S5 Ep409: The Kuykendall Phone Stalker & Navigating Fast Fashion Quality

Ah, 2007. We were loving Plain White T’s, reading the final Harry Potter book, and three families in Washington were being mercilessly stalked via their cellphones even though the calls seemed to be coming from their own phones. Bethany tells the story of the Kuykendall phone stalker. Then, while we want to be responsible clothing consumers, not all of us can afford slow fashion. So Kathleen’s giving tips on how to tell if your fast fashion garment is going to stand the test of time or will dissolve the first time you wash it. Then, another fun round of Dr. Google!
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What We Talked About:


12:59 - Kuykendall Phone Stalker
39:26 - Navigating Fast Fashion

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BETHANY’S SOURCES:
Today Show segment, June 22 2007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wbi3VgLwvE

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/63e6z6/phone_call_madness_1_mysterious_kuykendall_phone/
https://www.reddit.com/r/creepy/comments/qkqp4/anyone_know_the_follow_up_to_this_true_creepy/
PODCAST: Cry Now, Smile Later “Episode 6 – The Kuykendall Phone Stalker and a Window Vampire Walk into a Bar…”

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3JsdR8S9wFSH5sfKoPKvwn 
https://www.theregister.com/2007/06/26/cell_hack_geek_spook_stalk/
https://www.metafilter.com/62510/A-horror-movie-come-to-life
https://www.forbes.com/2006/12/08/phones-music-internet-tech-cx_df_1208cellphones_slide.html
http://metachat.org/index.php/2007/06/23/a_horror_movie_come_to_life#comments
https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3312813&page=1


KATHLEEN’S SOURCES:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-sustainable-fashion-how-to-cut-the-environmental-cost-of-your-clothes/#ixzz7VRFQjSIy 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WxfPM_VVX0
https://caftansandmalbec.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/8-ways-to-recognize-low-and-high-quality-garments-when-you-see-them/
https://www.vogue.com/article/sustainable-shopping-tips-experts