Night Call

94: The Lawnmower Women

Unnerving CGI January continues with The Lawnmower Man, the best Stephen King movie completely disavowed by Stephen King! Plus: what is Swedish Death Cleaning and should we all get into it? A trip back to our haunted doll roots with a talking Elsa from Frozen doll that cannot be vanquished. And we are joined by guest cyber-security activist Emma Cunningham for a chat about predictive policing and other pseudoscientific software. Should we get wrapped in Faraday bags forever? Find out on an all new Night Call!CONTENT WARNING: molestation in The Lawnmower Man is discussed FOOTNOTES: <a href="https://www.buzzfeed.com/gyanyankovich/what-is-swedish-death-cleaning">Swedish Death Cleaning</a> <a href="https://www.click2houston.com/news/weird-news/2020/01/14/they-cant-let-it-go-haunted-elsa-doll-returns-to-houston-family-after-being-thrown-out-multiple-times/">Haunted Elsa doll</a> <a href="https://screenrant.com/stephen-king-lawnmower-man-movie-lawsuit-explained/">Stephen King vs. Lawnmower Man lawsuit</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lawnmower_Man_(film)">We quoted from the synopsis on Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYkgWJzJ6fE">Lawnmower man sex scene</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSmOvYzSeaQ">Aerosmith Amazing video</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/mollylambert/status/1217560365732524032">Lawnmower meme</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1995/07/30/faith-and-fanaticism/741ab040-35f4-49c0-b3be-bdd6590e1708/">David Koresh loved The Lawnmower Man</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/walrusmaster/status/1217604883643154432">Tweet tip re: DK and the LM</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/emmatcu">Emma's twitter</a> <a href="https://faradaybag.com/">Faraday bags</a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/2017/04/just-pair-11-radio-gadgets-can-steal-car/">Hacking key fobs</a> <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/why-are-cops-around-the-world-using-this-outlandish-mindreading-tool">SCAN</a> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/the-underlying-bias-of-facial-recognition-systems/476991/">Facial recognition's racial bias</a> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/NightCall">Night Call Patreon</a> Night Call socials: Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/nightcallpod?lang=en">@nightcallpod </a>// Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nightcallpodcast/">@nightcallpodcast</a>// Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nightcallpodcast/?hl=en">@nightcallpodcast</a> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Are you in need of company during those strange days and lonely nights? Every Monday, hosts Molly Lambert, Tess Lynch and Emily Yoshida, gather in dark rooms for a free jazz blend of pop culture theory, internet fascinations, and venture down a plethora of half-baked conspiracy theory rabbit holes. Drop us a line with your night call at 240-46-NIGHT or nightcallpodcast@gmail.com, and we'll offer our best advice on life, love, and the coming apocalypse.