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“Her parents’ financial success is dependent on her abdomen.” This week, Jessica moves to L.A., records a video and meets a boy. The celebrity cameos escalate. Digressions include overalls, werewolves and Judy Garland. This episode unfortunately contains detailed descriptions of disordered eating.
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Our journey through late-’90s pop stardom begins with an intervention and ends with an audition. Digressions include Willie Nelson, Ozzy Osbourne, Jane Fonda and the cast of the Mickey Mouse Club. Sarah’s English degree and exercise habits make appearances. This episode, we’re sorry to say, contains descriptions of sexual abuse.
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Mike tells Sarah how an obscure technical glitch became a nationwide mobilization. Digressions include Twitter beefs, “The Net” and VHS pricing. We spend much of the episode roasting our own work from the relatively recent past.
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CORRECTION: It seems the women in Britain didn’t terminate their pregnancies due to the false positive test results. We were wrong about this and we’re sorry!
Links!
“Distributing liability: the legal and political battles of Y2K” by Dylan Mulvin, the researcher Mike interviewed for this episode. Thanks Dylan!
The oral history of the Y2K bug
How Our Response to Y2K Reveals What We’ll Do About Global Warming and Swine Flu
“A precautionary tale: Y2K and the politics of foresight”
“Y2K: The good, the bad and the crazy”
“The Y2K scare: Causes, Costs and Cures”
“The Emperor’s New Computers: Y2K (Re)Visited”
https://rottenindenmark.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/The-Y2K-Bug.mp3
We conclude our book club with Michelle’s escape from the dungeon. The dead baby trend continues; Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Satan’s fingernails make brief appearances. Digressions include Dustin Hoffman, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and things that rhyme with Beelzebub. This episode contains references to child abuse and sexual assault.
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