Episode 69: Bug Years Don't Come in A Jar: Cicadas of 2024 and Locusts of 1874

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In this episode, Ellie discusses 2024: The Year of the Cicada?! and Abby talks about 1874: The Year of the Locust. Tangents include, but are not limited to: how much you’d need to pay us to eat bugs, being alive in the 1870s, disgusting Bug Goo, the Ancient Greeps, our own insect horrors, and more! Which creature is scarier? The Locust or the Cicada? Find out on this episode of Queers for Fears!

Content Warnings Episode #69:

• Ellie’s Content: insects, killing insects, dead insects
• Abby’s Content: drought, insects, killing insects, dead insects, starvation, religious verses

In this episode, we’re drinking:

Abby: The Grasshopper

Ellie: The Cicada

Sources:

For this episode, Abby pulled from: Wikipedia: Locusts and the Year of the Locusts 1874 , The National Archives, Kansas History, & History Net

And Ellie used: UConn, CBS, CNN, & WaPo

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