Episode #291| 10.27.26
Reggie Watts: Is Reggie Watts the Guy Your Mother Warned You and/or Your Sister About?
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In this episode
On this episode: an unprecedented comedic talent, the power of celebrity, and the power of Ketamine. The death of Reggie Watts’ ex-girlfriend Katherine McCollough and allegations of abuse about the man your mom may or may not have warned you and/or your sister about, Reggie Watts.
This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including sexual assault and suicide. If you’re thinking about suicide, or are worried about a friend or loved one, call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.
Sources
Great Falls, MT: Fast Times, Post-Punk Weirdos, and a Tale of Coming Home Again, by Reggie Watts
Reggie Watts Is a Prominent Ketamine Advocate. Was It His Ex’s ‘Undoing’? (Rolling Stone)
Why a website with explicit directions for suicide remains active (PBS)
Where the Despairing Log On, and Learn Ways to Die (NY Times)
Incels are Running an Online Suicide Forum that Was Blamed for a Young Woman’s Death (Buzzfeed)
Reggie Watts deleted video (Twitter/X)
Psychedelics in Film, Drugs as Bases and Modifiers, and Ketamine with Friends (Psychedelics Today, PT460)
Everything Wrong with Rolling Stone’s Hitpiece on Reggie Watts (YouTube/@Peter)
Universe Collapsed – Alone. Welcome to Hell. (Erowid Experience Vaults)
Down into the Hole of Absolute Terrifying Bliss (Erowid Experience Vaults)
Scaffolding of Universal Possibility (Erowid Experience Vaults)
SURcling the Drain (Low Maintenance)
Credits
Hosted by Jake Brennan.
Written by Jake Brennan.
Copy edited by James Sullivan.
Mixed by Sean Cahalin.
Produced in partnership with the Exactly Right Network and iHeartPodcasts.
DISGRACELAND theme song, “Crenshaw Space Boogie,” written and produced by Jake Brennan. Performed by Jake Brennan, Bryce Kanzer, Jay Cannava, and Evan Kenney. Mixed and engineered by Adam Taylor.
*illustrations by Avi Spivak @avispivak