00:00 The hosts discuss their favorite werewolf movies, including American Werewolf in London and Teen Wolf.

04:03 The hosts discuss their favorite werewolf movies and mention that the 1941 movie "The Wolfman" set the rules for werewolves, including being killed by a silver bullet and transforming during a full moon.

08:25 The word "lycanthropy" can refer to either physically turning into a wolf or believing that you are a wolf, and shape-shifting into a powerful carnivore inspires fear because it combines the fear of becoming a predator, transforming into something you already fear, and being trapped in that state indefinitely.

12:59 People in Northern Europe would voluntarily turn into werewolves, often using wolf skins or removing their clothes, as a way to go hunting better or to fight in battle, and the werewolf lore was often a cautionary tale or a way to criticize those who didn't conform to society's norms.

17:01 In some werewolf lore and stories, the transformation into a werewolf is voluntary and werewolves are portrayed as a race of wolf people who can transform at will.

21:15 In werewolf movies, the transformation is often depicted quickly and poorly, but in literature and older traditions, there are fewer descriptions of the transformation and it is more important to show the injury sustained as a werewolf carrying over to the human form.

24:51 Between 1520 and 1630, there were 30,000 recorded cases of werewolves in Europe, with some people being executed for being self-confessed werewolves and others being executed for cannibalism.

28:57 As recently as the 1930s in Africa and the 1980s in the Iberian Peninsula, there were beliefs and practices surrounding werewolves, including the belief that people could turn into hyenas and the practice of using godparents to protect children from becoming werewolves.

32:53 There is a mention of werewolves in popular culture, including the Harry Potter series and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and a discussion about the lack of good werewolf movies in recent years.