A message from the team
Like many shows, we are taking a break this week. We will be back next Monday with an audio guide that we hope can provide historical context and understanding around the nation-wide protests. After t...
8 Kesä 20203min
#GAMERGATE
The internet hate campaign known as #gamergate began in February of 2013 when video game developer Zoe Quinn put out a simple, text-based game called Depression Quest that attempted to show players wh...
1 Kesä 202023min
MEN'S RIGHTS
In 2014, a young man named named Elliot Rodger went on a killing spree as revenge for the beautiful women who had denied him the sex he believed he was entitled to. In February of 2020, talk radio hos...
25 Touko 202053min
THE CURSE OF THE LOTTERY (mini episode)
Have you ever heard of the Curse of the Lottery? The legend that most, if not all big winners eventually face everything from bankruptcy to untimely death? We’ll explore whether there is any truth to ...
4 Touko 202027min
GET RICH QUICK
The search for untold riches has always been at the heart of America, from its very beginning as a nation founded on the search for gold. For this episode, we’ll look at several manifestations of this...
27 Huhti 202052min
CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS AND THE LOST CAUSE (mini episode)
Since the tragedies of the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville and the Charleston Church shooting that killed nine black members, the display of monuments and flags representing the fallen Confed...
6 Huhti 202024min
REDNECKS
For this episode we are dissecting the archetype of American rednecks, hillbillies, and those we call white trash, a group often accused of being the “real” racists who make up the deplorable “Trump C...
30 Maalis 202055min
