1.09: Drinking the Kool-Aid

A LONG TIME AGO, ON VERONICA MARS: Veronica sends off a DNA test to find out who’s her daddy. A rich white boy of Neptune has supposedly joined a cult - and become much nicer as a result? Veronica infiltrates the supposed cult - and starts getting sucked in herself? And what’s happened to darling Keith’s poor precious face??? Join Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman to investigate Veronica Mars Season 1 Episode 9: Drinking the Kool-Aid, and get stuck into such mysteries as: can the Mooncalf Collective cult/commune be so bad if it has de-douchified a rich BroNiner? Whatever happened to waterbeds? Should people kool it with the Kool-Aid jokes? And why anyone would be so cagy about a load of poinsettias?? See more about this episode, and a transcript, at the podcast’s official site VMIpod.com/1-09. This episode was edited and mixed by Zach McNees; the music is by Martin Austwick and Jenny Owen Youngs; the logo is by Hrishikesh Hirway; Lo Dodds gives us the LoDown. Distributed by PRX.org. What would you do if you were woken up at 6am by Keith Mars barking in your face? Let us know @VMIpod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. This month, VMI is sponsored by: Care/Of, personalised vitamin packs. For 25% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter the code VERONICAMARS. Hello Fresh, simple and delicious meal kits delivered to your door. For $80 off your first month of HelloFresh, go to HelloFresh.com/VERONICAMARS80 and enter the code VERONICAMARS80. Lola, 100% cotton menstrual care products available by customisable subscription. For 30% off your first month’s subscription, visit mylola.com and enter the code VERONICA when you subscribe.

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Jenny Owen Youngs and Helen Zaltzman have investigated every episode of Veronica Mars. Find @VMIpod on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook; the show’s official home is VMIpod.com. FYI: there were spoilers for the episode being discussed, but not for events that happen later in the series.