Hotgirl Hyperfixations
By Drew & Nathan
Hotgirl HyperfixationsJun 11, 2023
Ok Hoover
Your absentee hosts have returned with another so-called podcast, talking about obscure sodas and household appliances like nothing has changed.
Drew's Sources
All Things Considered Interview — NPR
Great Xpectations of So-Called Slackers — Time (1994)
OK Soda - Advertising's Awkward Relationship with Postmodernism — Thomas Flight
Nathan's Sources
The Hoover Company - Wikipedia
Carpet Sweeper - History of the Cleaning of Carpets
From Tufting to Jingles, the Evolution of Modern Carpet - Atlas Obscura
The invention of the vacuum cleaner, from horse-drawn to high tech | Science Museum
Intro Music is New Yorkers Walk Faster by Patricia Taxxon
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Habbakukin it up and Surfing the Information Superhighway
Today, your distractable hosts discuss the time a crazy British dude decided to make a ship out of an iceberg, and the utopian scholastic aesthetic that Drew cannot stop thinking about.
Nathan's Sources
Project Habbakuk: Britain’s Secret Attempt to Build an Ice Warship
99% Invisible | Project Habbakuk: Britain’s Secret Ice ‘Bergship’ Aircraft Carrier Project
Drew's Sources
Timeline 15: Another End of History by Silas-Coldwine on DeviantArt
Utopian Scholastic Designs from a Pre-9/11 World
Intro Music is New Yorkers Walk Faster by Patricia Taxxon
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Flywheels and Fly Gals
Today, your scatterbrained hosts discuss flywheels, and Nathan's complex hair routine
Nathan's Sources
1940s Hair Setting Pattern - Google Search
1930’s Hairstyles - Pin Curls and Finger Waves
Vintage 1940’s Beauty Routine for Women
The Fedora Lounge. How Did They Keep Their Hair-Do’s from Week to Week?
My Pretty Baby Cried She Was a Bird: Standard Textbook of Cosmetology
The Hair and Head Hairstyles of the Early 1930s PDF | Etsy
Glamour Daze “Vintage 1940s Hair Tutorial Book 1943”
Women’s Hair Back in the 50’s, How Did They Get It ...
Vegan 1930's Rose Curling Fluid
Drew's Sources
Scientific American - Flywheels in Hybrid Vehicles
Technologies of Energy Storage Systems
Compact Flywheel Energy Storage System
Intro Music is New Yorkers Walk Faster by Patricia Taxxon
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The Entire Internet and a 2021 Hyundai Ad
Today our intrepid hosts endeavor to overanalyze a hyundai ad that leads into a discussion of the history of headlamps, and talk about how much the modern internet sucks... maybe proposing some alternatives.
Nathan's Sources
Her incredibly detailed shownotes
The Interstate's Forgotten Code - CGP Grey
articles abt american car history Nathan just likes
Shine a Little Light On: U.S. Headlight Standards to Get Major Update Thanks to Infrastructure Law
A Brief History Of Sealed Beam Headlamps In The U.S.
Drew's sources (in no particular order)
The Rot of Candy Crush and the Rest of Wordle
articles abt smol web related stuff Drew just likes
The internet didn’t kill counterculture—you just won’t find it on Instagram
The Old Internet Shows Signs of Quietly Coming Back*
Remembering the Golden age of the Queer Internet
* This article has some political opinions that I (Drew) really don't like, especially trashing on modern internet users, the USSR, and China. That being said, I think it has some interesting things to say, it's just safe to skip the entire "The Internet of Today" section
Intro Music is New Yorkers Walk Faster by Patricia Taxxon
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0 - Let me Check With the Judge
Episode 0 is here! You can finally learn a bit more about your delectable hosts as we work our way through explaining what the concept of this show even is. Don't worry, we go off on at least 2 different and completely unrelated tangents.
Intro Music is New Yorker's Walk Faster by Patricia Taxxon
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