From the Vault: Sea Turtles with Christine Figgener

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Weirdhouse Cinema: The Bat Woman (1968)

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe return to the wild world of Mexican lucha films with 1968’s The Bat Woman, directed by René Cardona and starring Maura Monti and Roberto Cañedo.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The Thing Before the Beginning, part 2

In this series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss various mythological concepts of what came before the creation or emergence of our universe.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

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