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HEY FOLKS, SHY FOX HERE! We are currently hard at work on our next batch of Twin Peaks recaps, a new Lynch's Log, and the next mainline FYHOD. In the meantime, we present to you a special BONUS episode from our alternate-universe archives. In this other universe, I hosted a show called "The Dead Pixels Podcast" with a friend I met in the Sterling/Jonathan "Shattered" community. This show aimed to find the best qualities of bad and underrated games, and find out what made them special even if the end-result was less-than-ideal. In this decade-old episode, we covered one of my favorite overlooked gems: Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon for the Nintendo 64. This bizarre Japanese period piece featured very early Mario/Zelda hybrid gameplay, along with an incredible soundtrack, served alongside a heaping helping of wacky, borderline-surreal humor. It's truly a peculiar feast for particular senses, and I encourage all of you to check it out, or at least load up that soundtrack on YouTube. We'll see you next week for a new "Fish in the Percolator" but in the meantime, as always: FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Keith Lynch departed this earthly theater of the absurd a year ago today. Fox and Laura celebrate his profound influence on their lives by doing one of his favorite things: reporting on the local weather. The FYHOD friends then talk at length about how connecting with Lynch's work has kept them insanely sane despite the awfulness of 2025, and how they feel more connected to him--and by proxy the moon--than ever. Other topics include: Laura's undying fixation on the band My Chemical Romance, as well as Fox's lengthy journey into the sublimely-cryptic video game secrets of Angeline Era! FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) STREAM "FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE: SONGS FROM THE PODCAST" ON SPOTIFY OR PURCHASE IT ON BANDCAMP! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Twin Peaks recap series continues with the second episode, confusingly titled "Episode 1" AKA "Traces to Nowhere"! Shy Fox, Laura Kate Dale, and Marcy O'Daniels discuss several incredibly iconic coffee-based moments, the rich thematic depth of color theory, and the importance of Lynch taking baby-steps while onboarding viewers to his particular brand of bizarreness. The fishy friends also nominate 3 new character MVPs for this episode, including the most shocking pick you can imagine in the form of a mysterious letter J. Come hop into the piping-hot coffee pot of contemplation with us, as we steep ourselves in the atmosphere and deeper themes of Twin Peaks! FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) STREAM "FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE: SONGS FROM THE PODCAST" ON SPOTIFY OR PURCHASE IT ON BANDCAMP! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the end-of-year installment for our intermittent community podcast! Shy Fox and Marcy O'Daniels dissect some shocking developments in the realm of David Lynch news, before treating themselves to a long, freeform chat about their favorite media of the year. Is Quentin Tarantino fit to judge whether Lynch disappeared up his own ass, when he can't even see the obvious acting talents of Paul Dano and Matthew Lillard? Has Kyle MacLachlen become David's avatar on this earthly realm ever since his passing? And is Metroid Prime 4: Beyond worthy of a deeper look despite (or perhaps even because of) its strangest choices? Answers to these and many more mysteries lie Under The Sycamore Trees! Over the course of 30 years, Z-list podcaster Shy Fox heard his favorite video games, movies, and television shows constantly compared to Twin Peaks, and was always intrigued. Then in 2024 he finally watched the show for the first time, finishing its final season just in time to join the world in mourning Lynch's January 2025 passing. Now he is on a quest to both discover and revisit the HUNDREDS of pieces of pop-culture that have been unfathomably changed by the far-reaching influence of Twin Peaks and its creators, so he can help other newcomers discover what makes it special. FIND MARCY ON BLUESKY (@oshinai) FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this sprawling installment of Lynch's Log, Shy "Hulud" Fox finally imbibes the spice so nice they remade it twice, via the 1984 cult-classic Dune! Fox's Fremen friends Laura Kate Dale and Marcy O'Daniels pick apart every piece of this fascinating pop-culture curio, as special guest Danielo Sanfordalamenti plays his sultry Semuta Music in the corner to help them along. Is there still value to be had in a movie that David Lynch disavows, even after 41 years and 2 more faithful adaptations of the book? Did the spectacular shield special effects predict the mind-boggling graphics of Nintendo 64? And is Thufir Hawat still milking space cats to this very day? Keep your ears tuned to the mouse shadow of the second moon, as we choose the name of our manhood: Fix Your Heart Or Die! FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) STREAM "FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE: SONGS FROM THE PODCAST" ON SPOTIFY OR PURCHASE IT ON BANDCAMP! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF TWIN PEAKS WITHIN! FYHOD goes European in this special installment of Fish In The Percolator, wherein the crew follows up their discussion of the Pilot with a look into the enormously-enigmatic "international Pilot". This bizarre alternate cut of the first Twin Peaks entry may exist outside of the series canon, BUT it somehow winds up spoiling key elements of the series as a whole. If you're watching along with the show for the first time, you may want to avoid this one for obvious reasons. However, if you want a goofy little peek into the future plot OR would like to hear us discuss the infinite nature of "Ms. Jackson" by Outkast, tune on in! FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai) FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) STREAM "FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE: SONGS FROM THE PODCAST" ON SPOTIFY OR PURCHASE IT ON BANDCAMP! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Until now, FYHOD has carried the odd distinction of being a Twin Peaks podcast with no direct discussion of Twin Peaks. But no more! Introducing "Fish In The Percolator", our new sub-series in which the FYHOD crew of Shy Fox, Laura Kate Dale, and Marcy O'Daniels journeys episode-by-episode through the show properly, all while offering cutting-edge 2025 insights! This inaugural entry of FitP covers the first episode of the show, "Pilot" AKA "Northwest Passage". Musician and podcast super-producer Danielo Sanfordalamenti comes along for the ride as we tackle the task of analyzing one of the most totemic, influential pieces of media ever to grace television. Should skipping an intro sequence so beautiful be illegal? Is Dale Cooper the most effortless instant autistic icon of all time? And which of the dozens of cast members will be crowned our MVP of the pilot? Come hop into the piping-hot coffee pot of contemplation with us, as we steep ourselves in the atmosphere and deeper themes of Twin Peaks! FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) STREAM "FIX YOUR HEART OR DIE: SONGS FROM THE PODCAST" ON SPOTIFY OR PURCHASE IT ON BANDCAMP! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shy Fox here with a special report: the official soundtrack to our podcast now has 5 extra tracks AND is available on all major streaming platforms including the reprehensible Spotify! We hope you decide to check it out, especially on Bandcamp where they treat creators right. As a special treat, the album's composer (AKA our beloved super-producer) has recorded this special message all about his process creating it. One of the most fascinating things about this past year of FYHOD has been working with Daniel Sanford. When I first approached him last year for collaboration, I did not know him very well, and we had only interacted fleetingly as decades-long fans of Jonathan Off Road Rules. I was a huge fan of his work with The Spin-Off Doctors Spin-Off Podcast and Talking To Women About Video Games, and frankly I was quite envious of how close he had managed to get with Jonathan. Plus, I just thought he seemed like a really funny, interesting guy. So when I caught the podcasting bug again last year, I introduced myself to him properly an improv comedy podcast to him, much in the vein of our beloved Boston's Favorite Son. The files I sent him for reference of my old show called SMUNCH failed to ignite his imagination, so he declined at the time. But I didn't give up! Twin Peaks had taken over my mind by the end of 2024, and the doppelganger in my body had EXTREME confidence. Thus, I once again approached him about producing a new show all about David Lynch. He was more intrigued this time, with one caveat: he barely knew anything about David Lynch, and quite disliked what he DID know of his work. But I assured him that I had a bizarre enough plan to make it worth his while. In the months since, I have watched an entirely new creative persona blossom within my fellow Daniel: the