Ep. 120: Murder balloons & British spookies

We’re chatting about another one of CoRri’s random fears: Hot air balloons! We also debate our strategies for surviving in a dystopia, we go in depth on some tropes we love and hate in movies we watched this week, and Mark tells CoRri about the cryptids she needs to watch out for in England.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tell Mark why hot air balloons are a hot nightmare
[15:47] We have an impromptu discussion of a mass shooting on Lunar New Year and what it’s like to live in a gun happy society
[25:20] We talk about some upcoming JoAG things, including our amazing guest for next week, Michael Molcher, and Mark’s upcoming Last of Us livestreams. Follow him on YouTube to watch him play.
[37:00] We debate how to survive in a dystopia
[43:57] What we watched! We have many thoughts and disagreements
[83:30] Mark warns CoRri about some British cryptids she should avoid on her trip in April

Stuff we referenced:

• Are Hot Air Balloons Safe? Bad Weather Highlights Risk
• Hot air balloon crash kills five in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• How Deadly is Hot Air Ballooning? Fatalities Are Rare, Stats Show
• Pilot dies after falling out of hot air balloon during passenger ride in Vermont
• 19 tourists dead in hot air balloon crash in Egypt
• New Zealand hot air balloon crash pilot ‘used cannabis’
• From the Archives, 1989: Thirteen die in 1000-metre balloon plunge
• Outback Ballooning director pleads guilty years after tourist’s death near Alice Springs
• WHS Law exposes aircraft operators to substantial penalties for safety breaches