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Jess & Hids Make A PodcastIndrid Cold Has High BystandardsSend a textHids’ streak of not going first lives on as Jess takes us back to New York, 1964. She dips into a true crime story, so a trigger warning for murder, but what she really gets into is the fascinating psychology of the Bystander Effect and how the death of Kitty Genovese kicked off a decades long study, and paved the way for the 911 emergency call system.Hids also travels back in time, but they go to West Virginia, 1966. A man is stopped on a lonely stretch of highway by…an alien spacecraft! Woodrow Dere...
2026-02-121h 25Jess & Hids Make A PodcastRaven Riffs! The Raven (1963)Send us a textIt’s been a while since we’ve done a Raven Riff, so we’re bringing it back with a fun look at The Raven. We love cheesy movies, Vincent Price, and Edgar Allan Poe and this wonderfully cheesy comedic horror from 1963 has all three PLUS Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre. Unfortunately for Jess, this movie also features a young Jack Nicholson.Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2026-02-051h 04Jess & Hids Make A PodcastCan Anyone Tell Us What Cometpunk Is?Send us a textEpisode eight has arrived and we’re bringing out the Punk! Jess revisits various punk genres and we come up with a few of our own along the way.Hids does a bit of science-y stuff as they discuss Halley’s Comet and the Comet Panic of 1910!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2026-01-291h 32Jess & Hids Make A PodcastChill Vibes, Warm Embers, And An Undertone Of ViolenceSend us a textIn our second episode of 2026, we finally decide it’s time to set some intentions and talk about our plans for the new year! The goal? Chill.Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2026-01-151h 04Jess & Hids Make A PodcastWould You Rather Picnic In Centralia Or A Cemetery?Send us a textHey we’re back! We had a bit of time off to recharge our batteries and now we’re ready to kick off the new year and continue on with Season Two!Jess starts us off (are you surprised?) with the wild story of Centralia, PA, a town that burns with an eternal fire.Hids goes into a little bit of a linguistic journey through cemeteries and graveyards and tells us about the symbolism and meanings behind the markings, epitaphs, and various designs of headstones and grave markers.Su...
2026-01-081h 37Jess & Hids Make A PodcastHave A Scary Werewolf Christmas With The Silent PeopleSend us a textJess opens with a holiday vibe and tells us about various holiday legends and superstitions from around the world. Hids had a bit of a wild magic surge and takes a little trip to Finland to see an art installation by Reijo Kela called The Silent People.Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-12-251h 15Jess & Hids Make A PodcastGet Your Jack Nicholson Fish Out Of My Fantasy World!Send us a textThings are slightly back to normal this week…well, only in the fact that Jess is going first! Huzzah! Jess gives us a brief history of the rise of the Fantasy genre in literature. Did you think Tolkien invented it? You might be surprised. Hids has a quick topic this week simply because there is very little known about the Telescope Fish! Hids thinks they’re kinda cute…in a creepy way. Seriously, look online for images. Cute or Creepy? Let us know what you think!Support the showFo...
2025-12-181h 17Jess & Hids Make A PodcastSpoons And Spell SlotsSend us a textWe have a short episode today!It's a bit of a wild magic surge because we don't actually talk about the topics we drew in the last episode. Instead, Jess talks about The Spoon Theory, from its origins to how the metaphor is used today.Hids dives a bit deeper and talks about a handful of metaphors that branched from The Spoon Theory, including the avid TTRPG player's favorite, Spell Slot Theory.Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids...
2025-12-1130 minJess & Hids Make A PodcastThe Mirage Is Superior But Poe Says Your Writing Is CommonplaceSend us a textCome along with more unedited chaos and science!! Jess tells us about fata morgana, a fascinating mirage that only happens in very specific conditions and has led to failed expeditions and oceanic superstitions like the Flying Dutchman!Hids wraps up their discussion on Edgar Allan Poe with a look at some of Poe’s influences on American literature as well as his many appearances in pop culture.Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-12-041h 19Jess & Hids Make A PodcastPrice And Poe: Peas In A Macabre PodSend us a textWe’re so stoked to be here with our first episode of Season Two! And oh boy, do we have a good one for you!This episode was recorded just a couple hours before upload, so it’s coming to you totally unedited and full of our usual chaos.In an odd synchronicity with our very first episode, Jess starts this season talking about one of our all-time favorite humans: Vincent Price! And in yet another little synchronicity, Hids talks about one of Vincent’s favorite authors: Edgar A...