mood-music superstar Danielo Sanfordalamenti! Named after a bizarre portmanteau of his actual name and that of famed Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti, this newly-Severed Sanford took his assignment seriously. He watched all of Twin Peaks (despite despising about 70% of it), all the while internalizing the emotions of its music. Long story short, his resultant work--which recreates the spirit and power of Twin Peaks while remaining entirely original--is something that makes me tremendously proud to be associated with. The entire FYHOD project simply would not be the same without it. And honestly, my life today would not be nearly as rich had I not come to know Daniel as a collaborator, and as a friend. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just in time for Halloween, the FYHOD gang goes for a deep dive into the modern horror masterpiece "I Saw the TV Glow"! This 2024 movie explores themes of televisual nostalgia and transgender tribulations in a lovingly-Lynchian way that only a true "Twin Peaks" acolyte like Jane Schoenbrun could muster. The result is an instantly-iconic piece of media that shows even the most stalwart allies whole new dimensions of dysphoria, and how to defeat it from within. FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai) FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) FIND JONATHAN OFF ROAD RULES ON BLUESKY (@TronKnotts) AND TWITTER (@NonTrotski) PLUS CHECK OUT HIS WRITING IN NINTENDO FORCE MAGAZINE AND HIS PODCASTING IN "BOSTON'S FAVORITE SON" AND AT HIS NEW WEBSITE MAXIMUM UTMOST! FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) FIND OUR PODMOTHER COMMANDER STEPHANIE STERLING ON BLUESKY AND HEAR HER ON PODQUISITION WITH CONRAD AND LAURA EVERY WEEK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FYHOD returns for Season 2, with our first investigation into the realm of Lynchian anime! Hosts Shy Fox and Marcy O'Daniels are joined by old-school anime aficionados Allen Ortega and Conrad Zimmerman to take a weird, wired dive into the sullenly sinister cyber-scapes of 1998's Serial Experiments Lain. This bizarrely prescient cult-classic may be nearly 30 years old, but feels more relevant than ever in our "Present Day, Present Time"! What would it be like if you always existed online, and could never log off? What would happen if infinite truths had to coexist in the collective consciousness at the same time, in a miasma of misinformation? COULD YOU EVEN IMAGINE?! FIND CONRAD ZIMMERMAN ON BLUESKY (@CONRADZIMMERMAN) AND FIND HIS MERCH AT MERCENARY CREATIVE! FIND ALLEN ORTEGA ON BLUESKY (@KENJISALK) FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai) FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) FIND JONATHAN OFF ROAD RULES ON BLUESKY (@TronKnotts) AND TWITTER (@NonTrotski) PLUS CHECK OUT HIS WRITING IN NINTENDO FORCE MAGAZINE AND HIS PODCASTING IN "BOSTON'S FAVORITE SON" AND AT HIS NEW WEBSITE MAXIMUM UTMOST! FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) FIND OUR PODMOTHER COMMANDER STEPHANIE STERLING ON BLUESKY AND HEAR HER ON PODQUISITION WITH CONRAD AND LAURA EVERY WEEK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 2 of FYHOD continues with a new Lynch's Log! Hosts Shy Fox, Laura Kate Dale, and Marcy O'Daniels take an in-depth look at the incredibly "freakish" normalcy of Lynch's 1980 film The Elephant Man . What makes this disturbingly straightforward semi-biopic uniquely captivating among the works of David Lynch? And might this movie still be the most uniquely, captivatingly beautiful film in his entire catalog, even 45 years from release? Listen along as we find ways to relate to the titular "Elephant Man", and fix our hearts in the face of his trials and tribulations! FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai) FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) FIND JONATHAN OFF ROAD RULES ON BLUESKY (@TronKnotts) AND TWITTER (@NonTrotski) PLUS CHECK OUT HIS WRITING IN NINTENDO FORCE MAGAZINE AND HIS PODCASTING IN "BOSTON'S FAVORITE SON" AND AT HIS NEW WEBSITE MAXIMUM UTMOST! FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) FIND OUR PODMOTHER COMMANDER STEPHANIE STERLING ON BLUESKY AND HEAR HER ON PODQUISITION WITH CONRAD AND LAURA EVERY WEEK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HEY FOLKS, SHY FOX HERE! The next season of Fix Your Heart Or Die! is coming next week, with our deep-dive on the fascinatingly-Lynchian anime Serial Experiments Lain! In the meantime, spooky season is coming up, so we thought we would share another perfectly-themed BONUS EPISODE from our archives. In another life, I hosted a show called "the Dead Pixels Podcast" with a friend I met in the Sterling/Jonathan "Shattered" community. This show aimed to find the best qualities of bad games, and find out what made them special even if the end-result was less-than-ideal. This early installment saw myself and Allen Ortega looking on the Sunsoft-sponsored bright side of 2 of the darkest 8-bit games: Fester's Quest and Gremlins 2: The New Batch. Please enjoy another weird old show from our bygone era, as you ask yourselves: "What Year Is It?