NOTE: ALL NAMES IN THIS PIECE HAVE BEEN CHANGED. This is a first-person account based on my own writing and experience within the group, and the rest is sourced below. If you have further questions, feel free to reach out at myyearinmensa@gmail.com.
Theme song by Sadie Dupuis (@sad13)
Featuring the voices of Miles Gray, Caitlin Durante, Jacquis Neal, Anna Hossnieh, Danl Goodman, Ify Nwadiwe, Dani Fernandez, Maggie Mae Fish, Shereen Lani-Younes, Isaac Taylor, and Jack O'Brien.
FULL LIST OF SOURCES:
NOTE: Other primary sources include my notes, audio notes and video notes. Not linked here.
Jamie's Mensa Series in Paste:
"I Will Not Get Into Mensa and Who the Hell Cares (I Do)" : https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/06/i-will-not-get-into-mensa-and-who-the-hell-cares-i.html
"Good News, They Let Dumb Sluts Into Mensa Now": https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/07/good-news-they-let-dumb-sluts-into-mensa-now.html
"Mensa Update: One of Them Threatened to Kill Me and I Got Kicked Off Twitter Again, IDK": https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/10/mensa-update-one-of-them-threatened-to-kill-me-and.html
"Why Am I In a Hotel Room With Mensa?": https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2019/02/why-am-i-in-a-hotel-room-with-mensa.html
The three tenants of Mensa: https://www.us.mensa.org/learn/about/mensas-history/
Controversy from the 2018 Mensa Annual Gathering: https://www.inverse.com/article/47761-what-happened-at-the-mensa-annual-gathering
Millennials and standardized testing: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Bernhardt/publication/230683045_Comparing_Millennials_to_pre-1987_students_and_with_one_another/links/54ed05470cf27fbfd771f23d/Comparing-Millennials-to-pre-1987-students-and-with-one-another.pdf
"The Miseducation of Larry P." from Radiolab "G" series: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/g-miseducation-larry-p
The Wonderlic Test: https://samplewonderlictest.com/
Alfred Binet and the History of IQ Testing: https://www.verywellmind.com/history-of-intelligence-testing-2795581
Les idees modernes sur les enfants by Alfred Binet: https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Les_Id%C3%A9es_modernes_sur_les_enfants
Charles Spearman and his ideology: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-E-Spearman
Charles Spearman's history with eugenics: https://ieet.org/index.php/IEET2/more/ab20141031
Incels and phrenology: http://www.dailyuw.com/wellness/article_2564d06a-829b-11e9-b8f4-bf43da0a8cfa.html
"Unfit" from Radiolab "G" series: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/g-unfit
"Buck v. Bell" Supreme Court decision: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/274/200/
Black children and the IQ test in California: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-08-05-mn-139-story.html
The Bell Curve by Charles Murray and Richard Hernnstein: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-real-problem-with-charles-murray-and-the-bell-curve/
Mensa's founding history: https://www.us.mensa.org/learn/about/mensas-history/
Ware and Berrill's history of conflict: http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~sander/mensa/serebr1.html
"Problem Space" from Radiolab "G" series: https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/g-problem-space
Qualifications for IQ test from Mensa UK: https://www.mensa.org.uk/what-is-an-iq-test
Facebook's history with faulty anti-abuse reporting: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/04/is-facebooks-anti-abuse-system-broken/
Increase in online threats being carried out: https://www.everywhereist.com/2019/03/when-online-threats-become-real/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/30/elliot-rodger-puahate-forever-alone-reddit-forums
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/24/zoe-quinn-gamergate-online-abuse
https://enough.org/stats_cyberbullying
MUSIC USED:
Episode One:
"Through the Crystal" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Absolutely Nothing" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Lost and Found" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
Eric Andre goes to Mensa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-pAWbqdyuY
"Welcome to HorrorLand Kevin MacLeod" (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Episode Two:
"Through the Crystal" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Absolutely Nothing" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Lost and Found" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Run Amok" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"Onion Capers" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"Sightlines" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Official National Anthem" by Jingle Punks: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Pixelland" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"Welcome to HorrorLand Kevin MacLeod" (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Episode Three:
"Through the Crystal" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Absolutely Nothing" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Lost and Found" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
Sheldon Cooper Sexist Joke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMQZuBytY4Q
"Unseen Horrors" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"Pooka" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"Scheming Weasel (faster version)" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"Pixelland" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Episode Four:
"Through the Crystal" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Absolutely Nothing" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Lost and Found" by Jeremy Blake: from the free YouTube Audio Library
"Highland, Bagpipe, Joyful Song": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_ZqBSq7_GA
Licensed to YouTube by Epidemic Sound (on behalf of Epidemic Sound); Epidemic Sound Publishing
"Scheming Weasel (faster version)" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"Clean Soul" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
“Your Call" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"The Time of My Life" Karaoke (Fair Use): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGAW18eoevk "Pixelland" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
"Official National Anthem" by Jingle Punks: from the free YouTube Audio Library