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Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingA Concise History of Standup ComedyThis week, the gals discuss standup comedy and the iconic comedians that shaped its history. 2022-04-0159 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingThe Liver King: Viral Phenomena behind the Ancestral LifestyleThis week, Syd introduces us to Liver King: the CEO of the Ancestral Lifestyle. Is it a real lifestyle or marketing ploy? The gals weigh in! 2022-03-251h 12Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingEndurance Shipwreck and the Voyage of the James Caird: Shipwreck with Happy Ending? Could Happen!This week, the gals dive in the recent discovery of the Endurance Shipwreck and the incredible true story behind the crew's survival. 2022-03-181h 06Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingSAVE THE SAND: We’re running out of itThis week Syd and Kate explore the (surprising!) depletion of sand, one of the most used resources behind water. Oh no! We wax poetic about formative memories and when we are on topic, we get romantic about sand. All that and more on another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going!2022-03-041h 04Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingSoviet Space Dogs: The True Cosmic PioneersThe ladies discuss the USSR's use of dogs for spaceflight testing. Also – a harrowing story about laundry theft. 2022-02-2556 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingA Massive Olympics Con: The Worst Best Skier To DateThis week Syd and Kate explore the story of Elizabeth Swaney and how she conned herself into the Olympics as well as other Olympic antics, including some of the more creative events. All this and more in another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going.2022-02-181h 06Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingThe Suez Canal's Yellow Fleet: TFW You're Trapped on A Cargo Ship for Nearly a DecadeThe gals RETURN!!! Syd and Kate discuss the little known history of the "Yellow Fleet", when fifteen ships were stuck in the Suez Canal for eight years and formed their own society.Also, Syd invents a new measurement system based on the height of a Bengal cat. How is this useful? Tune in to find out! 2022-02-1157 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingFamous Penises: The Phallic Relics of Napoleon, Rasputin and Other Historical FiguresYou read that right – this week, the gals learn about the (disputed) legends of famous penises. Can you really see Rasputin's pickled member at a museum in Russia? Is Napoleon's d*ck in a private collection in New York City? Was President Johnson obsessed with his Johnson? Tune in to find out! 2021-11-1956 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingThe Smelly Legacy of Tyrian PurpleSyd takes us back in history to relive the sights and smells of Tyrian Purple. Making this stuff might be the worst job in history. All this and more in another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going.Check us out on YouTube (/shutupkeepgoing) and our image guide for each episode at @shutupkeepgoing2021-11-1244 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingThe History of Skydiving: Why Do We Want To Fall From the Sky?Kate covers the history of skydiving and some of its most famous figures, including: Tiny Broadwick, DB Cooper, and WWII Paratroopers! 2021-11-051h 13Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingShen Yun: Cult? Propaganda? Aliens?Shen Yun - you’ve probably seen their posters around, but is it a cult? In this week’s episode, Syd deep dives into the conspiracies that surround Shen Yun and what the Chinese government has to do with it. All this and more in another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going.2021-10-291h 03Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingBog Bodies + Children of Llullaillaco: Natural Mummies (and Human Sacrifice!?)This week, Kate researched the discovery of human remains that were naturally mummified, and in some cases, victims of human sacrifice. Tune in to learn about Europe's Bog Bodies and the Inca Empire's Children of Llullaillaco.2021-10-221h 18Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingAffair of the Poisons: Murder and Witchcraft in the French CourtKate details the "Affair of the Poisons", the scandalous witch hunt that poisoned 17th-century France. 2021-10-151h 06Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingThe Largest Coupon Fraud Scheme in the USSyd leads us through a monstrous coupon con, which led her to look into the history of coupons and then share it will all of you listeners. All this and more in another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going.Check us out on YouTube (/shutupkeepgoing) and our image guide for each episode at @shutupkeepgoing2021-10-0849 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingCollapse of the Bronze Age: A Series of Unfortunate EventsThe ladies learn about the collapse of the Bronze Age (3300 to 1200 BC) and discuss the contemporary relevance of societal collapse. Not to worry – there is *lighthearted* tangents abound! 2021-09-241h 08Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingMark Hofmann: Forgery, Murder and MormonsThe gals dive into the fascinating saga of Mark Hofmann – a forger (and murderer!) who wreaking havoc on the Mormon Church. 2021-09-1758 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingThe Freewinds: Set Sail with ScientologyThis week, Sydnee presents on The Freewinds, aka Scientology's cruise liner. Let's just say, things get a little *fishy*! 