Rather than abolishing the death penalty, the U.S. is apparently still pioneering new ways to do it. We discuss some of the ways people have tried to make the death penalty less brutal, and why it never works.
Highlights:[0:00] Mark tells CoRri about Operation Paperclip
[24:40] We discuss WWE and why Mark finds himself watching more of it at the worst possible time
[41:00] What we watched! (El Conde, Anatomy of a Fall, Night Swim, The Ring, Nazi Town USA, Chowchilla)
[74:39] We talk about the idea of humane execution
Ep. 111: Too hot for Comic-Con
Ep. 110: A bag o' bodies
Ep. 109: Ghost science
Ep. 108: When teens fly
Ep. 107: Games that go bump in the night
Ep. 106: Forensic psychiatry
Ep. 105: Murphy's law
104: Irregularity
Ep. 103: Queen Elizadeath
Ep. 102: Folk deities
Ep. 101: Mormon (w/ Hollywood Steve!)
Ep. 100: The one-hundredth one!
Ep. 99.5: Zombie pigs and movie recs
Ep. 99: Ask a boffin – surviving the unsurvivable
Ep. 98: Gratui-titty
Ep. 97: Deep dark cuts
Ep. 96: What even is a UK?
Ep. 95: Superhumans
Ep. 94: Such highs and lows
Ep. 93: Gotta get Gowron Friday
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
History Obscura
Historycal: Words that Shaped the World
The Rest Is History
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra