Ep 210: Middle-Aged Witches, Pt. 1, ft. Versecraft & The Flummoxed
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Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:
Beau is Afraid (2023)
Midsommar (2019)
Eddington (2025)
Interaction of Color by Josef Albers
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011)
The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud
On Dreams by Sigmund Freud
The Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
Mother! (2017)
Lord of Illusions (1995)
Ethan's essay about Beau is Afraid on The Flummoxed
Ethan’s podcast episode about Beau is Afraid
Lego Batman (2017)
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Other Ratbag Poetry Pods:
Poetry Says by Alice Allan
I Hate Matt Wall by Matt Wall
Versecraft by Elijah Blumov
Ratbag Poetics By David Jalal Motamed
Alice: In Future Posts
Brian: @BPlatzer
Cameron: Minor Tiresias
Matthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] com
Music by ETRNL
Art by Daniel Alexander Smith