2025-11-271h 40Jess & Hids Make A PodcastThat Googie Style Makes My Foot Go PopSend us a textWild Magic Surge! ADHD strikes… and so does the d20! Hids has gone first again!! Hids takes a quick look at the Hays Code. This was an attempt by Hollywood to avoid government regulation and censorship on the movies that were being produced from roughly the 1930s to mid 1960s. Jess spends some time in the same era, but she’s focusing on some of the architecture of the time, Googie! It’s fun to say, right? If you like The Incredibles, Jimmy Neutron, The Jetsons or anything with that...
2025-11-201h 33Jess & Hids Make A PodcastBackhanded Compliments From Posh HedgehogsSend us a textWow! Fifty episodes!!We are so close to one year of Jess & Hids Make a Podcast! This episode is chaotic because why not? About ten minutes before we started recording, we asked a couple of our Patrons to give us 50 questions to answer. So… Well, here you go! Have fun and we hope you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed recording!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-11-131h 40Jess & Hids Make A PodcastStop Messing With Your Clocks!Send us a textSomething is seriously wrong with Hids’ d20. For the somethingth time in a row, they’re going first! This week, Hids delivers a brief history of the Wild Hunt, you know, the topic they promised early in October? Yep, finally making that happen! Jess is back on track with her famous women of history and tells us a bit about Doris Duke, an heiress to a massive fortune and her (mostly) philanthropic life. You’ll want to check out our Patreon bonus content for the scandal.Support the show...
2025-11-061h 38Jess & Hids Make A PodcastGood News And Warm Embers!Send us a textEpisode 48 is a wild ride!!!Actually…it’s a slightly chaotic shift into a realm of good news and Hope Punk vibes. We both found good things from around the internet to share and hopefully spread a little joy and scatter some warm embers across the downloads.Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-10-301h 25Jess & Hids Make A PodcastA Puhunchy Carnivorous Crustacean And An Alien TextSend us a textThere’s something seriously wrong with Hids’ dice… FIRST AGAIN! They rolled with it and took us down for a tropical dip in the oceans to meet the Mantis Shrimp! Neat Thing: it’s not even a shrimp! These awesome creatures not only pack a powerful punch, but they can also see in 16 different colors AND the ultraviolet spectrum. Humans can only see in 3 colors, how dull is that?Jess took us back in time to learn about the incredible Voynich Manuscript, a document that has puzzled historians, antique book collecto...
2025-10-231h 27Jess & Hids Make A PodcastAn Incredible Infantorium And Hollywood Curses (Or Coincidences...?)Send us a textWhat’s happening with the dice? Hids went first again! They took us to some fairgrounds and sideshows from the early 1900s…but not for the reason you might think! Hids introduces us to Dr. Martin Couney and his Infantorium! Thousands of premature babies were saved by Dr. Couney and his incubator sideshow and despite the critics, he was instrumental in finally getting incubators into hospitals in America by the middle of the century.Jess’ topic was less heartwarming. In keeping with the spooky vibe of October, she talks about some haunte...
2025-10-161h 44Jess & Hids Make A PodcastAnniversaBirthdaMonth Shenanigans!Send us a textWhat can we say? We are so excited for our third year with our growing community on Patreon and Discord! We are going over all the details of our month-long celebrations, including our Scavenger Hunt and Rook Runners 5k virtual run!! Did we mention it’s a HUGE wooden laser-cut medal? Seriously… 4.5” x 7.5”!!!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-10-021h 16Jess & Hids Make A PodcastBuy Some Dreams From Jess And Hids Of Parasols And PigsSend us a textHids kicked us off this week with a quick discussion about the Womanly Art of Parasol Self Defence! This was trending in the early 1900s in London and in the US as a ‘rise in hooliganism’ and the growth in women leaving the home without chaperones or entering the work force began to see more attacks and inappropriate advances from men toward women. Jess dove into dreams! She did a dive into the Korean culture of buying and selling dreams, which is pretty fascinating! She also talked a bit about the psych...
