In this episode of Lit Review, Jenn and Beth get wild with Nic Cage and P Diddy (Puff Daddy, Puffy, Sean Combs, Brother Love, or whatever name he's going by in prison now) and then get spicy on some side tangents.

Trivia Questions This Week

"What actor does John Travolta switch faces with in the movie Face Off?"

"What music mogul announced on Twitter that he was changing his name to Love aka Brother Love, only to admit it was a joke one day later?"

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Dr Lauren Christensen is a professor in the Department of Animal, Veterinary and Food Sciences (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences) at the University of Idaho. Join us as she teaches us about mycoplasma ovipneumoniae, a bacterium that rarely causes respiratory disease in domestic sheep and goats, but poses a deadly threat to their wild counterparts. When domestic herds come in contact with bighorn sheep, the pathogen can spread, leading to severe pneumonia outbreaks impacting wild populations.

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Recorded November 2025

In the second of this two-parter episode of Lit Review, Jenn and Beth yap about Fyre Fest, the history of apples in art and literature, and then tie it all back in to conservative religions!

"What item is being cupped in a pair of hands on the cover of the first installment of the Twilight book series?"

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Dr Chris Marx is a professor of Biology in the College of Science at the University of Idaho. Join us as he teaches us about epigenetics in bacteria!

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Recorded October 2025

In the first of this two-parter episode of Lit Review, Jenn and Beth yap about Steven Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, the Illuminati, Mormons, and Fyre Island!

"The title of Steven Covey's 1989 self help book claims that 'highly effective people' have how many habits?"

"Located off the southeast shore of Long Island, what barrier island is a popular summer home locale for wealthy New Yorkers, as well as an extremely popular LGBT-friendly tourist destination? "

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In this episode of Lit Review, Jenn and Beth do a deep dive on two trivia questions— Jenn talks about the Illuminati and Beth answers: "In the year it was published, a limited edition of what 1953 dystopian novel was bound in asbestos to prevent burning? "

Special topics! Creepy pasta and DIY cancelled superheroes!

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Dr Ed Lewis is a professor of Entomology in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences at the University of Idaho. Join us as he teaches us how we can use tiny, microscopic worms, called nematodes, to control pest insects.

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Recorded September 2025

In this episode of Lit Review, Jenn and Beth do a deep dive on three trivia questions— "What country is home to a real town called Batman, that is the capital city of the Batman District, in the Batman province, located in the country’s southeastern region near the confluence of the Batman River," "What war between Britain and Spain was sparked by a minor injury to a British captain in 1739," AND, "Which Marvel character, whose real name is Eugene Patilio, is a failed superhero whose main power is jumping?"

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