisode 3: Frane SelakPlanes, Franes, trains, and automobiles! What are the chances of landing in a haystack? Can one singe off their own hair? Which came first? The chicken or the egg? What does it mean to be doused in hot oil? Join Anna and Cat as they embark on another epic journey through the intense bad luck of Frane Selak.
2019-05-0119 minIt Could Be WorseEpisode 2: Roy SullivanJoin Anna and Cat as they discuss the park ranger who was struck by lightning seven times. Do we need our big toes? Can men recharge? How does underwear become holy? All will be revealed.
2019-04-1622 min