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On this bonus feature, the mystery of Why Pat Is Quiet is unmasked.

Recorded at the WNYLRC Headquarters on April 19, 2016, this workshop provides an instructional introduction to the creation of podcasts by and for libraries, librarians, historians, museums, and other educational outlets.

If you're like us here at the Thirteenth Four, spending time with all of your family (ahh!) with limited booze (eek!) is one of the scariest parts of the holiday season. That's why we've decided to send some holiday distraction your way with a Holiday SpookySode! Pat dicusses the best thing to read to your younger relatives (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), Ashley covers some fabulous getaway destinations with amusement park tragedies, Mandi cooks up some terrifying treats while answering some important questions, and Chris discusses what movies you should force your family to watch to ensure that you never get invited to another family get together ever again. So pour yourself another eggnog and get seasonally schwifty, it's time to celebrate the Horrors of the Holidays with the Thirteenth Four!

Twenty Three Skidooo! We're releasing another episode slightly ahead of schedule this week, hooray for responsible adulting! On this week's episode, we're talking about all things between the World Wars - it's Greatly Depressing!!! Mandi dresses up in some 1930's fashion, Pat has the blues about the music of the Great Depression, Ashley cooks up some comfort food, and Chris gets into the weird history of Monopoly. So stir that mac and cheese and bedazzle that burlap sack, it's this week's Thirteenth Four!

Ready, Player One? Plug in your PowerGlove and blow the dust out of your cartridge, it's the Thirteenth Four! In our grand return to the digital airwaves (Season 3, bitches!), we tackle the topic of Video Games! In a surprise twist, we've gamified this episode into a fiesta of quizzes, facts, and pixelated music for your listening pleasure. Mandi discusses the psychological effects of gaming, Chris asks us about his favorite snack, Pat quizzes us on terrible video game movies, and Ashley has a fabulous video game music quiz in store. So slam that Red Bull and get ready for a raid on knowledge, we've got shitloads to download on this week's Thirteenth Four!

It's that time again! Get out your thesaurus and prepare the fart piano, it's another Thirteenth Four Wordstravaganza! On our third word and quiz-based episode, there's puns galore, city nicknames, and the fabulous introduction of... FALTER! Stick around, there's all this and more on this week's Thirteenth Four Wordstravaganza!

Gird your loins and strap into your strap-on, it's the Thirteenth Four! This week, we have a very sexcellent episode in store for you -- soooo let's talk about sex! Ashley mixes up some aprodisiac cocktails, Chris takes us through the nine levels of Intenet hell in "Dante's Fapferno," Pat discusses the games of sex, and Mandi takes us on a whirlwind tour of sexy books - concluding with another installment of the Shepp Family Tradition of Disturbing and Gross Erotica! OHHHHHH LA LA LA, LA LA, LA LA LA - WE'RE SEXECUTING YOU! - On this week's Thirteenth Four! (Part 2!)

Gird your loins and strap into your strap-on, it's the Thirteenth Four! This week, we have a very sexcellent episode in store for you -- soooo let's talk about sex! Ashley mixes up some aprodisiac cocktails, Chris takes us through the nine levels of Intenet hell in "Dante's Fapferno," Pat discusses the games of sex, and Mandi takes us on a whirlwind tour of sexy books - concluding with another installment of the Shepp Family Tradition of Disturbing and Gross Erotica! OHHHHHH LA LA LA, LA LA, LA LA LA - WE'RE SEXECUTING YOU! - On this week's Thirteenth Four!

Crack open a refreshing Bud Light and prepare your bottle rockets, it's the Thirteenth Four! On this week's episode, we deal with all things MADE IN THE USA and celebrate 'MURRICA! Ashley gives us some patriotic adult beverages, Pat proves that none of us really deserve to be in this country, Mandi shows us what American beer is really all about, and Chris tears apart the historical accuracy of AMC's "Turn: Washington's Spies." So fire up that grill, burn the shit out of those hot dogs, and hose the s'mores off yourself, it's patriotic insanity and good old-fashioned American fun on this week's Thirteenth Four!

PLEASE STAND CLEAR OF THE DOORS! It's the Thirteenth Four! This week, we're taking a magical trip through the world of Disney Parks! Pat dishes up some delightful Disney drinks, Mandi talks about the weird history of Disney Parks background music, Ashley serves up some snacks from various Disney locations, and Chris quizzes us on the next batch of grim grinning ghosts to join the Haunted Mansion. Go grab a turkey leg and pour yourself a Blue Glow Martini, we've got all sorts of Disney debauchery on this episode of the Thirteenth Four!

What what whaaat?! What did you say? On this week's episode, we're continuing our tradition of wacky word games and weird quizzes! Mandi gives us a vocab quiz with some historical slang, Ashley schools us on fashion, Pat does some interesting things to movie titles, and Chris does his usual gross thing, but also some really cool language stuff. All of this and much, much more on this week's Thirteenth Four!

