Amelia’s childhood was largely devoid of technology. But when she got a computer and the internet in her own bedroom, she found the new mode of communication through chatrooms and email utterly addictive. She’s struggled ever since with how much technology she wants in her life, especially now that she’s a mother.

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The Knowledge, London’s Legendary Taxi-Driver Test, Puts Up a Fight in the Age of GPS

How to Be a Girl

Music:

Respiration by Podington Bear

Heavy Flutter by Podington Bear

Data by Podington Bear

Epiphany by Podington Bear

Electron by Podington Bear

Jack by Podington Bear

Bugs Don’t Buzz by johnny_ripper

Vector Melody by Podington Bear

88 by Podington Bear

What True Self? Feels Bogus, Lets Watch Jaxon X by Chris Zabriskie

Bernard did not get along with his father, who expected him to work like a full-time employee in the family gas station starting when Bernard was just eight years old. But then Bernard went off to the army, and when he came home, an incident with a gun changed his relationship to his father, to society, and to himself.

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The Heard

ARRVLS

Samuel Colt

A Tradition of Arms

The Price of Valor

Music:

LAX from American Residue Records Presents - Last Foxtrot in Burbank: The Mixtape

Mario Bava Sleeps In a Little Later Than He Expected To by Chris Zabriskie

Take off and Shoot a Zero by Chris Zabriskie

I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor by Chris Zabriskie

Dead Inside by dustmotes

1 by John R. Barner from Funayurei

Humans have been getting intoxicated, and finding new ways to get intoxicated, for thousands of years. On this episode, I explore the history of intoxication, and how that history played out in the life of one young woman.

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In researching this topic, I relied on the following sources (in addition to Wikipedia):

The Beer Archaeologist

‘Apparently Useless’: The Accidental Discovery of LSD

The Trip Treatment

The Cocoa Crux

Heroin: A Hundred-Year Habit

Music:

"The Dark Glow of the Mountains" by Chris Zabriskie

"But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton" by Chris Zabriskie

"Take off and Shoot a Zero" by Chris Zabriskie

"Dance" by American Residue Records, from Last Foxtrot in Burbank

"Black Book" by Ori, remixed by johnny_ripper

"Time Stop" by American Residue Records, from Last Foxtrot in Burbank

"Hikikomori" by John R. Barner from Hikikomori

"Cylinder Seven" by Chris Zabriskie

"Cylinder Three" by Chris Zabriskie

"Cylinder Nine" by Chris Zabriskie