Left Unread

Reuploaded due to technical issues.   This week, we sat down to discuss some ghoulish recent events in the news, and then we go through a hauntingly spooky list of True Facts of Truth and close it out with a particularly bizarre story about a haunted US Navy ship and its unfortunate crew. At the top of the episode, Evan recounts a Halloween-themed original re-imagining of Twas the Night Before Christmas. You can follow the spooky scary skeletons on Twitter: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Email: leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme music courtesy of the fabulous Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com

This week, we explore the latest hip trend that’s sweeping the globe: having your monarch die! Is it just a passing fad, or will dead monarchs become a lasting tradition? We can only hope! Join the House of Windsor on Twitter: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Emails: leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme music courtesy of the phenomenal Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com

In the third part of our series on ancient mystery cults, we sat down to talk about the theologia and liturgy of the ancient Mediterranean mystery cults, and then we discussed the understanding of the cults through three lenses: myth, nature allegory, and metaphysics. Finally, we introduce the secretive Cult of Mithras and its anatomy. You can join the castrated Galli priests of Kybele during the Day of Blood on Twitter: @leftunreadpod (Twitter and Instagram) @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung You can reach out to us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com. Suggestions and hate mail welcome. Theme music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com This week's tunes were all from the new Collapse Culture album, Drag Your Coffin My Lord. Check them out, and please consider purchasing the album at collapseculture.bandcamp.com

This week we discuss the history of, and some of the prevailing conspiracy theories surrounding the Organisation Europeén Pour le Recherche Nucléaire and their Large Hadron Collider, tales of which have captured hearts, minds, and melted brains for decades. Are we all undead lich-people inhabiting a spiritual purgatory since 2012? Find out within! Follow Neelsh Bohr on Twitter: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Email inquiries? Enquiries? Einquiries?: leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme music courtesy of the wonderful Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com

In the second part of our series on the ancient mystery cults of the Mediterranean, we continue our discussion on the mystery cults in general as we look at how the mysteries shaped and were shaped by their communities, and then we take a deeper look into the eastern mysteries of Anatolia and Egypt. You can peer into the revealed phallus within the liknon on Twitter: @leftunreadpod (Twitter and Instagram) @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung You can reach out to us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com. Suggestions and hate mail welcome. Theme music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com

This week, in a King Sized XXL Doublewide episode, we wrap up our trilogy of episodes concerning the destruction of the Mesoamerican Aztec Empire at the hands of Hernán Cortés and his cobbled-together conquistador ‘army’. We also discover that our trilogy will actually be… a quadrilogy, and the joke is on all of us, because it's not wrapped up at all. Gotcha. Follow the Mesoamerican History Fan Club: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Email enquiries: leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme music courtesy of Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com Special Thanks to friend of the Pod and fellow history enthusiast @Majora__Z for all of their help and hard work towards bringing this particular series to new heights. LU loves you!

This week, we begin a short series on the ancient mystery cults of the Mediterranean. In this episode, we go over what an ancient mystery is, who it was practiced by, where the cults could be found, and what sorts of practices and rites were in these cults. Then, we go over in particular a few of the Greek mysteries, including the Eleusinian and Dionysian cults. You can become inducted into the Cult of Evan and Cam on Twitter: @leftunreadpod (Twitter and Instagram) @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung You can reach out to us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com. Suggestions and hate mail welcome. Theme music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com

This week, in part 2/3 in our series on the Aztecs, we discuss the end of the Reconquista, the come-up of Imperial Spain, and the meteoric rise of some of the most bloodthirsty, greed-filled, destructive bastards in modern history: the Conquistadores. Follow the Fifth Sons: @leftunreadpod @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung Email: leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme music courtesy of Interesting Times Gang, support them here: itgang.bandcamp.com

Here, for your listening pleasure, we have part 2 of our conversation with Jimmy Falun Gong, host of the Programmed to Chill podcast. This half of the conversation definitely leans more heavily into serial murder, so once again, blanket content warning for this one. It was a great time, and we hope you all enjoy the second half of the interview! Get programmed to chill here: @jimmyfalungong @p2chillpodcast Follow LU here: @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung @leftunreadpod Email inquiries (or is it enquiries?): leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme courtesy of the Earth-shattering Interesting Times Gang: itgang.bandcamp.com

This week, we feature part one of our interview with Jimmy Falun Gong, host of the excellent 'Programmed to Chill' podcast. We talked mainly about author David McGowan's fascinating and controversial 2004 book Programmed to Kill: The Politics of Serial Murder, and got to pick Jimmy's brain about a wide variety of topics. It was super fun for us, so we hope you enjoy. Part 2 will be uploaded next week for your listening pleasure. Get programmed to chill here: @jimmyfalungong @p2chillpodcast Follow LU here: @poorfidalgo @gluten_yung @leftunreadpod Email inquiries: leftunreadpod@gmail.com Theme music courtesy of the great Interesting Times Gang:  itgang.bandcamp.com