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🗓️ 17 July 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hearing from those of you who listen to American hysteria with the kids in your life, |
0:07.0 | it's something that fills my heart with joy, maybe more than any other part of making our show. |
0:13.3 | So when I met the team from the unspookable podcast, I knew we needed to work together on a project. |
0:21.3 | That's because we are kindred spirits. |
0:24.8 | Their show is a more family-friendly and kid-focused look at the same topics we cover, |
0:31.7 | the histories and mysteries behind famous scary stories and urban legends. |
0:39.2 | And they go in depth in much the same way we do to see how these myths came to be and what they mean on a deeper level. |
0:50.3 | So together, we're going to revisit a late 90s toy that I think most of you will remember, |
0:58.2 | one that is making headlines once again as it hits the department store shelves of July 2023. |
1:05.7 | I'm thrilled to join the team from unspookable, including Elise Paresian, Eleanor Riley Connid and Nate DeFort, |
1:15.7 | for a look at the urban legends, conspiracy theories and freaky stories that enchanted the furbies of your, |
1:24.7 | and what our mini-panic can tell us about our human nature, and of course America at large. |
1:46.7 | I'm Elise Paresian, here with Head Writer and Producer, Eleanor Riley Connid and Nate DeFort. |
1:56.7 | And I'm Chelsea Weber Smith from American hysteria, teaming up with unspookable for this very special episode. |
2:06.7 | We are so thrilled to be doing this. Like when we first started talking with you, we were like, |
2:11.7 | wait, that's an option, we can do something together, we had to jump at the chance. |
2:16.7 | We can do anything. |
2:18.7 | Let that be a lesson to you kids. |
2:21.7 | So what are we talking about today? |
2:26.7 | Well, we are talking about a toy that has suddenly returned as if it is a sequel to a horror movie. |
2:35.7 | We're talking about Furby, the 1998 smash hit toy of the season. |
2:42.7 | I am very familiar being a late 80s early 90s kid of the Furby, but I'm really curious what the rest of the unspookable team knows about this toy. |
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