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    <title><![CDATA[I Promise I Am Not Crazy]]></title>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Every week, join Jessica on a curious dive into the unexpected corners of history, pop culture, and those niche rabbit holes you never knew you needed. From forgotten scandals that shaped the world, to the bizarre origins of everyday trends, to cult classics and cultural quirks, no two episodes are ever the same. </p>

<p>Instagram: 4zzzipromiseiamnotcrazy</p>

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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 10:55:56 +1000</pubDate>
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    <itunes:author><![CDATA[Jessica ]]></itunes:author>
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        <![CDATA[<p>Every week, join Jessica on a curious dive into the unexpected corners of history, pop culture, and those niche rabbit holes you never knew you needed. From forgotten scandals that shaped the world, to the bizarre origins of everyday trends, to cult classics and cultural quirks, no two episodes are ever the same. </p>

<p>Instagram: 4zzzipromiseiamnotcrazy</p>

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        <title><![CDATA[Imagination + Horror novels = chaos ]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Okay soooo, I recently found myself thinking about the original fairy tales (believe me, there was NOTHING magical about them), which somehow led me down the rabbit hole of horror novels, before finally landing smack-bang in the apocalyptic, brain-munching universe of ZOMBIES! </p>

<p>So, naturally, this Sunday’s show is going to be a chaotic mixed bag of absolute nightmare fuel, because I simply couldn't decide which terrifying topic to go with. So why not ALL OF THE ABOVE?!</p>

<p>Tune in to hear me rant and rage about the sheer indignity of fairy tale false advertising (looking at you, Disney), my absolute obsession with Stephen King's <em>Pet Sematary</em>, and, finally, the wonderfully horrifying world of zombies.</p>

<p>All of which leads us to the ultimate question of the evening...</p>

<p><strong>Why on earth do we LOVE fictional creations that, for all intents and purposes, are designed to scare the living daylights out of us?!</strong></p>

<p>Is it curiosity? Morbid fascination? Or are we all just a little bit unhinged? </p>

<p>There's only one way to find out!</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>LEAP</b> - Exit Signs </li><li><b>Cameron Segal & Maxime Verdoni</b> - Dreamers</li><li><b>Love Thrills </b> - Toxic</li><li><b>Anthony Vincent & Mac Glocky</b> - Wrecking Ball (In the style of Linkin Park)</li><li><b>Cygnette </b> - Saturn Return </li><li><b>Alisa Maekinen</b> - The World Burns with Us </li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 8 Nov 2026 21:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Mukbang - why we love it]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">So the hyperfixation has switched gears, and as we usher in November, we're moving away from all things spooky and ghoulish into the downright TERRIFYING!!!! </span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">And that would be…..the sound of other people CHEWING!!! So maybe just awful for me. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">This episode is all about mukbang. Those ever-present videos of people eating that, for some reason, the world seems to be absolutely captivated by. Well, I wanted to know why- why do we watch mukbang? </span></p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>ISIS</b> - Beautiful thing</li><li><b>Chamberwoman</b> - Slow cosmic demise </li><li><b>TERRVCES</b> - steeples</li><li><b>Neish </b> - I run</li><li><b>Loren Ryan </b> - Wild one </li><li><b>The institute of quackology </b> - Maximum yodel</li><li><b>Emma Thompson </b> - Promise to keep </li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2026 21:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[GROOVY TUNES ]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>I don’t know if I'm still hyperfixated on this topic or if I'm feeling an unconscious compulsion to see the spooky season through with spooky vibes! </p>

<p>Either way, we've got a musical extravaganza ahead for this Sunday's show: we’ll hear famous tunes from select spooky movies (you’ll have to tune in to find out), and then we'll keep the evening going with more awesome music! </p>

