Ep. 196: scurvy & gremlore

Jack of All Graves

Having read MORE maritime history this summer, Corrigan tells Marko about the seafarer's scourge of scurvy, and Mark asks some deep questions about Gremlins.

Highlights:

[0:00] CoRri tells Mark about scurvy
[49:43] Marko has been "in the wars" and is a bit worse for wear after his holidays; he explains his eye procedure; and at our four year anniversary, we found out some things a human child can do at four years old
[64:30] Cultural exchange!: sticker book edition. Plus, is James Marsden's career weird?
[78:00] What we watched! (Edge of the City, In the Heat of the Night, The Slumber Party Massacre, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Mister Creep, Beast, Source Code, Night of the Zombies, Inside Out 2, Gremlins 2, Oddity, Alien: Romulus
[1:53:50] Romulus spoilers
[1:58:51] We discuss some pressing questions about the Mogwai/Gremlin life cycle!

Stuff we referenced:

• A Nightmare Disease Haunted Ships During Age of Discovery
• Scurvy: By the End, Death is a Mercy
• James Lind: The man who helped to cure scurvy with lemons
• History of scurvy and use of vitamin C in critical illness: A narrative review.