Mike and Sarah are journalists obsessed with the past. Every week they reconsider a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
What do Lily Tomlin, Snow White, and Kenny Ortega have in common? They were all part of the 61st Academy...
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EscucharIn County Kilkenny, Ireland, in an early year of a century not too long before our own, Alice Kyteler...
EscucharWhat would you do if you were pinned down by an 800-pound boulder, and no one knew where you were? In...
EscucharThere's one last present at the toe of our stocking, and it's a new album by producer Carolyn...
Escuchar'Twas (the night before) the night before Christmas/ And all through the show/ We await Sarah Archer...
EscucharMiles Klee can’t take it anymore. This week, a tale of corporate intrigue, world domination, and soda.Read...
Escuchar"Our alleged serial killers deserve better than this." Was Elizabeth Báthory the most prolific...
EscucharBlack cats and goblins and broomsticks and ghosts/ Covens of witches with all of their hosts/ You may...
EscucharWhat could possibly go wrong when two skeptical podcasters try to summon a ghost? Join Sarah and Chelsey...
EscucharKellie Carter Jackson, author of We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance, is here to take...
Escuchar"Times can blind us to certain truths and later generations can see that laws once thought necessary...
EscucharOr, is it legal to have gay sex in your own home? This week, Marcus McCann takes us back to the 2003...
Escuchar"As long as the law is male, women must be outlaws." — Linnea Johnson This week, Moira...
EscucharThis week we travel back to the 80s, when America’s parents decided to freak out over some kids rolling...
EscucharMaggie Mertens tells us a tale of the first women who fought to run the marathon, and of one woman who...
EscucharWhat is “originalism,” and what does it have to do with all these bribes? Mackenzie Joy Brennan...
EscucharThe city of Cleveland will not be made to apologize for its balloons. Harmony Colangelo defends the...
EscucharThis week, Taylor Lorenz fights our latest moral panic. Are phones really making kids anxious, or are...
EscucharAlejandra Oliva, author of Rivermouth, came by to catch us up on the last few decades of American immigration...
EscucharSarah Archer came by to make an episode from scratch. What's the real history of the American housewife?...
EscucharToday, Princess Weekes takes us to meet the real Rosa Parks.Find Princess on YouTube: Princess’ video,...
EscucharLet's go outside in the sunshine. An extended cut of this episode is available for Patreon...
EscucharHe turned a bright spark into a flame.(Part 1 of 2!)You can buy Marcus McCann's book, Park Cruising:...
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