2021-09-101h 05Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingLisa Frank + Tank Man of Tiananmen Square: A Rainbow Gulag and Mystery Behind An Iconic PhotographSyd takes us back to our childhoods and walks us through the rise and fall of Lisa Frank, while Kate dives into the mysteries surrounding iconic imagery from the Tiananmen Square Protests. All this and more in another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going.Check us out on YouTube (/shutupkeepgoing) and our image guide for each episode at @shutupkeepgoingNew episodes every Friday!2021-09-0356 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingLegends of The Viper Room + The Revolutionary Nuns: A Spooky Club and Gaddafi’s ‘Secret Service’This week, Syd reveals a wild conspiracy theory about River Phoenix’s death and other odd happenings at the infamous Viper Room and Kate teaches us about the Revolutionary Nuns. All this and more in another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going.Check us out on YouTube (/shutupkeepgoing) and our image guide for each episode at @shutupkeepgoingNew episodes every Friday!2021-08-271h 12Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingJames Webb Space Telescope + Bobby Bonilla: Capturing Cosmic History and A Man with a Sweet DealThe ladies are back!!! This week, they discuss astrophysics (or try to) vis-à-vis the James Webb Space Telescope and MLB contracts by way of Bobby Bonilla, a former Mets player who landed one good deal. 2021-08-201h 02Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingNero + Pirate Joe's: A Wild Roman Emperor and Bootlegged Trader JoesKate outlines the gossip-worthy life (and dramatic death) of Roman Emperor Nero. Sydnee discusses Pirate Joes, the bootlegged Trader Joe's in Canada. 2021-07-231h 15Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingLegend of the Biggest Sacrifice + Modern Jonas: Curtea de Arges and People Who Have Gotten Swallowed by WhalesThis week, Syd talks about a major sacrifice made during the construction of the Curtea de Arges in Romania. And Kate, recounts several people who have found themselves in the sticky situation of being eaten by a whale. All this and more in another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going.Check us out on YouTube (/shutupkeepgoing) and our image guide for each episode at @shutupkeepgoing2021-07-161h 03Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingMid Night Club + Crash at Crush: Japan’s Secret Racing Club and an Explosive Publicity StuntIn this week’s episode, Syd is inspired by the release of F9 and brings us through Japan’s secret racing group, the Mid Night Club. Kate, also inspired by transportation, talks to us about the Crash at Crush, a locomotive that is both loco and …motive. All this and more in another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going.Check us out on YouTube (/shutupkeepgoing) and our image guide for each episode at @shutupkeepgoing2021-07-0955 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingLindy Effect + LifeLock: The Antiquity Lifestyle and Confident Advertising Gone AwryThe gals return with a discussion on the Lindy Effect, a new "lifestyle" that seeks inspo from the ancients. Syd details the paradoxical story of Lifelock, an identity theft company that fell victim to identity theft. *womp womp*Check us out on Youtube! 2021-07-021h 17Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingSnapple Popsicle Disaster + Deep-Time Experiment: A Sticky Situation and 40 Days in a CaveSyd details Snapple's Giant Popsicle stunt that devolved into a *very* sticky situation. Kate catches us up on the recent Deep-Time Experiment, where a group of volunteers lived in a cave for 40 days without clocks and natural light. Do we innately understand the passage of time? Are ice-sculptures a common buffet decor? Just some of the many eternal questions discussed this week! 2021-06-181h 18Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingWalt Disney Conspiracy + Petty Presidents: Why His Body Might Be Frozen and a Series of Presidential Mishaps.In this week’s episode, Syd brings us through the urban legend surrounding Walt Disney’s corpse and Kate brings us through some presidential blunders. Presidents, they’re just like us. They also inevitably come up with a rank of hottest presidents. All this and more in another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going.Check us out on YouTube and our image guide for each episode at @shutupkeepgoing on IG! 2021-06-111h 06Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingCalifornia Shift + Castrati: Realizing We Have an Accent and Angelic Male VoicesThis week, Sydnee explains the California Shift aka the accent of Valley Girls, Surfers, and the SUKG hosts. Then, Kate takes us back to a time when European audiences were captivated by the sounds of... castrated men. 2021-06-041h 20Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingLiminal Spaces + Altamont Free Concert: Uncanny Yet Mundane Voids and Mayhem, Murder... and The Rolling StonesSydnee and Kate delve into liminal spaces (literally) and unravel the chaotic events at the 1969 Rolling Stones' Altamont Free Concert. 2021-05-281h 13Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingDoomsday Clock + Love Has Won *Update*: Timing Human Destruction and a Cult Leader Kicked the BucketThe gals have a *light-hearted* discussion on the Doomsday clock and the potential of atomic annihilation. Syd gives an update on a previous topic: the strange death of the Love Has Won cult leader. Also featuring: A "Promising Young Woman" review! Speedball! A botched Prom Proposal! 