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PODCAST

The Anxiety Encyclopedia

Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally

Co-hosts Lorien and Katharine talk about what"s making them anxious, from bears to Botox and everything in between.

comedy

All Episodes

01:02:17

137. K is for Killer Clowns

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/10/28

Katharine tells Lorien about a seasonally appropriate phobia, and then grants her an honorary doctorate that they're sure is legit. Sources:

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00:55:10

136. G is for the Ghost Light

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/10/14

It's October! So Lorien tells Katharine some theatre ghost stories. Sources:

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01:15:50

135. W is for Wolves

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/09/30

Katharine channels her inner Sarah Koenig to answer serious questions about a wild animal sighting.Sources:

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01:08:06

134. W is for Wakefield

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/09/16

Lorien takes Katharine back to the 1900s for a story of bad science, good journalism, and...soliciting blood at a child' s birthday party.

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01:09:43

133. M is for Microplastics

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/09/02

Katharine has big concerns about tiny plastics.Sources: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/microplastics.html https://magazine.hms.harvard.edu/articles/microplastics-everywhere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics https://apple.news/AlNT07D-cT-K1KiKXlFz1Lw https://www.wired.com/story/this-startup-promises-to-clean-your-blood-of-microplastics-clarify-clinics/

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01:02:54

132. T is for Three Mile Island

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/08/19

Lorien gives Katharine TMI (too much information) on TMI (Three Mile Island).

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01:02:58

131. R is for Red Scare

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/08/05

Katharine tells Lorien not about that one other podcast but about the red scare in the US in the 1920s, 40s, and 50s (we were a little busy in the 1930s). Sources:

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00:52:48

130. P is for Phishing

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/07/22

Lorien and Katharine explore all the cutesy ways we talk about email scams; Katharine plans her own Ocean's 11; she's Danny Ocean. Sources: Sources

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00:45:03

129. C is for Carnival Rides

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/07/08

Katharine takes Lorien on a spinning, potentially uninspected ride.

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01:04:07

128. R is for Running of the Bulls

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/06/24

Lorien tells Katharine about the baffling human tendency to do danger for fun. (Also, as a fun little bonus: Lorien immediately says the very normal word "bull" weirdly and then spends the next hour spiraling and somehow saying it a little bit different all of the many times she says it.) Sources:

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01:03:55

127. S is for Stranger Danger

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/06/10

Katharine tell Lorien about a few crimes that shaped the collective consciousness. Lorien knows the names of more serial killers than she wishes to.

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01:02:18

126. I is for Information Overload

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/06/03

Lorien takes a real meta approach to this week's topic by completely overwhelming herself with information on how overwhelmed most people are by information. Sources:

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01:10:40

125. S is for Scuba Diving

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/05/27

Like Moana, the line where the sky meets the sea calls Lorien and Katharine, but they find the voice terrifying. Sources:

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01:01:17

124. R is for Rattlesnakes

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/05/20

Lorien tells Katharine about rattlesnakes. Katharine assumes New Mexico is carpeted in them. Sources: https://www.reddit.com/r/trailrunning/comments/v1j7k6/what_to_wear_to_protect_against_rattlesnakes/?rdt=34400https://www.britannica.com/animal/rattlesnakehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/stereoscopic-vision#:~:text=Stereoscopic vision refers to the,3D) images and thus

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01:02:47

123. M is for Mass Deportations

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/05/13

Katharine takes Lorien on a 100 year historical tour of US mass deportations.

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01:00:09

122. G is for Ghost Ships

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/05/06

Nothing could be scarier to Lorien than a forever unsolved mystery. Just tell her! Sources:

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00:40:53

121. V is for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/04/29

None of these are the fever Peggy Lee was singing about.

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01:02:14

120. U is for Unexploded Ordnance

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/04/22

Lorien talks about literal ticking time bombs.

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00:48:10

119. H is for Home Hazards

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/04/15

Black mold, and radon, and asbestos, oh

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00:51:26

118. O is for Octopuses

The Anxiety Encyclopedia ·

2025/04/08

In this podcast we hate otters but we love octopuses.

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