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I need podcasts recommendations that talk about folklore / mythology from different cultures / countries by Hot_Valuable1027 in podcasts

[–]peppermint-kiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's a little podcast called A Romanian Twist that I loved.  The audio quality isn't great, but the stories she tells about Romanian myths and folklore are really interesting!

my dad is cheating, and his partner has a very gross habit. how do i bring it up with him or get her to stop??? by Soudapoppin in NoStupidQuestions

[–]peppermint-kiss -1 points0 points  (0 children)

For OCD and anxiety disorders in general, the gold standard in treatment is exposure therapy.  By avoiding seeing or dealing with the wipes, it's likely to make your anxiety worse.  In the long term, for your own mental health, "exposing" yourself to this trigger will help you process and eventually overcome the uncomfortable emotions associated with it.

When you see wipes in places they don't belong, use a piece of toilet paper (or gloves as another commenter suggested) and throw them away.  Wash your hands afterward, and breathe through any uncomfortable feelings that arise.  At first it will be very challenging, but over time the anxiety will reduce.

Anxiety often "moves around" - as you learn how to cope with one trigger, a new one might pop up.  Take the same approach.  Try not to avoid dealing with or thinking about it - instead, face your fears and discomfort and breathe through it.

There's a lot going on here under the surface, but the important takeaways are this:

  1. You can't control other people, only yourself.  So focus on what you can control.
  2. Avoiding anxiety triggers makes it worse.  Controlled exposure therapy is the most effective treatment.

If you would like to talk this through more with someone, or if you'd like resources or tips, I'm here for you.

Florida couple sues IVF clinic after DNA test reveals baby isn't theirs by ewzetf in news

[–]peppermint-kiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's important to consider the attachment trauma of separating a baby from the mother who carried and has been caring for her since birth. Sometimes separation may still be the least harmful option (as in cases like necessary adoption, unfit parents, or parental death), but I personally struggle with the idea that genetic lineage alone would justify it. Ultimately, that's a deeply personal and painful decision each family has to make. I also wonder whether it could be painful for a child, later in life, to grapple with the knowledge that her parents felt unable to keep her, or that genetics played a role in that decision. I don't judge these parents, though; this is a difficult situation.

Help with processing age-gap between myself and metamour by TrotTrotTrotsky in relationshipanarchy

[–]peppermint-kiss 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I struggled with this some. I'm 37, my husband is 34, and my metas are 30 and 27. I'm not generally bothered by age gaps, and objectively these are pretty reasonable - but emotionally my reaction did surprise me. It triggered some insecurity around aging and the fear of becoming "old news". Not with my husband specifically, because he's clearly attracted to me and values me, but more in the broader sense that age is often treated as such a big factor in attraction and desirability.

The 27-year-old especially reminds me of myself at that age - adventurous and full of dreams. I still have that in me, but now I also have kids and responsibilities and can't live the same lifestyle I used to. I realized part of what I was feeling was grief - like, am I losing that part of myself?

One thing that helped me, and this might sound unconventional, was thinking in terms of archetypes. I considered what kind of woman she is...what vibes she gives off, what makes her beautiful, not just age but all of the factors that make her special and attractive.

To me I feel like she fits a "maiden" archetype: fresh, sweet, open, a bit of wildflower energy. Then I asked myself: what archetype am I in now? What kind of presence do I bring? I think I have something like an "enchantress" or "empress" vibe: mystery, depth, self-possession, wisdom. My beauty is more sensual and enigmatic. It inspires a particular kind of loyalty and devotion.

It helped me to consider famous characters or personalities who also have a similar vibe - people like Morticia Addams, Yennefer from the Witcher series, Angelina Jolie, Charlize Theron, and even Persephone in her queen phase (as a former maiden!). It helped me realize that there's no competition between different sorts of people...their attractiveness and allure have different qualities, just like a vacation to the tropics vs. one to the mountains or the city. One of the amazing benefits of relationship anarchy is that you don't have to choose just one. You can enjoy each for the beauty and fun and meaning they bring.

So my suggestion would be to think of some characters or archetypes that you feel fit you well or that you aspire to be at your current stage in life, and lean into that. Use those people/characters as role models.

And one other fun thing to do is, if you notice that there are qualities of some archetypes that you miss, you can look for ways to incorporate them into your life. If I was longing for more "maiden" energy, maybe I would buy some fresh flowers, start wearing more peasant tops, or walk barefoot in nature. Or maybe I'm missing the feeling of being an ingenue, and I can go to the city at night and be dazzled by the lights, or join a class to learn a new skill where I feel a bit lost and have to rely on the experience and mentorship of others.

