I got an incredible chance to chat about the power of music, among other things, with Austin Creed during Black Music Appreciation Month. This episode is the first to be recorded remotely, so pardon the squeaky chair and other background noises

What Are We Celebrating In June?

Jun 16th, 2021 40m 59s

Happy Pride Month! And Happy Black Music Appreciation Month! This solo episode contains several stories of queer black femmes/women from USA history.CW: alcohol, profanity, racism, deathResearch credit: http://transascity.org/mary-jones-1836/

WAWTA Guest Kristi

Jun 2nd, 2021 57m 9s

While recorded 12 weeks ago, there's a lot of crossover from International Women's Month to Pride Month! Kristi, who puts the B in LGBTQIA2+, joins to discuss reptiles and much much more! CW: diet, exercise, profanity, sex, alcoholFind her on

Announcement time!

Apr 16th, 2021 1m 33s

It's been pretty quiet here... let me explain. No, there is to much- let me sum up.--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-wawta-podcast/support

WAWTA Guest Rudy Act 1

Feb 24th, 2021 1h 5m

WAWTA Podcast episode 47, guest Rudy starts the discussion of film, Scorsese, streaming algorithms, media, content, and more! Things are a-changing around here, so stay tuned. Live episodes recorded on twitch at twitch.tv/ComradeSlytherIntro

Let's talk STONKS

Feb 10th, 2021 54m 57s

Have you heard about the big kinda socialist Reddit vs Hedge Funds fight over GameStop stock via RobinHood? Are you confused? We get into that here. We also talk about plague wine windows. And, as always, some weird banter. We like it weird.In

Unit 731

Jan 26th, 2021 1h 47m

TW/CW: Mentions of brutality, torture, sexual assault, and violence.Listener discretion is advised.Join us as we talk Impeachment, Tattoos, Sex Taboos, and the horrific experiments conducted at Unit 731. This is truly a "What Are We Talking A

Y2K & The Mandela Effect Feat. GB!

Jan 6th, 2021 2h 18m

The magnificent GB AKA @anacrusisnt, who is a fellow character on the Tuesday night D&D campaign we play in, joins us again to reminisce about the Y2K scare and the various alternate memories or timelines via The Mandela Effect, so everything i

Krampus would beat a Nazi's ass

Dec 30th, 2020 1h 44m

What's not to love? This holidays episode we discuss the origins of Santa/Saint Nicholas, Krampus, and many Yule-time creatures that have terrorized kids all over the world. Find our stream by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/houseoft

Killer Queens

Dec 9th, 2020 2h 25m

Join us as we recount the incredible lives and count the multiple men of serial killer Hell's Princess, Belle Gunness, and queen Joanna I, or Giovanna, of Naples, along with the baseball origins of the phrase Charley Horse. Intro is "Come Out

Decolonizing Thanksgiving

Nov 23rd, 2020 1h 51m

Hello! This episode of the WAWTA Podcast takes a deep dive into the origins of Thanksgiving and takes a look at how we as Americans can work to decolonize the holiday. Intro is "Come out and Play" by Darren Curtis @thewawtapodcastImportant

Psychedelics and the War On Drugs

Nov 18th, 2020 1h 44m

Following some exciting election results that Oregon passed, we dive into the use of psychedelics in therapy, legally, in the USA, which leads to the history of our targeting the BIPOC community through the War On Drugs. This is an extremely in

Nostalgic 90's Halloween

Nov 7th, 2020 1h 38m

Or also known as, Sami Actually Had Pica! Join us on a trip down memory lane as we talk about Halloween cartoon specials & movies from the 90's, candy that is gone that we loved, and that we absolutely didn't, and a terrifying reminder of Hell

Vampire Prelude

Nov 5th, 2020 53m 8s

As a prelude to an unknown amount of episodes on vampires, we dive into the first appearances of this iconic immortal and various equivalent bloodsucking creatures across cultures, including an affinity for pregnant women, an aversion to garlic

Halloween Around the World

Nov 4th, 2020 1h 22m

Welcome, Comrade Slyther, as we discuss Halloween time holidays and festivals in Transylvania, Japan, the Philippines, Hong Kong (and most of East Asia), India, Poland (and lots of Eastern Europe), Nigeria, Cambodia, Germany, and Southwest Engl

Mischief Night and Halloween Drinking

Oct 23rd, 2020 1h 31m

Crack open a fresh pumpkin! The Slyther Sisters cover the origins of Mischief night and chat about why Halloween drinking is such a thing in our society. Later in the episode we reminisce on Halloween nights of old full of drinking, debauchery,

What Happened to Johnny Gosch and there's WHAT in our food?

Oct 22nd, 2020 2h 2m

Trigger Warning: This episode contains intense and unsettling descriptions of child kidnap, abuse, and rape. We take a look at the unsolved disappearance of Johnny Gosch and it's ties to The Franklin Coverup & the Washington Call Boys Scandal.

Bonus

Mariana's Trench on Patreon!

Oct 22nd, 2020 51s

This is an episode you gotta see folks! Literally. Hop over to https://www.patreon.com/houseoftheslythersisters and subscribe to any tier (happy holidays to us!) to see our chat with @anacrusisnt on the vast, beautiful, and terrifying Mariana's

Grab Bag Extravaganza!

Sep 25th, 2020 1h 8m

Sami has a lot of questions...A LOT. Drea is always "nice" enough to take note of them all and give our resident weirdo a grab bag of knowledge! Join us Slyther Sisters for our Second Grab Bag Extravaganza! Missed the first grab bag? Subscrib

Action Park!

Sep 9th, 2020 1h 27m

Take a dive into the insane world of Action Park! The failed amusement park that shaped the childhoods of many New Jersey and New York adults who broke their first bones or lost copious amounts of skin on the insane rides!Follow us on all s

Snake People and Lambs Tails

Sep 2nd, 2020 1h 26m

Episode 31 comes to you with more Snake People and the origins of "Two shakes of a lambs tail."Follow us on all socials via @thewawtapodcast! WAWTA and Slyther Sister Merch out now! https://linktr.ee/HoftheslythersistersIntro "Come out a

Bonus

A WAWTA Announcement!

Aug 23rd, 2020 29m 58s

Hey ya'll! Quick announcement before the recording of our next episode to talk about rebranding and all the fun content we have to come through various platforms under our new entertainment umbrella, The House of the Slyther Sisters! Check out

Lizard People and Snake Gods

Aug 19th, 2020 1h 33m

Lizard people live among us? Okay they absolutely don't but this episode looks into the origins of the theory, why some believe, and the historical lore behind these scaly creatures! "Come out and Play" Intro by Darren Curtis. The Women of WA

Quarantines Through the Ages

Aug 5th, 2020 1h 39m

Hey WAWTA fans! Thank you for your patience. Here is a pre-recorded episode finishing up our two part series on the origins of Pandemics and Quarantines. We took some time off and lost one of the WAWTA Women, but we are back and ready for the n

Pandemics throughout History: We're Not Plaging Around

Apr 30th, 2020 1h 41m

Hello Ghoulie Ghouls! We know times are hard for a lot of folks out there, so we are releasing a special two-part episode on the history of Pandemics and Quarantines since there isn't much else on our minds these days! We hope you are all safe