• Take a step back into time in lovely Pennsylvania, where sewing machines and malt shakes still = viable business model.
• Oh and btw 3 million Americans in Puerto Rico still don’t have power or water.
• California goes full Captain Planet on puppy mills.
• STOP USING ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP YOU’RE LITERALLY DESTROYING MODERN MEDICINE
• How are JFK and spontaneous human combustion related? Find out live, October 26.
• “Me too.” The merits and the caveats.
• The Confessional asks us how to deal with racist relatives. Doubly fucked: the family in question has people of color in it.
• MuggleFuck, A History: available now.

In this week’s After Dark:

• Planning for Apocalypse: nuclear war edition
• 20% joking but 80% DEAD SERIOUS
• The best countries to run to, the best states to hide out in, and tips for if something goes wrong near you
• We formulate a plan.

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