Beyond Belief: Fiction or Fiction with Guide to the Unknown Podcast
Remember the late '90s mystery show Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? where you had to figure out which stories were true and which were fake? For this episode I tell the wild life story of the mysterio...
16 Joulu 20241h 9min
The Great Glawackus Hoax with Pat and Val of Connecticut Cryptids
Patrick Scalisi and Valerie Ruby-Omen are the creators of the 2023 book Connecticut Cryptids: A Field Guide to the Weird and Wonderful Creatures of the Nutmeg State. Together they have documented Conn...
9 Joulu 202455min
THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE
For the 100th anniversary of the Macy's Parade, we are looking at the chaos energy that has always animated this cultural institution, from its explosive balloon disasters to its surprisingly unruly o...
26 Marras 202454min
Context Clues: All the World Loves a Parade
This episode will give some context for our upcoming episode about the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, its unbelievable chaotic origins and its totally out of control early days. Excerpts will be incl...
18 Marras 202443min
Artificial Unintelligence with Perry Carpenter
Perry Carpenter is the author of the new book FAIK: A Practical Guide to Living in a World of Deepfakes, Disinformation, and AI-Generated Deceptions. For this episode, we are discussing what it means ...
11 Marras 20241h 18min
Falling for Fascism (re-release)
This episode was originally released right before the 2020 presidential election and is even more relevant as we face the 2024 election. Political philosopher Jason Stanley, author of the book How Fas...
4 Marras 202428min
BURIED ALIVE!
In the 19th century, America and Europe experienced a panic over premature burial, believing that anyone could be accidentally declared dead and entombed before their time was really up. Led by a move...
28 Loka 202456min
