#27 Howling for Werewolves

<p>It's spooky season!!!!! FINALLY! Jen and Jackie dedicate this month to paranormal romance lovers everywhere...because it's WEREWOLF MONTH!</p><p>Thank you to everyone who listens and supports the show, and don't forget to keep tuning in for some exciting changes coming soon! Remember, you can always visit Northern Onondaga Public Library <a href="https://www.nopl.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">(NOPL)</a> online or in person to find any of the books J+J talk about.</p><p>Have a book you want us to read or a topic to discuss? Email us at our new address: Ragingromantics@nopl.org!</p><p>Want to join a great book club? Discover Between the Covers, a monthly book club run by NOPL devoted to romance books! <a href="https://onlibnopl.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=18694&amp;backTo=Calendar&amp;startDate=2021/10/01" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We meet virtually and in-person.</a></p><p></p><p>Content Warning: Discussion of mental health and historical mental health diagnoses. Please contact a mental health professional for an actual medical diagnosis. </p><p></p><p>EDIT- In this episode Jackie had said that wolf hunting was made illegal in the 19th and 20th centuries in the US, but this was not the case. Wolf hunting was actually encouraged throughout US history, and at times bounties were even awarded to <a href="https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/the-wolf-that-changed-america-wolf-wars-americas-campaign-to-eradicate-the-wolf/4312/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hunters.</a></p><p></p><p>Terms:</p><ul><li><u>Lycanthropy</u> - Once believed to be a supernatural condition in which men actually assumed the physical form of&nbsp;werewolves or other animals, now used as a clinical diagnosis for a mental <a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/lycanthropy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">disorder</a></li><li><u>Shifter</u> - Short for Shapeshifter, refers to a creature that shifts between a human and non-human (usually animal) <a href="https://stitchmediamix.c