2025-09-251h 28Jess & Hids Make A PodcastGet Jack'dSend us a textIt's another unconventional episode!!We decided it would be super fun to give you, our dear sweet listeners, a glimpse of the bonus content our Patrons get! We chose, not only one, but TWO And Another Thing Episodes to share with you all!We chose episode 25 - The Line Between Cure And Kill With Bobby Lasagna and episode 34 - Baking Up Some Hot Fresh Minhwa Wild Magic Surge! If you need a refresher about those episodes, why not listen again? And if you want more And Another...
2025-09-181h 49Jess & Hids Make A PodcastA Great Woman And Some Great LakesSend us a textJess is back with her stories of amazing women in history! In this episode, she tells us about Octavia Butler, an award-winning African American author who broke barriers in science fiction. Known as the "Grand Dame" of the genre, she was the first Black woman to achieve renown in it.Hids’ original topic was shipwrecks on the Great Lakes of the United States & Canada, but many rabbit holes forced them to focus simply on some of the amazing facts about the Great Lakes, a bit about the geology of the area an...
2025-09-111h 41Jess & Hids Make A PodcastI'd Rather Meet Mothman Than Meet MeatmanSend us a textStrange things are afoot! Hids went first! The d20 has betrayed them!! Hids takes a brief look at the legend of Mothman, the curious cryptid/paranormal entity that was first seen in Point Pleasant, WV in 1966. Is the Mothman a harbinger of doom or is he just a brooding fluffy boi? Keeping on theme with odd and spooky things, Jess takes us on a little trip to Flagstaff, Arizona and the Hotel Monte Vista! We are actually staying there this week and our Patrons will get a LIVE video fr...
2025-09-041h 39Jess & Hids Make A PodcastLet The Anniversabirthdamonth Planning Commence!Send us a textWe noticed a small trend in the final episode of the last couple months: They’ve been kind of ‘off the rails’ from our normal episodes. We ended up having the same thing happen this month! BUT - we are excited to bring you some sneak peeks about future plans for our Patreon, and some of the fun things we are working on for our October anniversabirthamonth celebration! We launched our Patreon and began our official writing journey three years ago! We’re so happy with how far we’ve come and the community...
2025-08-281h 01Jess & Hids Make A PodcastWanted: Cowboys And Aliens. Orphans PreferredSend us a textLast week was cowgirls and aliens…this week is…ponies and possible bureaucratic cover ups?Keeping her streak alive, Jess goes first again and dives into the story of the Pony Express! Although short-lived, it was the fastest way to get important mail from the East coast to California in the 1860s. Hids follows up on the aftermath of the Roswell Incident from our last episode with a dive into Project Blue Book, the US Air Force’s efforts to study and classify the massive influx of ‘flying sa...
2025-08-211h 45Jess & Hids Make A PodcastCowgirls And Aliens (Or Is?)Send us a textLook, we believe in aliens, okay? This week, Jess talks about Roswell, NM, the alleged crash site of an alien ship. Or maybe it was just a weather balloon? Also, we’re definitely making plans to attend the UFO Festival in Roswell next year! Hids talks about Caroline Lockhart. She was a journalist, author, newspaper owner and publisher, rodeo promoter, and rancher! Phew! This awesome lady from the late 1800s’ was a truly capable woman who did what she wanted to do and then wrote about it! Support the show
2025-08-141h 15Jess & Hids Make A PodcastI Smell Cannibals In The Bermuda TriangleSend us a textThis week we go on a weird and wildly chaotic journey from Scotland to Bermuda. Jess talks about the creepy and horrific tale of Sawney Bean….which probably (hopefully) didn’t really happen at all.Hids dives into the Bermuda Triangle. Not really though, because they’re terrified of the ocean and all the things in it. We talk about the USS Cyclops and Flight 19, two of the most widely known disappearances in the Triangle, and then we debunk it, even though we will always believe it was….aliens.Support t...
2025-08-071h 40Jess & Hids Make A PodcastWarm Embers, Feels, And VibesSend us a textThis week’s episode is a slightly different format. Jess was feeling under the weather so we missed our recording window. In lieu of a regular episode, we had a little sit down and did a mini-version of our Patreon Tea Time! We answered a few questions that came up in our Tea Time lives about our books and other future plans. We’ll be talking about The Scarab Whispers, a book that is currently in edits, and our plans for a TTRPG in the same world setting as the book. We also...
