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S4 Ep342: The Mysterious Sleeping Town of Kalachi & Things to Stop Caring About in Your 30s

S4 Ep342: The Mysterious Sleeping Town of Kalachi & Things to Stop Caring About in Your 30s

FromAn Acquired Taste Podcast


S4 Ep342: The Mysterious Sleeping Town of Kalachi & Things to Stop Caring About in Your 30s

FromAn Acquired Taste Podcast

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Length:
85 minutes
Released:
Jul 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Stop trying to get your money’s worth at an open bar! Kathleen has had it up to HERE with worrying about certain things and she’s sharing that list with you! There’s only so much time in a day to launch your puka shell necklace empire, right? Then, is that a fridge on the ceiling? Did you just take a plane ride without remembering it? Bethany is talking about a bizarre “Sleep Sickness” that struck two small villages in Kazakhstan where people would fall asleep for days! What do you think caused it? Plus, Bethany has THOUGHTS about denim...

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What We Talked About

Things to Stop Caring About in Your 30s - 14:13
The Mysterious Sleeping Town of Kalachi - 42:38

Kathleen's Jeans from the Gap: https://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?pid=440582#pdp-page-content

TV everyone needs to watch: Ted Lasso

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BETHANY’S SOURCES:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahatopol/a-week-in-the-mysterious-sleeping-villages-of-kazakhstan?utm_term=.vvBpbo5Va#.auBORALQb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw5QDCCfeqc
https://www.reddit.com/r/Kazakhstan/comments/nsqs39/sleep_hollow_kalachi/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/17/mystery-kazakhstan-sleeping-sickness-solved
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_hollow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalachi,_Kazakhstan
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/84543/mystery-behind-kazakh-towns-sleeping-sickness
https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/the-science-behind-the-mysterious-town-where-residents-fell-asleep-for-days-at-a-time/all/
https://www.newstatesman.com/node/192370
https://www.wired.com/2015/07/mystery-kazakhstani-sleeping-sickness/


KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:


https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/Things-You-Stop-Worrying-About-Your-30s-37912918 
https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/12/6/13838268/chip-joanna-gaines-buzzfeed-gay-fixer-upper
Released:
Jul 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Every week Bethany and Kathleen get together to chat about their lives and what's weird in the world, and they're inviting you to join them! Pull up a chair. Pour yourself something warm or strong or bubbly. There's room at the Tastebud Table for everyone.