2021-05-211h 04Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingScience of Ghosts + Harriet Cole: A Phantom Phenomenon and Suspicious Nervous SystemIn this week’s episode, Kate explores the science of ghosts - are they real? Or....maybe not? And Syd explores the mystery behind the person and the body of famous Nervous System, Harriet Cole.New episodes every FridayCheck out our image guide on instagram: @shutupkeepgoing2021-05-141h 01Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingIs Fidel Castro Justin Trudeau’s Dad? + The Life of Lee Miller: A Powerful Paternal Conspiracy + The Badass Lady in Hitler's BathIn this episode, Kate and Syd delve into biographies, histories... and conspiracies?! Is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the son of Fidel Castro? Why was WWII photographer Lee Miller taking a bath in Hitler's apartment? Listen and find out! 2021-05-0758 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingThe Prince Phillip Movement + Our Sun's Death: A Divine Duke and What Happens When Our Sun Kicks the BucketKate memorializes the late Prince Philip by discussing the Yaohnanen tribe's belief of his divinity and Syd answers the cosmic question: "what happens when the sun goes out"? 2021-04-3054 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingGovernment Cheese + The Mariko Aoki Phenomenon: A Cheesy Conundrum and Bookstore PoopsIn this week’s episode, Syd explores the topic of Big Government Cheese and Kate breaks down the Mariko Aoki Phenomenon - is it real? Or just of ones own mind? Find out in another episode of Shut Up! Keep Going.Follow our image guide on Instagram: @shutupkeepgoing2021-04-231h 05Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingWater Powered Car + Artificially Created Mouse Embryos: Vehicular Innovation (or Conspiracy?) and Recreating the Vermin WombThis week, Kate discusses the recent scientific feat of growing mouse embryos in a mechanical womb. Sydnee presents the intriguing story of Stanley Meyer and his supposed "water powered" car. Real or conspiracy? Tune in to find out! 2021-04-161h 01Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingFeline Family Members + Human Height: Domestication of Cats and The Mystery of Modern HeightThis week Syd and Kate chat one of their favorite topics: cats. Why do they hang with us in our houses, how did we get here? And they dive into a question that plagued them in an earlier episode: when did people get tall? Find all (most) of the answers here.Find our image guide on Instagram: @shutupkeepgoing2021-04-0953 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingAphantasia + The Century of the Self: Mental Imagery (or lack thereof) and Capitalizing on our EgosKate and Syd host a tangent-prone discussion on our minds and those who want to control it. Syd introduces the idea of aphantasia, aka the inability to conjure mental imagery. Kate provides a condensed retelling of the BBC doc series "The Century of the Self" – which explores how Freud's theories are intertwined with capitalism. 2021-04-021h 34Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingWim Hof + the World’s Lost Tourist: an Extreme Athlete Who Might be Out of His Mind and a Wholesome (True) TaleThis week Syd and Kate are back to discuss Wim Hof, also known as The Iceman, and the heartwarming story of Erwin Kreuz who mistook Maine for San Francisco.2021-03-261h 01Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingTarrare + Love Has Won: A Very Hungry Man and a Cultist MisnomerThe gals are back to discuss Tarrare, history's hungriest man, and the Love Has Won cult. 2021-03-191h 12Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingWombats + The Mirror Stage: Mystical Marsupials and Infant PsychoanalysisIn this tour de force episode, the gals take us from a land down under into the minds of babies. Sydnee enlightens us on the surprising qualities of wombats and Kate (tries to) explain Jacques Lacan theory of the mirror stage. Check out this episodes image guide at @shutupkeepgoing on Instagram!2021-03-121h 37Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingProust Effect + "The Dream of Life": Pungent Memories and an Inspiring Thought ExperimentAnother wild (and tangent-prone) episode of SUKG! This week, Kate discusses the Proust Effect and how smell can unlock memories. Then, Sydnee presents an inspiring thought experiment courtesy of philosopher Alan Watts. Also, they both cry. Why? Tune in to find out! 2021-03-051h 23Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingVantablack + The Stoned Ape Theory: The Blackest Black and Our (Potentially) Psychedelic AncestorsAnother episode, some more chats! Kate Franklin and Syd Goodman talk about the world’s blackest black and find some humor in the darkness, and Kate enlightens Syd on a hypothesis surrounding human consciousness.Check out this episodes image guide at @shutupkeepgoing on Instagram!2021-02-261h 32Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingFeral Folk + World’s Oldest Businesses: a National Park Conspiracy and Success for CenturiesKate and Syd chat about claims of feral people living in national parks who might be at the center of several missing people cases and the world’s oldest businesses and what they all have in common.2021-02-191h 11Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingVALENTINE'S SPECIAL: Cadaver Dissection with a Doctor-In-TrainingIn our first ever BONUS EPISODE – the ladies chat with doctor-in-training Mac Egan to discuss his experience dissecting a human body. Because, what's more romantic than cutting up a cadaver? 