Night Gum

Posted on December 18, 2018 by admin

On This week’s extra special episode of Secretly Timid, Jon and Megan are joined by the one and only Foxy Brown. Topics include the most googled woman in 2018, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, tools to fight spam calls, and more!

This week’s featured song is, “Ou La La La (All Eyes On Us)” by NVDES

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

I Feel No Sorry

Posted on December 3, 2018 by admin

On this week’s episode of Secretly Timid: We talk about smelly trees, big booties, Mint Julep and pleasant dating surprises in the context to low expectation.

This week’s featured song is, “My Last Request” by Loveless Romantics

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Two Thirds Women Speakers

Posted on November 11, 2018 by admin

This week on a very special and Jonless episode of Secretly Timid, we replace our co-host with Juliet, a queer woman, and see if anyone notices.Â We talk about expectations in dating, give our takes on the blue ripple/wave, racist computer programs, and our slowly evolving historical institutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/opinion/sunday/criminal-justice-reforms-race-technology.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/nyregion/ocasio-cortez-congress-washington.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/south-carolina-cabin-has-become-crown-jewel-smithsonian-collections-180970681/

This week’s featured song is “Numb” by Go Dark

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Beef Jerky People

Posted on October 30, 2018 by admin

This week on a very special episode of Secretly Timid (with special guest Juicebox Dad aka Ruttiger Smoot), we’re back and everything is still pretty awful.Â Jon talks about local awful, Otieno talks about men being awful, and Megan reminds us that dogs are subject to sexism too.

This week’s featured song is, “Life’s a Rave” by Ned Dylan.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Call You Out Your Name

Posted on October 16, 2018 by admin

This week on a very special episode of Secretly Timid, we’re Jonless and as bleak as always whilst we discuss the various micro and macro aggressions that categorize the modern political era.Â Oh, and fat bears because they should totally conform to our body image issues and stuff, right?

Intercepted Podcast: Live from Chicago

https://megaphone.link/PPY5536007685

Palmer Luckey, Oculus CEO’s donations to Congressman Steve King of Iowa.

https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1051259081548214273

HPV Vaccine Approved for Adult Use

https://www.livescience.com/63790-hpv-vaccine-adults.html

Police will be required to report officer involved deaths under now US system

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/08/police-officer-related-deaths-department-of-justice

Jeff Sessions orders review of police reforms prompted by high-profile shootings

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/04/jeff-sessions-review-police-reforms-high-profile-shootings

Jury awards 37 million to family of Korryn Gaines after police killed her in police standoff (the shooting officer was acquitted and later promoted to coporal)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2018/02/17/he-watched-police-kill-his-mother-a-jury-just-awarded-his-family-37-million/

Don’t Call Nikki Haley a Moderate.Â She’s an Extremist on Israel, Iran, and Human Rights.

https://theintercept.com/2018/10/11/nikki-haley-resigns-un-ambassador/

And the fattest bear in Alaska is…

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alaska-fatbears/and-the-fattest-bear-in-alaska-is-409-beadnose-idUSKCN1MK030

This week’s featured song is, “Stay With Me” by Longwave

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Mint Julep

Posted on October 2, 2018 by admin

This week on a very special episode of Secretly Timid, after a brief detour into the mechanics of self inflicted stab wounds, we offer our take on the only piece of news that anyone is talking about right now.Â Yeah, sorry about that ya’ll :/

photo credit : Red Williamson

This week’s featured song is “(I’ve Still Got) Sand In My Shoes” by Calvin Johnson

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Just The Two Of Us

Posted on August 21, 2018 by admin

This week on a very special Jonless & Saraless episode of Secretly Timid, Megan talks about living that pizza life, Otieno gets existential about…well, everything (again) and we talk about that nasty ass Catholic priest stuff. Fun!

Some Links:

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/436/the-psychopath-test/act-two-0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVa8xxRypeg

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/251885-you-are-what-your-grandpa-eats/

https://io9.gizmodo.com/5923071/did-the-romans-drive-a-birth-control-plant-to-extinction

https://gizmodo.com/when-superintelligent-ai-arrives-will-religions-try-t-1682837922

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVa8xxRypeg

This week’s featured song is “Flawless” by Dorothy

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

We Are Out Of Comfortable New Ideas

Posted on August 14, 2018 by admin

This week on a very special episode of Secretly Timid, Saraless, Otieno iterates why we need to stop giving the alt-right oxygen, Jon talks about how crazy (if at all) it is to steal a plane, and Megan convinces all of us that foot shaped potatoes are actually pretty impressive.

Some links for you :

https://www.youtube.com/user/sexplanations/discussion

https://heavy.com/news/2018/08/plane-hijacked-stolen-audio-seatac-seattle/

https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/08/10/npr-adopted-white-supremacist-jason-kesslers-false-equivalence-frame/220964

https://japan.recipetineats.com/kakuni-simmered-pork-belly/

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/722177/mutant-potato-human-foot-shape-brazil-santa-cantarina-farm

This week’s featured song is “The Left Are The Real Fascists” by Neckbeard Deathcamp

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

Your Own Personal Manatee

Posted on March 5, 2018 by admin

On this week’s episode of Secretly Timid, Otieno, Megan, and special guest Sarah discuss beavers, parasites, parasite inspired super powers, and dicks. You know, the uje.