World-building is a concept that can apply to games, to fiction, to story-telling, and to actual travel. Wherever the magic is...Guest: Kennedy, Magus Elgar and Clutch! A Kobold StoryYouTube trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3v2N46LdmAKickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magusserling/clutchkoboldsNote: There is a change in audio about 4 minutes into the main conversation (specific timestamp will vary based on ads). Technology is its own destructive gremlin and it tried, but ultimately failed, to destroy itself.------------------------Promo: Tavern GeekDisclaimer: Pete, Mission RejectedArt: Autopsy podcastMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

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363 -- Making Noises With Your Face -- with Kennedy Phillips

When a conversation touches on podcasting, journalism, ethics, ethos, decapitation and cryptids, despite my unabashed fangirling? It's good stuff.Guests: Kendall and Sarah, Appalachian Mysteria (Jam Street Media)Book: The WVU Coed Murders: Who Killed Mared and Karen? -- https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B09G8Q9FNL/------------------------True Crime Podcast Reviews and Recommendations group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/201821154596270Promo: Crime of Your LifeDisclaimer: Melanie, Mask of SanityMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

362 -- Neck Injuries Are Not Required -- with Kendall and Sarah from Appalachian Mysteria

Join us on a rapid-fire tour through some of the most- and least-known cases of mysterious disappearances, deaths and wrongful convictions.Guest: Robin Warder, The Trail Went Cold and The Path Went Chilly------------------------Promo: OklahomacideDisclaimer: Roseanne, Killafornia DreamingArt: Asylum 94Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

361 -- How Can We Ever Know for Sure? -- with Robin Warder

Take two podcasters, add a healthy dose of subversive thought, subtract any sense of agenda, and what do you get? This. You get this.Guest: Jeff Feightner, Verboten Productions------------------------Promo: Memester of the WeekDisclaimer: Amy, Yes But Why podcastArt: Natalie EvansMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

360 -- Trains of Thought -- with Jeff Feightner

The humanity of friendship and the ethics of True Crime podcasting... and an upcoming project...Guest: Jacob Randall, Crime of Your Life and Happy Horror Time------------------------Promo: Crime and CompulsionDisclaimer: Mary VirginiaMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

359 -- Change the World -- with Jacob Randall

What's the hardest, most intense, scariest thing you've ever done? Often it's less stereotypical than a haunted house or horror movie...Guest: Caleb, The Paranormal Burrito and That's Not Fair podcasts------------------------Promo: Street WritersDisclaimer: Doyle KingArt: CalebMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

358 -- The Scariest Thing I Ever Did -- with Caleb Schadeck

When a rough year gets rougher, sometimes friendship is the key to avoiding complete insanity.------------------------Guest: Justin Drown, Obscura------------------------Promo: Voice of the VictimDisclaimer: AmyArt: Autopsy podcastMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

357 -- Public Aggression and Milestones -- with Justin Drown

To round out the recent trend of authors and writers, I talk with someone who is both an author and a writing coach. We get deeply philosophical and highly cerebral...Guest: Jarod Cerf, Here Be Tygers and Odder Worlds podcasts------------------------Promo: ReRun RetrospectDisclaimer: Eric BerryMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

356 -- Sad, Funny, Beautiful and Weird -- with Jarod Cerf

What does the regime of Pinochet have in common with present-day United States? ...perhaps more than we like to imagine...Guest: Bob Van Laerhoven -- www.bobvanlaerhoven.be------------------------Promo: Strangeful Things podcastDisclaimer: JP MackeyMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

355 -- The Tension Mounts -- with Bob Van Laerhoven

When considering horror and dark fiction, it's helpful to remember that the non-fiction world -- socially, politically, parentally, podcast-ily -- is often just as scary...------------------------Guest: Tyler Bell, Westside FairytalesBook: The Eyes Beneath my Father's House -- https://www.amazon.com/Eyes-Beneath-My-Fathers-House-ebook/dp/B09BYWDLVV/------------------------Promo: That's So F*cked UpDisclaimer: Greg D'ArcyMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

354 -- Improperly Prepared for Eating -- with Tyler Bell

Coping with stress and unhappiness can come in many forms. Therapy... self-care (whatever that means for you)... meditation... going to a drag club...Guest: Jaimie SherlingBook: From Queens to QUEENS -- https://www.amazon.com/Queens-QUEENS-Madison-Community-Saved-ebook/dp/B09FYMJP1R/------------------------Promo: Killafornia DreamingDisclaimer: LeeMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

353 -- You Can't Cry at a Drag Show -- with Jaimie Sherling

There are some very short roads that lead from creativity to criminal justice... from helplessness to violence... from capitalism to serial killing...Guest: Tom Vater -- tomvater.com------------------------Promo: I Hate Your Taste in MoviesDisclaimer: AndromedaDearMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

352 -- The Order and the Chaos -- with Tom Vater

Over the past 350 episodes, I've talked a lot about violence, and far less about sex. This time, it's time to switch things up.Guest: Nikky, from the Dear Nikky podcast (formerly In Bed with Nikky)------------------------Promo: Killer FunDisclaimer: Dean, Family Plot podcastArt: Asylum 94Music: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

351 -- Dirty and Brilliant -- with Nikky from Dear Nikky

In the 1980s, a Canadian nurse endured an extended and terrifying ordeal, ending in her death in 1989. We unpack the known timeline, the rampant speculation, and the unanswered questions around one woman's life and loss.Guests: Robin Warder (The Trail Went Cold) & Jules (Riddle Me That) -- both of The Path Went ChillyTimeline and photos: https://bit.ly/iwb350------------------------Promo: Dark PoutineDisclaimer: Dave BowersArt: Emily WallingaMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcast

350 -- Nothing Else That Can Be Done -- the death of Cindy James -- with Robin Warder and Dr Jules

Karaoke, kids, neurodivergence... things get random when Matt comes to play.Guest: Matt, Nooks and Crannies podcast------------------------Promo: Haunted HappenstanceDisclaimer: Tyler, What Comes AfterArt: BradMusic: Jake Pierle -- https://jakepierle.bandcamp.com/------------------------Facebook group: The Asylum -- https://bit.ly/iwbasylumDiscord server: Ignorance Was Bliss Satellite Campus -- https://bit.ly/iwbdiscordTikTok (@iwbpodcast): Podcast ChecklistMerch: https://bit.ly/iwbpodcastmerchPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/IWBpodcastSponsor: Bath By Bex (code CBDkate for 15% off)

349 -- Bottle Up the Weird -- with Matt from Nooks and Crannies

Sometimes the only difference between us and them... is who gets a key. Almost anything can seem normal. Are you sure you really want to know?

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