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"The Twin Peaks of the quarantine era" CONCLUDES its sophomore season with more mind-bending, self-splitting antics! How can the two Marks throuple-up so thoroughly, when they don't even love themselves? Does the show's sparing use of physical violence give every punch or gunshot a reality-warping impact? And can Burt G really go to heaven, as Burt Goodman rots rightfully in hell? MEANWHILE: Beanie Tuesday tortures imprisoned musician Danielo Sanfordalamenti, as Shy Fox teams up with his outie to save the innies of the Micro Niche Podcasting crew! Over the course of 30 years, Z-list podcaster Shy Fox heard his favorite video games, movies, and television shows constantly compared to Twin Peaks, and was always intrigued. Then in 2024 he finally watched the show for the first time, finishing its final season just in time to join the world in mourning Lynch's January 2025 passing. Now he is on a quest to both discover and revisit the HUNDREDS of pieces of pop-culture that have been unfathomably changed by the far-reaching influence of Twin Peaks and its creators, so he can help other newcomers discover what makes it special. He will be guided through this saga by special appearances from Paramount's Own "Jonathan Off Road Rules" of MTV fame, who is a lifelong Lynchian expert and theorist. FIND ALLEN ORTEGA ON BLUESKY (@KENJISALK) FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) FIND JONATHAN OFF ROAD RULES ON BLUESKY (@TronKnotts) AND TWITTER (@NonTrotski) PLUS CHECK OUT HIS WRITING IN NINTENDO FORCE MAGAZINE AND HIS PODCASTING IN "BOSTON'S FAVORITE SON" AND AT HIS NEW WEBSITE MAXIMUM UTMOST! FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) FIND OUR PODMOTHER COMMANDER STEPHANIE STERLING ON BLUESKY AND CHECK OUT GAMES FEATURING HER: DATE EVERYTHING AND LISA: THE PAINFUL RPG Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IT'S A SUMMER SUPERSTAR SLEUTH SHOWDOWN! Filmmaker and games writer Graham Reznick contacts Laura Kate Dale with an EXCLUSIVE LOOK at how Columbo episode "Last Salute to the Commodore" inspired Twin Peaks! Can rookie agent Marcy O'Daniels help Laura keep the investigation on-track, even as the mysterious local Lieutenant Vespucci shows up to shove her nose (and pens) into Shy Fox's ironclad case? FIND GRAHAM REZNICK ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@GRAHAMREZNICK) AND CHECK OUT HIS VAST CAREER IN FILM, TV, AND VIDEO GAMES INCLUDING THE NEW BLURAY OF "I CAN SEE YOU" FIND ANNA MCANALLEN ON BLUESKY AND CHECK OUT HER IMPROV COMEDY SHOW "JUMP THE TRACK" FIND MARCY O'DANIELS ON BLUESKY (@oshinai) FIND LAURA KATE DALE ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@LAURAKBUZZ) FIND THE SHOW ON BLUESKY AND TWITTER (@FixYourHeartPod) FIND DANIELO SANFORDALAMENTI ON BLUESKY, TWITTER, BANDCAMP (@douibyorthst) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HEY FOLKS, SHY FOX HERE! Super Producer Danielo Sanfordalamenti and I are hard at work on next week's SUPER-SIZED GUEST FEATURE, while also wrapping up the loose story ends of our Severance coverage. HOWEVER: I hate to skip weeks, especially after taking a holiday break, even though our pace has been INCREDIBLE for a new podcast. That's why I wanted to share a special podcast I made in 2018 that barely anyone ever got a chance to hear. In another life, I hosted a show called "the Dead Pixels Podcast" with a friend I met in the Sterling/Jonathan "Shattered" community. This show aimed to find the best qualities of bad games, and find out what made them special even if the end-result was less-than-ideal. One of our finest episodes came near the end of our run, and covered the GameCube/PS2/Xbox "classic" Shadow The Hedgehog. If you listen closely, you may hear a familiar voice: Laura Kate Dale! Laura was very passionate about Shadow and his smoldering angst, so it was one of the first occasions she and I were able to bond over our shared weirdness. I hope you all enjoy this bonus, and look forward to serving up more FYHOD goodness in the IMMEDIATE future! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.