Join us for a THIRTEENTH FOUR EXCLUSIVE: We're interviewing adult film sensation Rebecca Love! Woo hoo! Join us for a tit-illating interview with some very random questions, learn which one of us is afraid of girls, and join us for a sexy quiz on niche fetishes! All this and more on this week's Thirteenth Four!

Crack a textbook and a cold one, it's time for the Thirteenth Four! On this episode, we talk about the wonderful world of BEER! Mandi explores historical beer recipes and gives us a taste of peasant life, Ashley delves into the murky depths of Rule 34/beer, Pat kills all of us with 50 Shades of Blue, and Chris quizzes us about beer and literature after we can barely say our own names. Tune in to the podcast that will take "no" out of your vocabulary (we're way better than Budweiser, TRUST ME, we're the Thirteenth Four!

Shh! What's that?! Did you see it over there, in the woods? It's the latest episode of The Thirteenth Four! This week, we're talking about the world of the paranormal! Pat gives us a taste of supernatural foods, Chris discusses some ghastly televised entertainment, Ashley quizzes us on cryptozoology, and Mandi shows us a side of Sasquatch that NOBODY EVER NEEDED TO SEE. Cryptids, netherbeasts, and spooky surprises await you on The Thirteenth Four!

Pick up your tampons and GET IN THE GAME, SALLY! On this week’s Thirteenth Four, we’ll be continuing the Battle of the Sexes by examining the softer side of things in an all-out Ovarian Olympics: Come and take a dip with us into the wild and wonderful world of women! Ashley quizzes us on all things Barbie, Mandi shows us some weird and wacky women's sports, Pat cooks up some lady-centric cuisine, and Chris gives the final Battle of the Sexes quiz about the brutal women of metal! So straighten that weave and sissy that walk, it's the Thirteenth Four!

Gird your loins, suppress your feelings, and wax your mustaches, on this week’s Thirteenth Four we’re starting off a man-sized Battle of the Sexes! For the first half of our two-episode extravaganza, we’ll be exploring the world of all things macho; Chris introduces us to hyper-masculine band The Mentors, Pat explores the notion of what it means to be truly manly, Ashley gives us the miscellanea of manhood, and Mandi hosts some brawny (yet brainy) rounds of rugged quizzes fit for the manliest of men! All this and more on this burly episode of The Thirteenth Four!

Step into the Wayback Machine, start your Delorean, and warm up the TARDIS: We're headed back to the 1950's! On this episode, we explore the 1950's and all things kitschy, ginchy, and cool. Ashley gives us some 1950's-themed word games, Pat talks about Ed Wood and his masterpiece: Plan 9 From Outer Space, Mandi discusses the history of Jell-O salad and shares a taste of an authentic 1950's recipe, and Chris weaves a tale of the most disturbing episode of 'Happy Days' that you'd never have ever wanted to imagine and, after this, will never be able to mentally unsee. Grab your ear bleach, we've got madness and more on this episode of The Thirteenth Four! Special Guest: JENNIE!!!

We welcome you into our 2015 season with a new-ish tradition: Word Games! Every five episodes, we would like to take a break from the weird, gross, and peculiar to explore the quirks and stranger aspects of language and the wacky ways in which we use it. As this is the fifth episode of our new format, we are happy to officially premiere our Word Games series. In this edition of Word Games, each host has two language-oriented games, quizzes, or puzzles for the others to solve, and score is kept. Which one of us weirdos is the ultimate Winner of Word Wizardry? Stay tuned and find out!

On this episode, we'll be celebrating Classic Literature and the fun ways in which it has been re-imagined, re-created, and made fun of. Ashley serves up some bookish booze from Tim Federle's Tequila Mockingbird, Chris takes us on a tour of Satanism in 1901 and Hell for William Blake, Mandi breaks down how technology has changed the way literature is seen, and Pat gives a brutal book quiz to show the rest of us just how little we know about the Classics. All this and more on this episode of The Thirteenth Four, so grab a worthwhile tome, your favorite chair in the study, and have a booze-soaked read with us! Cigars optional. Special Guest: Thom Fenzel of Voices Without A Chair.

On this episode, we’re exploring the world of viniculture! We take a look at wine from all angles (particularly from the angle at which the glass tips into our mouths) this week, and discuss the awesome and weird ways in which wine has been used throughout the world and throughout history. Mandi cooks Coq au Vin and talks about its (lack of) history, Pat goes Roman, Chris asks us “Wine, or Wine NOT?!”, and Ashley talks about wine games, and also has a few games of her own to play. Pour yourself a glass and get comfortable, because it’s trivia time!