Phoenix Jones
The Low Grade Research Podcast
In this episode, Mitch tells Jay about that one kid in high school who grew up to be the real life Spiderman: Benjamin Fodor, AKA Phoenix Jones. This episode contains descriptions of vigilantism, dealing drugs, and spending buckets of cash on a custom super-suit. Listen with care. If you want to learn more about Phoenix Jones, . If you'd like to learn more about Mitch's campaign to cut down as many trees as possible because "the forest knows and it needs to go"
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Deep Water Diving
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In this episode, Jay tells Mitch why there's more to fear in the deep ocean than just sharks. There is also pressurized gas and your body will explode. This episode contains descriptions of how extreme pressure effects the body (spoiler, its not good), death, claustrophobia, body recovery, and a host of other unpleasant stuff related to deep scuba diving. Listen with care. If you wan't to learn more about Deep Diving, . If you want to watch Mitch slam 17 whole lobsters in a world record attempt, . I should be clear, it wasn't an official eating contest, more like a "did you see the...
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Bat Bomb
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In this episode, Mitch tells Jay about one dentists insane dream that altered the course of human-bat and dentist-politician relations forever. The Bat Bomb. This episode contains some descriptions of WW2, and animal-powered bombs engineered during that time. If you want to learn more about the Bat Bomb, . Before you leave, Mitch is looking for gently used copies of Passion of the Christ to hand out to local Satanic Temples.
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The Father of Chemical Warfare
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In this episode, Jay tells Mitch about Fritz Haber, the father of chemical warfare, who was instrumental in advanced agricultural science but hated by his father for his lack of business acumen. This episode includes content about biological and chemical warfare, lethal gasses and their effect on the body, the holocaust, murder, and suicide. If you'd rather not listen to this one, feel free to check out our episode on Frankenstein, its much more lighthearted. If you want to learn more about Fritz Haber, I also want to mention, Mitch finally wrapped up his old high school...
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Lake Surfing
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In this episode, Mitch tells Jay about Lake Surfing, ocean surfing's younger, colder, more remote, and extreme (and also less extreme) sibling. This episode contains descriptions about large bodies of water, Tokyo, and sharks, so listen with care. If you want to know more about Lake Surfing, P.S. Mitch is purchasing and reselling Girl Scout Cookies at rock bottom prices. You're literally losing money not buying these.
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K2: The Savage Mountain
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In this episode, Jay tells Mitch about the most expensive way to pay for a funeral. I'm talking about spending $50k to climb the most dangerous mountain on Earth. This episode contains descriptions about death and accidental dismemberment, corpses interred in the Himmalayas, and people falling to their deaths or dying from other injury or exposure. Listen carefully so it doesn't happen to you. If you want to learn more about K2, . Its also worth checking out this unbelievable, I mean, of Andrzej Bargiel skiing down K2 after he just climbed it. I chewed my nails clean off watching...
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Skin-walkers
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Mitch tells Jay about a monster every drunk uncle at every Thanksgiving claims they've fist-fought: Skin-walkers. This episode contains some talk about murder and frightening subjects, so please listen with care. There is also some talk about a lunatic named Cosmic Ray who has an ice cream stand that is definitely not within health code. If you'd like to know more about Skin-walkers, . If you're interested in getting in on the ground floor with lightly haunted antiques, check out this Mitch is trying to sell for his Grandma.
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Wendigo
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Jay ruins Mitch's sleep forever: Let's talk about Windegos. The giant, hungry, murderous villian of Algonquian folklore, the Windego answers the age-old question: Would you rather run into a bear or a Windego in the woods? Choose the bear. This episode contains descriptions of murder, cannibalism, auto-cannibalism, suicide, dismemberment, and other frightening topics, so don't listen around small children or small pets. In addition to , we also talked about from All Things Interesting. We also mention the and podcasts--check them out. One last thing: Mitch is...
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Chupacabra
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Mitch tells Jay about the Chupacabra. A feral, blood sucking, dog-racoon-wolf-Karen hybrid that's terrorizing our farms and livestock... or is completely made up out of the movie Species. This episode contains descriptions of livestock killings, illiteracy, and worthless careers, so be careful. If you want to learn more about the Chupacabra, . Also, I'm not really supposed to share this, but cradling a baby orangutang at the Zoo and sobbing lol. Its hilarious.
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Frankenstein
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In this episode, Mitch tells Jay about the origins of the oldest medical pastime: zapping stitched-up bodies with lightning to see if they come back to life. We're talking about Frankenstein baybee! This episode contains descriptions of exhuming corpses and combing them to make a whole new corpse. There is also some sacrilegious talk, so our listeners who are sensitive to corpses or God please listen with care. If you want to learn more about Frankenstein, . If you want to learn about Mitch's truly unhinged goal to hand-deliver all the newborn puppies in the state of Utah, .
info_outlineIn this episode, Jay tells Mitch about the most expensive way to pay for a funeral. I'm talking about spending $50k to climb the most dangerous mountain on Earth.
This episode contains descriptions about death and accidental dismemberment, corpses interred in the Himmalayas, and people falling to their deaths or dying from other injury or exposure. Listen carefully so it doesn't happen to you.
If you want to learn more about K2, visit the Wikipedia page. Its also worth checking out this unbelievable, I mean, UNBELIEVABLE video from Red Bull Snow of Andrzej Bargiel skiing down K2 after he just climbed it. I chewed my nails clean off watching this. Special thanks to the American Alpine Club and this fantastic article we reference in the show.
One last thing. Mitch just started a charity that makes cargo pants for horses and they need your support. Click here to voice your support--or lets be honest--your concern.