2025-07-311h 07Jess & Hids Make A PodcastI'm A Little Stitious About This Arcade GameSend us a textHey guess what! Jess went first again! This week she talks about the urban legend of Polybius, an arcade game from 1981. Or was it? Rumors abound, men in black appear, stories of people vanishing after playing the game are spread and nothing is actually confirmed. Hids takes on a listener submitted topic: Superstitions! They take a look at the psychology of superstitions and why so many of us are probably more than a little stitious. Did you know that superstitions can actually relieve anxiety and enhance performance?Support t...
2025-07-241h 45Jess & Hids Make A PodcastBaking Up Some Hot Fresh Minhwa - Wild Magic Surge!Send us a textADHD hit us hard this week and we were both struggling to focus on our topics. We decided to let our brains do their own thing and pick a random topic that they actually wanted to focus on! So Jess has been wanting to get back into baking lately, and we just went to a meet & greet/book signing with B. Dylan Hollis (go check him out, he’s hilarious!) so baking is definitely on her mind! She dives into a brief overview of the history of baking, from the simplest pro...
2025-07-171h 25Jess & Hids Make A PodcastRoll For Initiative And A Critical HitSend us a textDon’t panic…but Hids kicks off the episode this week! Grab your dice and character sheet, a selection of snacks and your imagination! Hids is taking us on an adventure as we learn the history of Dungeons & Dragons! From humble beginnings and a $2000 start up budget to a $1.72 billion industry, the history of D&D has shaped the tabletop role playing industry. Jess gives us a history lesson with a slice of murder! Learn about the murder of Duchess Francoise de Choiseul-Praslin, an event that was a tipping point that helpe...
2025-07-101h 41Jess & Hids Make A PodcastRestoring A Healer And Imagining A MonsterSend us a textHey, guess who started this episode?? Yep, it was Jess again! She takes us back to the 12th Century to meet an awesome woman who was a famous and recognized doctor of her time…and then was subsequently erased from history by male doctors and historians who studied ancient texts and thought, ‘this couldn’t possibly have been written by a woman!’ Fortunately, in the 2000s, more study was done and Trota’s name and history in medicine is becoming known once more!Hids also does a bit of time travel to talk ab...
2025-07-031h 34Jess & Hids Make A PodcastAnswering The Questions Our Listeners Have Been Dying To AskSend us a textWe're taking another break from the usual format of our show and answering a few questions that our lovely listeners submitted!Have a listen and get to know us a bit better!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-06-261h 49Jess & Hids Make A PodcastZombie Ants, Glass Bottoms, And Hydrate, Ya Little Ramens!Send us a textJess dives into the fascinating world of ZOMBIE ANTS!!! It’s actually just a really cool fungus…maybe not super cool for the ants that it prefers to infect and take control of… Ophiocordyceps unilateralis has very specific tastes and we probably shouldn’t worry about it developing a taste for humans… probably…Hids takes us back to the 15th century and we learn about King Charles VI of France and his belief that he was made of glass…The phenomena of the Glass Delusion lasted around 200 years and afflicted the nobility and r...
2025-06-191h 39Jess & Hids Make A PodcastCapri Sun Cougars & A Cozy Sci-Fi Time Travel RomanceSend us a textThings are back to normal and Jess starts off this episode with a Cryptid! (Hids was right, they must have ESP!)Jess tells us about a local to us cryptid: The Mogollon Monster! This is a variation of Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, but the Mogollon Monster tends to be a little more aggressive than Bigfoot.Hids talks about time travel! Sort of, they discuss the strange case of Sergei Ponomarenko…not the famous figure skater. This Sergei went missing from Kiev, Ukraine in 1958 and showed up in 2006 looking exactly as he di...
2025-06-121h 18Jess & Hids Make A PodcastBEKs And One Complete PsychicSend us a textIn a rare turn of events, Hids kicks the episode off this week! They're sharing the possible urban legend of Black Eyed Kids! Are they just a viral story or are the reported encounters real? Are they aliens? (It's always aliens.) We take a look at the alleged original encounter in 1996, but also talk about some historical mentions of children with black eyes. You can decide if you think they're real or not, but whatever you do, if a strange child shows up and demands to be let inside your home or car...
