Calm Down
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago -Gil (17) & Wil (46) take turns to debrief on their little and not-so-little niggles in life. Categorized as 'comedy' because 'comedy??' wasn't an option, and 'society & culture' seems like a biiiiig stretch. Trigger warning: Low production values.
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Crooler's brassiere
August 18, 2018 23:37 - 8 minutes - 84.8 MBWil complains about the mammaliocentrism and the misapplication of undergarments in Chima. Gil is disturb by the thought that Eris might lay eggs in her spare time. Also discussed: How lack of access to adequate psychotherapy was probably a key part of the downfall of the Jedi Order.
Calm Down - Ep. 8: Baths in dank hair
August 14, 2018 00:00 - 3 minutes - 31.8 MBGil discusses the unpleasant experience of bathing in hair water. Wil denies culpability.
Calm Down - Ep.7: Woman walks head first into cultural appropriation
August 11, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 44.3 MBWil complains bitterly about a movie he's never seen. Gil agrees.
Calm Down - Ep.6: Pastoral Neglect and the Rise of Fascism at Hogwarts
August 07, 2018 00:00 - 10 minutes - 106 MBPart 2: The thrilling conclusion of Gil’s take down of Hogwarts, where he ask: What about the children? Rather than calming him down, Wil is swept along with the hysteria.
CalmDown - Ep.1: Gluten Free Water
July 29, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 41.9 MBWil offloads his distress about the apparent market for gluten free water. Gil tries to provide good counsel.
CalmDown - Ep. 5: Crimes Against Lupin
July 29, 2018 00:00 - 6 minutes - 61.4 MBPart 1 of an earth-shattering two-part take down of Harry Potter. Gil bemoans the gay whitewashing of Remus Lupin. Wil tries his best to understand.
CalmDown - Ep.2: Chatty teachers
July 29, 2018 00:00 - 4 minutes - 40.7 MBGil reminisces about his time when he was a real boy in real school and had to cope with teachers talking. Wil is unhelpful.
CalmDown - Ep.3: The Little Sex Pistols
July 29, 2018 00:00 - 7 minutes - 72.2 MBWil complains bitterly about the lack of good science in the children's television programme: "The Little Einsteins". Also, their faces. Gil tries to make things better by reminding Wil that the best episodes had crocodiles. Show notes: The original, massively misused research on Mozart's music and IQ - Rauscher FH, Shaw GL, and Ky CN. (1993). "Music and spatial task performance". Nature. 365 (6447): 611. doi:10.1038/365611a0. PMID 8413624. Turns out the original study wasn't about ...
CalmDown - Ep.4: Theme Tune Plagiarism
July 29, 2018 00:00 - 2 minutes - 23.4 MBGil complains about how he had wasted several minutes of his life making a podcast that may need to be deleted because Wil unwittingly stole the theme tune from "Blue's Clues". Wil changes the theme tune very slightly as a salve.