This is a companion episode to Episode 15. We talk about Owen Wilson, West Nile virus, updated WHO pandemic watch, Answer fan questions about zombies, and other tid-bits.
Welcome to the Footnotes of the B-sides! In this mini episode, Joe, Nick and Georgia dive into fan comments, topics such as Owen Wilson’s ‘Wow,’ West Nile virus, and the updated WHO list of potential future pandemic pathogens. They also speculate on military bases as potential safe havens during a zombie apocalypse and mention various entertainment preferences, like the ‘Fallout’ series, ‘Lady in the Lake,’ and comic books. The episode ends with a light-hearted wrap-up, urging fans to send in comments and questions.
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Show Notes:
00:00 Introduction and Episode Clarification
01:09 Discussing the Apocalypse
01:13 All about Owen Wilson. Wow!
- Owen Wilson movie ‘No Escape’ (2015)
- He says his famous “wow” on two occasions in ‘No Escape’
- He has said, ‘Wow’ in 27 different movies out of 52 appearances — 51.92%
- YouTube of Wows: A total of 81 times
02:57 Science Friday’s West Nile Virus Discussion
03:02 These pathogens could trigger the next pandemic
- More than 30 pathogens have been identified, and now includes influenza A virus, dengue virus and monkeypox virus, according to an updated list published by the World Health Organization (WHO)
03:26 Fallout series
04:00 Join us on Discord(https://discord.gg/KUjyK2hD)
04:28 Religious Rapture Apocalypse
- Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’,
- Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins’s Left Behind series
- Terry Gilliam’s film Brazil (1985)
- This is the End (2013)
- Rapture (2019)
05:07 Apocalypse Movies Georgia was thinking about
06:22 Fan Questions and Comments
- Shout out to Alex4833 on YouTube
- The Doomsday clock during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis set to seven minutes to midnight.
07:06 Alex4833 asked if a military base would be the safest place during a Zombie apocalypse
Video game “Day’s Gone”
Novel series byJ.L. Bourne ‘Day by Day Armageddon’
10:24 Current Watchlist and Reading
- Joe:
- Parasyte: The Maxim (2014)
- Parasyte: The Gray (2014) (live action)
- Georgia:
- Nick:
- Spiderman comics on Marvel Unlimited
11:50 Conclusion and Mellisa’s final Wow!
- Thanks to Mellisa at Reed’s Local for hosting us. And a little tease for our Episode 20 (October 16th 2024) on all things Possession with special guest Stephen Tramontana (writer and director of the Killer Piñata series)
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