Are you Marked Safe? Join friends Brianne and Melanie as they come together to share some of the worlds most incredible disaster stories and delve into the deta...
This week, Cody's future is uncertain, Melanie is more German than expected, Brianne doesn't want to stay the night, and we hear the stories of some good boys and girls.Content warnings: pet loss throughout episode, pets and humans in SAR situations, including 9/11.
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1:04:06
Silence Equals Death: US Gay History 1979-Present
This week, Brianne is a reluctant snake advocate, the Reuben finally gets the exit it deserved all along, Melanie is bringing a delicious and trustworthy muffuletta, the US Military is roughly the size of a barge, Rock Lobster breaks down walls, and Subaru execs buy gay yachts.Content warnings: snakes, homophobia ranging from subtle to murderous, homophobic slurs, beating deaths, 35:00-41:25 and 50:20-52:30 have particularly graphic descriptions of violence and resulting injuries, 54:00-56:00 discusses rape and resulting suicide.
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1:12:00
Go Fight Your Own Damn War: US Gay History 1937-1978
This week, the US military's anti-gay methods always backfire, a researcher wants a do-over, lead paint poisoned papaws are too emboldened, Alfred Kinsey and Joe Exotic appear in the same sentence, and the government loves to watch. Thank you for your patience with some uneven audio this week!Content warnings: comparisons between homosexuality and incest/rape, brief recap of topics covered in previous episodes, PTSD, military service, mention of sexual assault, forced psychiatric confinement, involuntary outing, burning death, mistreatment of remains, homophobia, graphic discussion of lobotomies, medical torture, sexual solicitation and murder of children (brief and not graphic), graphic and painful murder of gay man by cops, riots/uprisings, police brutality.
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49:25
This Won't Hurt a Bit: Funeral Potluck
This week, Oprah is wrong, Brianne drives the horse, Madison's grandma loves Jurassic Park, Lisa delivers the funeral kidnapping tea, Meagan's Grammy has a tramp stamp, Taylor has the best wedding gift, Serena is her granddad's favorite but not a limo driver's, Kaitlyn has a funeral crasher, Brianne keeps a list of Melanie's enemies, Sarah pours one (Dr. Pepper) out for a lost loved one, Bea makes an unpleasant discovery, Melanie is employed by Philip Morris, Riley's grandmother can't avoid the golf ball forever, a shitty uncle hires some muscle, Allison needs some gloves, Ann is not marked safe from her sister, Michelle's aunt passes Brianne's vibe check, and we all raise a glass of whatever we drink to the patron saint of Marked Safe - Aunt Vada.Discussion of various forms of death and grief throughout, implied mention of CSA, discussion of sexual harassment in Disaster Relief.Donations to the Arkansas Nurses Honor Guard in Aunt Vada's honor can be made at the bottom of this page or mailed to Arkansas Nurses Honor Guard P.O. Box 112 Imboden, Arkansas 72434.
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1:13:06
We Love a Hot Saint: US Gay History 1895-1936
This week, we're concerned this episode may curse you, Cody does it wild, Melanie is committed to the bit, Brianne twirls her mustache, and we continue our magical journey through Supreme Court hearings, an inventor's lab, an old-timey lesbian nightclub supposedly funded by a ring of hot rich butches, bedroom chambers with rose-printed wallpaper, a Navy YMCA, and the White House.Content warnings: death of parent in front of child, brain bleed, racial and homophobic slurs, racism, police and military action against LGBTQ+ people, conversion therapy, castration, brief mention of death at Auschwitz at 41:50, vague discussion of childhood abuse and parental alcoholism, extreme and oppressive homophobia throughout episode.
Are you Marked Safe? Join friends Brianne and Melanie as they come together to share some of the worlds most incredible disaster stories and delve into the details and fallout from them.