<p> </p>

<p> </p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>The Smiths </b> - How soon is now?</li><li><b>Ghostbusters</b> - Ray Parker Jr.</li><li><b>Day-O (The banana boat song)</b> - Harry Belafonte </li><li><b>Jonathan Davis & David Draiman</b> - Forsaken</li><li><b>Ugly Gemini</b> - Ang3l</li><li><b>Sierra </b> - the way that it be </li><li><b>Ninajirachi ft Porter Robinson</b> - WannaCry</li><li><b>Selve </b> - Weekends</li><li><b>LT</b> - Act your age </li><li><b>S.W.O ft Inva Mula </b> - The Diva Dance remix by S.W.O</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Witches ]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">So the spooky deep-dive research binge continues this Sunday! </span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">This time, my obsession was WITCHES!! </span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">We all love a good witch story, whether it's history, a movie, or a supposed bedtime story that turns into emotional trauma that follows you all your life; the point is, we love a good witch!</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">So Sunday is an assortment of witches. </span><br>
<span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">We explore what a witch really is, look into one of history's most famous witch trials (The Pendle Witch Trials), and follow the witch's progression as she evolves into the being we all know and love today!</span><br>
<span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">Spoiler alert….Hocus Pocus will be involved </span></p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Splitxlip </b> - What are you waiting for?</li><li><b>Candice Lorrae </b> - Calling me </li><li><b>Special Features </b> - Fun!</li><li><b>Lydia the Bard </b> - Don’t cry for your daughters eve </li><li><b>Lilith Max </b> - Salem Witch </li><li><b>PattyCake </b> - I put a spell on you (in the style of hocus pocus) </li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[superstitions]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Spooky season is upon us, and with it, a midnight-fuelled obsession with superstitions was born!</p>

<p>Why do we have certain superstitions? Where did they come from? And what on earth do they actually mean?</p>

<p>Well, I decided to investigate!</p>

<p>From walking under ladders and spilling salt to black cats, knocking on wood and the dreaded number 13, we're diving into the strange and wonderful world of superstitions!</p>

<p>Tune in for the madness! And perhaps keep your fingers crossed… just in case.</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Becca Hatch </b> - Extra Time</li><li><b>Rainbow Skull Party</b> - ClownFace</li><li><b>Redstarborn </b> - Electricity </li><li><b>St. Aurora </b> - Going to Heaven </li><li><b>Mannequin Death Squad </b> - Van Gogh </li><li><b>Dead Pony </b> - Eat my Dust!</li><li><b>Bella Amor </b> - Heart Attack </li><li><b>Byrd of Paradyse ft. Uncle Kev Starkey</b> - Karma </li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The weird ways greek gods were born ]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p><strong>THE WEIRDEST WAYS GODS WERE BORN!!!</strong></p>

<p>That’s right, folks. It’s time for some mythological trauma.</p>

<p>Because apparently, when you’re a god, being born in the conventional manner is simply far too boring.</p>

<p>Featuring the likes of:</p>

<p> <strong>ATHENA</strong><br>
 <strong>APHRODITE</strong> — or Venus, as the Romans called her<br>
 <strong>DIONYSUS</strong></p>

<p>Heads will be involved. Thighs will be involved. Sea foam will be involved.</p>

<p>Tune in for the chaos. It’s going to be <strong>epic</strong> — quite literally.</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Sienna Tenn </b> - Are we lovers?</li><li><b>Ricky Neil Jr. </b> - HEARTBREAKER</li><li><b>No Splits </b> - Falling </li><li><b>Emei</b> - Night at the Opera</li><li><b>Pearl Jam </b> - Blood </li><li><b>Les Friction</b> - Louder than Words</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 4 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sitcoms & Laughter: From live studio audiences to laugh tracks]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>So I had a chaotic midnight internet deep dive, and it all turned into an obsession with laughter…specifically the laughter we hear on sitcoms.</p>

<p>So now the magic and mystery of the sitcom is completely ruined, and I shall never again be enamoured… kidding!! </p>

<p>But I did find out some stuff, so that’s what Sunday's show is all about: the evolution from live studio audiences to the canned laughter we know today! </p>

<p> </p>

<p> </p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Dizzy Days </b> - Over & Over</li><li><b>The Chordettes </b> - Mr. Sandman</li><li><b>Yinguray</b> - Starburstx</li><li><b>The Woohoo Revue</b> - Babushka </li><li><b>Robert Baxter </b> - BRB</li><li><b>Radio Free Alice </b> - Kick in the Shins </li><li><b>Adriano Celentano </b> - Prisencolinensinainciusol</li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Invention of the teenager]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">We all remember our teenage years — either fondly, or with a sharp grimace of embarrassment at all the </span><em>(ahem) </em><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">somewhat silly things we might have done… or the occasional chaos we caused our parents.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">So this Sunday, we shall investigate the rise of…</span></p>

