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The Anxiety Encyclopedia

The Anxiety Encyclopedia

Auteur(s): Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally
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 Co-hosts Lorien and Katharine talk about what's making them anxious, from bears to Botox and everything in between.Lorien Megill and Katharine McNally
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  • 134. W is for Wakefield

    134. W is for Wakefield
    Sep 16 2025

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


    Sources

    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wakefield
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancet_MMR_autism_fraud
    • https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa021134
    • https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/revealed-mmr-research-scandal-7ncfntn8mjq
    • http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8481583.stm
    • https://briandeer.com/mmr/lancet-summary.htm
    • https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/31/andrew_wakefield_vaccine
    • https://pauloffit.substack.com/p/the-rfk-jr-playbook
    • https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/us/politics/rfk-science-vaccines.html
    • https://www.brookings.edu/articles/rfk-jr-s-history-of-medical-misinformation-raises-concerns-over-hhs-nomination/
    • https://www.nytimes.com/article/rfk-conspiracy-theories-fact-check.html
    • https://ca.news.yahoo.com/rfk-jr-doesn-t-medical-142823533.html
    • https://www.cdc.gov/measles/about/history.html
    • https://www.idsociety.org/ID-topics/infectious-disease/measles/know-the-facts
    • https://www.statnews.com/2025/02/03/vaccine-autism-rfk-jr-how-science-proves-vaccines-do-not-cause-autism/
    • https://apple.news/AV5bUl2rwQr-Y3oS_9JmG9Q
    • https://apple.news/AkXiB-2SYSIax-BASG39_3w
    • https://apple.news/AkXiB-2SYSIax-BASG39_3w
    • https://www.startribune.com/cdc-leaders-who-resigned-said-rfk-jr-undermined-vaccine-science-risking-lives/601463373
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    1 h et 8 min
  • 133. M is for Microplastics

    133. M is for Microplastics
    Sep 2 2025

    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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    1 h et 10 min
  • 132. T is for Three Mile Island

    132. T is for Three Mile Island
    Aug 19 2025
    Lorien gives Katharine TMI (too much information) on TMI (Three Mile Island). Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_Nuclear_Generating_Stationhttps://www.nrc.gov/reactors/power/pwrs.htmlhttps://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-power-reactors/nuclear-power-reactorshttps://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/meet-oklo-the-earths-two-billion-year-old-only-known-natural-nuclear-reactorhttps://world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-power-reactors/nuclear-power-reactors#fuelling-a-nuclear-reactorhttps://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/plans-for-new-reactors-worldwidehttps://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5120581/three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-microsoft-aihttps://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle.html#tmiviewhttps://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/decommissioning/power-reactor/three-mile-island-unit-2.htmlhttps://www.kpbs.org/news/2019/sep/20/three-mile-island-nuclear-power-plant-shuts-down/https://www.pennlive.com/news/2019/03/save-three-mile-island-what-a-difference-40-years-makes.htmlhttps://local21news.com/news/local/history-of-three-mile-islandhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1405170/?page=5https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accidenthttps://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/publications/magazines/bulletin/bull51-1/51102744649.pdfhttps://www.iaea.org/sites/default/files/ines.pdfhttps://web.archive.org/web/20160814210605/https://www.facingsouth.org/2009/04/investigation-revelations-about-three-mile-island-disaster-raise-doubts-over-nuclear-plant-shttps://wx1.ans.org/pi/resources/sptopics/tmi/faq.phphttps://www.newsweek.com/do-people-still-work-three-mile-island-live-middletown-pennsylvania-netflix-1704265https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/nuclear-power-plants.phphttps://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/what-is-nuclear-energy-the-science-of-nuclear-powerhttps://www.nationalgrid.com/stories/energy-explained/what-nuclear-energy-and-why-it-considered-clean-energyhttps://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/nuclear-power-and-the-environment.phphttps://www.nrc.gov/waste/high-level-waste.htmlhttps://greenamerica.org/fight-dirty-energy/amazon-build-cleaner-cloud/10-reasons-oppose-nuclear-energyhttps://greenamerica.org/fight-dirty-energy/amazon-build-cleaner-cloud/10-reasons-oppose-nuclear-energyhttps://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/5-fast-facts-about-spent-nuclear-fuel
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    1 h et 3 min
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