2025-06-051h 42Jess & Hids Make A PodcastDon't Lose Your Head When You Hear The Earth FartSend us a textJess kicks off this episode (again) with a fascinating discussion on the phenomena of sky trumpets! You'll have to decide if it's an actual audio phenomenon or just an internet hoax!Update: Hids might have heard a similar sound while in Texas!!!!Note: We didn't have time to record an intro to each sound clip. During the episode we have recordings from the following areas in order: Beijing, Indonesia, Japan, Kiev, Oklahoma, and Saskatchewan.Hids tells the odd tale of Mike, the Headless Chicken. Mike was meant for...
2025-05-291h 28Jess & Hids Make A PodcastIn The Peak Of Their Prime At The Same TimeSend us a textThis episode has a lot of synchronicities that surprised us both! Jess kicks it off with her discussion on Frank Lloyd Wright. We are both in love with his architectural style...but not so much with the man himself. While an obvious genius in his chosen field, he's not a great guy and Jess gets into a few reasons why as we talk about some highlights of his life and career.Hids talks about Nikola Tesla, also a genius in his field but with a much more likable character than M...
2025-05-221h 37Jess & Hids Make A PodcastThe Line Between Cure And Kill With Bobby LasagnaSend us a textJess and Hids both get on some FBI watchlist somewhere... Jess gives a rundown on the history of poison gardens, lists some plants to watch out for on your walks or in your own gardens, and finds an interesting person to cover in a future episode!Hids dives into what little information is available about Area 51, which is definitely NOT a top secret airbase but is absolutely highly classified and restricted now that the government has actually acknowledged its existence... Are there aliens and alien spacecrafts hidden inside? We can't confirm...
2025-05-151h 39Jess & Hids Make A PodcastIf We Say DB Cooper Three Times In A Mirror, Can We Summon All That Money?Send us a textTurn off the lights, look in the mirror....chant 'Bloody Mary' three times....Jess dives into an urban legend: Blood Mary! Did you ever try this when you had a sleepover? Hids takes on the case of Dan 'D.B.' Cooper, the only unsolved hijacking case in the history of commercial aviation!Welcome aboard, find your seats and prepare for takeoff!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-05-081h 39Jess & Hids Make A PodcastThe Mirror Mafia And The House Of BurtSend us a textDid you know that celery was once a prized table centerpiece and a symbol of just how wealthy and bougie you were? Did you also know there was (allegedly) a Venetian Mirror Mafia? Hids dives into things that were once only available to the incredibly wealthy but were later considered common and for the masses. Jess discusses Burt Shonberg, one of the pioneers of the psychedelic art era of the 1960s who's surrealistic art was featured in the Vincent Price film, The House of Usher. We do have a trigger warning h...
2025-05-011h 40Jess & Hids Make A PodcastA Single Red Rose For The Tan Suit ManSend us a textThis week, Jess talks to us about Floriography, or the language of flowers. Not the same language we talked about in last weeks episode with screaming daffodils though, this one is all about the meaning of flowers and how what flowers you send in a bouquet or singly can have very specific meanings!Hids takes a little dive into some psychological phenomena when they discuss the Third Man Factor, or Third Person Syndrome. Do our brains craft a presence for us when we are in a traumatic or extremely dangerous situation...
