500 - Blowing Through the Mushroom Murders
The 500th episode! And for the 500th straight week of Timesuck, I will not be in my right mind (but is it ever right?). I'll also be sharing the story of the 2023 Leongatha, Australia Mushroom Murders...
30 Maalis 2h 34min
Short Suck #54: Lip, Dip, and Die! The Radium Girls
Today we explore the horrifying true story of the Radium Girls — young women told to “lip, dip, and paint” with radioactive dial paint while their employers hid the deadly consequences. What began as ...
27 Maalis 59min
499 - The Cosmic Teacher: Rudolf Steiner and the Occult Roots of Waldorf Schools
Rudolf Steiner founded the Waldorf education movement more than a century ago, inspiring thousands of schools around the world with a philosophy centered on creativity, imagination, and holistic learn...
23 Maalis 3h 7min
498 - Mr. Cruel
For years, a calm, calculating predator stalked the suburbs of Melbourne, leaving behind almost no evidence — only terrified families and a growing legend known as "Mr. Cruel." Decades later, his crim...
16 Maalis 1h 56min
Short Suck #53: Icaria!: France’s Failed Communist Utopia in America
In the mid-1800s, long before the Soviet Union or Maoist China, a French political dreamer named Étienne Cabet tried to build a communist utopia... in the heart of America. What followed was a bizarre...
13 Maalis 1h 1min
497 - The Real Lawrence of Arabia
** NOTE! THIS EPISODE WAS RECORDED BEFORE THE RECENT ATTACKS ON IRAN. (That's why I don't mention it) ** World War I turned allies into enemies and enemies into unlikely partners — and no one embodie...
9 Maalis 2h 34min
496 - Sex Strike Nation: The Rise of South Korea’s 4B Movement
This week on Timesuck, we dive into the 4B Movement - a radical feminist movement that originated in South Korea and centers on four simple rules: no sex with men, no dating men, no marriage, and no c...
2 Maalis 2h 10min
Short Suck #52: Protected Predator: The Johnson City Scandal
A serial predator drugs women, keeps a list of victims, and somehow keeps slipping through the cracks — while the people meant to stop him sure do appear to keep looking the other way. This week, we f...
27 Helmi 57min
