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Homespun Haints: True Ghost Stories
True ghost stories are scarier (and funnier) when you hear them from the real people who experienced them. We’re Becky and Diana, and we interview people who have seen ghosts--so you can feel their fear with them. Each episode features true, personal stories of ghosts, demons, haints, hauntings, haunted houses, and paranormal experiences, sprinkled with humorous conversations about the random strange events in our own haunted lives.
Homespun Haints: True Ghost Stories
The Promise of a Testicle
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T-maxxing, biohacking, gender-affirming care, blah, blah, blah! These modern buzzwords are just new terms for concepts that are as old as…at least a century old. This isn't the first time in American history that we’ve been obsessed with the medicalization of masculinity, and it probably won’t be the last. Ever since we first figured out that our bodily juices each spurt from specific body parts, and noticed that those body parts had homologues in other mammals, we’ve been harvesting their glands to gain their powers.
Today's story is about the quick rise and fall of endocrinology's most macabre macho moment. Hypothetically, it could also be about how patriarchal classism cuts off its own nose to spite it's face...or, er, cuts off its...well, just listen to the story. You'll see.
Show notes for this episode live at homespunhaints.com
What would Becky and Diana be like if we were brothers? Perhaps we'd be a bit like skeptical Kamen and believer Phreak, hosts of Two Brothers Two Agendas, a paranormal podcast exploring everything from cryptids to conspiracy theories. Go check out their show whenever you need a break from the estrogen, and let us know, mmkay? https://theeverydayheroes.com/two-brothers-two-agendas/