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Hellscape Carousel is a weekly podcast about what it means to live on this tragic space rock amidst the problematic systems, politics, daily grievances, and more than a few tangents along the way. Join Erica, Paul, Kirk, Andrew, and producer Maggie as they dive into the Hellscape to find the humor, frustration, hope, and anxiety within.
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Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Episode 8: UFHoes
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Thursday Aug 17, 2023
Join us this week on a journey off-world to discover the truth about non-human biologics.
Why are we talking about this now? Should we care? Is Taylor Swift an alien?
Blast off into the great unknown!
Hosted by Erica (@erica_megan), Kirk (@kirk.charles), and Andrew (@andrwjn)
Produced by Maggie (@maggiirosee)
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Episode 7: You Coulda Had a Bad Bitch
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
In this week’s episode Erica takes us to church as we discuss bums, crumbs and scums, and all the toxic masculinity they bring with them. Fueled by Barbie, the pod squad tackles questions like “When does therapy speech become toxic therapy speech?” And “Keke Palmer is dating someone?”
Join us as we dissect Jonah Hill’s leaked texts and google Keke Palmer’s baby daddy’s name so you don’t have to! We’re getting to the bottom of why some men can’t simply let women be who they need to be, and why everyone wants a bad bitch until they have a bad bitch.
Hosted by Erica (@erica_megan), Kirk (@kirk.charles), and Andrew (@andrwjn)
Produced by Maggie (@maggiirosee)
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Episode 6: Reacting to PragerU
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
Thursday Aug 03, 2023
If you’ve spent any amount of time on YouTube or Facebook there is a really good chance you’ve seen an ad for PragerU. But what is it? Yet another cut-rate online university or something a little more sinister?
Join us as we force ourselves to gaze into an abyss filled with strawman arguments, cherry-picked statistics, and masterful oversimplifications that any kindergartener could understand on a range of topics from climate change denial to FEMINISM BAD! Who needs peer-reviewed research and nuanced discourse when you can have snappy animations and oversimplified solutions?
Hosted by Erica (@erica_megan), Kirk (@kirk.charles), and Andrew (@andrwjn)
Produced by Maggie (@maggiirosee)
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Episode 5: Note-worthy App-ologies
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Thursday Jul 27, 2023
Let’s delve into the bizarre world of celebrity apologies made using the Notes App, Videos, and Musical Numbers.
First up, we dive into the apologies of internet sensation Miranda Sings / Colleen Ballinger. We analyze her apologies that blurred the lines between reality and the eccentric online persona. Was there true remorse, or were these apologies merely a part of the act?
Next, Andrew brings up the unsettling apology of Kevin Spacey. Join us as we explore the questionable timing, vague language, and the overall sense of denial that made this apology fall flat.
But, the ride doesn't end there! We finish up with the wild journey through Justin Timberlake's infamous Notes app apology to Britney Spears. Brace yourselves as we unpack the cringe-worthy snapshot that left the internet in an uproar.
Grab your favorite pony, fasten your seatbelts, and get ready for a comically candid episode of Hellscape Carousel that will leave you questioning the art of apologizing in the digital age. Tune in now, and let's ride this carousel of celebrity apologies together!
Hosted by Erica (@erica_megan), Kirk (@kirk.charles), and Andrew (@andrwjn)
Produced by Maggie (@maggiirosee)
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Episode 4: The Price of Tickets is Too Damn High
Friday Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
This one goes out to everyone who risked financial ruin to see Beyoncé or Taylor Swift this summer! We’re making the math math on why it costs a small fortune to see your favorite artists perform live… on a screen because floor seats cost more than a car. We’re also crowd-surfing into the hellscape that is fans acting out of line at shows.
The best part about this episode? No hidden fees.
Hosted by Erica (@erica_megan), Kirk (@kirk.charles), and Andrew (@andrwjn)
Produced by Maggie (@maggiirosee)
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Episode 3: Scratching Our SCROTUS
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
Thursday Jul 13, 2023
We all have a friend who’s so obsessed with their birthday, that it overtakes them, and they let their ego get the best of them and do something super bitchy a few days beforehand. Then they ask you to still celebrate them the very next week. Well, that was America this year. The Supreme Court (SCROTUS) decided to take the country back in time to 1776 in honor of the 4th. Let us take you through the hellscape that is the Supreme Court of the United States. Happy Birthday, America?
Hosted by Erica (@erica_megan), Kirk (@kirk.charles), and Andrew (@andrwjn)
Produced by Maggie (@maggiirosee)
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Episode 2: American Conspiracy Story
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
Thursday Jul 06, 2023
In honor of this crusty country's birthday we are taking a lighthearted detour into American conspiracism. We'll explore parallels between the colonial conspiracies that led to the founding of the American Hellscape and the modern conspiracies that have haunted politics over the last decade.
Hosted by Erica (@erica_megan), Kirk (@kirk.charles), and Andrew (@andrwjn)
Produced by Maggie (@maggiirosee)
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Episode 1: Palpable Pride
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
It is only fitting that our first official episode of Hellscape Carousel podcast is about pride. While all our episodes are a little bit pride, this one especially takes a Hellscape look at pride, gayness and the LGBTQ+ community from a more personal viewpoint.
In this episode join us as we talk about Palpable Pride. Now you might be asking what is palpable pride? Well that is what you get when you throw two gay men, one queer woman and Andrew onto microphones. In all seriousness, while celebrating the hard work, achievements and sacrifices made to achieve pride month is incredibly important, it does not take away from the fact that despite how “accepting” the world is, the LGBTQ+ community is constantly under attack – a rather large existing hellscape that the world faces. Not to mention that being a part of the LGBTQ+ community also has its own set of internal hellscapes. Join us as we dive into the Hellscape to find the humor, frustration, hope, and anxiety within, this time of the LGBTQ+ community and Pride.
Hosted by Erica (@erica_megan), Kirk (@kirk.charles), and Andrew (@andrwjn).
Produced by Maggie (@maggiirosee)
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Episode 0: Into the Hellscape
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
Sunday Jun 25, 2023
The birth of the Hellscape Carousel podcast is truly a testimony to its past. Once known as Let’s Unpack That, Paul Warren and a rotating cast of friends discussed everything from religious cults to Disney Channel Original Movies to coming out gay. This was also all before pivoting to all politics all the time due to Paul accidentally becoming a political influencer. Now we — Paul, Erica, Kirk, Andrew and producer Maggie — are taking all of those chaotic elements and turning them into a new podcast about living on this tragic space rock.
In our first episode back we’re talking about the Hellscape Carousel. What is the Hellscape Carousel you ask? Well, it's everything from this entire planet we live on down to the little grievances that happen every day. It’s the problematic society structures and constructs that never change or improve. Join us as we dive into the Hellscape to find the humor, frustration, hope, and anxiety within.
Hosted by Paul, Erica (@erica_megan), Kirk (@kirk.charles), and Andrew (@andrwjn).
Produced by Maggie (@maggiirosee).