13:17 The Thing

We made it to Season 13, Episode 23, "Let the Good Times Roll." Is this episode a good time? We debate that and whether or not "meat sword" is gross. Plus, it's time for Season 13 Trivia!

It's Season 13, Episode 22, "Exodus," and we're back in Apocalypse World, where the celestial man-baby Jack is trying to figure out if he likes his dad, and we get to meet the other world's Castiel, who is a Nazi? We also question where Lucifer got his driver's license and how crusty the blood on Sam's neck is. In the lore, Liz takes us to the UFO religion from the 1950s, the Cosmic Circle of Fellowship, and their plan to relax themselves off Earth.Research LinksUFOs and Popular Culture - An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Mythology | PDFExtraordinary Encounters: An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly BeingsWilliam R. Ferguson - WikipediaThe Saucers That Time Forgot: UFO Religion: The Cosmic Circle of Fellowship

It's Season 13, Episode 21, Beat the Devil. We travel to Apocalypse World as we near the end of the season and ask, "What happens when you starve a lot of vampires?" Liz talks about another strange vampire creature, the manananggal.Research LinksManananggal - WikipediaManananggal: The Winged Night Hag of the Philippines - OldFolklore.comManananggal: The Winged Half-Woman of Philippine FolkloreManananggal: The Night-Splitting Witch of Philippine FolkloreExploring the Myth of the Manananggal in FolkloreAswang - Wikipedia

We are slicing our way through Season 13, Episode 20, "Unfinished Business." Diana and Liz break down the Gabriel-Loki conflict, Norse mythology lore, and whatever is happening in Apocalypse World with Meth-head Kevin Tran.Research LinksFenrir: The Monstrous Wolf of Norse Legend | Ancient OriginsThe Six Children Of Loki - NorseMythologistSleipnir: The Eight-Legged Horse of Norse Mythology

We are talking about Season 13, Episode 19, "Funeralia." We are happy to have a Rowena-focused episode, not so much about Nahomi's return. For lore, we talk about the 15th-century accused necromancer witches Margery Jourdemayne and Duchess Eleanor Cobham.Research LinksEleanor Cobham: The Duchess and her Downfall – Susan HigginbothamRoyal Sorceress: The Chilling Trial and Punishment of Duchess Eleanor Cobham | The Vintage NewsThe trial of Eleanor Cobham: an episode in the fall of Duke Humphrey of Gloucester in: Bulletin of the John Rylands Library Volume 51 Issue 2 (1969)Sorcery and Court and Manor: Margery Jourdemayne, the witch of Eye next Westminster Jessica Freeman

We are breaking down Season 13, Episode 18, "Bring Em Back Alive." Which I just got as I was typing this, could also be about bringing back a beloved character, aka Charlie, to the show, or maybe Gabriel's resurrection? We discuss the meaning of "vade retro satana" and talk about some of the latest news in exorcisms.Research LinksOf_Exorcisms_and_Certain_SupplicationsVade_retro_satana#cite_note-14Exorcist priest Michael Maginot warns of demons at Region churchCatholic exorcisms are real—and they have an ancient history | National GeographicCover story: Exorcism - Revised rite

The thing about Season 13, Episode 17, The Thing, is that there are a lot of things to talk about. That sentence is infuriating to AI grammar bots and middle-school English teachers. We wade through so many tentacles to find out what happens in the Rhode Island Men of Letters Chapter-house. Lore talks about the first UFO cult, the Seekers, led by Dorothy Matin.Research LinksWhen prophecy fails by Festinger, Leon, 1919-1989How Psychologists Studied a Cult Expecting the Arrival of a UFO and Formulated the Theory of Cognitive Dissonance - SFG Media

It's the crossover episode nobody knew they needed but were so glad to have: Supernatural, Season 13, Episode 16, Scoobynatural. We break down the episode, including hidden Easter eggs. Diana and Liz also compare the episode to the original 1970 Scooby-Doo story it riffs on, unpacking what changed, what got darker, and why the crossover makes so much sense for Supernatural. They dig into the guest voice cast too, including returning Scooby legends.

It's Supernatural Season 13, Episode 15: A Most Holy Man, and we have another heist, but this time it's noir and holy. It's a furta sacra! Find out what that means when Liz dives into the lore behind stolen holy relics, including the theft of the holy prepuce! Not the holy prepuce! Research LinksHow Jesus' foreskin became one of Christianity's most-coveted relics — and then disappeared | CBC Radio8 Tales of Body Parts Belonging to Jesus - ListverseThe Holy Foreskin: The Story of Christianity's Strangest Relic - Medievalists.netRelics and Reliquaries in Medieval Christianity - The Metropolitan Museum of ArtChristian Relics That Are Still MissingThe Very Holy and Very Lost Foreskin of Jesus ChristHoly Foreskin! A Brief History of Stolen Catholic RelicsRelic of St Carlo Acutis stolen from parish days after canonisationThieves Return Relic of Precious Blood of Jesus Stolen From Medieval French Church – EWTN Great BritainWhen Monks Went Undercover to Steal Relics - JSTOR Daily

Who in Season 14, Episode 13 has Good Intentions? It certainly isn't Zachariah or Michael, but maybe the writers who kept us upbeat even as the episode did some dark things. We also ponder what exactly the angel bombs are, why Donatello doesn't use a dipping sauce, and will the real Gog and Magog will please stand up.Research LinksGog - BritannicaGog and Magog - WikipediaGogmagog (giant) - Wikipedia