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  • Open Your Milk - Episode 66 - We're In a Basement Podcast

    EP66 – Open Your Milk – Dairy in the United States

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    Cheese? Count Me In.
  • Bertha Benz - We're In a Basement

    EP36 – Fred Flinstone’s Wife’s Car – Bertha Benz

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  • Adam and Eve Had Bread - Episode 61 - We're In a Basement Podcast

    EP61 – Adam & Eve Had Bread – Bread and WWII

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    Slice That Bread!
  • Pope on a Rope - We're in a Basement Episode 43

    EP43 – Pope on a Rope – 3 Bad Popes

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  • Girl with the Butterfly Tattoo - We're In a Basement Podcast Episode 33

    EP33 – Girl with the Butterfly Tattoo – The Butterfly Effect with Colin’s Mom

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  • Episode 58 - School Sux Chess Roolz - Bobby Fischer - We're In a Basement Podcast

    EP58 – School Sux, Chess Roolz – Bobby Fischer

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    Who TF is Bobby
  • Don't Put Cleveland on the Map - Balloonfest '86 - We're In a Basement Podcast

    EP53 – Don’t Put Cleveland on the Map – Balloonfest ’86

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  • Anna Ivanovna - We're In a Basement Podcast - Episode 67

    EP67 – A Bad Breakup and an Ice Castle – Empress Anna Ivanovna

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    Let's Go to Russia
  • Episode 40 - Not Safe for Mom

    EP40 – Not Safe for Mom – Our History with Men

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  • Shark Interrogation - Episode 23 We're In a Basement

    EP32 – Shark Interrogation – Documentaries and Their Lies

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  • Jared Leto and His Weird Ass Cult

    EP7 – 30 Seconds to Bankruptcy – Jared Leto and Mars Island

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  • Sugata Mitra - Hole in the Wall Project - EP82 We're In a Basement Podcast - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

    EP82 – Father, Son, & Holy Spirit – Sugata Mitra’s Hole In the Wall

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    Educate Me Please
  • Of Course It's Cyanide - Cuyahoga River - We're In a Basement Podcast Episode 62

    EP62 – Of Course It’s Cyanide! – The Cuyahoga River

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    Tell Me About Cleveland
  • First Hot Air Balloon Flight

    EP17 – Noah’s Ark of the Sky – Ballooning

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  • Ouija Board - We're In a Basement

    EP13 – ooky kooky spooky – Halloween Special

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  • Six Snax Snake Snacks - The Great Cobra Scare of 1953

    EP27 – Six Snax Snake Snacks – The Great Cobra Scare of 1953

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  • Tupac Shakur - Sierra's Rap Renaissance - EP 38

    EP38 – Sierra’s Rap Renaissance – Tupac Shakur

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  • Anne Bonny and Mary Read - Lesbian Pirate - Episode 41 - We're In a Basement Podcast

    EP41 – Respect Your Local Woman – Anne Bonny and Mary Read

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  • D.B. Cooper - Ransacked a Sequoia - Episode 56 - We're In a Basement Podcast

    EP56 – Ransacked a Sequoia – D.B. Cooper

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    Adventure Time!
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    EP6 – Insurance Fraud or Idiots? – Nub City

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70 – Find a Hobby – Bizarre Mass Gatherings


November 29, 2022

About the Episode

Abraham Lincoln, giant phallic statues, and Frozen Dead Guys. What do they all have in common? Big groups of people REALLY like them. And this is episode is about those groups of people.

This week, Colin and Sierra take turns clicking the seatbelt and telling the stories of some of the most interesting global gatherings. Join us as we discuss the REAL identity of a Secret Santa, Green Day’s newest single, and how to properly store your late grandfather’s body.

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Photos from the Episode

  • The World Santa Claus Congress in Amakusa

    The World Santa Claus Congress in Amakusa

  • A small Santa getting judged by bigger, better Santas

    A small Santa getting judged by bigger, better Santas

  • The Association of Lincoln Presenters in 2018

    The Association of Lincoln Presenters in 2018

  • The ALP’s sick pic (could be a dope album cover)

    The ALP’s sick pic (could be a dope album cover)

  • Festival of the Steel Phallus

    Festival of the Steel Phallus

  • She’s amazing!!!

    She’s amazing!!!

  • Frozen Dead Guy Days

    Frozen Dead Guy Days

  • Looks pretty white

    Looks pretty white

  • The Tuff Shed where Gramps Lives

    The Tuff Shed where Gramps Lives

  • FDGD Map!!!!

    FDGD Map!!!!

  • Frozen Dead Guy Days Polar Plunge!!

    Frozen Dead Guy Days Polar Plunge!!

  • Flora-Bama Mullet Toss

    Flora-Bama Mullet Toss

  • Winning the Cheese at Glouchestershire Cheese Rolling

    Winning the Cheese at Glouchestershire Cheese Rolling

  • Glouchestershire Cheese Rolling

    Glouchestershire Cheese Rolling

Tig Notaro – Searching for Santa

Press Release by Frozen Dead Guy Days (As Released 11/2/2022)

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Post-Event Review 2022 by the Town of Nederland

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Subjects Covered

Weird Clubs • Weird Mass Gatherings • Festival of the Steel Phalus • Flora-Bama Mullet Toss • World Santa Claus Congress • Frozen Dead Guy Days • Association of Lincoln Presenters (ALP) • Lin-Con • Green Day • Kawasaki, Japan • Kanayama Shrine • Frozen Dead Guy Days cancelled 2023 • Amakusa, Japan • Japanese traditions • Glico Bisco Biscuit • Association of Lincoln Presenters Conference 2017 • Secret Santas • Abraham Lincoln • Mary Lincoln • Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling • Trygve Bauge • Nederland, Colorado • Amanda MacDonald • Sarah Martin • Great Outdoors Colorado • Camp Nelson •

Sources

  • The Culture Trip - How to Celebrate Kanamara Matsuri
  • Glico - World Santa Claus Congress
  • Wikipedia - Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling & Wake
  • Wikipedia - American Civil War Reenactment
  • The Culture Trip - Unusual Festivals from Around the World
  • Ok Whatever - Weird Conventions of America
  • Lincoln Presenters - 2017 Conference (LinCon)
  • Wikipedia - Town Crier
  • Visit Glouchester - Cheese Rolling in Gloucester
  • Wikipedia - Frozen Dead Guy Days
  • Frozen Dead Guy Days - Frozen Dead Guy Days on Ice 2023
  • Town of Nederland - Frozen Dead Guy Days Press Release
  • Town of Nederland - Letter to Sarah Martin and Amanda MacDonald (March 29, 2022)
  • CBS News - End of Frozen Dead Guy Days

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