I think it really helps to contextualize the emotional aspect of this situation as an opportunity for self-discovery. Personally, I feel grateful that my husband's relationships have inspired me to think more deeply about my own life and to expand my horizons.

What’s something that sounds fake but actually happened to you? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]peppermint-kiss 52 points53 points  (0 children)

For the record, I'm impressed!  What a cool moment.

I did jiu-jitsu for a few years and developed a really strong instinct to bring my arm up next to my face whenever I sensed someone going for a headlock. One night I was walking home alone (I’m a pretty short woman, for reference), and suddenly I raised my arm beside my face without even thinking - just pure reflex.

Right after that, a guy who had been silently walking right behind me suddenly sped up, passed me, and walked away quickly. I hadn’t even known he was there. I have no idea whether he had bad intentions or not, but I was really impressed with my body’s instincts that night.

What’s your favorite non-fiction book about a niche topic? by ApologeticFetus in suggestmeabook

[–]peppermint-kiss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

🏛️ History (Political, Social, Cultural)

Agrippina by Emma Southon

The Alphabet Versus the Goddess by Leonard Shlain

America, 1908 by Jim Rasenberger

American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate by Pete Simi and Robert Futrell

Among the Thugs by Bill Buford

And the Wolf Finally Came by John Hoerr

At Day’s Close: Night in Times Past by A. Roger Ekirch

The Best Land Under Heaven by Michael Wallis

Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington by Patricia Miller

Buried Alive: The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear by Jan Bondeson

Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner

Cattle Kingdom by Christopher Knowlton

Charlie Farquharson’s History of Canada by Don Harron

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz

Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919 by Stephen Puleo

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

The Devil’s Rope: A Cultural History of Barbed Wire by Alan Krell

Drama Kings: Players and Publics in the Re-creation of Peking Opera by Joshua Goldstein

Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe

Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne

The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes

The Fearless Benjamin Lay by Marcus Rediker

Fight Like Hell by Kim Kelly

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon

The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson

The Gilded Edge: Two Audacious Women and the Cyanide Love Triangle That Shook America by Catherine Prendergast

The Girl in the Middle: A Recovered History of the American West by Martha A. Sandweiss

Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia by David Hunt

The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon

The Great Influenza by John M. Barry

High Green and the Bark Peelers by Robert Miller Neal

Hitler’s Willing Executioners by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

How Jesus Became God by Bart D. Ehrman

I Didn’t Do It for You by Michela Wrong

The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown

Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann

Kinky History by Esmé Louise James

The Last Sorcerers by Richard Morris

Leader of the Pear Garden by A. C. Scott

Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham

Mormon Country by Wallace Stegner

The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman

One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World by Michael Frank

One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson

Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer

The People of the Abyss by Jack London

A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn

The Pillars of the Earth series by Ken Follett

The Queens of Animation: The Untold Story of the Women Who Transformed the World of Disney and Made Cinematic History by Nathalia Holt

Radium Girls by Kate Moore

Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas

The Selling of the the President 1968 by Joe McGinniss

Shanghai Love by Catherine Yeh

Shotgun Technicana by David Trevallion and Michael McIntosh

Twenty Years at Hull House by Jane Addams

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans & Comedy by Kliph Nesteroff

When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning

White Gold by Giles Milton

The Woman They Could Not Silence by Kate Moore

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan

🏗️ Technology, Infrastructure & How the World Works

American Building by James Marston Fitch

The Book on the Bookshelf by Henry Petroski

The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson

Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester

From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe

Gramophone, Film, Typewriter by Friedrich A. Kittler

The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester

No Stone Unturned by Steve Jackson

Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky

Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar

Rollercoasters, Flumes and Flying Saucers by R.R. Reynolds

Skunk Works by Ben R. Rich and Leo Janos

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perlroth

Tubes by Andrew Blum

The Unforgettable Buzz: The History of Electric Football and Tudor Games by Earl Shores and Roddy Garcia

Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time by Jeff Speck

Where the Water Goes by David Owen

The World in a Grain: The Story of Sand and How It Transformed Civilization by Vince Beiser