2021-02-141h 23Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingWhere Do Baby Eels Come From + The Man Who Wouldn't Die: A Slippery Mystery and an Insurance Scam Gone AwrySydnee dives into the mystery of Eel reproduction and Kate tells the story of Michael Malloy: "History's most stubborn murder victim". 2021-02-121h 06Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingLunar Effect + Transatlantic Accents: Are We Moonstruck and a Fancy Yet Fake AccentThe gals debate if astrology is real during a lengthy conversation on how the Moon affects us earthlings. Sydnee transports us back to the glitz and glam of Hollywood to explain the Transatlantic Accent. "You're gonna go far kid!" 2021-02-0555 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingPoisoned Bootlegged Liquor + Toxoplasma Gondii: Lethal Alcohol Courtesy of the US Gov't and a Mind-Controlling ParasiteThis week, the Kate and Syd delve into stories of lethal intoxication and parasitic mind-control.Kate transports us back to the prohibition era to share the little-known history of the U.S. Government's strategic liquor poisoning campaign. Then, Sydnee frightens us with Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that controls minds. Yeah, now that's another thing to worry about. We now have an Instagram! Give us a follow: www.instagram.com/shutupkeepgoing2021-01-291h 03Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingCostco and Murder + a Professional Forger: Passionate About Hot Dogs and a Wholesome MisleaderKate and Syd chat about the Costco founder’s murderous threat, hitmen, and Mark Landis, a talented painter with an unexpectedly wholesome story.2021-01-221h 04Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingPotemkin Villages + Lead Poisoning: Origins of Government Propaganda and Leads Involvement in Collapsed Societies and HomicidesThe gals kick things off by indulging in their childhood celebrity crushes and eventually (7:10) chat about the origin of Potemkin villages and what lead has to do with the makeup of peace and harmony in society. 2021-01-1557 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingFashion Trends + Brussel Sprouts: Why Are You Wearing Dad Shoes and Formerly Stinky VegetablesKate and Syd get into a minor tiff about Jack Black before diving into fashion trends and why we suddenly love Brussel sprouts.Also featuring: unsolicited self-help advice and New Years tidings. Pee-yew, another packed episode! 2021-01-0859 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingQueen Bees + Obstetrical Dilemma: Tiny Matriarchs and Painful LaborThe ladies delve into the organization of beehives and question why humans are hard to bear (literally!)2021-01-0155 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingLost Silent Films + 40 Hour Workweek: The Delicate Silver Screen and Power to the ProletariatSyd enlightens us on the development of labor rights and a brief history of her adolescent romances. Kate discusses the ephermal nature of silent movies and her lackluster work ethic.LINK:"Something Good" – 1898 Lost Film 2020-12-251h 12Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingGrowing Mountains + The Bermuda Triangle: Persistent Rocks and Eerie, Wet MysteriesThe gals chat about geology and the mysterious nature of the Bermuda Triangle while also rediscovering their Tumblrs. It’s a packed episode.2020-12-1853 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingSpace Lawyers + James Cameron: Yes, It’s a Real Thing and The Man Has Seen Some ShitWe briefly turn into a movie podcast and Kate opens Syd’s eyes and shows her the litigation specialty of space lawyers.Note: I didn’t say this in the episode but Fast and Furious is a franchise with more than 5 good movies within. - Syd2020-12-111h 07Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingHandedness + Prairiedogese: Lucky Lefties and Gossiping RodentsThis week – Kate questions why she's left-handed, Sydnee introduces us to a new language, and together, they cry about cats. 2020-12-041h 03Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingIrony + Entoptic Phenomena: Accidentally Liking Things and A Phenomena You’ve Probably ExperiencedThe ladies chat about hipsters (and naturally expose themselves), your brain’s struggle with irony, and entoptic phenomena, something you most likely have experienced.2020-11-271h 09Shut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingGuilt-Shame-Fear Spectrum of Cultures + Guinness Book Of World RecordsKate and Syd dive into the anthropology (not the store) topic of the guilt-shame-fear spectrum of cultures as well as the origins and current reality of the Guinness Book of World Records. Is it the same as the beer? Tune in and find out!2020-11-2036 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingEggcorn + Polycephaly: You're Probably Saying Things Wrong and Fascinating Medical ConditionsThe ladies discuss the linguistic concept of Eggcorn and the fascinating condition of Polycephaly. 2020-11-0934 minShut Up! Keep GoingShut Up! Keep GoingDancing Plague + Codpieces: Lessons From the 16th CenturySydnee and Kate delve into the 16th century to share about the Dancing Plague of 1518 and the ever-so fashionable codpiece. 2020-11-0840 min