2025-04-241h 48Jess & Hids Make A PodcastGetting To Know You, Getting To Know All About You...Send us a textWe did something a little different with this episode and played a very ADHD version of 21 Questions with each other!We used a Teen Vogue list that you can find HERE, with additional questions from various other Teen Vogue articles linked at the bottom of that page.Feel free to send us a message with YOUR answers!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-04-171h 34Jess & Hids Make A PodcastDon't Be Scared, Abe, Kate Has Your BackSend us a textThis week Hids gets to talk about an awesome woman from history! Kate Warne was the first female detective in the US and we seriously wish there was more information available about her! Jess talks to us about phobias and the different types and causes for why we fear what we fear!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-04-101h 38Jess & Hids Make A PodcastA Meadow Of Mimics And Tree TallsSend us a textY'all.... this one is hands down one of our favorites!Jess dives into a fantastic conspiracy theory that has Hids second guessing everything, and Hids talks about a cryptid that has very little information and may be a small conspiracy theory of its own!We hope you enjoy this episode, released to our Patrons on April 1st.Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-04-031h 28Jess & Hids Make A PodcastA Very Not-Dry Episode...AllegedlySend us a textHids kicks off this episode with a dive into the alleged life and death of Joan Wytte from Bodmin, Cornwall, UK.Then Jess talks about logomisia, or word aversion. Heads up, if certain words make you cringe, you might struggle a bit with this section, but it's still fascinating so we hope you keep listening!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-03-271h 26Jess & Hids Make A PodcastIn Lieu Of An Episode... Have Some Warm Embers Instead!Send us a textBecause life is crazy at the moment, we decided to postpone our next episode! We want to make sure we're giving you quality stuff that isn't haphazardly thrown together while we're both stressed about other things!BUT, we did want to share some warm embers with you, and talk about all the fun we're gonna have in April!! We're SO excited!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-03-2024 minJess & Hids Make A PodcastLet's Talk About The Birds And The... Fu Dogs?Send us a text#NotACryptid - We both learned new things this week as Jess takes us on a little trip to ancient China and the history of the Fu Dogs! We initially thought these were in the 'mythological beast' category but we found out they are really just lions.Hids takes us down under to Australia in 1932. Soldiers are coming home from the war and being given wheat farms, but a new battle arises. This one is against a very wary adversary: the emu! In a strange turn of events, a battalion of the...
2025-03-131h 17Jess & Hids Make A PodcastIs There A Slang Word For Stilts?Send us a textJess discusses the stilt walking shepherds of France, and Hids discusses a bit of the history of slang!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-03-061h 23Jess & Hids Make A PodcastADHD-Z Bread After Pie SessionSend us a textHids lost her voice! Sadly, we couldn't get a new episode out for you all this week, but we decided to release one of our Patreon-exclusive After Pie Sessions instead! (Head to Patreon for more information about that perk!)We hope you enjoy!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-02-271h 15Jess & Hids Make A PodcastRaven Riffs! Swamp Thing (1982)Send us a textWe didn't plan to have another Raven Riff so soon, but here we are! Travel time and some extra work hours pushed back our recording sessions and we had this one in our pocket ready to go.We really had fun watching this one. It's a 1982 classic from Wes Craven. There's a lot of campy stuff, but it's a fun romp through the bayous of Texas and good and bad prosthetic work.Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!...
2025-02-201h 40Jess & Hids Make A PodcastMushroom Rodeos And A.I. HopesSend us a textIn this week's episode, Jess takes us back to the mountains of Western North Carolina, a place that Hids knows and loves so well! We talk about the mysterious Brown Mountain Lights...are they spirits, aliens, mushrooms, or trains?Hids tackles a subject that's been on everyone's mind that past few years: Artificial Intelligence, or AI. We could honestly have multiple episodes on the vast amount of information, but for now, we do a brief discussion of the timeline of AI, and what some of the hopes are...
2025-02-131h 24Jess & Hids Make A PodcastQuestionable Science And Squonk BiologySend us a textIn this episode, Jess touches on the three different types of hair forensics, and Hids introduces us to our first cryptid, the Squonk!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-02-061h 26Jess & Hids Make A PodcastThe Ultimate Sneak Attack And Our New ObsessionSend us a textJess gets all the women! In this episode she talks about the Night Witches of World War 2, a group of Russian female pilots and mechanics that ran impossible missions against all odds.Hids shifts gears and talks about sports. Yeah, it's weird for us to talk about sports, but we are kind of obsessed with Kabaddi! It's an ancient game from India that is now played professionally around the world!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-01-301h 20Jess & Hids Make A PodcastRaven Riffs! Treasure Of The Four CrownsSend us a textEvery so often, we're going to be dropping a movie 'review' of sorts instead of our typical podcast episode. This is where we riff on and discuss some wonderfully cheesy movie from the past, and then we'll give it a Raven Rating!This week we're talking about Treasure of the Four Crowns. This movie was filmed in 3D and oh buddy, they definitely did alllllll the 'comin' at ya' shots they could squeeze in!Support the showFor images and sources, head to...