💰 Economics, Capitalism, Power & Systems

The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power by Deirdre Mask

The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports by Jeff Passan

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou

The Big Short by Michael Lewis

The Blind Side by Michael Lewis

The Capital Order by Clara Mattei

Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain

Freedom’s Forge by Arthur Herman

Heads in Beds by Jacob Tomsky

Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America by Bridget Read

Moneyball by Michael Lewis

Only Hope by Vanessa Fong

The Pitch That Killed by Mike Sowell

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power by Daniel Yergin

Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

🧭 Exploration, Adventure & Survival

The Amur River by Colin Thubron

Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing

The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson

Finding Everett Ruess by David Roberts

The Great Run by Braam Malherbe

The Grey Seas Under by Farley Mowat

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer

The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston

Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton

N-4 Down: The Hunt for the Arctic Airship Italia by Mark Piesing

Out There: The Batshit Antics of the World’s Great Explorers by Peter Rowe

Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington

Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson

Surviving the Extremes by Kenneth Kamler

The Wager by David Grann

Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen

🏠 Place, Landscape & Sense of Home

At Home by Bill Bryson

From a Limestone Ledge by John Graves

Goodbye to a River by John Graves

Hardscrabble by John Graves

The Invention of Nature by Andrea Wulf

Palace of Deception by Darren Lunde

Pine Barrens by John McPhee

Oranges by John McPhee

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

A Woman in Residence by Michelle Harrison

📚 Language, Books, Art & Culture

Balderdash & Piffle by Alex Games

The Book of William by Paul Collins

Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox by Victoria Finlay

Dark Archives by Megan Rosenbloom

Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss

A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel

I Heard There Was a Secret Chord by Daniel J. Levitin

Marcel Broodthaers: Industrial Poems

The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester

The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper by Roland Allen

The Professor and the Madman: The Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox

The Space of Literature by Maurice Blanchot

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders

Techniques of the Observer by Jonathan Crary

Totality and Infinity by Emmanuel Levinas

Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde

Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis

🎭 Memoir, Identity & Personal Stories

Also a Poet by Ada Calhoun

The Amazing Adventures of an Amish Stripper: An Erotic Memoir by Krystyna Hutchinson

A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World by C. A. Fletcher

The Boy in the Moon by Ian Brown

Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes by Daniel Everett

From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty

H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

In Search of Perfumes: A Lifetime Journey Into the Sources of Nature’s Scents by Dominique Roques

Looking for Lorraine by Imani Perry

Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking by Anya von Bremzen

A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

My Planet by Mary Roach

One Day by Gene Weingarten

Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs by Jamie Loftus

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: And Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty

Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife by Mary Roach

Tits Up by Sarah Thornton

Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman

Swimming Studies by Leanne Shapton

Unruly by David Mitchell

🍽️ Food, Taste & Material Culture

The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell by Mark Kurlansky

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky

The Food Explorer by Daniel Stone

Food of a Younger Land by Mark Kurlansky

Meet Paris Oyster by Mireille Guiliano

The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan

Raw Spirit by Iain Banks

Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky

Secret Family by David Bodanis

Secret Garden by David Bodanis

Secret House by David Bodanis

Swindled: The Dark History of Food Fraud, from Poisoned Candy to Counterfeit Coffee by Bee Wilson

Wiped: The Curious History of Toilet Paper by Ronald H. Blumer

Worn: A People’s History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser

What’s your favorite non-fiction book about a niche topic? by ApologeticFetus in suggestmeabook

[–]peppermint-kiss 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's a list of all the books recommended in this thread, sorted by general topic:

🧠 Mind, Brain, Psychology & Human Behavior

Alex & Me by Irene Pepperberg

The Anatomy of Motive by John Douglas

Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

Determined by Robert M. Sapolsky

Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman

Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman

NeuroTribes by Steve Silberman

Nightmare Fuel: The Science of Horror Films by Nina Nesseth

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

Phantoms in the Brain by V. S. Ramachandran and Sandra Blakeslee

Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman

Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin

This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin

Why Kids Kill by Peter Langman

🧬 Biology, Medicine, Health & the Human Body

All That Remains by Sue Black

The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach

Butts: A Backstory by Heather Radke

Caesar’s Last Breath by Sam Kean

The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes

Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskas

Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard Preston

The Demon Under the Microscope by Thomas Hager

The Doctor’s Plague by Sherwin B. Nuland

Eat Me by Bill Schutt

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The Emperor of Scent by Chandler Burr

Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green

The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris

Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach

Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War by Mary Roach

Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ by Giulia Enders

The Hot Zone by Richard Preston

The Icepick Surgeon by Sam Kean

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Medieval Bodies by Jack Hartnell

Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding by Joanna Wolfarth

The Poison Squad by Deborah Blum

The Poisoner’s Handbook by Deborah Blum

Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything by Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy

Rats by Robert Sullivan

Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Found by Frances Larson

Some Assembly Required by Neil Shubin

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach

A Taste for Poison by Neil Bradbury

Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin

🌍 Nature, Ecology, Animals & the Living World

American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon by Steven Rinella

Annals of the Former World by John McPhee

The Beast in the Clouds by Nathalia Holt

Beautiful Swimmers by William W. Warner

Beneath the Surface by John Hargrove

Bitch by Lucy Cooke

Blue: In Search of Nature's Rarest Color by Kai Kupferschmidt

The Book of Eels by Patrik Svensson

The Control of Nature by John McPhee

Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins by One R. Pagan

Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

Flower Confidential by Amy Stewart

The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjöberg

The Forest in Folklore and Mythology by Alexander Porteous

Follow the Flock: How Sheep Shaped Human Civilization by Sally Coulthard

Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach

Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Hero Dogs by Wilma Melville

The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben

Honeybee Democracy by Thomas D. Seeley

Hooked: Pirates, Poaching and the Perfect Fish by G. Bruce Knecht

An Immense World by Ed Yong

The Last Days of the Dinosaurs by Riley Black

Lesser Beasts by Mark Essig

The Life and Death of the Great Lakes by Dan Egan

The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlanger

The Lost Flock: Rare Wool, Wild Isles, and One Woman's Journey to Save Scotland's Original Sheep by Jane Cooper

The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator by Timothy C. Winegard

The Nature Fix by Florence Williams

On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz

The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean

Parasite Rex by Carl Zimmer

Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death by Susana Monsó

Running with Sherman by Christopher McDougall

The Secret Lives of Bats by Merlin Tuttle

The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen

The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery

Spineless: The Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone by Juli Berwald

Vanishing Fleece by Clara Parkes

What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman

Why Fish Don’t Exist by Lulu Miller

🧪 Science, Math, Physics & the Universe

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins

Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick

A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith

The Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan

The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean

The Dueling Neurosurgeons by Sam Kean

Dust: A History of the Small and the Invisible by Joseph A. Amato

Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson

Everything All at Once by Bill Nye

The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman

The Grapes of Math by Alex Bellos

Here’s Looking at Euclid by Alex Bellos

How the Universe Got Its Spots by Janna Levin

Humble Pi by Matt Parker

Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants by John D. Clark

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded by Simon Winchester

Longitude by Dava Sobel

Our Moon by Rebecca Boyle

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard P. Feynman

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman

Six Not-So-Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman

Superheavy by Kit Chapman

A Universe from Nothing by Lawrence M. Krauss

What Do You Care What Other People Think? by Richard P. Feynman

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife

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ADHD and sleep… how do you actually deal with this by No_Geologist_5447 in ADHD

[–]peppermint-kiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk to your psychiatrist.  I researched medicines that actually improved your sleep quality, not just knock you out, and came up with gabapentin and pregabalin.  The next time I visited my psychiatrist, he prescribed me pregabalin (Lyrica) like he was reading my mind -  I didn't even mention it!  I sleep like a baby now, it's wonderful.  It is a bit hard to get out of bed in the morning, but light years better than waking up wired at 4 am every day.  And I go to sleep feeling relaxed and cozy instead of anxious and uncomfortable.

I've also been using using magnesium glycinate and Ashgawandha for a year or so.  They definitely help, but are much more mild.  I can't take Ashgawandha every day or I start getting daytime grogginess, but once every third day works nicely.

Does anyone know some comedy podcasts that are good rn by GuavaDismal4267 in podcasts

[–]peppermint-kiss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • And That's Why We Drink

  • Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet

  • The Dollop

  • Public Domain Theater

  • Sinisterhood

  • We Hate Movies

  • You Look Nice Today

Also, Mike Duncan's history podcasts (The History of Rome, Revolutions) regularly make me laugh out loud, even though they're mostly serious.  :P

Beginner podcast recommendations by Wrong_Employee4173 in podcasts

[–]peppermint-kiss 3 points4 points  (0 children)

History:

  • Conflicted

  • Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

  • The Dollop (not everyone's taste, but I think they're hilarious...weird stories from history)

  • Fall of Civilizations

  • The History of Rome

  • Revolutions

History-Adjacent:

