Be Serious

In this episode, Lex brings on Freddie Chen to talk all things 2016: makeup, tumblr, and SPOOOOOOKY CLOWNS!!!! 2016 was the year America was terrorized by men in clown masks, but specifically in South Carolina where Freddie is from. Where did they come from? Where did they go? Did they ever even exist at all?

In this episode, Leighton and Lex discuss dating, Lex's trip to Greece, people finding enjoyment in urine, haunted dolls on facebook marketplace, and the widely unknown but captivating story of the radium girls and their untimely deaths. Sources listed in episode.

In this episode of Be Serious, Alexis dives into the 1923 Rosewood race massacre, when white mobs terrorized a Black community in Florida, murdered residents, burned homes, and forced survivors to flee while the state did nothing.We’re talking about racism, stolen futures, and what happens when America treats its own history as if it has no effect on today.

Welcome to Be Serious! In our kick off episode, Lex and Leighton discuss the creation of the show, Sasquatch and the regional variations of the cryptid, some FB marketplace madness, and a really exciting listener letter!The entire history of Bigfoot in one episode: Ape Canyon, the Patterson-Gimlin film, the Yeti, the Bluff Creek hoax, the skunk ape, and the 2026 Capturing Bigfoot documentary that claims Patty was a man in a suit. Lex grew up in the Pacific Northwest and did 22 pages of Sasquatch research, including the infamous 1924 Ape Canyon incident, to explain how a hairy guy walking behind trees became America’s most successful celebrity. Plus Marketplace Madness, a listener’s border patrol Bigfoot encounter, and a cryptid story of her own. Episode 1 of Be Serious.Please like, subscribe, and check out our passes page to support the show and send in your listener letters!