<p><strong>THE TEENAGER.</strong></p>

<p><em>(Everybody runs screaming )</em></p>

<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">But in defence of teenagers, their reputation isn’t entirely on them…</span></p>

<p><strong>It’s kind of society’s fault.</strong></p>

<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">From high school to magazines to rock ’n’ roll, let’s find out where the “teenager” actually came from — and how they became a culture all of their own.</span></p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>My chemical romance </b> - Teenagers </li><li><b>Taneisha Vartiainen</b> - Jealousy looks ugly</li><li><b>The runaways </b> - Cherry Bomb </li><li><b>Pilot crisis </b> - Dreams in disguise </li><li><b>Stabbitha and the knifey Wifeys </b> - Act your wage </li><li><b>Little Richard </b> - Good golly, miss molly </li><li><b>Johnny O’Keefe </b> - The wild one (real wild child) </li><li><b>Terrvces</b> - Alas poor yorick </li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Horses of war]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">This week on </span><strong>I PROMISE I AM NOT CRAZY</strong><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">, we’re meeting the horses who carried kings, emperors and commanders into history — horses who survived battles, inspired monuments, had cities named after them, and, in at least one case, caused an extremely powerful man to react to a horse-napping with the completely reasonable response of threatening everybody involved.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">From Bucephalus to Copenhagen, these weren’t just horses standing conveniently next to famous men in paintings.</span></p>

<p><span style="font-family:uictfonttextstylebody">They have stories of their own.</span></p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>3% (feat Fred Leone) </b> - Not Many - Ganay Biralunbar </li><li><b>Verati </b> - Tranquillium </li><li><b>Asha Jefferies </b> - What the hell </li><li><b>Mystic Tea Party </b> - Angelite</li><li><b>Cygnette </b> - Sorry I left the party </li><li><b>SymphonicAngel</b> - Fuck all the people who done you wrong </li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[why did humans think this was medicine?]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>This week, we’re asking a question humanity has frankly earned:</p>

<p><strong>WHY DID HUMANS THINK THIS WAS MEDICINE?</strong></p>

<p>We’ve got bloodletting. Mercury. Medicinal mummy. And a tobacco treatment involving a pair of bellows and an entrance to the human body that I will allow you to discover for yourselves.</p>

<p>Was there logic behind it? Surprisingly, yes.</p>

<p>Was it good logic?</p>

<p>Well.</p>

<p>People were eating mummies.</p>

<p>Join me for questionable medical decisions, genuinely fascinating history and the comforting knowledge that you were not born in 1780.</p>
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<li><u><b>Songs played</b></u></li><li><b>Amyl and The Sniffers </b> - Hertz</li><li><b>Machine on a Break </b> - Placeholder </li><li><b>Platonic sex </b> - Disappoint another </li><li><b>Stellenbosch University Choir </b> - All of me</li><li><b>Architects </b> - Animals</li><li><b>Ancient Channels </b> - Hex Beat </li></ul>]]>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 6 Sep 2026 21:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[No thoughts, just music ]]></title>
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          <![CDATA[<p>Uni is currently at peak <strong>consequences-of-my-own-enrolment</strong> levels, which unfortunately leaves very little time for falling down random internet rabbit holes.</p>

<p>So this week, we’re doing something a little different: <strong>no thoughts, just music.</strong> </p>

<p>Music that’s been getting me through the consequences of my own enrolment. Music I’ve stumbled across and immediately wanted to share with you. A little less research, a lot more music, and probably still some randomness along the way.</p>

<p>This episode will also take a little time to remember <strong>Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Bonnie Tyler</strong> — three incredible artists we’ve lost this year. I’ll be playing a song from each in loving memory and celebrating the music they’ve left us with.</p>

<p> </p>

<p> </p>

<p> </p>
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