2025-01-231h 28Jess & Hids Make A PodcastYo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of...Beans?Send us a textFrom the high seas to a cave somewhere in Greece, this episode dives into the myths and realities of the lives of pirates, and then we learn a little bit about math and the ancient philosopher/mathematician/musician/teacher etc., etc.: Pythagoras!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-01-161h 30Jess & Hids Make A PodcastWho Would Win In A Fight? A Kodiak Bear Or Katie?Send us a textHids gives us a quick look at some of the amazing things Alaska has to offer and Jess returns with another badass woman: Katie Sandwina!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2025-01-091h 29Jess & Hids Make A PodcastMillions Of Books But Only Two GunsSend us a textThis one turned out to be the travel episode! Hids takes us around the world on a quick bookish tour featuring Jinbocho, Tokyo, Japan, then to other bookish sites around the globe.Jess takes us just an hour from our hometown to the ghost town of Two Guns, Arizona.(Hey! It's Jess! I'm so sorry for completely forgetting to add a little trigger warning about the Death Caves. The story is gruesome and, while I try not to give gory details, if you're sensitive to violent and tragic stories, you...
2025-01-021h 19Jess & Hids Make A PodcastOf Suffragettes and SquidsSend us a textIn this episode Jess takes us up some of the highest peaks with the amazing Annie Smith Peck and Hids takes us the opposite direction, diving into shallow coastal waters of the Pacific to meet the adorable Bobtail Squid!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2024-12-261h 29Jess & Hids Make A PodcastDelightfully Daring Dolly Dazzles In Her Precipitous Parachuting ProfessionSend us a textIn this episode, Jess talks about Dolly Shepherd, an amazing woman who was the first female parachutist! Hearing about the incredible lack of safety equipment at the time just makes her that much more awesome and inspiring!Hids dives into tongue twisters and hilarity ensues! Do you have a favorite tongue twister?Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2024-12-191h 37Jess & Hids Make A PodcastIt's All Bad... Blame The DemogorgonSend us a textIn this episode, Jess talks about the Benin Walls, which were four times longer than the Great Wall of China! She also discusses some of the dark history around Benin City in Nigeria.Hids starts to talk about Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan, but ends up taking a detour north to the Dyatlov Pass in the Ural Mountains. We'd like to visit Lake Issyk Kul, but there's a bit too much mystery (and freezing cold snow) around Dyatlov Pass!Support the showFor images and sources, head...
2024-12-121h 30Jess & Hids Make A PodcastLittle Yule Punks (But Someone Please Feed Spoonlicker!)Send us a textIn this episode, Hiddles attempts to take a deep dive into 'punk punks' but ends up barely skimming the surface of the wide variety of subcultures within subcultures! Learn a bit about Decopunk, Biopunk, Solarpunk, Hopepunk, and more!Jess reads a bit of Icelandic poetry and tells us the somewhat benign, maybe a little creepy tales of the Yule Lads! We still feel sorry for little Spoonlicker!For sources and pictures, head over to our website! JessAndHids.com/PodcastSupport the showFor images and sources...
2024-12-051h 29Jess & Hids Make A PodcastLiving My Best Brain Life In A Wildflower BogSend us a textSURPRISE!!! We decided to drop episode 2 a week early!!In this episode, Hids talks about Aphantasia, a fascinating condition that only affects about 2-4% of people.Jess takes us back in time to the early 1900s and the creation of the first public wildflower garden by Eloise Butler.For sources and pics, head over to our website!https://jessandhids.com/podcastSupport the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2024-11-281h 22Jess & Hids Make A PodcastJohannes Factotum And A Super Spish Devilish RomanticSend us a textIn our first episode, Jess talks about commonly misused sayings like "curiosity killed the cat" and "Jack of all trades". Hids takes us on a wild ride with the story of James Addison Peralta-Reavis, the Baron of Arizona! Well... he tried to be a Baron...Head over to our website for the links to the sources we used!JessAndHids.comSupport the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
2024-11-211h 26Jess & Hids Make A PodcastComing Soon... WE HAVE A PODCAST!!Send us a textWe are so excited to announce that we are OFFICIALLY launching our podcast!! Look for Jess & Hids Make A Podcast on your favorite podcasting site or app on November 21st!Support the showFor images and sources, head to our website!jessandhids.com/podcast
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