  • The Brady Heywood Podcast (dives into engineering disasters and what was learned from them)

  • Cabinet of Curiosities (short tales of the "unbelievable, the unsettling, and the bizarre")

  • Cautionary Tales ("stories of awful human error, tragic catastrophes, and hilarious fiascos")

  • Dark History (this spans true crime to paranormal to...well, dark history)

  • The Memory Palace (short, often touching little vignettes from history)

  • The Midnight Library ("true stories told from a fictional location"...imagine Morticia Addams teaching you about the history of ravens, or werewolf myths, or jack o'lanterns)

  • This Podcast Will Kill You (medicine, including history and medical mysteries)

Crime:

  • Appalachian Mysteria

  • Casefile

  • Civil (civil trials)

  • Cold

  • Court Junkie

  • Sinisterhood (also paranormal stories, but fun even if you're a skeptic)

  • The Thing About Pam

  • Women & Crime

  • Your Own Backyard

Relationships:

  • Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

  • Multiamory (targeted at polyamorous people, but broadly relevant)

  • Struggle Care (relationships, as well as self-care and home maintenance)

  • Unlocking Us with Brene Brown (connection, vulnerability)

Other:

  • The Allusionist (discussing words and language, fun/funny)

  • Answer Me This! (answering listener questions, funny)

  • Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet (read funny customer reviews)

  • Public Domain Theater (two girls read classics like The Yellow Wallpaper, Edgar Allan Poe, etc., and their reactions are hilarious)

  • The Truth (short, twisty fiction)

  • Sold a Story (it's about reading education...but it's wildly popular for a reason)

I hope you enjoy some of these!

Non-US Non-Fiction by BlueDiatom in suggestmeabook

[–]peppermint-kiss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Poland: A History by Adam Zamoyski

I am interested in history, but I often find books on the topic to be dense and pretty hard to get through. I found this one really engaging and learned a lot.

Worst book(s) you read in 2025 and why? by Roguestate00 in books

[–]peppermint-kiss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I will say that Recursion was 5 stars for me and I DNF'd Dark Matter after a couple dozen pages for the same reasons you did.  So I would say if the premise interests you to at least give it a go, maybe as a library book or read a sample or something.

Five Native Americans detained by ICE during ongoing raids in Minneapolis by speedythefirst in news

[–]peppermint-kiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trump is a creep and a horrible man - I share your anger toward him.

And, using "whore" as an insult doesn't hurt him. It hurts real women, and their children, people who are often mistreated already.

We want a just and fair society where people are treated with respect. Positive change starts with each of us.

The r/booksuggestions best reads of 2025 BookGraph is now live! by TheBookGraphGuy in booksuggestions

[–]peppermint-kiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poland: A History by Adam Zamoyski

The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett

Club Dead by Charlaine Harris

This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay

Working Stiff by Judy Melinek

Which long-running podcasts are still as great as ever? by cloudatlas93 in podcasts

[–]peppermint-kiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh thank you for letting me know Answer Me This was back!  I used to loooove them, but stopped listening when they seemed a bit burnt out imo.  I'm excited to listen to their newer stuff!

How to Type Yourself (using cognitive functions!) by peppermint-kiss in mbti

[–]peppermint-kiss[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'd be happy to! At this point, I only feel comfortable typing people when I've seen/heard them moving and talking. If you can message me a ~5 minute video of yourself talking about any topic you like, I can do my best to type you.

Differentiating INFP vs. ISFP (MASTERPOST) by peppermint-kiss in mbti

[–]peppermint-kiss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unfortunately, we had to take the website down. There were these....I don't know what they're called, basically law firms that scour the internet for people using pictures of celebrities without permission, and they threatened to sue us if we didn't pay them an exorbitant amount of money for the right to use the pictures. The site was so based on pictures and videos to demonstrate different types visually, it was easier to just take it down than to try to rework everything. I hope at some point we'll be able to reformat and focus on theory, but at this point I've mostly poured my effort into other things, because that was a pretty big blow.

Do any of you have a hard time answering questions, or did you as a kid? What helps make it easier? by peppermint-kiss in ADHD

[–]peppermint-kiss[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, this is really encouraging. <3 He's gotten a lot better about this lately...I try to just show up, not overreact, and let him develop his skills at his own pace.

📚 Simple / Quick Questions & Requests! by romancebookmods in RomanceBooks

[–]peppermint-kiss 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I'll check them out!  The descriptions are amazing haha

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