Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 5)

We conclude our book club with Michelle’s escape from the dungeon. The dead baby trend continues; Jesus, the Virgin Mary and Satan’s fingernails make brief appearances. Digressions include Dustin Hoffman, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and things that rhyme with Beelzebub.  This episode contains references to child abuse and sexual assault.

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The O.J. Simpson Trial: When Kato Met Marcia

Sarah tells Mike about the clash of the titans, the fury at the grand jury. We follow Kato, the wise fool of the kingdom, for the week between the murders and the Bronco chase. Digressions include John Travolta, French kickboxing movies and “The Mummy.” The celebrity cameos are less numerous than usual but no less absurd.

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Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 4)

This week, our lithe psychiatrist takes his favorite patient hiking, a priest burns some furniture and Michelle tries to escape her remembering. This episode contains descriptions of kitten sacrifice, sexual abuse and three more dead babies.

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Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 3)

Sarah and Mike continue into the depths. With Dr. Pazder home from Mexico, he and Michelle journey into her subconscious and the stories they find there continue to get weirder. This episode contains kitten sacrifice and the first—but not the last—dead baby of the Satanic panic.

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Marie Antoinette

“What’s sad about her has nothing to do with the content of her character.” Special guest Dana Schwartz tells Mike and Sarah how an Austrian princess became a French scapegoat. Digressions include Rubik’s Cubes, Taylor Swift and Tom Stoppard. The use of the word “bawdy” exceeds all previous episodes combined.

Find Dana at her website or listen to her podcast!

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Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 2)

Sarah and Mike continue their journey into the book that launched a thousand lawsuits. Michelle and Dr. Pazder’s relationship grows more troubling by the chapter. Digressions include orgy etiquette, sheepskin jackets and “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” Neither co-host believes anything depicted in this book happened as described, but still want to warn you that it contains scenes of torture and sexual abuse.

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The Exploding Ford Pinto

Mike tells Sarah about a dying industry, a dangerous car and the acclaimed article that misrepresented them both. Digressions include “Mission Impossible,” “Friday the 13th” and the naming conventions of academic articles. This episode contains a larger-than-usual number of dad jokes and a shocking revelation about Johnny Carson.

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Links!

• Mother Jones’ 1977 “Pinto Madness” article
• David Halberstam’s “The Reckoning: Ford, Nissan, and the Decline of American Industry”
• Gary Schwartz’s “The Myth of the Ford Pinto”
• ”’Pinto “Madness” as a Flawed Landmark Narrative: An Organizational and Network Analysis”
• ”The Ford Pinto Case and the Development of Auto Safety Regulations, 1893-1978”
• ”Ethics: An Alternative Account of the Ford Pinto Case”