Paranormal Women, pt 3: From Blue Beam to Blood Libel
What did last year's drone mystery have to do with an antisemitic myth that won't die? Medievalist and conspiracy scholar Elise Wang connects the dots between the West’s 900-year-old conspiracy theory...
29 Touko 202536min
Paranormal Women, pt 2: The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill
Before alien abduction became pop culture cliché, there was Betty and Barney Hill. Why did this couple's 1961 roadtrip define the abduction narrative for generations, and what did their biracial marri...
22 Touko 202545min
Paranormal Women, pt 1: From Saucers to Starseeds
UFOs aren't a basement boys' club anymore. From Pentagon disclosures to TikTok starseeds and alien romance novels, belief in extraterrestrials is getting spiritual, feminine-coded, and algorithmically...
15 Touko 202538min
Ladies Stay Safe, pt. 5: The Super Bowl Trafficking Myth I Helped Spread
Why does the Super Bowl sex trafficking myth persist, despite repeated debunking? In the miniseries finale, Cristen unravels this sex trafficking myth she helped spread. So, why did major sporting eve...
6 Tammi 202526min
Ladies Stay Safe, pt. 4: Satanic Daycare Panic
Why were daycare centers the prime targets of the 1980s Satanic Panic, and how did it blow up into America's longest and most expensive criminal trial? Cristen unravels the anti-cult anxieties, parano...
27 Joulu 202441min
Ladies Stay Safe, pt. 3: Anita Bryant, Bathrooms and Backlash
In the 1970s, America’s moral panic machine found its perfect scapegoat: gay and lesbian teachers. Also bathrooms. Historian Gillian Frank unravels the roots of child trafficking and "groomer" conspir...
12 Joulu 202436min
Ladies Stay Safe, pt. 2: The Groomer Rumor Mill
How did human trafficking conspiracy theories give rise to a politicized pedo panic targeting teachers, trans kids and drag queens? Researchers Daniela Peterka-Benton and Bond Benton connect the dots ...
6 Joulu 202435min
Ladies Stay Safe, pt. 1: Sex Traffickers in Parking Lots
Why are suburban white women so afraid of getting snatched out of parking lots and sex trafficked? Journalist Caitlin Dewey unravels the tangled threads of modern sex trafficking panic, the impact of ...
23 Marras 202443min
