{"id":321,"date":"2013-07-19T22:27:45","date_gmt":"2013-07-20T06:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/?p=321"},"modified":"2025-11-29T17:19:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T01:19:02","slug":"episode-9-a-devouring-organism-aptly-named-for-the-goddess-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/archives\/321","title":{"rendered":"Episode 9: A Devouring Organism Aptly Named for the Goddess of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/suddenlybutts.jpg\"><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/suddenlybutts.jpg\" alt=\"Joseph L. Mankiewicz Tribute\" width=\"840\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/suddenlybutts.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/suddenlybutts-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/suddenlybutts-1024x791.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/suddenlybutts-90x70.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hey Listeners! \u00a0Do you ever find yourselves with a pesky bit of life drama, like say you think a family member might be gay but you can&#8217;t deal with it because you live in 1937? \u00a0GET A LOBOTOMY!<\/p>\n<p>Or how about your mom and brother are poor and your rich aunt offers to pay them 100,000 dollars if they commit you to a mental institution against your will? \u00a0GET A LOBOTOMY!<\/p>\n<p>Are you tired of living on nothing but pills and salads? \u00a0GET A LOBOTOMY!<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe you&#8217;ve heard that a sharp knife in the mind kills the devil in the soul, and you&#8217;d like to test that theory out on yourself? \u00a0You know the solution, folks!<\/p>\n<p>We discuss all these scenarios and so many more on Episode 9, in which the 1959 film &#8220;Suddenly, Last Summer&#8221; \u00a0leads us down a twisted path festooned with primordial vines and the debris of broken Southern families.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2916\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-321-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/emersonvscook9.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/emersonvscook9.mp3\">http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/emersonvscook9.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/emersonvscook9.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/?powerpress_pinw=321-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emersonvscook.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/emersonvscook9.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"emersonvscook9.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Hey Listeners! \u00a0Do you ever find yourselves with a pesky bit of life drama, like say you think a family member might be gay but you can&#8217;t deal with it because you live in 1937? \u00a0GET A LOBOTOMY! 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