Katharine tells Lorien about a seasonally appropriate phobia, and then grants her an honorary doctorate that they're sure is legit.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_clown_sightings#:~:text=The%202016%20clown%20sightings%20were,stunt%20for%20a%20horror%20film.
• https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21835-coulrophobia-fear-of-clowns
• https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-weird-reason-were-afraid-of-clowns/
• https://time.com/4518456/scary-clown-sighting-attack-craze/
• https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/31/the-great-clown-panic-of-2016-a-volatile-mix-of-fear-and-contagion#:~:text=It%20began%20in%20the,for%20adults%20and%20children%20alike.
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/10/03/merrimack-college-lockdown-reports-blame-armed-clown-sightings/91511098/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/clown-mask-prank-may-have-led-to-deadly-stabbing-of-teen/
• https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2016/09/nine_clown_arrests_so_far_in_a.html
• https://www.clickorlando.com/news/2016/11/02/man-recounts-halloween-night-attack-at-hands-of-costumed-mob/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy

It's October! So Lorien tells Katharine some theatre ghost stories.

Sources:

• https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/watch-listen/feeling-superstitious-ghost-lights-and-whistling-backstage/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_light_(theatre)#cite_note-1
• https://www.nida.edu.au/news/ghost-lights-asks-the-world-to-interact-and-keep-the-spirit-of-theatre-alive/
• https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/a-ghost-light-has-brightened-the-stage-for-more-than-a-month-at-the-royal/article_600d04b1-5859-54f9-a8ce-ac35da5f4483.html
• https://www.news-press.com/story/entertainment/2020/08/12/covid-florida-ghost-lights-keep-burning-at-theaters-in-fort-myers-naples-cape-coral/5500672002/
• https://www.broadsheet.com.au/sydney/entertainment/article/leave-ghost-light-me-age-old-theatre-tradition-illuminating-sydneys-stages-during-coronavirus-era
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam_Theatre
• https://www.wnyc.org/story/ghost-olive-thomas/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Thomas
• https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2020/3/25/the-history-of-the-ghost-light
• https://ny.curbed.com/2016/10/19/13333506/haunted-nyc-palace-theatre-broadway
• https://afterthefinalcurtain.net/2020/10/31/haunted-theatres/
• https://www.americantheatre.org/2019/10/31/5-tales-of-haunted-theatres-to-give-you-a-fright/
• https://www.americantheatre.org/2016/10/31/phantoms-of-the-theatre/
• https://www.cabq.gov/artsculture/kimo/history-of-the-kimo/kimo-history/ghost
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal/15197249/?locale=en-US
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/nm-kimotheatre/
• https://www.krqe.com/news/albuquerque-metro/is-albuquerques-kimo-theatre-haunted/
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/nm-kimotheatre/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiMo_Theater
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Theatre/comments/1c8swcr/appeasing_the_theater_ghosts/

Katharine channels her inner Sarah Koenig to answer serious questions about a wild animal sighting.

Sources:

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/gray-wolf
• https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-wolf-that-changed-america-wolf-wars-americas-campaign-to-eradicate-the-wolf/4312/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_Ellis_(wolf_researcher)
• https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=livewith.wolves#:~:text=Don't%20run%2C%20but%20act,using%20the%20wildlife%20encounter%20form.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDhIkoigl-Q
• https://wolf.org/wolf-info/factsvsfiction/are-wolves-dangerous-to-humans/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_attack#:~:text=Wolf%20attacks%20are%20injuries%20to,predatory%2C%20agonistic%2C%20and%20defensive.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrir